Collections : [Westport Museum for History & Culture]

Scrapbook and clippings.

Writings by Betts, including "The Sherwood-Elwood Connection," "The Saugatuck Congregational Church," "Uncle Harry Brown Fairchild," and documentation related to the Evergreen Cemetery (registry of plots).

Writings by Birge, including "The Swamp," "Evolution," and his book "Westport CT: The Making of a Yankee Town" (printer's copy, index, drafts).

Invoices for purchases (groceries, hardware, etc.), 1915-1916; correspondence from Arthur Sherwood, 1901; correspondence with Westport Water Co., 1915-1916; tax assessment for Compo Mill cottage, 1916.

Writings, sketches, correspondence, diary of D. Warren Boyer.

Includes genealogical material, wills and related documents (Bradley and Platt), deeds, correspondence (1832-1890s), photographs, newspaper clippings, books belonging to Gershom Bradley. Inventory available in Box 8.

Statement re. payments due to Eleanor Bulkley signed by Hezekiah Bulkley, Seth Bulkley, Timothy Bulkley, Joseph Osborn, Esther Bulkley, Bradley Ogden, 1851 March 29; Receipt for H. Bulkley, 1844. Material received with two portraits in 2022.

Photocopies of documents, 1807-1880s.

Account book, 1847.