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Correspondence and records regarding The Consolidated Peat and Peat Machine Co.

00-2010-80-0

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Identifier: 00-2010-80-0
Scope and Contents

Correspondence of Arthur Bostwick of the St. Louis Public Library and Alain C. White regarding The Consolidated Peat and Peat Machine Co., 1922-1923, and a stock certificate of the company, 1868.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1868-1923

Robert Cooley collection

2004-07-0

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Identifier: 2004-07-0
Scope and Contents Collection of materials purchased by Robert Cooley relating generally to Litchfield and the surrounding area. The collection includes individual 18th and 19th century letters and documents; deeds and other legal papers related to Capt. Miles Beach, 1766-1800s; photographs, including cabinet cards, cartes-de-viste, ambrotypes, daguerreotypes, tintypes loose, in cases, and/or in albums; materials related to the Coley, Tice, and Lewis family lineages and genealogy; and 19th and 20th century...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1766-1999; Other: Majority of material found in 1766-1999; Other: Date acquired: 08/04/1992

Joyce M. Cropsey letter to Mr. Roberts

00-2018-34-0

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Identifier: 00-2018-34-0
Abstract

Writes concerning placement of flags on veterans' graves in connection with the American Revolution Bicentennial.

Dates: 1974 Nov 12

Stephanie Whitney Cunningham manuscript

00-2011-29-0

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Identifier: 00-2011-29-0
Abstract

Stephanie Whitney Cunningham manuscript (2011-29-0) is an unfinished manuscript draft of "From Bride to Great-Grandmother in Litchfield" by Stephanie Whitney Cunningham. Written in a small spiral bound notebook, the manuscript gives insight into the author's life in Litchfield, as well as the social scene, families, buildings, etc. that were present in the community in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: circa 1940; Other: Date acquired: 02/04/2013

Maria Tallmadge Cushman home remedies notebook

00-1949-39-0

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Identifier: 00-1949-39-0
Scope and Contents The Maria Tallmadge Cushman home remedies notebook (1949-39-0) was compiled by Maria Tallmadge Cushman from the year 1840 through 1864. The small notebook contains home remedies for illness as well as many recipes and hints for household cleaning. Many of the remedies are handwritten, and a fair amount are newspaper clippings. Health remedies include treatments for cholera, cancer, colds, rheumatism, dysentery, and "Mrs. Noyes Recipe for purifying the blood." Interspersed with health cures...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1840-1864; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1948

Richard Henry Dana papers

1997-16-0

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Identifier: 1997-16-0
Scope and Contents The Richard Henry Dana papers relate primarily to the renovation that Dana designed and supervised in 1925 and 1926 of Ludlow Bull's house at 114 North Street, Litchfield, Conn. The papers also include materials regarding design work for Bull's New York City apartment. The collection includes correspondence, drawings, specifications, orders, wallpaper samples, photographs, and other documents. The correspondence primarily consists of Dana's carbon copies to Bull and vendors regarding design...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1925-1931; Other: Date acquired: 02/07/1998

Daughters of the American Revolution, Mary Floyd Tallmadge Chapter records

2011-18-0

 Collection
Identifier: 2011-18-0
Abstract The Daughters of the American Revolution, Mary Floyd Tallmadge Chapter (Litchfield, Conn.) records (2011-18-0, .63 linear feet) consist of research reports regarding lists of American Revolutionary War soldiers from Litchfield and surrounding towns; surveys of churches in Litchfield and Morris; grave records; and a 1779 pay abstract relating to the 13th Regiment Connecticut Militia. Many of the records were created by D.A.R. chapters in surrounding areas and presented to the Litchfield...
Dates: 1905-1936; 2019-2021; Other: Date acquired: 03/04/2012

Charlotte Deming papers

2011-17-0

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Identifier: 2011-17-0
Scope and Contents The Charlotte Deming papers (2011-17-0, ,42 linear feet) consist of programs related to her performances in Litchfield, New York City, and Westchester, 1882-1924. Deming played violin with a number of groups and venues. The papers consist mostly of programs, and also news clippings, publications and ephemera related to music business and concerts, items related to the Women's String Orchestra Society of New York and the Musicians Club of New York, and an 1898 receipt for a grand piano...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1882-1924; Other: Date acquired: 03/04/2012

Deming, Perkins, and Quincy families papers

1950-01-0

 Collection
Identifier: 1950-01-0
Scope and Contents The Deming, Perkins, and Quincy Families Papers document members of several prominent families who lived in the town of Litchfield, Conn. In the late eighteenth century, the patriarchs of each family earned wealth through their activities as merchants, traders, and investors, enabling them and many of the members of the next generations to live lives free from financial concern, if not outright luxury. The papers consist largely of correspondence, and also include collections of financial...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1762-1950; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1921

Donahue's Clothing Store customer account cards

1993-22-0

 Collection
Identifier: 1993-22-0
Scope and Contents

On April 8, 1922, Martin J. Donahue opened a clothing and shoe store called Donahue's in L. R. Denegar's former location in the Beach block on West St. In March, 1936, he became postmaster of Litchfield. He died in 1946. The records consist of customer account cards, 1922-1937.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1922-1937; Other: Date acquired: 09/08/1994

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Fisher, Samuel H. (Samuel Herbert), 1867-1957 2
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Fuessenich, Bernice D., 1918-2012 2
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Litchfield (Conn.). Borough 2
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My Country Society 2
National Register of Historic Places 2
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