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Fonds
Identifier: 1992-44-0
Content Description
The Margery Boyd papers consists of materials relating to Margery Boyd's volunteer activities, including the Litchfield Chapter, American Red Cross; Litchfield civil defense; Charlotte Hungerford Hospital; Connecticut's tercentenary celebration; the Litchfield Historical Society and several others. The bulk of the materials relate to the Litchfield Chapter, American Red Cross.
Dates:
1929-1992
Brown and Johnson families papers
2005-49-0
Collection
Identifier: 2005-49-0
Abstract
Papers relating to the Brown and Johnson families and related lineages of Litchfield, Naugatuck, Torrington and elsewhere consisting of original and copied source materials. The materials comprised ten binders and include 18th and 19th century publications, such as Hutchins' Revived Almanac (1814), Old Farmer's Almanac (1835), Centennial Exposition guide (1876); correspondence; family records and cerificates; bills and receipts; news clippings; genealogical information; and photographs,...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: circa 1770s-2005; Other: Date acquired: 07/12/2005
Carter family papers
00-1954-42-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-1954-42-0
Abstract
Deeds for land in East Litchfield, Conn., and Torrington, Conn. relating to the Carter family of East Litchfield. Most involve Joseph E. Carter, Elizabeth Clark Carter, Effie Ruth Curtiss Carter, and Alfred H. Perkins among others. Also the discharge record for Charles Carter from the 2nd Regiment Conn. Heavy Artillery on September 9, 1865.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1848-1917; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1954
Fred L. Dautrich papers
00-1993-06-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-1993-06-0
Scope and Contents
Papers of Fred L. Dautrich, Torrington, Conn., artist, musician and violin expert who invented three string instruments to fill the voicing gaps he believed existed between the violin, cello, and bass violin in order to enrich the sound of the string ensemble. The papers include correspondence, photographs, ephemera, news clippings, and trademark documents.
Fred L. Dautrich was born in Germany in 1874 and apprenticed as boy to be a cabinet maker. In 1896, he came to the United States with...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1923-1971; Other: Date acquired: 08/08/1994
Newman Hungerford Photograph Album
1913-29-1
Collection
Identifier: 1913-29-1
Content Description
Photograph album containing photographs from Harwinton, East Litchfield, Litchfield, Torrington, New Preston, Washington and Hartford Connecticut as well as photographs of Georgia which include formerly enslaved people. The photographs depict buildings, people, and scenes from the various towns. All are identified and most are dated. The majority of photographs are credited to Newman Hungerford, several are credited to H.P Averill. Many of the photographs appear to have been produced as...
Dates:
1901-1913
Litchfield County papers
00-1973-30-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-1973-30-0
Scope and Contents
Collection of papers related to Litchfield County, including bills, receipts, correspondence, deeds, judicial records, ephemera, and other documents. Towns represented include Goshen, Torrington, and Winchester.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1866-1902; Other: Date acquired: 01/12/1973
Prescott Pond deed and telegram
00-2010-210-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-210-0
Scope and Contents
Item 1: deed, Prescott Pond and Eliza Pond to Emily Westover land in Torrington, Conn., Sep 7 1854. Item 2: telegram from A. [?] Bowen in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Prescott Pond informing him that William has brain congestion and to prepare for the worse, May 18, 1849.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1849-1854