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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 Louis Sheaffer collection of Eugene O'Neill is an archive of the life and works of Eugene O'Neill formed by author Louis Sheaffer's work on his acclaimed two-volume biography, O'Neill, Son and Playwright and O'Neill, Son and Artist. The success of Sheaffer's biography derives in large part from the extensive research he carried out over some twenty years, and the detailed picture of O'Neill that emerged.

"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.

The Polish Club, Inc. was a social club organized by group of Poles active in the Bridgeport area to promote Polish culture. The club closely cooperated with the Polish Program at Sacred Heart University in Bridgeport. The Polish Club was officially incorporated in 1979 and was very active until the late 1990's, yet later its activities diminished. Collection consists of material documenting club activities from 1979 till 1996.

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.

Genealogy notes on the descendants of Thomas Barber of Windsor, Conn.

The Thomas Canfield et al Account Book (2011-125-0) was used by Canfield and his son-in-law, David Baldwin, to keep records of accounts. Canfield appears to have worked as a blacksmith. His entries include detailed lists of his children's portions of his estate.

Most of the documents in the Higginson Collection are letters written or forwarded to Thomas Wentworth Higginson during a single week in April 1861, just after the start of the Civil War. These documents (1) concern recruitment and provision of financial or other kinds of support for an ultimately unsuccessful plan for an abolitionist guerrilla force to operate in western Maryland and Virginia; (2) secret service and espionage activities against the Confederate states; and (3) plans to free enslaved people and promote the early abolition of slavery. There are also five letters to Higginson dating from 1848 and 1850, including from authors Charles Francis Adams and Richard Henry Dana and botanist Edward Tuckerman.