Showing Collections: 1 - 10 of 55
Clarissa Baldwin Journal
00-2011-68-0
Delia Marsh Barnes school books
00-1911-25-0
(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.
Virginia H. Beach collection
00-2007-21-0
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).
William Ernest Beatty Papers
00-2011-131-0
Jane Amelia Benton school book
00-2011-90-0
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.
Jane Amelia Benton common-school teacher certification
00-2010-350-0
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.
Phebe F. Benton school book
00-2011-91-0
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.
William J. Brewster papers
00-1986-28-0
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.
Burke family papers
00-1984-38-0
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.