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Friends of Wood Memorial Library and Museum

Friends of Wood Memorial Library and Museum

783 Main Street
P.O. Box 131
South Windsor, CT 06074
archives@woodmemoriallibrary.org
860-289-1783
https://woodmemoriallibrary.org/
The Wood's archival collections focus on the history of South Windsor, CT, its residents and the surrounding region. Our collections include, but are not limited to, personal and professional papers and correspondence, business records, family collections, town records, oral histories, journals and diaries, genealogical records, photographs, prints, postcards, maps, architectural drawings, school yearbooks, audio or video recordings, unpublished writings, rare books and special collections, and historical objects and artifacts.
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Joseph A. Bost collection of UTC Fuel Cell papers, 1964-2002

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Joseph A. Bost collection of UTC Fuel Cell papers contains materials relating to the design, manufacture, and use of spacecraft fuel cells produced at the UTC Power facility in South Windsor. The materials comprise photographs, company memoranda and internal documents, blueprints and technical drawings, several printed and bound publications, NASA and UTC publications, and assorted small items and artifacts relating to United States manned spaceflight from the Apollo period through the late Shuttle period, roughly 1966-2001.
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Joseph A. Bost collection of UTC Fuel Cell papers, 1964-2002 1 Linear Feet

Bost, Joseph A.
Joseph A. Bost collection of UTC Fuel Cell papers contains materials relating to the design, manufacture, and use of spacecraft fuel cells produced at the UTC Power facility in South Windsor. The materials comprise photographs, company memoranda and internal documents, blueprints and technical drawings, several printed and bound publications, NASA and UTC publications, and assorted small items and artifacts relating to United States manned spaceflight from the Apollo period through the late Shuttle period, roughly 1966-2001.
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    South Windsor 175th Jubilee collection, 2021

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    Programs, newspaper clippings, and a t-shirt documenting the South Windsor 175th anniversary celebration held on September 17 and 18, 2021.
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    South Windsor 175th Jubilee collection, 2021 .2 Cubic Feet

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    Programs, newspaper clippings, and a t-shirt documenting the South Windsor 175th anniversary celebration held on September 17 and 18, 2021.
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      Katharine Ludington to A. C. (Arthur Clinton) Burnham letter, 1919 Jun 19

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      Letter dated 1919 Jun 19, written by Katharine Ludington, President, Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association to the Honorable A. C. (Arthur Clinton) Burnham regarding the question of a special session of the state legislature to ratify the Federal Suffrage Amendment.
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      Katharine Ludington to A. C. (Arthur Clinton) Burnham letter, 1919 Jun 19 .1 Linear Feet

      Letter dated 1919 Jun 19, written by Katharine Ludington, President, Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association to the Honorable A. C. (Arthur Clinton) Burnham regarding the question of a special session of the state legislature to ratify the Federal Suffrage Amendment.
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        Lawrence Tenney Stevens collection, 1938-1975

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        Lawrence Tenney Stevens (1896-1972) was a sculptor. For the 1939 New York World's Fair, he selected an elm located in South Windsor, CT, and created a 60-foot object believed to be the world's largest wooden carving. The collection consists of photographs and articles relating to the carving and a biographical article.
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        Lawrence Tenney Stevens collection, 1938-1975 .2 Linear Feet

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        Lawrence Tenney Stevens (1896-1972) was a sculptor. For the 1939 New York World's Fair, he selected an elm located in South Windsor, CT, and created a 60-foot object believed to be the world's largest wooden carving. The collection consists of photographs and articles relating to the carving and a biographical article.
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          Mulligan-Carney family papers, 1877-1930

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          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.
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          Ledger Box Mulligan-Carney 1

          Has a leather cover and contains dated expenditures related to Mulligan's personal/home life and farm. Example expenditures include "Easter collection, 1.00," "butchering hog, .50," "paid Duffy for shoeing last winter, 1.50," "bridge toll, .12."

            Ledger Box Mulligan-Carney 1

            Contains dated expenditures related to Mulligan's personal/home life and farm. This book is missing its cover, but on the first page it says, "This book bought November 15, 1896. James Mulligan, Windsorville, Connecticut." It lists such things as "potatoes sold," payments to "hired help," income from tobacco sales, payments to John Mulligan, etc.

              Ledger Box Mulligan-Carney 1

              Contains dated expenditures related to Mulligan's personal/home life and farm. This book has a brown cloth cover. It includes dated expenidures and income, including under such headings as "tobacco money," "paid insurance on house & barn & contents, 18.00," "farm help."

