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Collection
Identifier: 00-2002-36-0
Scope and Contents
Funeral remembrances and memorial book of Emma Palmer Adams of Goshen, Jan. 1, 1962; "History of Mohawk Mountain," compiled in the 1940s by Hubert T. Hubbell and signed by the compiler.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: circa 1940-1962; Other: Date acquired: 11/10/2002
The Assassination of Lincoln manuscript
00-1955-36-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-1955-36-0
Scope and Contents
The Assassination of Lincoln manuscript (1955-36-0) is a bound typescript manuscript titled "The Assassination of Lincoln." The manuscript is undated and the author unknown.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: undated; Other: Date acquired: 03/06/1955
Lyman Bassett and Emily Pierpont Bassett papers
00-1950-21-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-1950-21-0
Scope and Contents
Papers relating to Lyman Bassett (1827-1901) and Emily Pierpont Bassett (1833-1902), including Emily's certificate of baptism; pages from a family Bible documenting their birth, marriage, and death dates; and news clippings regarding their marriage and Lyman's death. Emily was a daughter of Luther Pierpont and Delia Waugh Pierpont, who was the daughter of Thaddeus Waugh and Ruth Farnham Waugh of South Farms, Litchfield, Conn.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1838-circa 1902; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1950
Edward J. Brady collection
2003-82-0
Collection
Identifier: 2003-82-0
Scope and Contents
In the 1950s, Brady, an employee of what was then the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad (commonly referred to as the New Haven) and is now part of Amtrak, developed an interest in the Shepaug railroad branch. He acquired original New Haven records that provide detailed documentation of the crossings, bridges, and abutting structures. Records also document original rights of way and the New Haven's unsuccessful and successful petitions to abandon the line in the 1930s and 1940s. In...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1897-2000; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/2003
Carol Bramley collection of Litchfield Historic District papers
2003-54-0
Collection
Identifier: 2003-54-0
Scope and Contents
The Malcolm and Carol Bramley collection of Litchfield Historic District papers includes the final National Historic Landmark nomination form, 1986; National Historic Landmark draft nomination forms, 1986; National Register of Historic Places final nomination form, 1976; "The Historical Archeology of Culture and Society in the Center Village of Litchfield, Connecticut," by Russell G. Handsman, 1984; "Another City Upon a Hill: Litchfield, Connecticut, and the Colonial Revival," by William J....
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1976-1986; Other: Date acquired: 03/10/2003
Mary B. Brewster papers
1954-47-0
Collection
Identifier: 1954-47-0
Scope and Contents
The Mary B. Brewster papers (1954-47-0, .42 linear feet) consist of materials related to Brewster's book, St. Michael's Parish, Litchfield, Connecticut, 1745-1954: A Biography of a Parish and of Many Who Have Served It, published in 1954. The papers include manuscripts, galleys, a memorandum, and a cover illustration by William Edwards.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1954; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1954
Brown and Stone families papers
00-1952-06-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-1952-06-0
Scope and Contents
Papers related to Edmund Brown of Colebrook, Conn., and Gertrude Stone Brown of Litchfield, Conn., consisting of an obituary, a marriage certificate, and a family record removed from a Bible; also a family record removed from a Bible relating to Alva Stone and Lucy Humiston Stone of Litchfield and their relatives.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1853-1933; Other: Date acquired: 03/06/1952
Solyman Brown collection
2007-30-0
Collection
Identifier: 2007-30-0
Scope and Contents
The research materials related to Dr. Solyman Brown compiled by Dr. Leonard Elkins, who was working on an uncompleted biography of Dr. Brown.The papers include letters and other documents written by Dr. Brown and materials collected and/or written by members of the Brown family. There are two daguerreotypes of Elizabeth Butler Brown and Dr. Brown. Dr. Elkins's papers include his partial draft of a Solyman Brown biography, research notes, articles and news clippings, and original source...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1841-2006; Other: Date acquired: 01/05/2007
Elizabeth Barney Buel papers
00-2010-160-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-160-0
Scope and Contents
Four writings of Elizabeth C. Barney Buel: Luncheon to Mrs. Kinney, May 26, 1910; Newspaper clipping about the activities of the Mary Floyd Tallmadge Chapter of the D.A.R., Mar 18, 1935; "Benjamin Franklin", radio broadcast, Jan. 17, 1933; "Old Time Industries of Litchfield Town", undated.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1910-1933
Catlin family papers
00-2010-113-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-113-0
Scope and Contents
Papers related to the Catlin family of Harwinton and Winchester, Conn., consisting of correspondence, deeds, a bill of sale, Luman Catlin (Sr.)'s will, and a receipt from the Treasury Dept. of the State of Connecticut exempting the payment of taxes on a note.Family members represented in the collection are Hannah Bull Catlin (1777-1857), the wife of Horace Catlin (1774-1819); Horace's brother Luman Catlin (1767-1852); two of Luman's sons, Luman Catlin (1804- ) and Alfred Catlin...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1830-1905