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Poems

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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

George Baldwin collection

00-1974-47-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-1974-47-0
Scope and Contents The George Baldwin collection (1974-47-0) contains items relating to Charles H. Coit (1856-1931) of Litchfield, Conn., including a poem about cigarettes, undated; resolutions of Lambda Beta Pi Society; deed, William Ransom to Henry Coit land in Litchfield, May 8, 1882; deed, Fanny McLean, Kate Coit, Bertha Coit, and John Coit to Charles Coit land in Litchfield, Oct. 3, 1887; deed, Ella Coit to Charles Curtis land in Litchfield, May 5, 1936; and two items related to Charles Coit's...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1882-1936; Other: Date acquired: 11/07/1974

Dorothy Bull collection

1954-26-0

 Collection
Identifier: 1954-26-0
Scope and Contents The Dorothy Bull collection (1954-26-0, .42 linear feet) consists of letters from John Masefield (1878-1967), a poet lauriet of the United Kingdom, containing suggestions and criticisms of Dorothy Bull's writing and other contemporary writers and other topics; other letters written by Masefield; Bull's 1922-1923 letters to her aunt Edith Kingsbury written from England; Masefield's published works and copies of The Forge, a literary magazine he founded; verse...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1913-1934; Other: Date acquired: 10/09/1955

Judson Canfield papers

1985-24-0

 Collection
Identifier: 1985-24-0
Scope and Contents The papers of Judson Canfield (1759-1840), consisting primarily of legal documents, including agreements, deeds, executions, receipts, statements, and correspondence and include a small collection of correspondence and writings relating to Walter Ferriss, whose daughter married Canfield's son. The papers are arranged in two series. Series 1, Judson Canfield papers, primarily consists of documents related to Canfield's law practice. Most involve matters in and around Sharon, Conn., but there...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1760-1856; Other: Date acquired: 05/10/1987

Catholic Women's Benevolent Legion, Emma Deming Council No. 265 records

2005-20-0

 Collection
Identifier: 2005-20-0
Scope and Contents The Catholic Women's Benevolent Legion (CWBL) was a fraternal and insurance society founded in 1895. The Emma Deming Council No. 265 was founded in Litchfield in 1907. Membership was limited to Catholic women ages 17 to 50. The records document the activities of the Deming Council; some relate to the dealings between the main office in New York and the local council. Membership applications, lists, and investigating committee report and notices of members provide personal details about...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1907-1913; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/2000

George Younglove Cutler album

00-2009-28-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2009-28-0
Scope and Contents

News clippings mostly from the Litchfield Republican and poems written by George Younglove Cutler in Litchfield in 1820.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1819-1820; Other: Date acquired: 06/10/2011

Truman Guild school books

00-1975-97-27,28,30, 32, 33-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-1975-97-27,28,30, 32, 33-0
Scope and Contents The Truman Guild school books collection (1975-27,28,30, 32, and 33-0) is a collection of four volumes of school books created by Truman Guild. The notebooks cover various topics such as arithmetic, poetry, Greek poetry and translations, drawings, penmanship, and many other topics. One of the volumes contains a poem that was published in the Litchfield Enquirer, and another volume contains a list of all the books that Guild had read to date. Please see the below detailed descriptions for...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1821-1874; Other: Date acquired: 02/09/1977

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...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: circa 1870-1977; Other: Date acquired: 07/12/2006

Gideon Hollister papers

1914-16-0

 Collection
Identifier: 1914-16-0
Scope and Contents The Gideon Hollister papers (1914-16-0, 2.42 linear feet) document Gideon Hiram Hollister (1818-1887), a lawyer, historian, and author who also served as United States minister to Haiti from 1868 to 1869. He is perhaps best known for his History of Connecticut, published in 1855. In addition, he published several books of fiction and poetry. The collection contains manuscripts and documents regarding these works. Also found are manuscripts drafts of some of...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1850-1906; Other: Date acquired: 01/09/1914

Elizabeth Cone Kilbourne scrapbook

1996-24-0

 Collection
Identifier: 1996-24-0
Scope and Contents Scrapbook labeled "Mrs. Elizabeth Kilbourn" on the cover containing news clippings chiefly concerning her husband Payne Kenyon Kilbourne and numerous members of the Kilbourn family. Some of the clippings are Payne's articles and poetry. Hand-written poems by Payne are loose in the scrapbook, as are family photographs, their daughter Julia's writing book, drawings, engravings, correspondence, and advertising cards and other ephemera. There is also a draft of articles and a list of members...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: circa 1840s-1894; Other: Date acquired: 11/07/1996

The Old Governor's Report of the Battle of Blue Swamp [poem]

00-2010-124-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-124-0
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: undated