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Philemon Hewitt papers
1997-05-0
Collection
Identifier: 1997-05-0
Scope and Contents
The papers of Philemon Hewitt relating to bees, beekeeping, honey, consisting of correspondence, Christmas cards, honey labels, news clippings, photographs, a glass slide, and material concerning to articles in "American Bee Journal." There are also records relating to the Connecticut Beekeepers Association including membership lists, its constitution and history, and other documents; cash books, 1891-1958; ledger, 1912-1952; and minutes, 1891-1963.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1891-1972; Other: Date acquired: 01/05/1998
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Lucy Flower Karl papers
00-1971-44-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-1971-44-0
Scope and Contents
Papers of Lucy Flower Karl (1870-1958), consisting of correspondence, ephemera, a photograph, and other documents. Lucy Karl was married to William C. Karl, and the papers include items related to her 13-year-old son William Raymond Karl, who had the unfortunate distinction of being Litchfield's first motor vehicle fatality in 1915. William C. Karl was one of seven Karl brothers who came to Litchfield with their parents, Peter and Wilhelmina Hudel Karl, in the 1880s. William died in 1903....
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1896-1930; Other: Date acquired: 01/03/1971
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Litchfield Bancorp records
2000-24-0
Collection
Identifier: 2000-24-0
Scope and Contents
Records relating to Litchfield Bancorp. Founded in 1850 as The Litchfield Savings Society, the name was changed in 1952 to The Litchfield Savings Bank, and changed again in 1984 to Litchfield Bancorp. The items are the bank's cashbook, 1850-1864; record book, containing board of directors minutes and other records, 1850-1889; an 1850 incorporation document; a list, possibly of directors, 1874; an excerpt from an 1880 public act related to savings banks; and a scrapbook documenting the bank's...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1850-2000; Other: Majority of material found in 1850-1889; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/2000
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Litchfield Chapter, American Red Cross records
2000-19-0
Fonds
Identifier: 2000-19-0
Content Description
The Litchfield Chapter, American Red Cross records consists of administrative records; correspondence; publicity materials; photographs; and decals, signs, and artwork. The records are arranged in four series.Series 1. Administrative records, includes by-laws, history, annual reports, minutes, board of directors documents, financial records, correspondence, materials related to the Chinese friendship chapter in He Bei, and materials sent to the local chapter from the national...
Dates:
1896-2000
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Litchfield Community House, Inc. records
1954-45-0
Collection
Identifier: 1954-45-0
Scope and Contents
The Litchfield Community House, Inc. records (1954-45-0, .83 linear feet) document an organization that built and maintained athletic fields and operated a community building in Litchfield, Conn., from 1929 to 1958. The collection includes correspondence, blueprints, specifications, reports, clippings, ephemera, and other documents and covers 1927-1949.
As early as 1927, a group of concerned Litchfield citizens, spearheaded by Frederick Kingsbury Bull, explored the idea of constructing...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1927-1958; Other: Date acquired: 04/08/1955
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Litchfield Garden Club records
2010-33-0
Series
Identifier: 2010-33-0
Scope and Contents
The Litchfield Garden Club records document an association that has been actively involved in education and civic improvement efforts as well as local, regional and national conservation and environmental initiatives since the club was founded in Litchfield, Conn., in 1913. The collection consists of minutes, reports, correspondence, membership information, financial records, scrapbooks, photographs, newsletters, publicity materials, clippings, programs, yearbooks, awards, and other items....
Dates:
1913-2021
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Litchfield Horse Show Association collection
1995-16-0
Collection
Identifier: 1995-16-0
Scope and Contents
The Litchfield Horse Show Association collection documents a horse show and associated events held annually in August from 1928 until 1975 in Litchfield, Conn., and the organization that oversaw them. In addition, some records relate to Litchfield horse shows held prior to the formation of the association. The collection consists of correspondence; photographs; plans for jumps; an application to The American Horse Shows Association, Inc.; a scrapbook, tickets; news clippings; a history;...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1915-1981; Other: Date acquired: 12/05/1996
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Litchfield Rarities/Bill Alexander collection
2002-21-0
Collection
Identifier: 2002-21-0
Scope and Contents
Connecticut covers (1967-1971); postcards, (circa 1903-1969); envelopes, unknown to Ransom (circa 1883), Pratt & Thompson to Ebenezer Wooster (1886), Flynn & Doyle to George R. Bailey (1913); photographs, including Litchfield High School students (circa 1880s), cabinet cards; publications and ephemera (1910s-1930s); Swamp-Root Almanacs, imprinted with Litchfield Pharmacy and Crutch & McDonald; deeds, F. Nelson B. Smith (1846), Edwin E. Pretiss (1858), and Charles Munson (1867);...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1797-1971; Other: Date acquired: 02/08/2003
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
Evelyn Maddox collection
00-2002-73-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2002-73-0
Scope and Contents
One letter from S. Carl Fisher, president of the Litchfield Enquirer Publishing Co. to "Tete," circa 1930s; photographs of Litchfield High School, 1890-1925, and Litchfield High School students, circa 1921.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: circa 1921-circa 1930s; Other: Date acquired: 02/12/2002
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society