Abstract Research materials, correspondence and other papers, photographs, and additional materials by and about the life of Lynne Templeton Brickley (1940-2019), an independent historian who served as a consultant for several prize-winning exhibitions at the Litchfield Historical Society. A resident of Litchfield, CT, since 1968, Brickley was president and trustee of the Litchfield Historical Society, an active member of the Litchfield Garden Club and the Litchfield Democratic Town Committee, and a...

Scope and Contents The Edith E. Caldwell Papers (2011-138-0) consist of personal papers of Edith E. Caldwell and her parents William A. Caldwell and Mary R. Caldwell, as well as legal correspondence and filings pertaining to a lawsuit between Edith E. Caldwell and Joseph Peszensky. Edith E. Caldwell was born in 1885, the daughter of William A. and Mary R. Caldwell.  She was raised in Litchfield and attended the Eastman National Business College in Poughkeepsie, New York around 1904.  She held various jobs in...

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...