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Elizabeth Cone Kilbourne scrapbook
1996-24-0
Collection
Identifier: 1996-24-0
Scope and Contents
Scrapbook labeled "Mrs. Elizabeth Kilbourn" on the cover containing news clippings chiefly concerning her husband Payne Kenyon Kilbourne and numerous members of the Kilbourn family. Some of the clippings are Payne's articles and poetry. Hand-written poems by Payne are loose in the scrapbook, as are family photographs, their daughter Julia's writing book, drawings, engravings, correspondence, and advertising cards and other ephemera. There is also a draft of articles and a list of members...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: circa 1840s-1894; Other: Date acquired: 11/07/1996
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Litchfield Bancorp records
2000-24-0
Collection
Identifier: 2000-24-0
Scope and Contents
Records relating to Litchfield Bancorp. Founded in 1850 as The Litchfield Savings Society, the name was changed in 1952 to The Litchfield Savings Bank, and changed again in 1984 to Litchfield Bancorp. The items are the bank's cashbook, 1850-1864; record book, containing board of directors minutes and other records, 1850-1889; an 1850 incorporation document; a list, possibly of directors, 1874; an excerpt from an 1880 public act related to savings banks; and a scrapbook documenting the bank's...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1850-2000; Other: Majority of material found in 1850-1889; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/2000
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Litchfield Garden Club records
2010-33-0
Series
Identifier: 2010-33-0
Scope and Contents
The Litchfield Garden Club records document an association that has been actively involved in education and civic improvement efforts as well as local, regional and national conservation and environmental initiatives since the club was founded in Litchfield, Conn., in 1913. The collection consists of minutes, reports, correspondence, membership information, financial records, scrapbooks, photographs, newsletters, publicity materials, clippings, programs, yearbooks, awards, and other items....
Dates:
1913-2021
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Litchfield Historical Society institutional records
2023-43-0
Fonds
Identifier: 2023-43-0
Scope and Contents
Litchfield Historical Society institutional records consists of records created by the Society or relate and documents all aspects of its history. Among the records found in the collection is correspondence, minutes, architectural records and drawings, ledgers and other accounting records, scrapbooks, and other records. The collection consists of ten series.Series 1. Board of trustee records (1884-2022) contains minutes, correspondence, board resolutions, officer records, legal...
Dates:
1848-2023
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Litchfield Horse Show Association collection
1995-16-0
Collection
Identifier: 1995-16-0
Scope and Contents
The Litchfield Horse Show Association collection documents a horse show and associated events held annually in August from 1928 until 1975 in Litchfield, Conn., and the organization that oversaw them. In addition, some records relate to Litchfield horse shows held prior to the formation of the association. The collection consists of correspondence; photographs; plans for jumps; an application to The American Horse Shows Association, Inc.; a scrapbook, tickets; news clippings; a history;...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1915-1981; Other: Date acquired: 12/05/1996
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Litchfield Scientific Association scrapbooks
00-1952-38-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-1952-38-0
Scope and Contents
The Litchfield Scientific Association scrapbooks (1952-38-0) are comprised of two volumes of scrapbooks that contain newspaper clippings chronicling the activities of the Litchfield Scientific Association. The first volume covers the years 1903-1910, and the second volume contains the years 1911-1916. The Litchfield Scientific Association was organized in 1902 with the purpose of making collections of Litchfield County species in all branches past and present. The organization organized...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1903-1916; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1951
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
My Country Society, Inc. records
2008-38-0
Collection
Identifier: 2008-38-0
Scope and Contents
My Country Society, Inc. was founded in 1967 with the purpose of publishing a journal, My Country, related to American history. Initially, the journal was distributed throughout Litchfield County to schools, historical societies, libraries, town halls, banks, and other places. Later, it became available by subscription. The publication schedule varied, but typically several issues were produced each year. New and established authors were encouraged to submit manuscripts. The Society also...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1967-2009; Other: Date acquired: 12/04/2009
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
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
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society