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Ephemera

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 43 Collections and/or Records:

Taylor Loomis collection

00-2000-08-0

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 00-2000-08-0
Scope and Contents

Cookbook. "Wholesome Cooking Without Waste." Front cover inscribed with "Welch’s Grape Juice Sold by Morey & Perkins, General Merchandise, Bantam, Conn." "Two hundred well-tested recipes selected by Ethel Harris." Rand McNally & Company, Chicago, circa 1912. Machine punched hole. 5 5/8”x 7 5/8”, 32 pages.

This item has fire damage as a result of a fire that destroyed the Morey & Perkins store.

Dates: Created: circa 1912; Other: Date acquired: 01/08/2000
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society / Taylor Loomis collection

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 / Ann McGurk collection

James Moir collection

00-2001-08-0

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 00-2001-08-0
Scope and Contents

Newspaper clipping showing before and after views of buildings in Litchfield destroyed by fire in 1886.

Dates: Created: 1886; Other: Date acquired: 02/03/2003
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society / James Moir collection

Mildred Molumphy collection

00-2002-72-0

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 00-2002-72-0
Scope and Contents

Madison Square Garden Programme week commencing Sep. 21, 1891; three Litchfield 250th anniversary bumper stickers, 1969; three notice of public hearing flyers for a hearing to ban helliports in Litchfield, Jun. 25, 1987. Photographs of Litchfield events 1970-1977 include Litchfield Historical Plaque dedication; Bi-Centennial parade (1976); Fireman's parade; Litchfield Hills Road Race (1977); White Memorial Foundation carriage show (1970, 1974).

Dates: Created: 1891-1987; Other: Date acquired: 06/12/2002
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society / Mildred Molumphy collection

Litchfield County papers

00-1973-30-0

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 00-1973-30-0
Scope and Contents

Collection of papers related to Litchfield County, including bills, receipts, correspondence, deeds, judicial records, ephemera, and other documents. Towns represented include Goshen, Torrington, and Winchester.

Dates: Created: 1866-1902; Other: Date acquired: 01/12/1973
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society / Litchfield County papers

Laura Hunt Ramsey collection

00-1999-03-0

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 00-1999-03-0
Scope and Contents

Laura Hunt Ramsey performed in Litchfield Summer Theatre productions during the 1952 season. Among the cast was Calvert DeForest, who became nationally known in the 1980s through his appearances as Larry (Bud) Melman on Late Night with David Letterman. The collection consists of news clippings, theater programs, post cards, and photographs relating to the Summer Theatre and Litchfield. There is also a drawing by Leonard Altobell of himself.

Dates: Created: 1952; Other: Date acquired: 01/08/1999
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society / Laura Hunt Ramsey collection

Margaret Swartwout Sanford papers

00-1973-31-0

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 00-1973-31-0
Scope and Contents

Papers related to the genealogy of Margaret Swartwout Sanford of Litchfield, Conn., including her D.A.R. application materials, her eulogy by Howard Frederic Dunn and David Fyodor Gurniak of St. Michael's Church, obituaries of her grandfather Rollin Sanford (1806-1879), news clippings related to members of the Swartwout family, and other documents.

Dates: Created: 1879-1966; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1973
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society / Margaret Swartwout Sanford papers

James Smith collection

00-1996-23-0

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 00-1996-23-0
Scope and Contents

Calling card of Mr. and Mrs. Elijah White; business cards of Dwight C. Kilbourn and David A. Bradley, all undated.

Dates: Created: undated; Other: Date acquired: 02/08/1996
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society / James Smith collection

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: Created: 1926-1940; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1951
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society / Spring Hill School collection

Caroline Stoddard Newcomer papers

00-1953-27-0

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 00-1953-27-0
Scope and Contents Caroline Stoddard Newcomer papers (1953-27-0), Correspondence, family data sheets, a photograph, and other items related to the genealogy of Caroline Stoddard Newcomer. Born in Litchfield, Conn., in 1852, she and her extended family moved to Tama County, Iowa, in 1854. The papers primarily document the children of Caroline's great-grandfather Gideon Stoddard (1768-1846) of Litchfield. Among the primary family members represented are Whitman Stoddard (1790-1867), Jesse Stoddard (1792- ),...
Dates: Created: 1862-1952; Other: Date acquired: 12/03/1953
Found in: Litchfield Historical Society / Caroline Stoddard Newcomer papers

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