Morris Academy (Morris, Conn.)
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Clarissa Baldwin Journal
00-2011-68-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2011-68-0
Scope and Contents
The Clarissa Baldwin Journal (2011-68-0) is a daily journal that Clarissa Baldwin maintained for an assignment while at the Morris Academy in 1810 through 1811. The journal focuses on the day-to-day activities such as attended classes, prayer, getting to and from school, the description of the weather, &tc. There are also two comments in the journal left by her teacher Rhoda Farnham. The one that might be of most interest, because it is the most extensive, is at the end of the journal....
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1810-1811; Other: Date acquired: 03/06/2011
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
C. Murray Keefer manuscript
00-1956-30-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-1956-30-0
Scope and Contents
Typescript manuscript, "Historical Sketch: Portraying the Ceremony of Presentation to James Morris of the Morris Academy Building and Its Dedication in November 1803," prepared by C. Murray Keefer and enacted in the Morris Community Hall on Jul 24, 1935, as a part of the Connecticut Tercentenary Celebration.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1935; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1956
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Barbara Nolen Strong papers
1993-101-0
Collection
Identifier: 1993-101-0
Abstract
The Barbara Nolen Strong papers (1993-101-0) consist of Mrs. Strong's research, notes, budget and costs, publication, and other materials related to the publication of her book, The Morris Academy: pioneer in coeducation 1790-1888, published in 1976.
Dates:
Other: Date acquired: 05/11/1994
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
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