Collections : [Connecticut State Library, State Archives]

Record books, 1675-1937; Probate files, 1675-1899.

Record books, 1787-2006; Probate files, 1787-1947.

On the morning of December 14, 2012, a lone gunman shot his way into the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, and then shot and killed 26 people, 20 of whom were children. The collection documents material sent to the community of Newtown in the nine and a half months following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings. The collection includes poems, letters, sympathy cards, mass cards, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous material.

Record books, None; Probate files, 1820-1931.

Record books, 1778-1923; Probate files, 1779-1971.

Record books, 1835-1970; Probate files, 1835-1912; Wills, 1907-1976

Originally organized as the Mothers Neighborhood Circle, it became the Northwest Child Welfare Club in 1936. The Club attempted to "promote child welfare in home, school, church and community . . . raise standards of home life. . . secure adequate laws for the care and protection of women and children."

Indexes covering 1802-1920.

Manuscripts, books, and pamphlets dealing with Connecticut and Norwich area history. Manuscripts include accounts, estate inventories, and letters (William A. Buckingham, Samuel Huntington, Theodore Roosevelt, Benjamin Giles, Samuel Loudon and others). Click here to see the scanned paper finding aid and container list (pdf).​ ​

Record books, 1748-1965; Probate files, 1748-1896.