Connecticut's Archives Online
Collection ID: M.32
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Townsend, George L., 1827-1868 and Mattatuck Museum (1877-)
- Date:
- 1845-1868
- Extent:
- 1 Linear Feet and 1 archive box containing 18 diaries, 1 scrapbook, and 1 memorial booklet, each in individual wrappers.
- Language:
- English .
Background
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Scope and Content:
The George L. Townsend Collection is composed mainly of diaries that document life in Middlebury and Waterbury from 1865-1867. Typical entries include weather, family outings, social outings, masonic lodge meetings, and notes for newspaper articles.
The collection is arranged naturally into two series. Diaries and Scrapbooks (1845-1867) were created by George L. Townsend. Collected Material (1868) was collected after his death.
- Biographical / Historical:
George Townsend lived in Waterbury, CT during the mid-1800s. He was born in Connecticut around 1828 and died in 1868, according to obituriaes and ancestry records. He wrote about daily life in his diaries.
Indexed Terms
- Subjects:
- Diaries
- Places:
- Waterbury, Connecticut
Access
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
- CONTACT:
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(203) 753-0381scrawford@mattmuseum.org