Memoirs
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Civil War soldier reminiscences and remembrances collection
00-2010-275-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-275-0
Scope and Contents
The Civil War soldier reminiscences and remembrances collection consists of memoirs of, letters written by, and biographies written about Civil War soldiers who were originally from Litchfield, Conn. The names of the soldiers in the collection are J. H. [?]., Luman Wadhams, E. Porter Mason, Alexander B. Shumway, George Wilson Potter, George F. Booth, George Benjamin Hempstead, Stiles A. Wheeler, Hiram Stone, Addison K. Taylor, Eliada Goodwin Osborn, Seth F. Plumb, Anson W. Healy, and Patrick...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1863-1914; Other: Date acquired: 09/09/2011
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Katharine Bissell Bogert Roe memoir
00-1960-23-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-1960-23-0
Scope and Contents
Ten-page memoir in which Katherine Bissell Bogert Roe recounts Litchfield in the 1860s when she was a teenager. She recalls visiting her Aunt Mary Bissell, other members of the Bissell and Welch families, and friends; details about the interiors and exteriors of houses; watching baseball; going to dances and the circus; riding down North Street imitating a circus performer on Dr. Gates's buggy; activities during the Civil War; giving Henry Ward Beecher an arbutus from Litchfield; and other...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1912; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1960
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Andrew Roraback manuscript
00-2002-37-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2002-37-0
Abstract
Statement of remembrance regarding opening his first checking account in 1974, Sep. 8, 2000.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 2002; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/2002
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
George B. Sanford manuscript
00-1964-18-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-1964-18-0
Scope and Contents
The George B. Sanford manuscript (1964-18-0, .21 linear feet) consists of an original typescript draft and copy of his memoir, "Experiences in Army Life of Col. George B. Sanford, Retired, U.S.A., lately Col. 6th Cavalry U.S.A.," written about 1893 or 1894, which details his experiences during the American Civil War. A copy of this manuscript was edited and published in 1969 by E. R. Hagemann in book form titled Fighting Rebels and Redskins: Experiences in...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: circa 1893; Other: Date acquired: 01/05/1964
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Seymour family papers
1949-37-0
Collection
Identifier: 1949-37-0
Scope and Contents
The papers of the Seymour family of Litchfield, Conn. Principal figures are Maj. Moses Seymour (1742-1826); two of his sons, Ozias Seymour (1776-1851), and Epaphroditus Seymour (1783-1854); and Ozias Seymour's son, Origen Storrs Seymour (1804-1881). A number of other members of the Seymour family and its relatives, in particular, members of the Storrs family of Mansfield, Conn., and Woodruff family of Litchfield, are also represented. The papers include correspondence, business records,...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1777-1923; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1948
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Lewis M. Wiggin collection
00-1977-38-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-1977-38-0
Scope and Contents
A memoir by John Bissell, Jr., who was born in Utica, NY in 1807, and writes two pages about living in Utica; seeing British prisoners of war; goind with his father and Major Beebe to the barracks; moving to Litchfield in 1815; attending Morris Academy; studying law; and going to Stamford in 1828. A Cairo City(Ill.) property share certificate for one share to Charles Thomas of Philadelphia, dated and 14 Sep 1847.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1807-1847; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1976
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society