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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
Litchfield Female Academy collection
1890-07-2
Collection
Identifier: 1890-07-2
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the history of The Litchfield Female Academy, Litchfield, Connecticut. Early records refer to the Academy as Miss Pierce's School, Miss Pierce's Academy, and Sarah Pierce's Academy. In the collection are institutional records; correspondence, diaries, journals, school notebooks, and albums of students; papers of Sarah Pierce and the Pierce family; and correspondence of Emily Noyes Vanderpoel regarding her research for her books "Chronicles of a Pioneer School, from...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1787-1927; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1890
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
Seymour family papers
1949-37-0
Collection
Identifier: 1949-37-0
Scope and Contents
The papers of the Seymour family of Litchfield, Conn. Principal figures are Maj. Moses Seymour (1742-1826); two of his sons, Ozias Seymour (1776-1851), and Epaphroditus Seymour (1783-1854); and Ozias Seymour's son, Origen Storrs Seymour (1804-1881). A number of other members of the Seymour family and its relatives, in particular, members of the Storrs family of Mansfield, Conn., and Woodruff family of Litchfield, are also represented. The papers include correspondence, business records,...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1777-1923; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1948
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Woodruff family collection
1953-02-2-8
Collection
Identifier: 1953-02-2-8
Abstract
The Woodruff Collection primarily documents the personal life and professional career of George Catlin Woodruff, who not only practiced law for several decades in Litchfield but also served as Litchfield's postmaster and held elected positions both locally and in the United States Congress.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1779-1966; Other: Majority of material found within 1815-1919; Other: Date acquired: 11/03/1954
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society