Estella Hewitt diaries

2021-28-0

Fonds

Identifier: 2021-28-0

Staff Only

Content Description

Seven diaries kept by Estella Hewitt from 1946-1973 documenting daily activities including cooking, cleaning, baking, social activities, playing organ at churches, and working at the Gilbert and Oliver Wolcott libraries. While the other volumes document daily life in Litchfield, the 1962 diary is a trip diary detailing a trip to England, France, Italy Holland, Switzerland, Germany and Belgium.

Dates

Creation: 1946-1973

Creator

Hewitt, Estella (Estella Feindel Hewitt) (1893-1979) (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright Undetermined. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Biographical / Historical

Estella Feindel Hewitt was born 17 May 1893 in Lowell, Massachusetts. She was the first woman graduate of the Lowell Textile Institute. She married Philemon J. Hewitt, Sr with whom she had two sons and three daughters. She was a librarian at both the Gilbert Library in Northfield and the Oliver Wolcott Library in Litchfield. She belonged to the Episcopal Church and was the organist for both the Northfield Congregational Church and the Trinity Episcopal Church in Thomaston. She died in June 1979.