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Carol Bramley collection of Litchfield Historic District papers
2003-54-0
Collection
Identifier: 2003-54-0
Scope and Contents
The Malcolm and Carol Bramley collection of Litchfield Historic District papers includes the final National Historic Landmark nomination form, 1986; National Historic Landmark draft nomination forms, 1986; National Register of Historic Places final nomination form, 1976; "The Historical Archeology of Culture and Society in the Center Village of Litchfield, Connecticut," by Russell G. Handsman, 1984; "Another City Upon a Hill: Litchfield, Connecticut, and the Colonial Revival," by William J....
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1976-1986; Other: Date acquired: 03/10/2003
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Solyman Brown collection
2007-30-0
Collection
Identifier: 2007-30-0
Scope and Contents
The research materials related to Dr. Solyman Brown compiled by Dr. Leonard Elkins, who was working on an uncompleted biography of Dr. Brown.The papers include letters and other documents written by Dr. Brown and materials collected and/or written by members of the Brown family. There are two daguerreotypes of Elizabeth Butler Brown and Dr. Brown. Dr. Elkins's papers include his partial draft of a Solyman Brown biography, research notes, articles and news clippings, and original source...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1841-2006; Other: Date acquired: 01/05/2007
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Guion family papers
2004-43-0
Collection
Identifier: 2004-43-0
Abstract
The papers of the Guion family of Litchfield. Brothers Hobart Guion (1869-1950) and George Guion (1870-1962) married sisters Harriet Cutler McAllister (1880-1977) and Amelia Hamilton McAllister (1877-1962), respectively.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: circa 1870-1977; Other: Date acquired: 07/12/2006
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Litchfield War Records Committee records
2011-15-0
Collection
Identifier: 2011-15-0
Scope and Contents
The Litchfield War Records Committee records (2011-15-0, 1.88 linear feet) document men and women who served in the armed forces and auxiliary groups from Litchfield, Conn., during World War II. The papers consist of questionaires, photographs, minutes, notes, subject files, correspondence, and ephemera.
The largest group of papers are returned questionnaires that list the service person's name, address, date of birth, next of kin, service dates and places, promotions, date and...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1940-1946; Other: Date acquired: 03/04/2012
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Sonia P. Seherr-Thoss papers
2006-34-0
Fonds
Identifier: 2006-34-0
Scope and Contents
The papers of Sonia P. Seherr-Thoss (1919-2006), writer, photographer, dairy farmer, philanthropist, and long-time Litchfield, Conn., resident. The majority of the papers document the foreign travels she made with her husband Hans Christoph Seherr-Thoss (1912-1992) and family members and friends to Europe, Russia, Afghanistan, Turkey, Iran, India, China, Japan, Africa, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, the Galapagos Islands, and other places. The papers also relate to her involvement in...
Dates:
1920-2006
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Caroline Stoddard Newcomer papers
00-1953-27-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-1953-27-0
Scope and Contents
Caroline Stoddard Newcomer papers (1953-27-0),
Correspondence, family data sheets, a photograph, and other items related to the genealogy of Caroline Stoddard Newcomer. Born in Litchfield, Conn., in 1852, she and her extended family moved to Tama County, Iowa, in 1854. The papers primarily document the children of Caroline's great-grandfather Gideon Stoddard (1768-1846) of Litchfield. Among the primary family members represented are Whitman Stoddard (1790-1867), Jesse Stoddard (1792- ),...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1862-1952; Other: Date acquired: 12/03/1953
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society