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Artifacts collection, 1843-2007

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The Artifact Collection holds a variety of small objects having historical significance for Lyme's cultural history and community life.

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Art, 1900-2020

Carol Hardin Kimball papers, 1880-2006

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This collection includes research notes and drafts for Carol Hardin Kimball's contribution to Tidewaters of the Connecticut River, an Explorer's Guide to Hidden Coves and Marshes by Thomas Morley, 2000. Local subjects include notable persons and families; the history of steamboats, shipbuilding, river commerce, slaves, cemeteries and gravestone carvers, and special geological and ecological features. She was a conservationist and avid kayaker.

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Elizabeth Huey Putnam newspaper clippings, 1896-2003

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Elizabeth Huey Putnam and her mother Dora Warner collected extensive news clippings about Lyme and Hadlyme from regional newspapers (Deep River New Era, New London Day, Pictorial Gazette) spanning the 20th century. They had a special interest in artists, authors, musicians, and other notable figures who lived in Lyme, local association and organization events, churches, ferries, fishing, historic houses, mills, steamships, stores, World War I and II, and a large collection of obituaries.

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Lyme Grange #147 records, 1873-2020

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Records of over a hundred years of Lyme Grange and Lyme Grange Fair Association activities and meetings.

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Oral histories, 1988-2010

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The Oral histories collection provides information on prominent Lyme citizens of the twentieth century, and their experiences of life in Lyme, predominantly in the early through the mid-twentieth century.

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Postcards, 1880-2012

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The Postcards collection holds early 20th-century postcards, an important visual source about the landmarks, environment, and geography of Lyme, Conn.

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Gertrude Harding Emerson papers, 1900-2005

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Gertrude "Trudy" Harding Emerson (1921-2013) lived her entire life on Bill Hill, Lyme, Conn., and collected many unpublished manuscripts and news articles about the area.

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Elizebeth Bull Plimpton historical papers and clippings, 1625-1994

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Elizebeth Bull Plimpton (1921-1994), Lyme town historian and a descendant of first settlers, collected an encyclopedic range of historical material about Lyme and Old Lyme, CT, strongest for the 19th to mid-20th century — artists, authors, businesses, churches, community organizations, fishing, ferries, geography, historic properties and houses, military and maritime subjects, schools and much more. There are original documents, transcriptions, research notes, manuscripts, journals and ledgers, photographs, and print materials.

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Photographs, 1870-2016

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This large collection holds valuable visual, historical documentation of individuals, families, buildings, the cultural history and natural environment of Lyme, Conn.

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Sylvia Daniels Harding papers, 1831-2004

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The Sylvia Daniels Harding (1911-1997) papers include her personal and many Harding, Ely, and Daniels family papers. Included are her own and her mother's diaries; photographs and vintage postcards of local sites and community life in late 19th and early 20th century Lyme — domestic life, farming, dairying, shad fishing, fur trapping, and the raw fur business, one-room schools, church, Grange, Sylvia's community work, organization memberships, and folk art "needle painting".

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Doris Reynolds Jewett papers, 1870-2006

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The Doris Jewett papers contain material about her childhood, teacher training, and career. They also shed light on the Lyme community, particularly the Hamburg and Sterling City areas, from the late 19th through the early 20th century.

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Manuscripts, 1800-2000

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The Manuscripts collection contains information covering numerous aspects and periods of Lyme history.

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Main Street News collection, bulk 1993-2004

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A collection of newspaper supplements on Lyme published by the Main Street News of Essex, Conn.

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Lyme Public Hall Association records, 1886-2020

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This collection contains the records of the Lyme Public Hall and Local History Archives.

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Books, 1854-2016

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The Book collection contains books about Lyme, or on topics relevant to interpreting or contextualizing Lyme's history.

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Hiram P. Maxim II papers, 1890-2008

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The Hiram P. Maxim II papers contain house histories as well as information on local cemeteries, and an early film depicting Lyme scenes.

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Audiovisual, 1926-2016

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The collection consists of videos and slide show documentaries created by the Lyme Public Hall Association, as well as media made independently by Lyme residents, and by local media about Lyme topics.

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Town of Lyme records, 1748-2015

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The materials in this collection relate to town governance, residents, local churches, schools, and businesses in Lyme, Connecticut, from the early nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. Topics covered include how the Town supported itself and its responsibilities to the citizens: taxes, justice, welfare, road and bridge infrastructure, education and schools, legal and property affairs.

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Elizabeth Huey Putnam personal and historical papers, 1808-2004

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There are original documents, personal papers, and artifacts about this area and the wider town of Lyme in the mid-19th into the 20th-century. Subjects include Brockway shipbuilding, oakum manufacturing, shad fishing, and quarrying, Connecticut River navigation, World War I, and the Brockway/Joshuatown one-room school. Family materials are for LaPlace, Warner, Huey, Putnam, and Sutton. Material about her father, Robert Huey, and shad fishing, is strong. The collection reflects the deep roots of Elizabeth Putnam's family and her own lifetime (1912-2007) in the Brockway Ferry area of Lyme, CT. Her books, Brockway's Ferry, Lyme, Connecticut 1991 and a 2002 revised edition with Wendolyn Hill History and Memoir (1991 and the) hold a rich history of the Brockway Ferry, Joshuatown, and Hadlyme areas of Lyme, Conn.

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