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                Levi Lincoln Felt family papers, 1873-1912

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                Levi Lincoln Felt was born in New York City on November 25, 1849 and died at his home in Wapping, Connecticut on December 8, 1912. He was employed by the Travelers Insurance Company in Hartford, Connecticut from 1864 to June 1912. The Levi Lincoln Felt family papers include the multi-part Felt Genealogy: A Record of the Descendents of George Felt of Casco Bay, by John E. Morris (1889-1893), along with biographical information, correspondence, legal and financial records, and photographs.
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                Levi Lincoln Felt family papers, 1873-1912 .52 Linear Feet

                Felt, Levi Lincoln
                Levi Lincoln Felt was born in New York City on November 25, 1849 and died at his home in Wapping, Connecticut on December 8, 1912. He was employed by the Travelers Insurance Company in Hartford, Connecticut from 1864 to June 1912. The Levi Lincoln Felt family papers include the multi-part Felt Genealogy: A Record of the Descendents of George Felt of Casco Bay, by John E. Morris (1889-1893), along with biographical information, correspondence, legal and financial records, and photographs.
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                  Romeo J. Richard photograph scrapbooks, 1985-1995, 1945

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                  Romeo J. Richard (1915-2011) was a South Windsor, CT, resident who documented town events occurring n South Windsor, CT, during 1985-1995, including the Wapping Fair, South Windsor 150th birthday, Strawberry Festival, parades and picnics, and other civic events. The collectinon consists of 10 albums and a goup of loose materials that had been stored in the albums.
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                  Romeo J. Richard photograph scrapbooks, 1985-1995, 1945 2 Linear Feet

                  Richard, Romeo
                  Romeo J. Richard (1915-2011) was a South Windsor, CT, resident who documented town events occurring n South Windsor, CT, during 1985-1995, including the Wapping Fair, South Windsor 150th birthday, Strawberry Festival, parades and picnics, and other civic events. The collectinon consists of 10 albums and a goup of loose materials that had been stored in the albums.
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                    Lorraine Jones collection, 1939-1959, 1898

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                    Six black and white photos of Spring Pond in the 1940s (now Veterans Memorial Park). Also receipts for various items for J.A. Alvord from the Wapping Creamery and other area businesses. Lorraine Jones formerly owned an antique shop and believes these images were ones that came through the antique shop.
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                    Lorraine Jones collection, 1939-1959, 1898 .1 Linear Feet

                    Jones, Lorraine
                    Six black and white photos of Spring Pond in the 1940s (now Veterans Memorial Park). Also receipts for various items for J.A. Alvord from the Wapping Creamery and other area businesses. Lorraine Jones formerly owned an antique shop and believes these images were ones that came through the antique shop.
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                      Louise Crawford Evans, "My Life", 2007, 2011

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                      224 page spiral-bound memoir by Louise Maude Crawford Evans, tited My Life: Louise Maude Crawford Evans, Volume One, December 18-1927 - late December 1962. Contains photographs.
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                      Louise Crawford Evans, "My Life", 2007, 2011 .1 Linear Feet

                      Evans, Louise C.
                      224 page spiral-bound memoir by Louise Maude Crawford Evans, tited My Life: Louise Maude Crawford Evans, Volume One, December 18-1927 - late December 1962. Contains photographs.
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                        Manchester Evening Herald clippings and photograph collection, 1939-1990

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                        The Manchester Evening Herald clippings and photograph collection contains materials related to people and organizations in South Windsor, CT, and the surrounding area. Topics include engagement and wedding announcements, politics, crime, business, and accidents. Approximately half of the folders include photographic prints or negatives. Most of these are portraits or publicity-type photos that were printed in the newspapers. Also includes material from the Manchester Herald, Hartford Courant, and Hartford Times.
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                        Manchester Evening Herald clippings and photograph collection, 1939-1990 0.63 Linear Feet

                        The Manchester Evening Herald clippings and photograph collection contains materials related to people and organizations in South Windsor, CT, and the surrounding area. Topics include engagement and wedding announcements, politics, crime, business, and accidents. Approximately half of the folders include photographic prints or negatives. Most of these are portraits or publicity-type photos that were printed in the newspapers. Also includes material from the Manchester Herald, Hartford Courant, and Hartford Times.

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