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Gladys Mattson papers

2008-04-0

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-04-0
Scope and Contents The papers of artist and photographer Gladys A. Mattson (1890-1957) of Bantam, Conn., which consist of correspondence, photographs, drawings, stencils, patterns and other documents. Mattson was a daughter of Alfred Mattson and Emma Coe Mattson. By 1912 or so she was tinting photographs. The collection contains three Wallace Nutting prints which contain Mattson's signature on the back. The circumstances under which she worked for Nutting have not been determined, although she would have been...
Dates: Created: 1912-1950; Other: Date acquired: 04/01/2010

Thomas McBride collection

2010-228-0

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-228-0
Scope and Contents

One box of note cards illustrated with Ronald Lee Anderson (1929-2002) paintings; 10 day books, 1 price list, and 1 repair ledger of antiques dealer Floyd Thoms.

Dates: Created: 1945-1975; Other: Date acquired: 11/06/2010

Plumb family papers

2006-03-0

 Collection
Identifier: 2006-03-0
Scope and Contents

The Plumb family papers (2006-03-0, 1.13 linear feet) consists primarily of personal papers relating to Frederick B. Plumb, Jr. (1913-2002) and his wife Marian Newton Plumb (1917-2003). Also included are items related to Frederick B. Plumb, Sr. (b.1878) and his wife Rena Plumb (1882-1975). The papers consist of tax receipts, account books, blueprints, and several certificates of achievement. Many items are related to The Grange and other agricultural groups.

Dates: Created: 1906-1982; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/2005

Laura Hunt Ramsey collection

00-1999-03-0

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 00-1999-03-0
Scope and Contents

Laura Hunt Ramsey performed in Litchfield Summer Theatre productions during the 1952 season. Among the cast was Calvert DeForest, who became nationally known in the 1980s through his appearances as Larry (Bud) Melman on Late Night with David Letterman. The collection consists of news clippings, theater programs, post cards, and photographs relating to the Summer Theatre and Litchfield. There is also a drawing by Leonard Altobell of himself.

Dates: Created: 1952; Other: Date acquired: 01/08/1999

Ray family papers

00-1966-01-0

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 00-1966-01-0
Scope and Contents The Ray Family papers (1966-01-0) contain correspondence, drawings, school papers, and a newspaper clipping relating to the family of Addie Wadhams Stevens Ray (1846-1918). Other family members represented in the papers include her mother Jane Wadhams Stevens (1815-1862), grandmother Phoebe Collins Wadhams (1773-1867), cousin Alida Collins Benson (1834- ), and uncle Edward R. Stevens. Addie Wadhams Stevens Ray was the daughter of Henry Ward and Jane Wadhams Stevens. They resided in...
Dates: Created: 1855-1886; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1966

Seherr-Thoss papers regarding the Litchfield Historical Society

00-1997-31-0

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 00-1997-31-0
Scope and Contents

Plans, correspondence, and other documents related to renovation of the Litchfield Historical Society building, 1976-1986.

Dates: Created: 1976-1986; Other: Date acquired: 06/12/1998

Slosson family papers

00-1979-30-0

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 00-1979-30-0
Scope and Contents

Papers related to the history of the Nathaniel Slosson homestead in Kent, Conn.; a photograph and drawing of the house; genealogical information about the Slosson family; and a cabinet card of an unidentified man.

Dates: Created: 1896-1918; Other: Date acquired: 07/06/1980

Esther Smith tea cannister drawing

00-2010-224-0

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 00-2010-224-0
Scope and Contents

Drawing with the legend, "Inscription on an ancient tea cannister found by H. P. Griswold in Milton - May 1876." Cannister has "Esther Smith her tea cannister" written on it. Drawn on the stationery of Dwight C. Kilbourn.

Dates: Created: 1876 May

Spring Hill School collection

1951-30-0

 Collection
Identifier: 1951-30-0
Scope and Contents The Spring Hill School collection (1951-30-0, .83 linear feet) documents a private school modelled on a philosophy of progressive education. Founded by Dorothy Bull and Mabel Foster Spinney in Litchfield, Conn., the school operated from 1926 to 1939. The collection includes correspondence, financial records, minutes, institutional records, brochures, and published editions of student work. The collection also contains tributes to co-founders Bull from 1934 and Spinney from 1951 and a...
Dates: Created: 1926-1940; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1951

Stephen Van Rensselaer drawings

00-2010-53-0

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 00-2010-53-0
Scope and Contents

Two pen and ink drawings of an eagle by Stephen Van Rensselaer, a student at the Cornwall (Conn.) Foreign Mission School. Signed by Stephen Van Rensselaer, native name Wah-che-oh-heh, an Osage Indian.

Dates: Created: circa 1826

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Aerotec Industries 1
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Bissell, Samantha J., 1834- 1
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Boy Scouts of America 1
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Catlin family 1
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Nutting, Wallace, 1861-1941 1
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Woodruff, James Parsons, 1868-1931 1
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