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Edward J. Brady collection
2003-82-0
Collection
Identifier: 2003-82-0
Scope and Contents
In the 1950s, Brady, an employee of what was then the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad (commonly referred to as the New Haven) and is now part of Amtrak, developed an interest in the Shepaug railroad branch. He acquired original New Haven records that provide detailed documentation of the crossings, bridges, and abutting structures. Records also document original rights of way and the New Haven's unsuccessful and successful petitions to abandon the line in the 1930s and 1940s. In...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1897-2000; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/2003
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Solyman Brown collection
2007-30-0
Collection
Identifier: 2007-30-0
Scope and Contents
The research materials related to Dr. Solyman Brown compiled by Dr. Leonard Elkins, who was working on an uncompleted biography of Dr. Brown.The papers include letters and other documents written by Dr. Brown and materials collected and/or written by members of the Brown family. There are two daguerreotypes of Elizabeth Butler Brown and Dr. Brown. Dr. Elkins's papers include his partial draft of a Solyman Brown biography, research notes, articles and news clippings, and original source...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1841-2006; Other: Date acquired: 01/05/2007
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Joyce Mackenzie Cropsey papers
00-2010-170-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-170-0
Scope and Contents
Page signatures and photographs from "Register of Revolutionary Soldiers and Patriots buried in Litchfield County," compiled by Joyce Mackenzie Cropsey, 1976.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1976
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
George Glen Gould and Florence Holden Gould papers
1955-03-0
Collection
Identifier: 1955-03-0
Scope and Contents
The George Glen Gould and Florence Holden Gould papers (1955-03-0, 1.25 linear feet) document the activities of a New York City couple whose activities centered around their appreciation of period furniture, silks, rugs, and other interior design topics. The collection also includes genealogical information related to several descendents of Judge James Gould of Litchfield, Conn. The papers include correspondence, drafts and published versions of articles, photographs, research files, and...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1777-1957; Other: Date acquired: 03/06/1955
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Robert W. Hill lecture
00-1907-17-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-1907-17-0
Scope and Contents
Robert Wakeman Hill (1828-1909) was a noted architect. He received his early education in the schools of Waterbury and attended the Young Men's Institute in New Haven. He studied architecture with Henry Austin of New Haven and A. C. Nash of Milwaukee, Wis. He returned to Connecticut in 1858 and practiced architecture for a short time in Naugatuck. In 1863, he moved to Waterbury and spent the remainder of his life there. Hill was architect for the state under Governors Bigelow, Waller,...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1906 Jul 30; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1907
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
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
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Caroline Stoddard Newcomer papers
00-1953-27-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-1953-27-0
Scope and Contents
Caroline Stoddard Newcomer papers (1953-27-0),
Correspondence, family data sheets, a photograph, and other items related to the genealogy of Caroline Stoddard Newcomer. Born in Litchfield, Conn., in 1852, she and her extended family moved to Tama County, Iowa, in 1854. The papers primarily document the children of Caroline's great-grandfather Gideon Stoddard (1768-1846) of Litchfield. Among the primary family members represented are Whitman Stoddard (1790-1867), Jesse Stoddard (1792- ),...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1862-1952; Other: Date acquired: 12/03/1953
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society