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Ann McGurk collection
2002-46-0
Collection
Identifier: 2002-46-0
Scope and Contents
Marshall Field & Company department store advertising pamphlet, circa 1920; three World War II ration books; three illustrated pages (may have been part of a book); newspaper clipping, "Butler Announces Lindy's Baby Dead"; five unidentified (non-family) daguerreotypes; twenty slides marked "Cambridge, OH small town parade with many old cars, vintage gas station & motel."
Dates:
Created: circa 1860-circa 1970; Other: Date acquired: 01/09/2004
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Babbitt family papers
1994-15-0
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 1994-15-0
Scope and Contents
Papers relating to the Babbit family, including Eleanor Babbitt (1898-1994) and Col. Samuel H. Fisher (1867-1957). Col. Fisher's daughter Margaret Crossette Fisher married Eleanor Babbitt's brother Theodore Babbitt on June 17, 1922, in Litchfield. The papers include photographs and documents pertaining to Sheldon Tavern; drawings, invitations, etc. from Lilac Hedges; legal documents; birth and marriage certificates; family photographs; papers pertaining to Eleanor Babbitt and the Aircraft...
Dates:
Created: 1895-1972; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1994
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Charles Raymond Ganung papers
00-2010-265-0
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 00-2010-265-0
Scope and Contents
The papers of Waterbury banker Charles Raymond Ganung (1897-1965) consist of membership cards, Selective Service cards and documents, World War II ration documents, his U.S. Army World War I honorable discharge, letters of introduction, ephemera, biographical information, and news clippings.
Dates:
Created: 1916-1997; Other: Date acquired: 02/08/2012
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
F. Kingsbury Bull World War II victory loan campaigns correspondence
00-2010-287-0
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 00-2010-287-0
Scope and Contents
One folder of correspondence regarding World War II victory loan campaigns in Litchfield, Conn.
Dates:
Created: 1943-1945; Other: Date acquired: 12/09/2011
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Guion family papers
2004-43-0
Collection
Identifier: 2004-43-0
Scope and Contents
The papers of the Guion family of Litchfield. Brothers Hobart Guion (1869-1950) and George Guion (1870-1962) married sisters Harriet Cutler McAllister (1880-1977) and Amelia Hamilton McAllister (1877-1962), respectively. The McAllister sisters were the nieces of New York social arbiter Samuel Ward McAllister, who coined the term "the 400" to describe, in his opinion, the elite New York society members who mattered. Items include photographs of family members and subjects in and around...
Dates:
Created: circa 1870-1977; Other: Date acquired: 07/12/2006
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Janet Gaylord Atkins collection
00-1997-14-0
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 00-1997-14-0
Scope and Contents
American National Red Cross certificates, World War II rationing cards, and National Grange certificates of 25 and 50 years of membership and related documents.
Dates:
Created: 1942-1983; Other: Date acquired: 04/07/1998
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 circumstances...
Dates:
Created: 1940-1946; Other: Date acquired: 03/04/2012
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Guy H. Richards Collection
00-1918-21-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-1918-21-0
Content Description
Guy H. Richards Collection (1918-21-0)
Small photographs and French poster
Photographs depict army life, vehicles, hospital or First Aid truck, hospital camp, eating, gas masks, and location shots.
Folder also contains "The Battery Book", A History of Battery "A"306 F.A. edited by Francis L. Field and Guy H. Richards, 1921, printed from Google; a brief narrative of war experience - Battery "A" Diary.
Dates:
Circa 1914-1918
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.
An inventory of the papers is available.
Dates:
Created: circa 1921-1988; Other: Date acquired: 03/11/2002
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
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