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Litchfield South Association records
1992-41-0
Collection
Identifier: 1992-41-0
Scope and Contents
The records of the Litchfield South Association (1842-1991), which consist of correspondence, minutes, publications, and other administrative records. In 1751, the same year as the founding of Litchfield County, the Congregational churches of the county were brought together into one organization, the Litchfield County Consociation. In 1791, with 28 members, the Consociation amicably divided into organziations, Litchfield North Consociation and Litchfield South Consociation. Churches in...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1842-1991; Other: Majority of material found in 1934-1977; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1992
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Town of Litchfield records
00-1971-45-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-1971-45-0
Scope and Contents
Advertisements, bills, correspondence, tax abatement list, correspondence and orders related to town roads, and other records related to the Town of Litchfield.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1853-1900; Other: Date acquired: 01/10/1971
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Litchfield War Records Committee records
2011-15-0
Collection
Identifier: 2011-15-0
Scope and Contents
The Litchfield War Records Committee records (2011-15-0, 1.88 linear feet) document men and women who served in the armed forces and auxiliary groups from Litchfield, Conn., during World War II. The papers consist of questionaires, photographs, minutes, notes, subject files, correspondence, and ephemera.
The largest group of papers are returned questionnaires that list the service person's name, address, date of birth, next of kin, service dates and places, promotions, date and...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1940-1946; Other: Date acquired: 03/04/2012
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Loring family correspondence
1965-23-0
Collection
Identifier: 1965-23-0
Scope and Contents
The Loring Family Correspondence consists primarily of letters to and from Mary Pierce. The main correspondents are: Mary Pierce; Anna Pierce Brace, Mary's niece; Charles Greely Loring, Anna's husband; Jane Loring Gray and Susan Loring Jackson, daughters of Charles and Anna, grandnieces of Mary Pierce.
The Lorings were a prominant family in Boston and in addition to news of the extended families (Cunninghams, Putnams, Jacksons, Grays, & Lowells) and friends, the letters describe life...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1812-1863; Other: Date acquired: 05/09/1966
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Harlan G. Mendenhall papers
2011-21-0
Collection
Identifier: 2011-21-0
Scope and Contents
The Harlan G. Mendenhall papers (2011-21-0, .43 linear feet) consist of correspondence and historical and biographical notes assembled by Mendenhall for use in writing a history of Litchfield. The collection also includes an Oct. 3, 1839, letter from the Committee of the Chapel Street Congregational Church inviting John Colton to become pastor and an Apr. 1846 unsigned letter to Horace Greely of The New York Tribune regarding the next president of Yale...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1839-1933; Other: Date acquired: 03/04/2012
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
William Miller Collection
1991-101-0
Collection
Identifier: 1991-101-0
Scope and Contents
The personal papers of William Miller relating to the Borough of Litchfield Charter Revision Commission, Board of Warden and Burgesses, Courthouse Site Committee, Postal Site Committee, historic preservation Borough Historical and Architectural Commission, Litchfield Green Advisory Committee, Litchfield Historical Society "European Extravaganza," Historic District, and other Borough matters; The Sanctum; and the Litchfield Country Club; architectural drawings of the residence of Mrs. Francis...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1907-1990; Other: Majority of material found in 1967-1990; Other: Date acquired: 06/04/1996
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Miscellaneous papers
2002-64-0
Collection
Identifier: 2002-64-0
Scope and Contents
Papers relating to families and activities in Litchfield, including correspondence related to Camp, Smith, Hill, and other families; deeds; contracts and other legal documents relating to highway and bridge construction and maintenance; Reports of the Selectmen and Treasurer of the Town of Litchfield, 1890-1911; Road Schedules; Charter and Bylaws of the Town of Litchfield, 1862; and other papers.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1841-1956; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/2002
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
My Country Society, Inc. records
2008-38-0
Collection
Identifier: 2008-38-0
Scope and Contents
My Country Society, Inc. was founded in 1967 with the purpose of publishing a journal, My Country, related to American history. Initially, the journal was distributed throughout Litchfield County to schools, historical societies, libraries, town halls, banks, and other places. Later, it became available by subscription. The publication schedule varied, but typically several issues were produced each year. New and established authors were encouraged to submit manuscripts. The Society also...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1967-2009; Other: Date acquired: 12/04/2009
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
My Country Society, Inc. records
00-2010-118-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-118-0
Scope and Contents
Records related to a series of 12 articles printed by UOP Transportation Equipment Group, Aerotherm Division, in their "Executives' Digest" newsletter in conjunction with Litchfield's 250th anniversary in 1969.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1968-1970
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Register of Revolutionary Soliders and Patriots buried in Litchfield County research papers
2011-19-0
Collection
Identifier: 2011-19-0
Scope and Contents
The Register of Revolutionary Soliders and Patriots buried in Litchfield County research papers (2011-19-0, .83 linear feet) consists of research, surveys, lists, and other materials used to produce the 1976 book, Register of Revolutionary Soliders and Patriots buried in Litchfield County, compiled by Joyce Mackenzie Cropsey and published by the Daughters of the American Revolution, Mary Floyd Tallmadge Chapter.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1976; Other: Date acquired: 03/04/2012
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society