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Litchfield (Conn.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 207 Collections and/or Records:

Lyman Beecher Stowe speech

00-2010-226-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-226-0
Scope and Contents

Speech delivered by Lyman Beecher Stowe at the celebration of Litchfield's bicenennial. He remarked on his ancestors and their connection to Litchfield and his appreciation of some of the memorable citizens of Litchfield, including Sarah Pierce, Charles Loring Brace, Oliver Wolcott, Benjamin Tallmadge, Tapping Reeve, James Gould, and John Pierpont.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1920 Aug 2

Gerrie Thielens papers

2010-116-0

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-116-0
Scope and Contents

News clippings, a photograph, and approximately 300 post cards relating to Geraldine (Gerrie) Thielens (1909-1994) of Litchfield, Conn. and Tuscaloosa, Ala.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1940-1958

Asahel Thomas et al. deed

00-2010-331-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-331-0
Abstract

Deed from Asahel Thomas, Granville Smith, and Abigail Smith to James B. Peck for land in Litchfield, Conn.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1840 Jun 19

Thompson Family Papers

1929-01-0

 Collection
Identifier: 1929-01-0
Abstract

The personal papers of the Thompson family (1929-01-0, 3 linear feet) consists of correspondence, notes, personal manuscripts and newspaper publications of various writings of Esther H. Thompson on various topics pertaining to the history of Litchfield, including her childhood recollections of troops mustering for the Civil War on the town green.

Dates: 1786-1929; Majority of material found within 1802-1929

Tracy Haight Griswold (1919-2020)

 Person
Dates: Existence: 1919-04-02 - 2020-01-01

Charles Underhill collection

00-1998-36-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-1998-36-0
Scope and Contents

One folder of news clippings and publications related to Litchfield County assembled by Charles Underhill, who maintained a collection of materials on Connecticut's towns and cities. Clippings on Litchfield houses including the Thomas Painter house.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: circa 1960s; Other: Date acquired: 01/03/1998

Unknown to American Home Missionary Society

00-2010-146-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-146-0
Scope and Contents

Letter contained a $3 donation. Signed "A Friend." Posted from Litchfield, Conn.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1848 Jan 22

William Mitchell Van Winkle papers

00-1993-23-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-1993-23-0
Scope and Contents

Announcement for auction of all items in the mansion, Hillhome, the residence of William Mitchell Van Winkle, Jr. (1913-2004), containing a detailed listing of contents of the mansion, 1939; Anson Dickinson miniatures documentation from the National Portrait Gallery, 1983; Hillhome sales brochures, ads, listing agreement, and related materials, 1984.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1939-1984; Other: Date acquired: 08/07/1993

View of South Street photograph

2020-13-0

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2020-13-0
Dates: 1892