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Mattatuck Museum

Mattatuck Museum

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Waterbury, CT
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George L. Townsend Papers, 1845-1868 1 Linear Feet 1 archive box containing 18 diaries, 1 scrapbook, and 1 memorial booklet, each in individual wrappers.

Mattatuck Museum (1877-)

The George L. Townsend Collection is composed mainly of diaries that document life in Middlebury and Waterbury from 1865-1867. Typical entries include weather, family outings, social outings, masonic lodge meetings, and notes for newspaper articles.

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Great Brook Manufacturing Company Records, 1856-1911 .84 Linear Feet (2 manuscript boxes)

Great Brook Manufacturing Company
This collection documents the founding of the collective which served the purpose of building and maintaining a dam and reservoir in Great Brook at Buck's Hill.
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Helen Leary Papers, 1929-1989 2 Linear Feet 1 manuscript box, 1 object box, and 2 scrapbooks

Leary, Helen, 1901-2002
The Helen Leary Papers contains documents Leary kept over the years detailing her involvement in the East End Community and other local organizations. The collection contains scrapbooks created by Leary containing newspaper articles about East End Community Club's accomplishments as well as articles and pictures of the Genlot Girls' Bowling League. There are also programs and photographs of the Chase Girls' Choir, Chase Company newsletters, as well as newsletters from the East End Community Club. Interesting to note are two awards received by Leary, one plaque of appreciation from the East End Community Club and a 1st place trophy from the Connecticut State Bowling Tournament.
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James K and Elizabeth Perrone Furlong Papers, 1937-1954 .5 manuscript box

Mattatuck Museum (1877-)

This collection contains the combined papers of James K. Furlong and Elizabeth Furlong [nee] Perrone. The bulk of materials in this collection are from James K. Furlong's deployment 7465th Corozal Canal Zone. Furlong was drafted in 1952 and served 1953-1954. Other materials in this collection include two formal portraits of James and Elizabeth with two other couples at prom in 1950, and childhood ephemera from Elizabeth Furlong [nee ]Perrone.

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John H. Barker Collection, 1944-1951 and undated .22 Linear Feet .5 of a legal manuscript box

Barker, John H.
The John H. Barker Collection contains various photographs, advertisements, and documents detailing the artistic output of the industrial artists during the 1940s through the 1950s. Photographs include depictions of paintings of various Waterbury factories, including Anaconda Copper and American Brass Co., which were painted by John H. Baker. The collection also contains various advertisements for Anaconda and American brass that include artwork created by J.H. Barker. The collection also contains correspondence to J.H. Barker from Orton P. Camp and an announcement from Anaconda Vice President on the opening of the Ansonia Branch. The collection contains one folder of paintings of an undetermined factories from other artists, which were perhaps used as reference or research.
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Kay Sage Collection, 1915-2018, bulk 1940-1965 3.25 linear feet 5 manuscript boxes and 22 volumes

Sage, Kay, 1898-1963
The Kay Sage Collection is composed of three groupings of materials: items created by Sage or collected by Sage during her lifeime, collected material by others after her lifetime, and the Kay Sage estate files. Materials include correspondence to and from Kay Sage, exhibition annoucements and catalogs, personal notebooks, published volumes of poetry, and legal documents regarding the dissolution of her estate. The Mattatuck Museum also has a large collection of Kay Sage artwork and a rare book and surrealist ephemera collection.
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Kingsbury Family Papers, 1783 - 1937 15 Linear Feet 7 manuscript boxes, 3 oversized boxes, and 19 ledgers

Kingsbury, Frederick John, 1823-1910
This collection documents the everyday, professional, and philanthropic life of several members of the Kingsbury family. While the collection is largely paper based, there are also publications related to the Kingsbury family, daybooks, account ledgers, a scrapbook, daguerreotypes, an ambrotype, a tintype, cart de visites, cabinet cards, and photograph albums. There are three photographs of African American women from the mid 1800s.
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Lawrence L. Lewis Diaries, November 4, 1903- November 27, 1908 2 Volumes

Diary #1 contains entries from Nov. 4, 1903 to Aug. 14, 1906. Diary #2 has entries from Aug. 14, 1906 to Nov. 27, 1908. In the front flyleaf of Diary# I Lewis' daughter, Margaret Lewis Pratt, wrote , "This Journal was written by my father, Lawrence L. Lewis, beginning on the day on which he entered into law practice in Waterbury, Conn. with Nathaniel Bronson. At that time my father was 22 years old. He continued to practice law in Waterbury until Jan. I, 1953, when he was 72 years old." The Diaries contain daily entries about the work life of a lawyer, politics, and his personal time. There are a few newspaper clippings and photographs glued on pages.

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Marjorie Robinson Papers, 1934-1975 and undated .42 Linear Feet 1 legal manuscript box

Robinson, Marjorie, 1920-1997
Abstract: The Marjorie Robinson papers is alrgely composed of genealogy records compiled by Marjorie Robinson of the Robinson Family lineage. It also includes recorded genealogy on the Louisa May Alcott family. The collection also contains parish announcements from the First Methodist Church in Waterbury, as well as photographs from the Waterbury Savings Bank. Lastly, the collections also contains photographs of Waterbury residents believed to be the friends of Marjorie Robinson.
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