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4.5 Linear Feet

Abstract Or Scope: Born 1889; resident of Canaan, Connecticut; railroad enthusiast; died 1971.

.25 cubic feet

Abstract Or Scope: Letters between various members of the Alonzo Baldwin Dewey Family mostly regarding family matters and news of local residents around Chaplin, Connecticut. Writers include Alonzo Baldwin Dewey, Emeline Washburn, W.H. Dewey (son of Alonzo and Emeline Dewey), Edwin A. Dewey (son of Alonzo and Emeline Dewey), Israel Dewey (Alonzo's father), Sally Goodell (Emeline's sister), Walter Goodell, Philo Washburn, Mary Washburn, Lucy Washburn and Andrew Washburn (Emeline's parents), Mary and Lucy Chadwick (Emeline's sisters), Betsy Lowell (Alonzo Dewey's half-sister), C.M. Goodell (cousin of Emeline's), George Washburn (Emeline's brother), Cornelia Washburn, Mary Dewey Seevers, and Isaac Goodell.

2 Linear Feet

Abstract Or Scope: The Ambler Family Papers contains personal and miscellaneous correspondence and miscellaneous financial papers and printed ephemera of the Raymond-Ambler family.

80.25 Linear Feet

Abstract Or Scope: The American Association of University Women (AAUW) was founded in 1886 as an organization of female college graduates. The first meeting of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae (ACA) was held in Washington, D.C., on January 14, 1886. The first Connecticut branch of ACA was formed in 1892, shortly after Yale University began admitting female graduate students. The ACA was reorganized in 1920 and on May 1 the first meeting of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae Branches and College Clubs was held. The name was finally changed to AAUW in 1954. AAUW continues to promote legal, social, educational, and economic equity for women in an attempt to move women into policy making positions in all sectors of society.

.1 Linear Feet

Abstract Or Scope: The American Legion Collection contains information about Georgetown's Johnson-Frederickson Post, No. 98, of the American Legion.

0.5 linear feet (1 box)

2.00 boxes

Abstract Or Scope: Records of the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission of Litchfield are in two series. Series 1. Thomas Babbitt, chairman: Correspondence, minutes, subject files, decals, ephemera, drawings, and other materials. Series 2. Barbara MacDonald, commission member: Correspondence, minutes, subject files, decals, ephemera, a photograph, drawings, publications, and other materials. Also included are objects, such as a key chain, a bumper sticker, and playing cards.

500 linear feet

Abstract Or Scope: This carefully organized collection includes the histories of deaf education, religion, Hartford, and the United States. It also links ASD's heritage and regional impact with its contributions to the Deaf Community as a whole. Among the thousands of items in ASD's collection are: Over 3,000 letters, including correspondence from the School's founders; ASD's Act of Incorporation, 1816; ASD Board of Directors Reports, beginning 1816; Documents relating to the first state and federal aid to special education in the history of the U.S.; The oldest book on sign language; Letters and essays by the school's earliest students; Over 35,000 photographs. The school's archival inventory was first organized in 1967. In 2008, the archives were relocated to the former Principal's house. Since then, ASD's archives have been significantly enriched by donations from friends and alumni. Collaboration with other historical societies, research, and new discoveries have also broadened the collection.

1.25 cubic feet

Abstract Or Scope: Seven notebooks of genealogical material dealing with the Howard family.

12.5 Linear Feet

Abstract Or Scope: Andre Schenker was born in 1897 and received his education at the Connecticut Agricultural College (UConn) and Yale University. He was a professor of history at UConn from 1928 - 1965.

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