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Litchfield (Conn.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 250 Collections and/or Records:

Charles Raymond Ganung papers

00-2010-265-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-265-0
Scope and Contents

The papers of Waterbury banker Charles Raymond Ganung (1897-1965) consist of membership cards, Selective Service cards and documents, World War II ration documents, his U.S. Army World War I honorable discharge, letters of introduction, ephemera, biographical information, and news clippings.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1916-1997; Other: Date acquired: 02/08/2012

George J. Switzer lumber yard photographs

00-2019-08-0

 File
Identifier: 00-2019-08-0
Abstract

Two photographs, one exterior and one exterior of the George J. Switzer lumber yard.

Dates: about 1910s

Almira Collins Giddings album

00-1974-35-1

 Collection
Identifier: 00-1974-35-1
Abstract

The Almira Collins Giddings album (1874-35-1) is comprised of three loose album pages. Each album page contains pressed leaves and flowers collected by Almira Collins Giddings from Niagra Falls and Litchfield in 1848. Included are items from Miss (Sarah) Pierce, as well as the family burying of Mr. F. Wolcott.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1848

Lexy Goss collection

00-2018-14-0

 File
Identifier: 00-2018-14-0
Abstract

A small collection consisting of Bantam School handbook for parents (1964); Berkshire Horse Show program (1976); and a Haight Vineyard wine label (1987).

Dates: 1964-1987

Weston G. Granniss and Lester R. Denegar lease

00-2010-311-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-311-0
Scope and Contents

Lease to The Litchfield Gas Light Company for property in Litchfield, Conn.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1910 Apr; Other: Date acquired: 01/09/2012

Richard Southall Grant Photographs

1971-33-0

 Collection
Identifier: 1971-33-0
Abstract

This collection includes photographic prints created by Richard Southall Grant for Irving Holley and his wife, Mary Lewis Sharp Holley, of Torrington.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1927; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1971

Guild and Stevens families papers

00-1971-46-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-1971-46-0
Scope and Contents

Photographs, correspondence, and other items related to the Guild family of Milton, Litchfield, Conn., and the Stevens family of Bethlehem, Conn. Some papers also relate to the Lindley family of Ansonia, Conn. Primary correspondents include Penfield Guild (1832-1901), his sister Mary Guild Stevens (1816- ), and her husband James Stevens (1812- ).

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1834-1860; Other: Date acquired: 07/10/1971

Jeannette Guildford manuscript

00-2010-183-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-183-0
Scope and Contents

Manuscript of "Twelve Months at Arethusa," by Jeannette Guildford (1914-2005). Guildford was the great-granddaughter of Charles and Lucinda Webster who purchased Arethusa Farm in 1868. Upon the death of her mother and the selling of the family farm, Guilford wrote three poems and “Twelve Months at Arethusa”, which is a book that recounts stories passed down by her family regarding life on the farm.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1994

Hack and Eraclito collection of Westleigh Inn records

1981-09-0

 Collection
Identifier: 1981-09-0
Abstract The Hack and Eraclito collection of Westleigh Inn records consists of papers which relate to the former Westleigh Inn of Litchfield, Conn., owned by Joseph J. Hack, Jr., Daniel J. Hack, and Frank Eraclito. The inn was in operation from 1946 until it was sold in 1973. The collection consists of incorporation, subscriber, and stock records; menus; advertisements, ad mattes, and news clippings; photographs of building interiors, exteriors, the owners and their families, and the staff; menus;...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1945-1972; Other: Date acquired: 02/06/1981

Hall family collection

1961-38-0

 Collection
Identifier: 1961-38-0
Scope and Contents

The papers of Norman Hall (1805-1852) a son William J. Hall (1839-1912) and a granddaughter Florence Hall Perkins and her husband Willis O. Perkins, residents of Milton, a part of Litchfield, consisting of deeds and an estate inventory. The papers of William also contain a certificate of exemption from service during the Civil War and related documents. To see a partial inventory of the papers, click "Show Digital Content Links" at left and then "Hall Family Collection inventory."

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1836-1909; Other: Date acquired: 07/07/1963