Collections : [Friends of Wood Memorial Library and Museum]

Two copies of Mary Nicholson, South Windsor Democratic Party candidate, scorecards for the New York Yankees-Brooklyn Dodgers World Series. Also listed on the card are Adlai Stevenson, Estes Kefauver, Thomas Dodd, Matthew Kuta, Patrick Ward, Griffith, and Nicholson.

Program booklet for event presented by the Timothy Edwards Fellowship of the First Congregational Church.

The Mulligan-Carney Family Collection consists of four accounts ledgers and enclosures belonging to James Mulligan and Peter Carney related to property in South Windsor that the Mulligans and Carneys owned.

The Myrtle Odlum papers consist of material pertaining to South Windsor history, news, events and organizations and the Odlum family, including topical files of newspaper clippings, mostly dating from the 1970s and 1980s; South Windsor's Main Street prepared for an application for National Historic District status; and Odlum family papers. Myrtle Odlum (1912-2007) was born and lived in South Windsor, CT.

The Newberry family collection consists of correspondence of Emma Wickham Newberry (Mrs. Samuel Newberry) of South Windsor, CT, from 1863 and 1879. Correspondance includes letters from her brother-in-law A. E. Newberry written in 1863. Other correspondence is from her sisters Maria Brewer and Jane Smith and leters to and from her mother. Also in the collection is a probate certificate of descent dated July 10, 1932 pertaining to the estate of Priscilla Newberry.

The Norman Priest Collections (1998.30) consists of materials related to the history of South Windsor, CT, collected by Norman Priest (1912-1998) and Edna Canham Priest (1914-2006). The collection includes wedding and anniversary invitations sent to the Wilbur Hills family dated 1877-1926; an autograph book belonging to Emily Clark; ledgers from the Wapping Creamery; Henry Stoughton's account book dated 1846; various agreements, handbills and inventories, and numerous family photographs and daguerreotypes.

The Mothers' Club of South Windsor had been formed by 1910 as a part of the National Congress of Mothers, which was organized in 1908. In 1929, it reorganized as a parents and teachers assocition (PTA). The records consist of one Hollinger box containing three notebooks and spanning the years 1913 to 1942. Arranged chronologically, the notebooks contain records of the clubs' secretaries including minutes of regular and special meetings, annual reports, and various committee reports. They provide information on the organizations' structure, policies, members, programs, and fund-raising and charitable activities.

Autograph book belonging to Pauline F. Green, containing autographs from family and friends in South Windsor, Connecticut.

The Paul Margiott fuel cell history collection, 1960-2018, documents the creation and production of fuel cells by the United Technologies Corp. (UTC) Fuel Cell division, as well as the fuel cell industry more generally, both in the United States and abroad. The records consist of internal memoranda, newsletters, photographs, magazines and press clippings, promotional materials, product manuals, a fuel cell cutaway and presentation folio, and oversize items.

Three ledgers from Peter Bossen's store. Each consists of handwritten records from the store in a bound book. The building that housed P.E. Bossen was originally built at 1042 Main Street, South Windsor, CT, about 1890 by Benjamin Skinner and was moved later moved to 819-821 Main Street South Windsor, where the building still stands.