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Photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 103 Collections and/or Records:

Richards, Guy H. Collection

00-1918-21-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-1918-21-0
Content Description

Guy H. Richards Collection (1918-21-0) Small photographs and French poster Photographs depict army life, vehicles, hospital or First Aid truck, hospital camp, eating, gas masks, and location shots. Folder also contains "The Battery Book", A History of Battery "A"306 F.A. edited by Francis L. Field and Guy H. Richards, 1921, printed from Google; a brief narrative of war experience - Battery "A" Diary.

Dates: Circa 1914-1918

Ryan Family Papers 1

1997-11-0

 Collection
Identifier: 1997-11-0
Scope and Contents Ryan Family Papers 1 (1915-1986), consisting of music manuscripts, lyrics and poetry, correspondence, news clippings, photographs, and a biographical documentation. Thomas Ryan (1872-1933) was born in Ireland and moved to the United States as an infant with his mother. He took up acting and singing, but embarked on a law career, studying in Torrington, Conn., and graduating from Yale Law School in 1897. In 1899, he pursued mining in Arizona, California, and Mexico. After his fortunes...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1915-1986; Other: Date acquired: 03/07/1998

Ruth Schele collection

2002-80-0

 Collection
Identifier: 2002-80-0
Scope and Contents

Research files relating to the history of Litchfield, Bantam, The Cotton Mill (Neville & Co.), and other local topics; transcriptions of articles from the Litchfield Enquirer; Ethel Marvin Cox's collection of Litchfield school materials; documents related to World War II rationing and Selective Service; photographs related to the Wadsworth family; and other materials.

An inventory of the papers is available.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: circa 1921-1988; Other: Date acquired: 03/11/2002

Gen. John Sedgwick collection

00-1963-30-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-1963-30-0
Scope and Contents

Collection of papers related to Civil War Gen. John Sedgwick (1831-1864) of Cornwall, Conn. Items include photographs and documents relating to Sedgwick memorials assembled by Edward Kelly of Litchfield, 1963; a Litchfield Enquirer containing an article on the dedication of a memorial to Sedgwick at Gettysburg, Jun. 12, 1913; and an undated chronology of the events of Sedgwick's life.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1913-1963; Other: Date acquired: 12/01/1964

Seherr-Thoss papers regarding the Litchfield Historical Society

00-1997-31-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-1997-31-0
Scope and Contents

Plans, correspondence, and other documents related to renovation of the Litchfield Historical Society building, 1976-1986.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1976-1986; Other: Date acquired: 06/12/1998

Sonia P. Seherr-Thoss papers

2006-34-0

 Fonds
Identifier: 2006-34-0
Scope and Contents The papers of Sonia P. Seherr-Thoss (1919-2006), writer, photographer, dairy farmer, philanthropist, and long-time Litchfield, Conn., resident. The majority of the papers document the foreign travels she made with her husband Hans Christoph Seherr-Thoss (1912-1992) and family members and friends to Europe, Russia, Afghanistan, Turkey, Iran, India, China, Japan, Africa, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, the Galapagos Islands, and other places. The papers also relate to her involvement in...
Dates: 1920-2006

Sheldon Tavern photographs

1982-120-0

 Collection
Identifier: 1982-120-0
Content Description

54 black and white photographic prints of the exterior and interior of Sheldon Tavern on North Street in Litchfield, Connecticut. The tavern was constructed in 1760 by Elisha Sheldon. Following his death, his son converted it to a tavern. Uriah Tracy purchased the tavern and remained there until his death in 1807. It was next owned by James Gould, Tracy's son-in-law.

Dates: undated

Slosson family papers

00-1979-30-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-1979-30-0
Scope and Contents

Papers related to the history of the Nathaniel Slosson homestead in Kent, Conn.; a photograph and drawing of the house; genealogical information about the Slosson family; and a cabinet card of an unidentified man.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1896-1918; Other: Date acquired: 07/06/1980

Carolyn Spangenberg collection

2002-51-0

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 2002-51-0
Scope and Contents

19 photographs of  Open House days including Junior Hostesses for the 1947 Open House day for the Antiquarian and Landmarks Society of Connecticut;  views of house interiors and exteriors, and related subjects; also a clipping concerning the Junior Hostesses in 1947.  Photographs taken by Clinton Kellogg.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: circa 1940s; Other: Date acquired: 12/09/2003

Spring Hill School collection

1951-30-0

 Collection
Identifier: 1951-30-0
Scope and Contents The Spring Hill School collection (1951-30-0, .83 linear feet) documents a private school modelled on a philosophy of progressive education. Founded by Dorothy Bull and Mabel Foster Spinney in Litchfield, Conn., the school operated from 1926 to 1939. The collection includes correspondence, financial records, minutes, institutional records, brochures, and published editions of student work. The collection also contains tributes to co-founders Bull from 1934 and Spinney from 1951 and a...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1926-1940; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1951