Content Description From the Fonds: The Blakeslee-Foy-Crabtree families papers contain documents and photographs that primarily relate to the Blakeslee family and associated families Gustafson, Newberry, Curtiss and others of Northfield and Litchfield, CT. There are also items that relate to the Foy famiy, who emigrated to the United States in the 1910s and 1920s, some of whom settled in Northfield and Litchfield, and Davida Foy Crabtree (1944- ), daughter of Alfred Foy (1904-1975) and Davida Blakeslee Foy (1910-1999)....

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Litchfield Historical Society photograph collection is an artifical collection brought together by staff that contains photographs that primarily were part of the vertical files collection. They are arranged into three series by format: Series 1. Prints; Series 2. Daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, and tintypes; and Series 3. Glass plates. The content of the prints and glass plates are categorized in this finding aid by subject; the physical objects are arranged by accession.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Litchfield Historical Society photograph collection is an artifical collection brought together by staff that contains photographs that primarily were part of the vertical files collection. They are arranged into three series by format: Series 1. Prints; Series 2. Daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, and tintypes; and Series 3. Glass plates. The content of the prints and glass plates are categorized in this finding aid by subject; the physical objects are arranged by accession.