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Clarissa Baldwin Journal
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 00-2011-68-0
Scope and Contents
The Clarissa Baldwin Journal (2011-68-0) is a daily journal that Clarissa Baldwin maintained for an assignment while at the Morris Academy in 1810 through 1811. The journal focuses on the day-to-day activities such as attended classes, prayer, getting to and from school, the description of the weather, &tc. There are also two comments in the journal left by her teacher Rhoda Farnham. The one that might be of most interest, because it is the most extensive, is at the end of the journal....
Dates:
Created: 1810-1811; Other: Date acquired: 03/06/2011
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Delia Marsh Barnes school books
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 00-1911-25-0
Scope and Contents
(1911-25-0) Collection of two school books dating from 1825. They include bible verses, math, and excerpts from a British history book.The collection is housed in Small Acquisitions.
Dates:
Created: 1825; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1911
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Virginia H. Beach collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 00-2007-21-0
Scope and Contents
Three folders consisting of Litchfield High School newspapers and concert and commencement programs, church and concert programs, photographs, news clippings, Camp Rainbow Y.T.C. Encampment, and Charlotte Deming essays (1880s).
Dates:
Created: 1880-1954; Other: Date acquired: 01/04/2009
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
William Ernest Beatty Papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 00-2011-131-0
Scope and Contents
William Ernest Beatty Papers, 2011-131-0, includes booklets and brochures from the Spring Hill School, commencement program from Litchfield High School, class photos and school sports team photographs, photographs of Litchfield after an ice storm 1942 and Woodville after the 1955 Flood, his Litchfield High School diploma and class photograph taken in Washington, D.C.
William Ernest Beatty was born on April 12, 1919, in Derby, Conn., son of Elisabeth and Guy Beatty. In 1924, his family moved to...
Dates:
Created: 1920-1959; Other: Date acquired: 07/09/2011
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Jane Amelia Benton school book
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 00-2011-90-0
Scope and Contents
The Jane Amelia Benton school book (2011-90-0) was kept in 1855. The book contains notes on history lessons that Jane received while attending school in Litchfield in 1855. Her sister Phebe attended school with her at the same time. The book also contains the name of the other pupils in her class. It also identifies the teacher as S.H. Vaill.
Dates:
Created: 1855; Other: Date acquired: 02/06/2012
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Jane Amelia Benton common-school teacher certification
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 00-2010-350-0
Scope and Contents
Certification indicating that Jane Amelia Benton was examined and found qualified to give instruction in a list of subjects as a common-school teacher in the town of Litchfield; signed by a group of school visitors.
Dates:
Created: 1856 Nov 22; Other: Date acquired: 05/09/2012
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Phebe F. Benton school book
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 00-2011-91-0
Scope and Contents
The Phebe F. Benton school book (2011-91-0) was kept in 1855. The book contains notes kept on history lessons that Phebe received whle attending school in Litchfield. Her sister Jane attended school at the same time. The notebook also contains a list of pupils in her class, and identifies the teacher as S.H. Vaill.
Dates:
Created: 1855; Other: Date acquired: 02/06/2012
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
William J. Brewster papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 00-1986-28-0
Scope and Contents
Territory of South Dakota teacher's territorial certificate, 1883; typed memoirs "The making of a state: a tenderfoot in South Dakota"; a letter from Frederick Budlong regarding Brewster's resignation as rector of St. Michael's Parish, 1935; and a letter from Bradford Anderson regarding Anderson's genealogical connection to William Brewster of the Mayflower, 1942.
Dates:
Created: 1883-1942; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1986
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Burke family papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 00-1984-38-0
Scope and Contents
Two bills, one from the Echo Farm Co., 1899, and C. W. Hinsdale, 1902; a Connecticut State Board of Education letter regarding unsatisfactory school attendance of two children, 1903; and a corset advertisement imprinted with W. J. Bissell, Litchfield, Conn., undated.
Dates:
Created: 1899-1903; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1984
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Catlin family papers
Collection — Box: 1
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:
Created: 1830-1905
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
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