Autograph albums
Subject
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Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Ida Pidgeon autograph album
00-1973-63-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-1973-63-0
Scope and Contents
The Ida Pidgeon autograph album (1973-63-0) belonged to Ida Pidgeon of Sharon, Connecticut. She received the small album on March 30, 1930 from Mr. M. Gillette when she was in the sixth grade. The small album contains signatures and versus from family members and friends between the years 1930 and 1954. Many of the versus are humerous ryhmes.
Ida Pidgeon was the daughter of farmer William J. Pidgeon and his wife Lily M. Pidgeon. William and Lily, both natives of England, had one son and two...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1930-1954; Other: Date acquired: 12/12/1972
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Addie Stephens Ray friendship album
00-1966-09-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-1966-09-0
Abstract
The Addie Stephens Ray friendship album (1966-09-0) was given to Addie Stephens (later the wife of William Ray) by Leonard W. Bacon in Litchfield, Connecticut on September 7, 1860. The album contains signatures and versus from friends. The signatures were collected from the year 1860 through 1862 in various locations such as Litchfield, CT, Saratoga Springs,NY, Hartford, CT and New Marlboro, MA.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1860-1862; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1965
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
William Buell Sprague papers
1928-23-0
Collection
Identifier: 1928-23-0
Scope and Contents
Papers related to William Buell Sprague (1795-1876), clergyman and autograph collector. He was born in Andover, Conn, a son of Benjamin Sprague and Sybil Buell. William Sprague's great grand uncle, John Buell, was one of the original proprietors of Litchfield. After graduation from Yale in 1815, Sprague was a private tutor, studied two years at Princeton theological seminary. In 1819, he was ordained pastor of the First Congregational Church in West Springfield, Mass., remaining there until...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1796-1867; Other: Date acquired: 01/11/1929
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