Correspondence
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 195 Collections and/or Records:
Dwight C. Kilbourn collection
1929-18-0
Collection
Identifier: 1929-18-0
Scope and Contents
The Dwight C. Kilbourn collection (1929-18-0, .83 linear feet) consists of a wide range of Litchfield, Conn., historical materials collected by Kilbourn, some of which relate to him and other Kilbourns, particularly his distant cousin Eliada Kilbourn (1809-1883) and Eliada’s family, and many that do not. Of particular interest are research files Dwight Kilbourn assembled regarding the involvement of Litchfield men in the American Revolutionary War and the American Civil War. The collection...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1801-1920; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1929
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Dwight C. Kilbourn letter
00-1986-01-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-1986-01-0
Scope and Contents
Dwight C. Kilbourn writes to Mr. Kingsbury about a visit and about Kilbourn's lack of knowledge about the Headquarters section of Litchfield.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1910 Aug 15; Other: Date acquired: 07/01/1986
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Myron E. Kilbourn letter
00-2010-288-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-288-0
Scope and Contents
Kilbourn writes to the friends of the Library Association from Alexandria, Va., during the Civil War about heading for the front soon, being a soldier, health, and weather. Photocopy.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1862 Dec 28; Other: Date acquired: 12/09/2011
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
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
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
John A. King letter
00-2010-197-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-197-0
Scope and Contents
Letter to N. B. Morse, Edward W. Fiske, James Humphrey, C. P. Smith, and Edward Driggs indicating that King cannot attend the dinner to be given for Henry C. Murphy.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1857 Jul 29
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Landon and Howd families papers
1999-18-0
Collection
Identifier: 1999-18-0
Scope and Contents
The papers of the Landon and Howd families of Salisbury, Conn., including bonds, correspondence, deeds, estate records, and other items. Family members reflected in the papers include James Landon (1744-1813) and his son James (1770-1833), Henry E. Howd, (1799-1878; son-in-law of the younger James Landon), and Henry E. Howd's son Frank E. Howd (1849-1933).John Landon (1720-1810) was one of four brothers who moved to Litchfield, Conn., with their father, James, in the 1720s. John...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1795-1936; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1999
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Giovanni Lega letter
00-2010-194-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-194-0
Scope and Contents
A letter from Giovanni Lega to "sir," in which paintings and frames are discussed.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: undated
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
H. Bertram Lewis letters
00-1951-27-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-1951-27-0
Abstract
Two letters to John H. Hubbard regarding Indian trails in Litchfield, Conn.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1918
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Lichfield, England collection
2003-72-0
Collection
Identifier: 2003-72-0
Scope and Contents
The Litchfield, England collection (2003-72-0, .21 linear feet) consists of publications regarding Lichfield, England, assembled by the staff of the Litchfield Historical Society. Included is an engraving of a map of Staffordshire circa 1842 by Archibald Fullarton & Co., Glasgow. Most of the collection dates from the 1970s through the early 2000s and consists of tourist-type books, brochures, maps, and other items, and focuses on Lichfield, the surrounding area, and native son Samuel...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: circa 1842-2005; Other: Date acquired: 02/11/2004
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Litchfield Bancorp records
2000-24-0
Collection
Identifier: 2000-24-0
Scope and Contents
Records relating to Litchfield Bancorp. Founded in 1850 as The Litchfield Savings Society, the name was changed in 1952 to The Litchfield Savings Bank, and changed again in 1984 to Litchfield Bancorp. The items are the bank's cashbook, 1850-1864; record book, containing board of directors minutes and other records, 1850-1889; an 1850 incorporation document; a list, possibly of directors, 1874; an excerpt from an 1880 public act related to savings banks; and a scrapbook documenting the bank's...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1850-2000; Other: Majority of material found in 1850-1889; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/2000
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society