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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
Marsh School group photo
2014-35-0
Item
Identifier: 2014-35-0
Content Description
Photograph of people posing in front of the schoolhouse. Included is a diagram with name identification reference.
Dates:
1917
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
My Country Society, Inc. records
2008-38-0
Collection
Identifier: 2008-38-0
Scope and Contents
My Country Society, Inc. was founded in 1967 with the purpose of publishing a journal, My Country, related to American history. Initially, the journal was distributed throughout Litchfield County to schools, historical societies, libraries, town halls, banks, and other places. Later, it became available by subscription. The publication schedule varied, but typically several issues were produced each year. New and established authors were encouraged to submit manuscripts. The Society also...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1967-2009; Other: Date acquired: 12/04/2009
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Ruth Schele collection
2002-80-0
Collection
Identifier: 2002-80-0
Scope and Contents
Research files relating to the history of Litchfield, Bantam, The Cotton Mill (Neville & Co.), and other local topics; transcriptions of articles from the Litchfield Enquirer; Ethel Marvin Cox's collection of Litchfield school materials; documents related to World War II rationing and Selective Service; photographs related to the Wadsworth family; and other materials.
An inventory of the papers is available.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: circa 1921-1988; Other: Date acquired: 03/11/2002
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Spring Hill School collection
1951-30-0
Collection
Identifier: 1951-30-0
Scope and Contents
The Spring Hill School collection (1951-30-0, .83 linear feet) documents a private school modelled on a philosophy of progressive education. Founded by Dorothy Bull and Mabel Foster Spinney in Litchfield, Conn., the school operated from 1926 to 1939. The collection includes correspondence, financial records, minutes, institutional records, brochures, and published editions of student work. The collection also contains tributes to co-founders Bull from 1934 and Spinney from 1951 and a...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1926-1940; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1951
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Spring Hill School photographs
00-2011-13-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2011-13-0
Scope and Contents
The Spring Hill School photographs (2011-13-0, .92 linear feet) document the activities of students circa 1930 at Spring Hill School, a private school located in Litchfield, Conn. The founders of the school used a progressive education model, and the photographs depict social, recreational, and scholastic activities, including images of horseback riding, making maple sugar, the study of geography, students in their quarters, and a Roman dinner, among other topics. The photographs are mounted...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: circa 1930; Other: Date acquired: 02/04/2012
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society