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Richard Henry Dana papers
1997-16-0
Collection
Identifier: 1997-16-0
Scope and Contents
The Richard Henry Dana papers relate primarily to the renovation that Dana designed and supervised in 1925 and 1926 of Ludlow Bull's house at 114 North Street, Litchfield, Conn. The papers also include materials regarding design work for Bull's New York City apartment. The collection includes correspondence, drawings, specifications, orders, wallpaper samples, photographs, and other documents. The correspondence primarily consists of Dana's carbon copies to Bull and vendors regarding design...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1925-1931; Other: Date acquired: 02/07/1998
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Danner family papers
2002-50-0
Collection
Identifier: 2002-50-0
Scope and Contents
The personal papers of Helen Danner and her parents Frederick Baxter Danner (1907-1979) and Elizabeth Neill Danner (1907-1991). Frederick Danner grew up in Mount Vernon, N.Y., and graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was then employed by AT&T's Long Lines Division for 42 years. Elizabeth Neill was born in Milwaukee. She attended Sweet Briar College in Virginia. She married Frederick Danner in 1935. They moved to Litchfield in the early 1970s. Helen Danner's...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1832-1991; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/2002
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Davies and Scovill families letters
00-2010-340-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-340-0
Scope and Contents
Three letters, Eunice Davies Scovill writing from Waterbury to her sister Belvidere Davies Ranney, 1829; William H. Scovill writing from Waterbury to his sister-in-law Belvidere Davies Ranney, 1840; and "Cousin" [Susannah?] writing from St. John's to Alathea Scovill Kingsbury, 1843.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1829-1843; Other: Date acquired: 04/09/2012
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Jeremiah Day letter
00-1955-12-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-1955-12-0
Scope and Contents
Letter signed by J. Day from the president and fellows of Yale College to John Catlin for excelling in composition.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1837 Mar; Other: Date acquired: 02/03/1955
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Charlotte Dandini de Sylva letter
00-2010-166-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-166-0
Scope and Contents
Charlotte Dandini de Sylva encloses a check for membership in the Litchfield Historical Society.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: [?] Aug 20
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
William F. and Norma (Strong) Deacon Papers
2012-03-0
Collection
Identifier: 2012-03-0
Scope and Contents
The William F. and Norma Strong Deacon Papers (2011-26-0, 2011-05-0, 2011-07-0, 2012-03-0) include Litchfield High School graduation and reunion materials, photographs, correspondence between William F. Deacon and Norma Strong while he was serving in the Army in German and William F. Deacon's army discharge paper and evelope.
William Deacon's brother, Dave, and his sister-in-law, Priscilla (Pris), who worked with Norma Strong at W. T. Grant in Hartford, suggested that the two write each...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1951-1996; Other: Majority of material found in 1954-1955; Other: Date acquired: 06/02/2012
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Adelaide Deming collection
1954-46-0
Collection
Identifier: 1954-46-0
Scope and Contents
The Adelaide Deming collection (1954-46-0, .21 linear feet) contains papers related to Litchfield painter Adelaide Deming (1864-1956); her brother, physician William Champion Deming (1862-1954); and other members of her family, including her sister Charlotte (1868-), cousin John W. Quincy (1868-1950), and great grandfather Julius Deming (1755-1838). The collection consists primarily of correspondence and also includes business papers, estate papers, news clippings, a writ signed by Julius...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1808-1956; Other: Date acquired: 05/04/1956
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Charlotte Deming papers
2011-17-0
Collection
Identifier: 2011-17-0
Scope and Contents
The Charlotte Deming papers (2011-17-0, ,42 linear feet) consist of programs related to her performances in Litchfield, New York City, and Westchester, 1882-1924. Deming played violin with a number of groups and venues. The papers consist mostly of programs, and also news clippings, publications and ephemera related to music business and concerts, items related to the Women's String Orchestra Society of New York and the Musicians Club of New York, and an 1898 receipt for a grand piano...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1882-1924; Other: Date acquired: 03/04/2012
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Julius Deming letter
00-1931-20-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-1931-20-0
Scope and Contents
Julius Deming in Litchfield writes to Shadrack Osborn in Southbury (Conn.) concerning blank lists of warrants for Osborn's District. One half of the lists are to be delivered to the assistant Assessors and the other half reserved for his use.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1798 Oct 5; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1930
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
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