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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

Emerette Colt Strong autograph album

00-1972-127-1

 Collection
Identifier: 00-1972-127-1
Scope and Contents

The Emerette Colt Strong autograph album (1972-127-1) contains autographs and verses from fellow classmates at the Connecticut State Normal School in New Britain during the years 1860 and 1861. The album also contains yearly lists of Sunday School students that Mrs. Strong later taught; presumably at the Congregational Church in Winsted, where she was a member. Item is currently housed in 3A Box 3.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1860-1912; Other: Date acquired: 01/06/1972

Thompson Family Papers

1929-01-0

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Identifier: 1929-01-0
Abstract

The personal papers of the Thompson family (1929-01-0, 3 linear feet) consists of correspondence, notes, personal manuscripts and newspaper publications of various writings of Esther H. Thompson on various topics pertaining to the history of Litchfield, including her childhood recollections of troops mustering for the Civil War on the town green.

Dates: 1786-1929; Majority of material found within 1802-1929

The Women's College Club of Litchfield County Booklets

00-2012-28-0

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Identifier: 00-2012-28-0
Scope and Contents The Women's College Club of Litchfield County Booklets (2012-28-0) consists of two booklets, a small is titled "The year Book of The Women's College Club of Litchfield County, 1947-48." It consists of a listing of meetings and members and the names of the colleges the members attended. The other is a workbook titled, "A Graduate Course in Education." The Women’s College Club, founded in 1904, was an organization of women who meet four times a year, with an educational program featured at...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1947-1948; Other: Date acquired: 09/07/2012

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Spring Hill School (Litchfield, Conn.) (1926-1939) 3
Litchfield Female Academy (Conn.) 2
Pierce, Sarah, 1767-1852 2
Beecher, Catharine Esther, 1800-1878 1
Brace, John Pierce, 1793-1872 1