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Correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 197 Collections and/or Records:

John Trumbull letter

00-2010-241-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-241-0
Scope and Contents

John Trumbull writes from Wilbraham, Mass., to Pierre Flandin in New York City. He is going to Boston and unable to return to New York before Nov. 1. If Mr. [Brett?] wishes to have his room, would Flandin see to Trumbull's pictures taken down and out of their frames and carefully marked. Also mentions taking up his carpet.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1836 Oct 24

Unknown to American Home Missionary Society

00-2010-146-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-146-0
Scope and Contents

Letter contained a $3 donation. Signed "A Friend." Posted from Litchfield, Conn.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1848 Jan 22

Edgar B. Van Winkle collection

2010-364-0

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-364-0
Scope and Contents The Edgar B. Van Winkle collection consists of research files, correspondence, and a speech. Van Winkle and his wife Mary Speiden Van Winkle had an interest in the family of Litchfield doctor Daniel Sheldon and the papers include correspondence, research, and a speech about him and members of his family. The collection has memorials written by Van Winkle to George S. Greene, John Croes, and John Mitchell, members of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the U.S. A., and  speeches Van...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: circa 1830s, 1903-1915; Other: Date acquired: 06/10/2010

Webster family papers

2017-11-0

 Fonds
Identifier: 2017-11-0
Abstract

The Webster family papers include Arethusa Farm records, ledgers, calendars, and postcards; documentation of a 1952 transcontinental trip to Alaska; and Litchfield photos and ephemera. Most of the family papers are from the 1870s through the 1920s.

Dates: 1867-1998

John D. Wheeler letter

00-1949-38-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-1949-38-0
Scope and Contents

Wheeler writes to his uncle from a tent on the green in New Haven, Conn., about volunteering to serve in the Civil War, the draft, slavery, and other wartime topics.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1862 Jul 18; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1949

Alain C. White papers

00-2010-251-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-251-0
Scope and Contents

Papers of Alain C. White, consisting of correspondence related to investments of the Litchfield Historical Society, the acquisition of a John C. Calhoun portrait by the Society, and other matters. There are also a collection of what appear to be papers of Middletown, Conn., students.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1878-1923

Whittlesey family papers

2001-14-0

 Collection
Identifier: 2001-14-0
Scope and Contents The papers of the Whittlesey family, primarily relating to the activities of David Whittlesey (1750-1825), his son David Chester Whittlesey (1803-1880), both of New Preston, (part of Washington), Conn., and David Chester Whittlesey's son John Eliphalet Whittlesey (1830-1910), who served in the Civil War and then settled in Houston, Tex. Also included are papers related to the Hazen, Mitchell, and Titus families of Washington, late 1700s-early 1800s. The collection includes correspondence,...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1775-1912; Other: Date acquired: 07/07/2002

Henry H. Wiggin genealogy collection

1971-48-0

 Collection
Identifier: 1971-48-0
Scope and Contents The Henry H. Wiggin genealogy collection relates to the genealogy of the Wiggin, Holme, and associated families, including descendants of Capt. Thomas Wiggin (circa 1592-1666) of New Hampshire. Henry Wiggin (1872- ) was the first cousin once removed of Charlotte M. Wiggin (1886-1974), long-time curator of the Litchfield Historical Society, and the papers include documentation regarding her and her ancestors. The collection consists of manuscript research materials, correspondence, and...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1935-1953; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1971

William Morris and Company letter

00-1994-07-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-1994-07-0
Scope and Contents

J. E. Gillard of William Morris and Company in London, U.K., writes to Rev. Howard F. Dunn of St. Michael's Church in Litchfield, Conn., to apologize for the delay in getting the designs for Alexander Liggett's stained glass window to Rev. Dunn. Gillard anticipates sending them in ten days.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1954 Aug 13; Other: Date acquired: 02/10/1995

Florence Wilson collection

00-1996-22-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-1996-22-0
Scope and Contents

Correspondence related to the Litchfield Citizens Advisory Council, 1985; news clippings of historic houses and topics, circa 1969-1985; and a map of Litchfield, circa 1980s. Florence Wilson, (1917-2009), was a public school teacher and a longtime Litchfield resident.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1969-1985; Other: Date acquired: 06/08/1996