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Lynne Templeton Brickley papers
2019-87-0
Fonds
Identifier: 2019-87-0
Abstract
Research materials, correspondence and other papers, photographs, and additional materials by and about the life of Lynne Templeton Brickley (1940-2019), an independent historian who served as a consultant for several prize-winning exhibitions at the Litchfield Historical Society. A resident of Litchfield, CT, since 1968, Brickley was president and trustee of the Litchfield Historical Society, an active member of the Litchfield Garden Club and the Litchfield Democratic Town Committee, and a...
Dates:
1930-2018
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
Elizabeth Barney Buel papers
00-2010-160-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-160-0
Scope and Contents
Four writings of Elizabeth C. Barney Buel: Luncheon to Mrs. Kinney, May 26, 1910; Newspaper clipping about the activities of the Mary Floyd Tallmadge Chapter of the D.A.R., Mar 18, 1935; "Benjamin Franklin", radio broadcast, Jan. 17, 1933; "Old Time Industries of Litchfield Town", undated.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1910-1933
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Arthur Catlin papers
1979-20-0
Collection
Identifier: 1979-20-0
Scope and Contents
The Arthur Catlin papers relate to Arthur Catlin (1830-1913), a farmer in Litchfield, Conn., and several members of his family. Most of the papers regard Catlin's legal matter involving the Litchfield County Agricultural Society and its dissolution and sale of land in 1914. The collection consists of correspondence, business papers, minutes, membership lists, deeds and contracts, estate and other legal papers, ephemera, check book registers, account books, and other documents.
Arthur Catlin...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1857-1921; Other: Date acquired: 08/05/1979
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Stephanie Whitney Cunningham manuscript
00-2011-29-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2011-29-0
Abstract
Stephanie Whitney Cunningham manuscript (2011-29-0) is an unfinished manuscript draft of "From Bride to Great-Grandmother in Litchfield" by Stephanie Whitney Cunningham. Written in a small spiral bound notebook, the manuscript gives insight into the author's life in Litchfield, as well as the social scene, families, buildings, etc. that were present in the community in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: circa 1940; Other: Date acquired: 02/04/2013
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Daughters of the American Revolution, Mary Floyd Tallmadge Chapter records
2011-18-0
Collection
Identifier: 2011-18-0
Scope and Contents
The Daughters of the American Revolution, Mary Floyd Tallmadge Chapter (Litchfield, Conn.) records (2011-18-0, .42 linear feet) consist of research reports regarding lists of American Revolutionary War soldiers from Litchfield and surrounding towns; surveys of churches in Litchfield and Morris; grave records; and a 1779 pay abstract relating to the 13th Regiment Connecticut Militia. Many of the records were created by D.A.R. chapters in surrounding areas and presented to the Litchfield...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1905-1936; Other: Date acquired: 03/04/2012
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Deming, Perkins, and Quincy families papers
1950-01-0
Collection
Identifier: 1950-01-0
Scope and Contents
The Deming, Perkins, and Quincy Families Papers document members of several prominent families who lived in the town of Litchfield, Conn. In the late eighteenth century, the patriarchs of each family earned wealth through their activities as merchants, traders, and investors, enabling them and many of the members of the next generations to live lives free from financial concern, if not outright luxury. The papers consist largely of correspondence, and also include collections of financial...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1762-1950; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1921
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
History of First Church of Christ Congregational Church
00-2011-117-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2011-117-0
Scope and Contents
The History of First Church of Christ Congregational Church collection (2011-117-0) is a collection of papers and a manuscript found in Small Acquisitions. The collection pertains to a history and list of members of the First Church of Christ Congregational Church in Litchfield Connecticut. Leonard Woolsey Bacon the pastor of the church was compiling a list of members from 1721 (when the church was founded) to 1859 (when he was pastor of the church). The collection contains two letters from...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1859; Other: Date acquired: 03/06/2013
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
First Congregational Church of Litchfield collection
2006-18-0
Collection
Identifier: 2006-18-0
Scope and Contents
The First Congregational Church of Litchfield collection provides documentation on the church from 1845-1999, although the church was founded in 1721. The collection brings together records given by the church and a number of other donors, and includes annual reports; addresses, sermons, and discourses; several editions of the church manual and membership roll; Sunday School Library catalogue (1859) and records; histories; photographs; financial records; correspondence; and other records....
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1845-1999; Other: Date acquired: 12/07/2006
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
First Ecclesiastical Society records
00-2010-381-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-381-0
Scope and Contents
The First Ecclesiastical Society records primarily document financial matters related to the First Congregational Church of Litchfield, Conn. The collection consists of correspondence, accounts, memoranda and statements, orders, promissory notes, receipts, and other items.
The First Congregational Church of Litchfield was founded in 1721. Its first minister was Timothy Collins, who served until 1751. Noted clergyman Lyman Beecher was the church's minister from 1810 to 1826. The first church...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1791-1924; Other: Date acquired: 06/12/2012
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society