Richard Southall Grant Photographs
1971-33-0
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographic prints created by Richard Southall Grant for Irving Holley and his wife, Mary Lewis Sharp Holley, of Torrington.
Dates
- created: 1927
- Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1971
Creator
- Grant, Richard Southall, 1894-1954 (Person)
Biographical / Historical
Mary Lewis Sharp was the first cousin once removed of architectural photographer Richard Southall Grant. Grant lived in Massachusetts and photographed buildings along the East coast.
Extent
34.00 items
One box other_unmapped
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection includes photographic prints created by Richard Southall Grant for Irving Holley and his wife, Mary Lewis Sharp Holley, of Torrington.
Arrangement Note
This collection is arranged in three series: Photographs Litchfield, Photographs of Washington, and a numbered series of landscapes.
Custodial History
Mrs. Doremus (Mary "Polly" Sharp Holley) was the sister of Mr. Irving Holley for whom the photographs were made. She donated them to the Historical Society in 1971.
Source of Acquisition
Mrs. William Doremus
- Title
- Richard Southall Grant Photographs
- Author
- Marcia Furman
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Litchfield Historical Society Repository
7 South Street
P.O. Box 385
Litchfield CT 06759
860-567-4501
860-567-3565 (Fax)
archivist@litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org