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Litchfield (Conn.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 240 Collections and/or Records:

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

The Town of Litchfield: A Student Survey of the Community, Summer Engineering School, Columbia University

00-2017-13-0

 Item
Identifier: 00-2017-13-0
Abstract

A report which was the result of a three week study of the Town of Litchfield, CT, carried out in July 1948 by a group of twenty students and four staff members of Columbia University.

Dates: 1949

Tracy Haight Griswold (1919-2020)

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

Two photographs of Litchfield

00-2017-48-0

 File
Identifier: 00-2017-48-0
Abstract

Two photographs of Litchfield, one showing aftermath of a fire, the other rebuilt West Street.

Dates: late 1800s

Charles Underhill collection

00-1998-36-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-1998-36-0
Abstract

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

Henry Wadsworth letter to Epaphras Wadsworth

00-2019-05-0

 Item
Identifier: 00-2019-05-0
Abstract

Writes from Bradleyville, Litchfield, CT to a brother of his father Elijah Wadsworth (1747-1817) in response to a letter received after many years have passed about Elijah's death, Henry's religious beliefs, and news of family.

Dates: 1819 Feb 19