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Collection
Identifier: 2008-04-0
Scope and Contents
The papers of artist and photographer Gladys A. Mattson (1890-1957) of Bantam, Conn., which consist of correspondence, photographs, drawings, stencils, patterns and other documents. Mattson was a daughter of Alfred Mattson and Emma Coe Mattson. By 1912 or so she was tinting photographs. The collection contains three Wallace Nutting prints which contain Mattson's signature on the back. The circumstances under which she worked for Nutting have not been determined, although she would have been...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1912-1950; Other: Date acquired: 04/01/2010
Ann McGurk collection
2002-46-0
Collection
Identifier: 2002-46-0
Abstract
Marshall Field and Company department store advertising pamphlet, circa 1920; three World War II ration books; three illustrated pages (may have been part of a book); newspaper clipping, "Butler Announces Lindy's Baby Dead"; five unidentified (non-family) daguerreotypes; twenty slides marked "Cambridge, OH small town parade with many old cars, vintage gas station and motel."
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: circa 1860-circa 1970; Other: Date acquired: 01/09/2004
McNeil and Bostwick Photos
2015-18-0
Collection
Identifier: 2015-18-0
Content Description
McNeil and Bostwick Photos (2015-18-0, 10 photos)
Photographs of McNeil and Bostwick families. People identified on the back of the photographs are Edwin McNeil, Sr., Emily Dotterer (Mrs.Edwin McNeil, Sr.), Edwin McNeil, Jr., Arthur E. Bostwick, David Elmore Bostwick and Adelide McKinley (parents of Arthur Bostwick). Andrew Lirue Bostwick and Ester Bostwick (children of Arthur Bostwick).
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1875-1889
William Miller Collection
1991-101-0
Collection
Identifier: 1991-101-0
Scope and Contents
The personal papers of William Miller relating to the Borough of Litchfield Charter Revision Commission, Board of Warden and Burgesses, Courthouse Site Committee, Postal Site Committee, historic preservation Borough Historical and Architectural Commission, Litchfield Green Advisory Committee, Litchfield Historical Society "European Extravaganza," Historic District, and other Borough matters; The Sanctum; and the Litchfield Country Club; architectural drawings of the residence of Mrs. Francis...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1907-1990; Other: Majority of material found in 1967-1990; Other: Date acquired: 06/04/1996
Mohawk Tower Association collection
00-1941-13-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-1941-13-0
Scope and Contents
The Mohawk Tower Asssociation collection (1941-13-0) contains a variety of items related to the Mohawk Tower Association between the years 1882 and 1920. Photographs document the ruins of the original wood tower, the cabin on Mohawk Mountain, the consturction of the stone tower built by Seymour Cunningham, and various views of the surrounding area from the stone tower. Also included in the collection are several loose documents that include coorespondence dealing with the purchase of the...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1882-1920; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1940
Jane Moraghan collection
00-2002-70-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2002-70-0
Scope and Contents
1 photograph from the home of Barbara Kane of an unidentified woman, circa 1932; 1 photograph of Miss Coe of the family that owned Coe Brass, circa 1885.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: circa 1885-1932; Other: Date acquired: 01/12/2002
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
Richard Nolan papers
2007-16-0
Collection
Identifier: 2007-16-0
Scope and Contents
The personal papers of Richard Nolan relating to his service to St. Paul's Parish in Bantam, Conn., starting in 1974 and the activities of The Litchfield Institute, of which he was president from 1984 to 1996. The Litchfield Institute was an independent, non-profit professional association established in June 1984 for the purpose of promoting arts and sciences and of encouraging humanitarian service to civic, educational, and religious organizations, especially in Litchfield County and...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1974-2007; Other: Date acquired: 06/04/2007
Northfield Girl Scouts records
00-1954-48-0
Collection — Box: 3A Box 21
Identifier: 00-1954-48-0
Scope and Contents
The Northfield Girl Scouts records (1954-48-0) contains a variety of items dating from the years 1925-1929. The records are bound together in a black loose leaf notebook. Included are three group photographs of Oak Troop No.1 taken in 1925, 1926, and 1927. One photograph is at Bantam Lake. Also present in the records are annual reports submitted for 1925-1929. The annual reports contain descriptions of the troop's yearly activities, as well as officer and member lists, and brief descriptions...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1925-1929; Other: Date acquired: 02/01/1955
Getrude Phelps O'Donnell collection
00-2002-52-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2002-52-0
Scope and Contents
1 photograph, Gov. Holcomb and staff at Litchfield bicentennial planting an oak tree in front of Litchfield Historical Museum, 1921
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1921; Other: Date acquired: 11/08/2003