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H. Allen Brooks Collection

00-2010-366-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-366-0

Scope and Contents

Materials pertaining to the Woodruff family of Litchfield including:. Currency of the First National Bank of Litchfield:  $10.00 (1904), $10.00 (1929), and $20.00 (1929) Carte-de-visites of George C. Woodruff, circa 1868, and a group of Candace Catlin Woodruff; George C. Woodruff; George M. Woodruff and George C. Woodruff Jr. (both photographed by J. L. Judd, photographer, Litchfield, CT) Photograph labeled "Bessie Sept 8, 1895" Calling card of Elizabeth Woodruff McNeill Bookplate of George Catlin Woodruff Photographs of the Woodruff family plot in East Cemetery, Litchfield The following materials were included in the donation but cataloged in reQuest (book catalog) "Old Litchfield" (pamphlet) by George M. Woodruff The history of the Town of Litchfield, Connecticut 1720-1920, compiled for the Litchfield Historical Society (2 copies, one with George Woodruff's name embossed on the front cover and a second one inscribed to an individual by Woodruff) History of the town of Litchfield, Connecticut by George C. Woodruff.  Litchfield:  printed and published by Charles Adams, 1845. Includes the folded plan. A genealogical register of the inhabitants of the town of Litchfield, Conn., by George C. Woodruff Woodruff genealogy:  descendants of Mathew Woodruff of Farmington, Connecticut,  compiled by Susan Woodruff Abbott, 1963 (See curator for Lithographs (duplicates) of George M. Woodruff)

Dates

  • created: 1902-1986

Extent

1.00 folders

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Woodruff family materials collected by descendant H. Allen Brooks.

Existence and Location of Originals

multi-part note content

Related Materials

Portraits of Woodruff family members as well as other photographs given by Mr. Brooks are also in the Society's collection.

Title
H. Allen Brooks Collection
Author
Linda Hocking
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Litchfield Historical Society Repository

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