Collections : [Connecticut State Library, State Archives]

Notes and correspondence pertaining to East Haddam. Included is a copy of "East Haddam Cemetery Inscriptions" compiled by Parker, photostated in 1930. There appears to be a small amount of correspondence related to the legal profession.

Includes 24 volumes of genealogical notes, plus index. Volumes 1-3, 5 and a part of 6, were compiled by Sheldon Brainerd Thorpe, of North Haven, Conn. Nearly all of the other volumes are the work of Frank G. Bassett, of Seymour, Conn.

Includes: Descendants of Thomas Bliss of Hartford, Connecticut; Descendants of Thomas Bliss of Rehoboth, Massachusetts; Descendants of Josiah Bliss of Middletown, Rhode Island.

Correspondence on the Rasey, Morgan, and Gallup families. Also correspondence related to the estate of Harriet Vincent Stacy's father, Zacariah Vincent.

Correspondence and notes on the Atwood, Avery, Judd, Nichols, Palmer, Scoville, Skilton, Sperry and Steele families.

Notebooks and manuscript notes related to West Haven, Connecticut genealogy.

Contains organizational histories, minutes of meetings, newspaper clippings, speeches, programs, scrapbooks and photographs.

The collection consistes primarily of photographs depicting company administrators and employees, the Colt armory in Hartford and other Colt-related properties, events, promotional material, and firearms.

Includes genealogy notes, correspondence, documents, photographs, cuts, news clippings and a card index file.

This collection combines both group and individual portraits of Connecticut soldiers and veterans. A number of Connecticut National Guard, Putnam Phalanx, New Haven Grays and World War II portraits are included in the Collection, but Civil War veterans predominate.