Collections : [The Litchfield Historical Society]

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.

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.

Records of the League of Women Voters of Litchfield, Connecticut Inc., 2004-02-0, includes documents pertaining to the organization since 1986. Since this is an ongoing accruel the collection has not yet been processed. The collection is housed in four boxes.

"The Old Reliable Shoe Store" broadside, A. J. Grosjean, dealer in boots, shows, and rubbers, Woodruff's Block, West Street, Litchfield, CT.

A published poem written in two parts by S. T. B. referencing people and incidents in Litchfield, CT.

A report which was the result of a three week study of the Town of Litchfield, CT, carried out in July 1948 by a group of twenty students and four staff members of Columbia University.

Empty envelope with "The West Cemetery Improvement Co." in return address, addressed to Wiley D. Buell.