Collections : [Connecticut State Library, State Archives]

The Connecticut Industrial School for Girls was established in 1868 as a private institution for delinquent girls. In 1917 the State took control of the school and renamed it Long Lane Farm which changed to Long Lane School in 1943. Items in this collection include documents about staff and student life, photographs, paintings and artifacts.

Gov. Weicker's constituent correspondence, legal office files, press files, official statements, invitations accepted and regretted, subject files, and photographs.

Four record books of genealogical notes regarding the Lowrey family.

Lucien Merrian Royce (1838-1907) was a pharmacist and Civil War surgeon's steward. Correspondence, diaries, related materials of Lucien Merriam Royce, 1853-1907. Also deeds and other papers (with calendar) pertaining to the Royce (Rice) family of Farmington and Bristol, Conn. and the Atwater, Phelps and other families of Windsor, Conn. Click here to see the scanned paper finding aid and container list (pdf).​ ​

Lucius B. Barbour (1878-1934) was appointed the first Public Records Examiner at the Connecticut State Library in 1911. The collection includes genealogical notes and abstracts from Connecticut vital, church, cemetery and probate records and from newspapers.

Record books, 1869-1976; Probate files, 1869-1976.

Record books, None; Probate files, circa 1834-1975.

Included are genealogical notes regarding the Gowdy family. The majority of the papers consist of Samuel Gowdy's descendants beginning with Robert and Content Gowdy; Hill Gowdy, son of Samuel; Alexander Gowdy and others not of the Samuel Gowdy branch; and duplicate material and items to be looked up and connected.

The collection contains documents kept by Major Edward V. Preston, who was a quartermaster and then a paymaster in the United States Army during the Civil War. Included in the papers are muster rolls, officer pay vouchers, discharge papers, hospital notices, returns, receipts, requisitions, books, and personal papers.

Record books, 1850-1972, bulk 1850-1920; Probate files, None.