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Litchfield Law School

 Organization

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

John Bissell commissioner of deeds appointments

00-1947-13-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-1947-13-0
Scope and Contents

Appointments by governors of John Bissell, who attended the Litchfield Law School, to serve as commissioner of deeds in various states, 1836-1878. There is also a letter from S. C. Hall of Nevada, Mo., to William Bissell, 1869. Bound volume housed in 3B Box 20.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1836-1878; Other: Date acquired: 01/12/1947

Lynne Templeton Brickley papers

2019-87-0

 Fonds
Identifier: 2019-87-0
Abstract Research materials, correspondence and other papers, photographs, and additional materials by and about the life of Lynne Templeton Brickley (1940-2019), an independent historian who served as a consultant for several prize-winning exhibitions at the Litchfield Historical Society. A resident of Litchfield, CT, since 1968, Brickley was president and trustee of the Litchfield Historical Society, an active member of the Litchfield Garden Club and the Litchfield Democratic Town Committee, and a...
Dates: 1930-2018

Richard Brickley papers

00-1997-07-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-1997-07-0
Scope and Contents

One folder consisting primarily of correspondence related to fundraising efforts in connection with the Litchfield Law School.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1958-1968; Other: Date acquired: 01/06/1999

Samuel Fisher collection

1961-25-0

 Collection
Identifier: 1961-25-0
Scope and Contents Research files and other materials related to Samuel Fisher's 1946 book, Litchfield Law School, 1774-1833: Biographical Catalogue, containing information about its students. There are also papers related to other aspects of Litchfield's history. Starting in the 1930s, Fisher undertook a project to assemble data on every student who attended the Litchfield Law School from 1774-1833. He conducted research and corresponded with colleges and universities, state libraries, historical...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1929-1961; Other: Date acquired: 07/05/1963

Rufus Fuller Jr. letters to Rufus Fuller

00-2024-38-0

 File
Identifier: 00-2024-38-0
Abstract

Two letters written by Fuller Jr. in Litchfield, CT to his father in Kent, CT, in which he discusses his study in the Litchfield Law School and the Macedonia furnace, among other topics.

Dates: 1835

Capt. H. S. Jones collection

1976-14-0

 Collection
Identifier: 1976-14-0
Scope and Contents This collection contains records and correspondence pertaining to Captain Herbert Sidney Jones, of Litchfield, Conn. Herbert Sidney Jones was born on July 22, 1893 in New York City.  He attended the U.S. Naval Academy, graduating in 1916.  He received his master's degree in engineering from Columbia University.  He served in the U.S. Navy, and was the commander of a destroyer when he retired in 1934 for reasons of health.  During WWII, he was recalled to active duty and served on the Bureau...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1928-1975; Other: Date acquired: 11/04/1977

Margaret Kelley collection

00-1996-20-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-1996-20-0
Scope and Contents

Four publications: Souvenir Edition The Litchfield Enquirer, 1920; Bi-Centennial of the Town of Litchfield, Conn., Exercises celebrating the Litchfield Law School, the Litchfield Female Academy, 1920; Litchfield: an historic masque, 1921; Census of the United States, 1820.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1820-1921; Other: Date acquired: 07/07/1998

Litchfield Law School collection

1890-10-0

 Collection
Identifier: 1890-10-0
Abstract

This collection includes materials pertaining to Tapping Reeve, James Gould, the Litchfield Law School, and alumni of the school.  It was assembled by the Historical Society over a period of years.  Many of the law books used by Reeve and his students are also held by the Society and can be found through the book catalog.  The Society's institutional records document the history of the Tapping Reeve House and Litchfield Law School building.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1773-1990; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1890

Marian McKenna papers

1989-02-0

 Collection
Identifier: 1989-02-0
Scope and Contents

Manuscript and galleys of "Tapping Reeve and the Litchfield Law School" by Marian McKenna, 1989.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1989; Other: Date acquired: 04/07/1991

Kim Perlotto photograph

00-1965-26-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-1965-26-0
Scope and Contents

Photograph, 1965-26-0, was taken by Southern New England Telephone of Kim Perlotto, son of Phyllis and Med Perlotto (age 11) examining a law book in the Tapping Reeve Law School.

Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1965; Other: Date acquired: 10/12/1965

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Correspondence 6
Diaries 3
Law students -- Connecticut -- Litchfield 3
Litchfield (Conn.) 3
Notebooks 3