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Halley's Comet Time Capsule Scrapbook

1991-104-0

 Item
Identifier: 1991-104-0

Content Description

Magnetic photo album containing documentation of a time capsule project completed by Litchfield Center School second graders in May of 1986. Includes photocopies of newspaper articles, polaroid photos of the contents of the time capsule, photographs of the event at which the capsule was buried, and documentation of the Halley's Comet Society. The school hosted a reunion five years later, in 1991. The scrapbook contains a list of those who attended and, inserted in a zip-top bag, a news clipping about the reunion and photographs of the presentation of the album to Catherine K. Fields, director of the Historical Society. Housed in 3A Box 36.

Dates

  • Creation: 1986 - 1991

Extent

1 items

Language of Materials

English

Condition Description

The adhesive in the album is deteriorating and yellowing at the edges of the pages.

Title
Halley's Comet Time Capsule Scrapbook
Author
Linda Hocking
Date
2021-11-09
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Litchfield Historical Society Repository

Contact:
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P.O. Box 385
Litchfield CT 06759
860-567-4501
860-567-3565 (Fax)