Litchfield (Conn.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 199 Collections and/or Records:
Litchfield Rarities/Bill Alexander collection
2002-21-0
Collection
Identifier: 2002-21-0
Scope and Contents
Connecticut covers (1967-1971); postcards, (circa 1903-1969); envelopes, unknown to Ransom (circa 1883), Pratt & Thompson to Ebenezer Wooster (1886), Flynn & Doyle to George R. Bailey (1913); photographs, including Litchfield High School students (circa 1880s), cabinet cards; publications and ephemera (1910s-1930s); Swamp-Root Almanacs, imprinted with Litchfield Pharmacy and Crutch & McDonald; deeds, F. Nelson B. Smith (1846), Edwin E. Pretiss (1858), and Charles Munson (1867);...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1797-1971; Other: Date acquired: 02/08/2003
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Litchfield Scientific Association scrapbooks
00-1952-38-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-1952-38-0
Scope and Contents
The Litchfield Scientific Association scrapbooks (1952-38-0) are comprised of two volumes of scrapbooks that contain newspaper clippings chronicling the activities of the Litchfield Scientific Association. The first volume covers the years 1903-1910, and the second volume contains the years 1911-1916. The Litchfield Scientific Association was organized in 1902 with the purpose of making collections of Litchfield County species in all branches past and present. The organization organized...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1903-1916; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1951
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Litchfield Senior Citizens' Club records
2010-102-0
Collection
Identifier: 2010-102-0
Scope and Contents
The records of the Litchfield Senior Citizens' Club consist of yearly summaries of activities; correspondence; by-laws; anniversary programs; membership lists; and news clippings. The Club was formed in 1969 with 44 members. At its peak, membership reached 190. Due to dwindling participation and membership, the Club was disbanded in 1999.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1969-2001; Other: Date acquired: 04/03/2011
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Litchfield South Association records
1992-41-0
Collection
Identifier: 1992-41-0
Scope and Contents
The records of the Litchfield South Association (1842-1991), which consist of correspondence, minutes, publications, and other administrative records. In 1751, the same year as the founding of Litchfield County, the Congregational churches of the county were brought together into one organization, the Litchfield County Consociation. In 1791, with 28 members, the Consociation amicably divided into organziations, Litchfield North Consociation and Litchfield South Consociation. Churches in...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1842-1991; Other: Majority of material found in 1934-1977; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1992
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Town of Litchfield records
00-1971-45-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-1971-45-0
Scope and Contents
Advertisements, bills, correspondence, tax abatement list, correspondence and orders related to town roads, and other records related to the Town of Litchfield.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1853-1900; Other: Date acquired: 01/10/1971
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Litchfield Village Improvement Society records
1943-09-0
Collection
Identifier: 1943-09-0
Scope and Contents
The Litchfield Village Improvement Society records (1943-09-0) are comprised of eight bound volumes of records, a manuscript box of papers, and oversize posters. The records cover the years 1875 through 1941. Represented in the volumes are the "Articles of Association" and By-laws, meeting minutes, financial records, member lists, and annual reports. Documents in the manuscript box include activities of the Society and plans for colonial changes to the Litchfield County Courthouse, business...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1875-1941; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1942
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Litchfield War Records Committee records
2011-15-0
Collection
Identifier: 2011-15-0
Scope and Contents
The Litchfield War Records Committee records (2011-15-0, 1.88 linear feet) document men and women who served in the armed forces and auxiliary groups from Litchfield, Conn., during World War II. The papers consist of questionaires, photographs, minutes, notes, subject files, correspondence, and ephemera.
The largest group of papers are returned questionnaires that list the service person's name, address, date of birth, next of kin, service dates and places, promotions, date and...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1940-1946; Other: Date acquired: 03/04/2012
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Loring family correspondence
1965-23-0
Collection
Identifier: 1965-23-0
Scope and Contents
The Loring Family Correspondence consists primarily of letters to and from Mary Pierce. The main correspondents are: Mary Pierce; Anna Pierce Brace, Mary's niece; Charles Greely Loring, Anna's husband; Jane Loring Gray and Susan Loring Jackson, daughters of Charles and Anna, grandnieces of Mary Pierce.
The Lorings were a prominant family in Boston and in addition to news of the extended families (Cunninghams, Putnams, Jacksons, Grays, & Lowells) and friends, the letters describe life...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1812-1863; Other: Date acquired: 05/09/1966
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Moses Lyman papers
00-1985-25-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-1985-25-0
Scope and Contents
Papers relating to Moses Lyman (1768-1844) of Goshen, Conn., consisting of a document related to the Litchfield and Canaan turnpike road, a land survey of Ivy Mountain, and an agreement with Benjamin Palmer to dismantle and rebuild his house. The Palmer agreement is four pages and quite detailed, specifying building materials and techniques, costs, and a schedule for completion.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1799-1832; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1948
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Mansion House statement
00-1979-29-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-1979-29-0
Scope and Contents
Statement from the Mansion House to the Town of Litchfield.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1877 May 1; Other: Date acquired: 03/05/1980
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society