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Deming, Perkins, and Quincy families papers
1950-01-0
Collection
Identifier: 1950-01-0
Scope and Contents
The Deming, Perkins, and Quincy Families Papers document members of several prominent families who lived in the town of Litchfield, Conn. In the late eighteenth century, the patriarchs of each family earned wealth through their activities as merchants, traders, and investors, enabling them and many of the members of the next generations to live lives free from financial concern, if not outright luxury. The papers consist largely of correspondence, and also include collections of financial...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1762-1950; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1921
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Robert Doyle collection
2003-48-0
Collection
Identifier: 2003-48-0
Scope and Contents
The Robert Doyle collection contains papers regarding Crutch & MacDonald, a Litchfield, Conn., drug store; other Litchfield businesses; and activities of the Borough of Litchfield government. The papers include druggists catalogues and literature, late 1800s; a letter written by Robert Doyle regarding the sale of Crutch & MacDonald, 1994; bills and receipts, early twentieth century; documents relating to the sale and lease of Crutch & MacDonald and its antecedent iterations,...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1870-1994; Other: Date acquired: 02/07/2005
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Theodore Ells collection
2007-33-0
Collection
Identifier: 2007-33-0
Scope and Contents
The Theodore Ells Collection consists of 2 maps of Wild Garden; photographs of Sanctum events and Camp Onaway; records relating to the Litchfield Wild Garden Association, the White Memorial Foundation, and others; a Board Members Manual of the Public Health Association in Litchfield; and others.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1947-1963; Other: Date acquired: 06/09/2008
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
First Congregational Church of Litchfield collection
2006-18-0
Collection
Identifier: 2006-18-0
Scope and Contents
The First Congregational Church of Litchfield collection provides documentation on the church from 1845-1999, although the church was founded in 1721. The collection brings together records given by the church and a number of other donors, and includes annual reports; addresses, sermons, and discourses; several editions of the church manual and membership roll; Sunday School Library catalogue (1859) and records; histories; photographs; financial records; correspondence; and other records....
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1845-1999; Other: Date acquired: 12/07/2006
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
First Law School Society of the Children of the American Revolution records
2010-362-0
Collection
Identifier: 2010-362-0
Scope and Contents
The records of the First Law School Society of the Children of the American Revolution include scrapbooks primarily containing photographs and news clippings; application materials and brochures; cards with members' information; minutes; organizational records; program ideas files; transparencies; newsletters; patrotic and other publications; banner; local society annual reports; correspondence; president's medal; financial records; and other items.
Initial meetings of what would become the...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1971-1994; Other: Date acquired: 05/10/2010
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
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
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Bernice Fuessenich collection
2003-78-0
Collection
Identifier: 2003-78-0
Scope and Contents
The Bernice Fuessenich collection consists of photographs, invoices, programs, invitations, advertising, brochures, dance cards, calling cards, and other ephemera documenting cultural, social, religious, and business activities in Litchfield, Conn., 1897-1976. Among the subjects covered are drama productions, church dedications and services, horse shows, minstrel shows, dances and balls, businesses and restaurants. There are also receipts for goods and services. Some of the papers relate to...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1897-1976; Other: Date acquired: 01/02/2005
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Charles Raymond Ganung papers
00-2010-265-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-265-0
Scope and Contents
The papers of Waterbury banker Charles Raymond Ganung (1897-1965) consist of membership cards, Selective Service cards and documents, World War II ration documents, his U.S. Army World War I honorable discharge, letters of introduction, ephemera, biographical information, and news clippings.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1916-1997; Other: Date acquired: 02/08/2012
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Guild and Stevens families papers
00-1971-46-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-1971-46-0
Scope and Contents
Photographs, correspondence, and other items related to the Guild family of Milton, Litchfield, Conn., and the Stevens family of Bethlehem, Conn. Some papers also relate to the Lindley family of Ansonia, Conn. Primary correspondents include Penfield Guild (1832-1901), his sister Mary Guild Stevens (1816- ), and her husband James Stevens (1812- ).
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1834-1860; Other: Date acquired: 07/10/1971
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Guion family papers
2004-43-0
Collection
Identifier: 2004-43-0
Abstract
The papers of the Guion family of Litchfield. Brothers Hobart Guion (1869-1950) and George Guion (1870-1962) married sisters Harriet Cutler McAllister (1880-1977) and Amelia Hamilton McAllister (1877-1962), respectively.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: circa 1870-1977; Other: Date acquired: 07/12/2006
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society