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Fairfield Museum and History Center

Fairfield Museum and History Center

370 Beach Road
Fairfield, CT 06824
https://www.fairfieldhistory.org/library-appointment/

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Caleb Brewster Papers, 1755-1976, 1755-1976

0.75 Linear feet 1 box
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This collection consists of one box and three oversize items. Folders A through C hold deeds; Folder D probate papers; Folder E maps and military papers; Folder F financial and legal papers; Folder G legal papers and correspondence; Folder H an address by William Brewster Minuse; and Folder I a family Bible which belonged to Caleb Brewster. The oversize items are maps which are stored in the Fairfield Historical Society map case. For further details, see the Table of Contents.

W. Eben Burr Oral History Project, 1958-2005

5.5 Linear feet (11 boxes, 71 tapes)
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This collection contains taped interviews with residents of Fairfield, CT spanning 1958-2005.
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Meeker Family Papers, 1721-1950, 1721-1950

0.25 Linear feet (1 box, 70 items, 1 oversize item)
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The collection is housed in one box and made up of three folders and one oversize item. The deeds are arranged by date in Folder A as are the bills and bills receipted in Folder B. Folder C contains Oliver H. Meeker's day book and Emily Meeker's autograph book. The oversize item is the Meeker family Bible which is kept at Ogeden House in season.

Fairfield (Area) Church Papers, 1782-2000, 1782-2000

10.25 Linear feet 27 boxes
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Various materials from areas churches are gathered in this collection including legal documents, financial records, member lists, bulletins, newsletters, correspondence, calendars and meeting minutes.

Bulkley Family Papers, 1803-1898, 1803-1898

1.5 Linear feet 4 Boxes 2 oversize items 378 items
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This collection contains items from several generations of the Bulkley and Perry families of Southport, CT.

Warner Family Papers, 1884-1921, 1884-1921

0.33 Linear feet (1 box; 3 folders)
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The collection is housed in one box and primarily consists of letters to Lucien C. Warner. Many of them are from prominent people including Rutherford B. Hayes, Grover Cleveland and Andrew Carnegie. Folder C holds a scrapbook of newspaper clippings (1887-1917) about the Warner family.

Wright, Mabel Osgood Collection, circa 1880-1920, 1998

2.5 Linear feet (1 box, lantern slides, 3 oversize items)
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This collection mostly contains photogravures and photographs taken by Mabel Osgood Wright as well as letters and newspaper articles pertaining to her.

Sherman, Roger Minott Papers, 1766-1848, 1766-1848

2.0 Linear feet (7 boxes, 3 oversize items)
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Legal, financial, political papers and correspondence belonging to Fairfield lawyer and state senator Roger Minott Sherman who among many positions served as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Errors in Connecticut from 1839-1842.
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Lacey Collection 1880's-1890's, 1858-1896

1.75 Linear feet (4 boxes, 175 items, 1 oversize items)
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This collection contains items pertaining to schools in the Plattsville section of Fairfield, CT including text books, record books and photographs.
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Box I 6.0 folders

Box II 5.0 folders

Breed and Mumford Family Papers, 1698-1825/Susquehanna Company Papers, 1754-1966, 1698-1825, 1754-1966

0.33 Linear feet (1 box, 670 items)
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This collection contains letters, financial and legal papers belonging to the Breed family of Norwich, CT, merchant Thomas Mumford of Groton, CT and the Susquehanna Company.
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