Hampton Institute Summer Trail program and Outdoor Folk Festival invitation
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Scope and Contents
Hampton Institute Summer Trail program and invitation to attend the Outdoor Folk Festival to be held on the grounds of Mrs. John P. Elton, which has a list of prominent women of Litchfield, CT, as "patronesses." Date of 1912 is printed on reverse of the program.
Dates
- Creation: probably 1912
Creator
- Hampton Institute (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
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Biographical / Historical
Litchfield, CT citizens were active in raising funds for African American schools and colleges in the late 1800s-early 1900s. Afican American and Indigenous students from Hampton Institute (now Hampton University, a private, historically black, research university that was founded in 1868 as Hampton Agricultural and Industrial School) of Hampton, VA, performed at private homes in Litchfield.
Extent
1 folders
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Hampton Institute Summer Trail program and invitation to attend the Outdoor Folk Festival to be held on the grounds of Mrs. John P. Elton, which has a list of prominent women of Litchfield, CT, as "patronesses." Date of 1912 is printed on reverse of the program.
Source of Acquisition
Found in collection
Physical Description
One printed 8-page program bound with string and one printed folded invitation
- Title
- Hampton Institute Summer Trail program and Outdoor Folk Festival invitation
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Leith Johnson
- Date
- 2024 Nov 13
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Litchfield Historical Society Repository
7 South Street
P.O. Box 385
Litchfield CT 06759
860-567-4501
860-567-3565 (Fax)
archivist@litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org