Browse Collections (103 total)

The Danbury Industrial Corporation was established between 1916-1918 to promote the City of Danbury as an attractive location for business and industry initially through the purchase of land for industrial development. The collection includes the D.I.C. records, clippings, correspondence, legal documents and most notably a three volume Danbury…

A collection of deeds and miscellany handed down from the Pickett Family which owned land in Danbury, CT among other places. The collection also contains a letter that descibes the 1906 San Fransisco earthquake.

Warner spent 37 years as a teacher and administrator and was also a board member and former president of the Scott-Fanton Museum, now known as the Danbury Museum and Historical Society. During his tenure, he supervised and contributed to numerous museum exhibits. The Warner Collection consists of writings, photographs, miscellanea, research notes…

The June Goodman Collection documents her local activism in the 1960s. She received a master's degree in education from WestConn in 1970. The collection focuses on Goodman's commitment to education, specifically her work with the Committee of 1,000 and its fight to improve and expand the Danbury school system in the 1960s. Much of the collection…

The Pinkerton Detective Agency was hired by the City of Danbury from January 9 to February 5, 1891 to help solve a string of arson cases. 18 written reports and statements from citizens, suspects, and politicians as to their general knowledge of the fires are included.

This collection contains historic printed miscellanea of Connecticut with primary focus on Danbury. Commercial businesses, schools, municipal boards and commissions, and other clubs and organizations produced the material that is in this collection.

A notebook of locomotive sketches to be sold. Sketches are pencil and very detailed.

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Purdy and wife Gussie lived in Danbury, CT where they owned a house with tenants and were active members of the church. In 1860, Purdy began keeping a diary. His political leanings appear to have been Republican but there was much political activity among both parties in the run-up to the local elections of 1860. Purdy reports on the activities of…