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The Stanley-Whitman House archival repository offers a comprehensive collection documenting Farmington, Connecticut's historical, cultural, and social evolution and its connections to broader regional and national narratives. The repository contains correspondence, photographs, manuscripts, rare books, legal and municipal records, architectural drawings, and maps that span the 17th through 20th centuries.Key topics include Indigenous history, with materials related to the Tunxis people, such as the 1684 Agreement of English with the Indians, deeds involving Tunxis individuals like Cusk, and publications like Connecticut Indian Trails, Villages, and Sachemdoms. Slavery and abolition are represented by W.O. Blake's History of Slavery and the Slave Trade (1858), a 1756 bill of sale for an enslaved man signed by John Stanley, and correspondence from Austin F. Williams, a notable abolitionist.The repository also contains extensive architectural documentation, including Rudy J. Favretti, Hammerberg, and Kelly's 1930s and 1980s restoration plans of the Stanley-Whitman House, as well as excavation records from 1986. Visual works include architectural drawings, photographs of Farmington's historic buildings, and the Klauser Family Photo Album.Other highlights include genealogies and family papers of the Whitman, Stanley, Morton, and Gay families; materials on the Amistad case and its Farmington connections; records of the Farmington Canal; and personal diaries and account books reflecting colonial and early American life. The collection includes scrapbooks from the Farmington Museum, maps like the Topographical Atlas of Connecticut, and records documenting the cultural and economic history of the area.With its breadth of topics and resources, the Stanley-Whitman House repository provides an invaluable resource for scholars researching Indigenous history, slavery, abolition, architectural preservation, and Farmington's cultural legacy.

The collection comprises letters addressed to Stanley Wootton, 1933-1934, concerning horse racing and the race course at Epsom, England (home of the Derby horse race)

St. Anthony's church fire photographs

Descendants of Aaron Stark, founder of the family in America.

Stephanie Whitney Cunningham manuscript (2011-29-0) is an unfinished manuscript draft of "From Bride to Great-Grandmother in Litchfield" by Stephanie Whitney Cunningham. Written in a small spiral bound notebook, the manuscript gives insight into the author's life in Litchfield, as well as the social scene, families, buildings, etc. that were present in the community in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

St. Margaret Mary Parish entertainment programs consists of "Best of Broadway," 1962 Mar 2-3, and "Snowflake Fashions," 1962 Nov 7.

The St. Michael's Parish Vital Records collection (2011-108-0) is comprised of two volumes of transcripts. The first volume ranges from 1757-1870 and covers burials (separated by race), communicants, confirmations, deaths (separated by race), and marriages (separated by race). The second volume covers only baptisms from the years 1750-1867. Each volume is organized alphabetically, not chronologically. The records give the name of the person and the date of whatever service they received.

The records consist of photograph albums, ledgers, minutes, financial records, correspondence, constitution and amendments, and biographical information documenting the activities and operations of the Book and Snake Society (incorporated as the Stone Trust Corporation) and Cloister Club at Yale, and its predecessor, Sigma Delta Chi Society.

The Stoughton family papers (1776-1989) consist of correspondence, genealogical materials, press clippings, and other documents related to members of the Stoughton family and homes on Main Street South Windsor, CT.