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Blakeslee-Foy-Crabtree families papers
2014-54-0
Fonds
Identifier: 2014-54-0
Content Description
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)....
Dates:
1850-2002
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
J. Howard Catlin papers
1961-40-0
Collection
Identifier: 1961-40-0
Abstract
The J. Howard Catlin papers (1961-40-0) consist of:
Glass negatives of the Northfield area. Prints are filed with the negatives as Series 2. Currently housed in 5B section 1.
Photographs donated at the same tiime as the glass negatives. Currently housed in 5B section 1.
Six pocket diaries kept by J. Howard Caltin in 1867, 1868, 1873, 1874, 1880, and 1892. Catlin's entries are brief and generally chronicle his daily activities. He regularly notes the weather, and in several of the diaries...
Dates:
Other: Date acquired: 01/11/1961
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Ladies' Aid Society cookbook
00-1972-130-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-1972-130-0
Scope and Contents
The Ladies' Aid Society cookbook (1972-130-0) was compiled by the Ladies' Aid Society of the Congregational Church of Northfield, Connecticut in 1930. Recipes were gathered from and submitted by residents of Northfield. Their names are printed below their respective submissions. An index at the front of the book seperates recipes into the categories of bread, cakes, cookies, miscellaneous, pie, and puddings. The item is currently housed in 3A Box 17.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1930; Other: Date acquired: 12/02/1971
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Marsh School group photo
2014-35-0
Item
Identifier: 2014-35-0
Content Description
Photograph of people posing in front of the schoolhouse. Included is a diagram with name identification reference.
Dates:
1917
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Northfield Girl Scouts records
00-1954-48-0
Collection — Box: 3A Box 21
Identifier: 00-1954-48-0
Scope and Contents
The Northfield Girl Scouts records (1954-48-0) contains a variety of items dating from the years 1925-1929. The records are bound together in a black loose leaf notebook. Included are three group photographs of Oak Troop No.1 taken in 1925, 1926, and 1927. One photograph is at Bantam Lake. Also present in the records are annual reports submitted for 1925-1929. The annual reports contain descriptions of the troop's yearly activities, as well as officer and member lists, and brief descriptions...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1925-1929; Other: Date acquired: 02/01/1955
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Turner & Woodruff account book index
1963-29-0
Collection
Identifier: 1963-29-0
Scope and Contents
Index to Account Book, 1963-29-0, is a paper bound book with alphabetical tabs on the right side and a listing of the customers of a business and the pages their entries appear. The name of the business does not appear on the index, but appears to be from Turner Woodruff & Co., a general store and mortgage/real estate brokers in Northfield, Connecticut which was in operation fro 1794-1822. The account book for this index is not in the collection, although the many of the same customer...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1800-1830; Other: Date acquired: 08/06/1963
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Turner, Woodruff & Co. Day Book
00-2013-99-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2013-99-0
Scope and Contents
Day Book, Turner Woodruff & Co., 2013-99-0, is identified inside the front cover. Entries are from August 3, 1811 to June 15, 1812. Entries include customer name, items purchased and their cost. Some entries also include who purchased the item (a son or daughter, for instance). Newspaper clippings have been glued inside the back cover. There is also a handwritten list of "Deceased" people and the date of their death.
Turner and Woodruff was a business operated by Isaac Turner and...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1811-1812
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Turner, Woodruff & Co. Papers
00-2012-16-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2012-16-0
Scope and Contents
Turner, Woodruff & Co. Papers, 2012-16-0, includes business papers such as accounting, goods purchased and received, bank drafts, payables and receivables, promisary notes, as well as poll lists for the Episcopal, Presbyterian, and Quaker societies in Northfield (Litchfield), Connecticut.
Isaac Turner (1780-1836) of Northfield and Enoch J. Woodruff (1786-1855) of Watertown and Litchfield opened a general store at the corner of Northfield and Remsen Roads in Northfield in the late 18th...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1796 - 1818; Other: Majority of material found in 1813-1818; Other: Date acquired: 07/05/2012
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society