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New Haven County Superior Court - Black, African American, and Indigenous Cases - Divorce and Tenant Documents

Version: 4 (current) | Updated: 12/4/2025, 3:17:44 PM

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Description

New Haven County Superior Court – Black, African American, and Indigenous Divorce and Tenant Documents Collection

Overview

This is a digitized collection of court documents from the New Haven County Superior Court, curated by the Connecticut State Library. The material focuses on divorce and tenant cases that involve Black, African American, and Indigenous individuals. It is part of the library’s broader New Haven County court project that documents the legal history of marginalized communities in Connecticut. The collection is presented in English and includes scanned images of original case files in both JPEG and TIFF formats, along with a subject‑index field that tags each item with relevant legal and demographic descriptors.

Background

The collection originates from the New Haven County Superior Court’s archival records. It was assembled under the Connecticut State Library’s “Black, African American, and Indigenous History” initiative, which seeks to preserve and make accessible court materials that illuminate the experiences of these communities. The digitization effort was carried out by the library’s archival staff and is linked to the NHSC_BAAI subject index, a database field that assigns controlled subject terms to each case file for research and retrieval purposes.

Contents

  • Scanned images of a single case file (identified as “RG003NHSCBAAIPSDivorceTenant011”), available in both JPEG and TIFF formats.
  • OCR‑extracted text from the JPEG image, revealing the names “David A. Howard” and “W. Henry D. Howard” and the phrase “Retirement benefits.”
  • Metadata that associates the file with the New Haven County Superior Court, the Connecticut State Library, and subject headings such as Divorce, Tenant, Retirement Benefits, and Black, African American, and Indigenous History.
  • Subject‑index linkage to the NHSC_BAAI subject index, ensuring that the file can be located through controlled vocabulary searches.

Scope

The collection covers a single divorce and tenant case from New Haven County, Connecticut, involving Black, African American, and Indigenous individuals. While the current holdings are limited to one case, the collection is intended to be expandable as additional documents are digitized. It is restricted to English‑language materials and is organized by legal category (divorce, tenant) and demographic focus (Black, African American, Indigenous). The collection does not include ancillary court records such as docket entries or related filings beyond the scanned case file.

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Raw Cheimarros Data

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@tenant:concept {description: "Person who occupies land or property rented from a landlord"}

@retirement_benefits:concept {description: "Payments made to individuals after retirement"}

@baai_history:concept {full_name: "Black, African American, and Indigenous History"}

@new_haven_county:place {state: @connecticut, country: @united_states}

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@nhsc_baai_subject_index:concept {description: "Subject-index field for New Haven County Superior Court files involving Black, African American, and Indigenous individuals"}

@nhsc_baai_cases_papers_collection -> located in -> @new_haven_county

@nhsc_baai_cases_papers_collection -> uses -> @nhsc_baai_subject_index

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@file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_divorce_tenant_011_tif:file {type: "image", format: "TIFF"}

@david_a_howard:person {full_name: "David A. Howard"}

@henry_d_howard:person {full_name: "Henry D. Howard"}

@file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_divorce_tenant_011_jpg -> contains -> @david_a_howard

@file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_divorce_tenant_011_jpg -> contains -> @henry_d_howard

@file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_divorce_tenant_011_jpg -> tagged with -> @retirement_benefits

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  • ✓ v4 (current) · 12/4/2025, 3:17:44 PM
    "Added description"
  • v3 · 12/4/2025, 2:42:23 PM · View this version
    "Added knowledge graph extraction"
  • v2 · 12/4/2025, 6:39:12 AM · View this version
    "Added PINAX metadata"
  • v1 · 12/4/2025, 6:30:03 AM · View this version
    "Reorganization group: Miscellaneous_Documents"

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