Autograph albums
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Adams family collection
1970-35-1
Collection
Identifier: 1970-35-1
Abstract
The personal papers of the Adams Family, including Joseph Adams (1767-1856); his son, Charles Adams (1805-1883); children of Charles Adams, including Julia Adams How Wessells (1842-1904), Mary Adams Wheelock (1838-1895), and Charles Adams Jr. (1845-1864); other family members; and friends and business associates. The collection consists primarily of correspondence.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1798-1928; Other: Majority of material found in 1798-1877; Other: Date acquired: 01/06/1970
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Francis E. Barber autograph book
00-2010-365-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-365-0
Scope and Contents
The autograph album of Francis E. Barber (1842-1862) contains messages and autographs of his fellow classmates at Fort Edward Institute located in Fort Edward, N.Y. The nature of the messages indicates that Barber had completed his course of study and was leaving the Institute. With the outbreak of the Civil War, Barber enlisted in the U.S. Army in Sept., 1861, and became a private in Co. E, 8th Connecticut Vounteers. He died from edema, then referred to as "dropsy," aboard the steamer...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1859; Other: Date acquired: 08/10/2010
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Beach, Webster, and Dickinson families papers
1995-15-0
Collection
Identifier: 1995-15-0
Scope and Contents
The Beach, Webster, and Dickinson families papers (1995-15-0, 4.59 linear feet) relate to three associated Litchfield, Conn., families. In 1916, Bessie Rachel Beach (1893-1976) married Leonard Dickinson (1895-1946). The parents of Bessie were Milo D. Beach (1861-1959) and Louisa Webster Beach (1862-1951). A large part of the collection consists of genealogical information culled from a variety of sources. Original materials include marriage certificates; correspondence; mortgages and deeds;...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1791-1990; Other: Date acquired: 05/12/1995
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Henry Wadhams Buel and Mary Jane Buel Brace papers
1988-07-0
Collection
Identifier: 1988-07-0
Scope and Contents
The papers of Henry Wadhams Buel, M.D. (1820-1893) and his sister, Mary Jane Buel Brace (1827-1884), of Litchfield, Conn., consisting of approximately 135 letters, 1842-1856; an album kept by Mary Buel Brace, purchased for her by her brother in New York City in 1846; 15 valentines to Mary Buel Brace from the 1840s; and three 1874 letters from Mary Buel Brace to her daughter, Emily.For a detailed overview of the 135 letters, 1842-1856, and genealogical information related to Henry...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1842-1877; Other: Date acquired: 09/04/1989
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Crane family papers
2003-73-0
Collection
Identifier: 2003-73-0
Scope and Contents
The Crane family papers document members of the Deming family of Litchfield and Waterbury, Conn. Among the family members represented are Julius Deming (1755-1838), Frederick Deming (1832-1925), Clarissa Champion Deming (1818-1899), Clarissa Brainard Deming (1872-1955), Dr. Dudley B. Deming (1874-1946), Dr. Alletta Langdon Bedford Deming (1882-1950), and Alletta Deming Crane (1912-2003). The papers consist of correspondence, account records, a scrapbook, military records, certificates,...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1803-1947; Other: Date acquired: 02/11/2005
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Friendship album
00-2011-67-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2011-67-0
Abstract
Friendship album (2011-67-0) containing poems, locks of hair, and pictures. There are also two documents inside the front cover of the album. The first one is a list of names, possibly people to be sought to write in the book. The second document is a signed letter asking for the book to be given to Adah Case "to bring to mind the happy days of departed Youth."
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1835 Jun - 1844
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
George Gould Autograph Album
00-1986-67
Collection
Identifier: 00-1986-67
Abstract
The George Gould Autograph Album (1986-67) contains signatures from 1827, the year Gould was graduated from Yale.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1827; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1986
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
James Humphrey Jr. autograph album pages
00-2010-189-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-189-0
Scope and Contents
Pages from an autograph album of James Humphrey Jr. of Andover and East Hampton, Mass., with autographs from Jared Sparks, M. Hopkins, Roger B. Taney, Edward Everett, unidentified, and Henry W. Longfellow. Currently housed in 3A Box 4.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1852-1854
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Litchfield Female Academy collection
1890-07-2
Collection
Identifier: 1890-07-2
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the history of The Litchfield Female Academy, Litchfield, Connecticut. Early records refer to the Academy as Miss Pierce's School, Miss Pierce's Academy, and Sarah Pierce's Academy. In the collection are institutional records; correspondence, diaries, journals, school notebooks, and albums of students; papers of Sarah Pierce and the Pierce family; and correspondence of Emily Noyes Vanderpoel regarding her research for her books "Chronicles of a Pioneer School, from...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1787-1927; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1890
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Conrad Naser autograph album
00-2010-117-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-117-0
Scope and Contents
Autograph album of Conrad J. Naser of East Litchfield, Conn., 1884-1889.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1884-1889
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society