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Private schools -- Connecticut -- Litchfield

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

William Ernest Beatty Papers

00-2011-131-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2011-131-0
Scope and Contents William Ernest Beatty Papers, 2011-131-0, includes booklets and brochures from the Spring Hill School, commencement program from Litchfield High School, class photos and school sports team photographs, photographs of Litchfield after an ice storm 1942 and Woodville after the 1955 Flood, his Litchfield High School diploma and class photograph taken in Washington, D.C. William Ernest Beatty was born on April 12, 1919, in Derby, Conn., son of Elisabeth and Guy Beatty. In 1924, his family moved...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1920-1959; Other: Date acquired: 07/09/2011

Lakeview Hall, 1889

 File — Box 4, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Advertising brochure for Lakeview Hall, a school for girls in Litchfield, Conn. for school year 1889-1890.

Dates: 1889

Litchfield Boarding and Day School, late 1850s-early 1860s

 File — Box 4, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Litchfield Boarding and Day School for Young Ladies. Advertisement. Miss E. Taylor, principal, Miss V. Tilden, of Baltimore, Md., assistant. undated.

Dates: late 1850s-early 1860s

Litchfield Institute, 1874-1927

 File — Box 6, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents Litchfield Institute publications, including: Prospectus, undated. Benjamin W. Pettibone, A.M., principal. Issues of "The Students' Record" vol. 1, no. 1 Nov. 1875; Vol. 1 no. 2 Dec. 1875; Vol. 1, no. 3 Jan. 1876; vol. 1 no. 4 Feb. 1876; vol 1 no. 5 March 1876; Vol. 1 no. 1 Dec 1876 A "Historical SKetch" about The Student's Record, with its history, facts about the editors and contributors, and an index to articles. Dated 15 Oct 1927, St. Louis, Mo. By Arthur E. Bostwick. Report card for...
Dates: 1874-1927

Morris Academy catalogue

00-2009-65-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2009-65-0
Scope and Contents

"Catalogue of the Instructors & members, of Morris' Academy, Litchfield, South Farms, 1812." List of ladies & gentlemen with places of residences. James Morris, Esq., preceptor; Joseph Vaill, A.B. tutor; Miss Rhoda Farnam, tutoress.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1812

Schools, 1841-1986

 File — Box 9, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents Schools in Litchfield documents including brochures, graduation programs, building committee by-laws Flyer by H.D. Minot who proposes to open a private preparatory school for boys in Litchfield on October 4, 1880. Town School Committee - 1914-1915 - list of members and budget. Litchfield Public Schools Social studeies course of study, 1960. [acc. #7908 K1250]. Prospectus for Young Ladies' School, Litchfield, Conn. to be opened by Miss J.H. Jones. March 1841. Advertising brochure for...
Dates: 1841-1986

Spring Hill School collection

1951-30-0

 Collection
Identifier: 1951-30-0
Scope and Contents The Spring Hill School collection (1951-30-0, .83 linear feet) documents a private school modelled on a philosophy of progressive education. Founded by Dorothy Bull and Mabel Foster Spinney in Litchfield, Conn., the school operated from 1926 to 1939. The collection includes correspondence, financial records, minutes, institutional records, brochures, and published editions of student work. The collection also contains tributes to co-founders Bull from 1934 and Spinney from 1951 and a...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1926-1940; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1951

Spring Hill School photographs

00-2011-13-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2011-13-0
Scope and Contents The Spring Hill School photographs (2011-13-0, .92 linear feet) document the activities of students circa 1930 at Spring Hill School, a private school located in Litchfield, Conn. The founders of the school used a progressive education model, and the photographs depict social, recreational, and scholastic activities, including images of horseback riding, making maple sugar, the study of geography, students in their quarters, and a Roman dinner, among other topics. The photographs are mounted...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: circa 1930; Other: Date acquired: 02/04/2012

The Litchfield School, 1922-1935

 File — Box 7, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Copies of Litchfield School Broadcast, published by The Litchfield School; catalogue for The Litchfield School, a school for young boys, Goshen Road, Litchfield, Conn. 1922.

Dates: 1922-1935