Collections : [The Litchfield Historical Society]

Includes the legend, "A century of commitment to our nation's heritage — 1889-1989."

South Street postcard

St. Anthony's church fire photographs

Stephanie Whitney Cunningham manuscript (2011-29-0) is an unfinished manuscript draft of "From Bride to Great-Grandmother in Litchfield" by Stephanie Whitney Cunningham. Written in a small spiral bound notebook, the manuscript gives insight into the author's life in Litchfield, as well as the social scene, families, buildings, etc. that were present in the community in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

The St. Michael's Parish Vital Records collection (2011-108-0) is comprised of two volumes of transcripts. The first volume ranges from 1757-1870 and covers burials (separated by race), communicants, confirmations, deaths (separated by race), and marriages (separated by race). The second volume covers only baptisms from the years 1750-1867. Each volume is organized alphabetically, not chronologically. The records give the name of the person and the date of whatever service they received.

Susan Wakeen catalogs showing dolls.

Nine 16x24 photographic prints of Litchfield buildings and architectural details taken by photographer Suzi Funnell in 2005 for a local restaurant. They are unedited prints from 35mm film.

Receipt for purchase of a petite top.

A list of things related to Litchfield, CT, for which the Country Writer (identity unknown) is grateful and a list of aphorisms.