Litchfield Historical Society (Litchfield, Conn.)
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Civil War soldier reminiscences and remembrances collection
00-2010-275-0
Family histories collection
1951-29-0
The Family histories collection consists of genealogical reports written by eighth grade students in Litchfield, Warren, Morris, and Goshen, Conn. They were written at the request of the curator of the Litchfield Historical Society. The histories were written by three different groups of eighth graders: Litchfield Junior High School, 1951-1952; Litchfield Junior High School, 1956; and Wamogo High School, 1958, and are arranged alphabetically by family name as provided on the report.
Robert W. Hill lecture
00-1907-17-0
Kirby family collection
00-2010-193-0
A newspaper obituary of Col. Edmund Kirby (1794-1849), who enlisted in the army at the age of 18 and fought in the War of 1812, the Black Hawk, Creek and Seminole Wars and the Mexican War. He was chief of the Pay Department during the Mexican War and died as a result of deteriorating health during the war. A manuscript, "A chronicle of the Marvin-Kirby house from an address read by Miss Wells at Litchfield, Conn., 21 Aug 1879."
Litchfield War Records Committee records
2011-15-0
Gen. John Sedgwick collection
00-1963-30-0
Collection of papers related to Civil War Gen. John Sedgwick (1831-1864) of Cornwall, Conn. Items include photographs and documents relating to Sedgwick memorials assembled by Edward Kelly of Litchfield, 1963; a Litchfield Enquirer containing an article on the dedication of a memorial to Sedgwick at Gettysburg, Jun. 12, 1913; and an undated chronology of the events of Sedgwick's life.
Alain C. White papers
00-2010-251-0
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.
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- Goshen (Conn.) -- Genealogy 1
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- Litchfield (Conn.) -- Genealogy 1
- Memoirs 1
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- Morris (Conn.) -- Genealogy 1
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