Research papers in Lee file cabinet - General Topics A-F
Account Books: Simeon Munger Account Book (typed transcription [1761-1828]); Eber Fowler Account Book (photocopy [1866-1880])
Aerdome: "The Madison Airdome And How It Used To Be" (typed document [no date])
Airport/Griswold: History of Griswold Airport [1986-2002]
Architecture: Records of Madison's architectural history [1978]
Artists/Actors: Urquhart Wilcox art (copies of his paintings and sketches [1905-1914]); celebration of Post Road gallery opening (photocopy [1982]); celebrating a variety of Madison artists and actors (photocopied newspaper clippings)
Authors: History of a variety of Madison-connected authors (typed document [published 1997]); story of Mary Stannard's Murder (typed, written by Laura Sellens in 1994); collection of information about local Madison authors
Bands: History of Hand High School bands (photocopies [1927-1958}
Barns: Study of Connecticut's Barns (photocopy, written by James Sexton [no date])
Banks + Banking: Interview with retired banker Reginald S. Baldwin (photocopy [June 1979]); picture of The Madison Trust Company (photocopy [1935])
Baskets: Basket & Seat Weaving pamphlet from H.H. Perkins Co. out of Woodbridge, CT (photocopy [no date])
Beaches/Beach Areas: Various pictures of beach scenery/Madison patrons at the Madison beaches . Varying quality copies but many with people and cottages identified.
Names include Storrs, Rosalie Bushnell, Charles Thompson, Platt family, Charlotte Bushnell Watson, Coe family, Irma Scranton, Ray Wilcox, Redfield family, Alice Ely, May Field, Emma Cottages at Grove Beach, 9 Chapman Avenue, Coe Cottage; Bishop Beach, Bolton Home; home of Frances Nugent; 7 Middle Beach Road: Ralph Smiths Cottage on Middle Beach, 1890: 73 Middle Beach Road West, (aka “the Squirrel Inn”
Picture of houses at the beach from William Bertini. Date: unknown. Names listed:Kellogg, Ashcroft, Erikson ,Davis Frances Wells, Collins Mills, S. Anderson, Jackson. Dr.Pease, Thompson, Cliffside, Pardee, Hessler, Willie Faxon, McCoy, Pries
Blizzard of '88: Articles containing descriptions of the blizzard by Madison residents, letters to the Madison Historical Society about the blizzard (photocopies [03/12/1931, 03/1978])
Bridges: Pictures of the East River Drawbridge, Neck River Bridge, temporary bridge over the Neck River, preparing to build the Granite Bridge, the Bridge at Ninevah Falls, and the Early Bridge over East River (reprints and copies [1880, 1901, 1918])
Buffalo Bay: Collection of pictures of Buffalo Bay houses by Peter W. Clement (photocopies [09/25/2009]); an account of the Early History of Buffalo Bay by Marjorie L. Chittenden (photocopy [03/30/1967]), pictures of the Buffalo Bay/East River/Neck Road area from Nancy Farnan (photocopies [no date]
Business/Industry: Chapter from book "A Brief History of of Madison (CT)" by Kathleen Hudson Ryerson entitled "Industries of Madison" (photocopy [1960]); newspaper article list of produce prices (photocopy [04/12/1873]); New Haven Register article entitled "Puritan Price and Wage Controls" by Harold Hornstein (photocopy [01/05/1975]); one dollar note (photocopy, enlarged [08/1862]); various excerpts from newspapers about Madison businesses (photocopies); written document entitled "Old Industries of Madison" by John Atkins (photocopy [no date]); written piece describing the production of trout and salmon at the Hammonasset Fish Hatchery in the early 1920s along with an email describing the state's fish hatchery program (photocopy [no date]); written piece about the "Old Brick Store" (photocopy [1935])
Cafe Lafayette: Shoreline Times article "Metamorphosis of a church" (reprint [02/20/1975, original article published in 1922]); New Haven Register article "Old Madison building has had interesting, varied history" (reprint [09/04/1979]); article "Cafe Lafayette undergoing major renovation and expansion" (photocopy, 2 copies in folder [07/1985]); Shoreline Times article clip about the origins of the Stevens Inn (photocopy, 2 copies in folder [07/24/1975])
Camps: Camp Pardee blueprint (photocopy [no date]); various warranty deeds from Charles Gesick and Wilbur W. Pardee (photocopies [no dates]); letter from Wilbur W. Pardee to the First Congregational Church of Madison, Inc. (photocopies, 3 copies in folder [12/30/1928]); Camp Pardee deed (photocopy [05/14/1929]); written document "The History Behind Trail #5, the CCC Camp Hadley Trail" from The Lay of the Land (photocopy [no date])
Cemeteries: Transcription of findings in MHS records (photocopy [no date]); Connecticut General Statutes, excerpts pertaining to cemeteries and gravestones (printed copy [01/01/1995]); article entitled "The Cemeteries" (photocopy [no date]); Shoreline Times article "Madison Cemetery History Reviewed" (photocopy [04/08/1943]); two Madison Historical Society memos about Madison cemeteries (photocopies [09/17/1993]); New Haven Register article "Soldiers of '76 Rest Forever in Madison's Lost...Eroded Headstones Recall Veterans of Revolutionary War" (photocopy [07/11/1954]); book of inscriptions on tombstones erected prior to 1800 in Madison, CT, reprinted from papers of the New Haven Colony Historical Society (xerox copy [1900, date of copy creation: 01/16/1967]); memo "Notes on Grave Marker of Priscilla Amy" (photocopies, 2 copies in folder [09/02/2004]); written piece "An Old Tombstone" by D.E. Smith describing the hard to read tombstone of Capt. Edward Griffin in West Cemetery (photocopy [no date]); book of Madison and North Madison gravestone inscriptions compiled by Glenn E. Griswold (photocopy [1936]); memos about East Cemetery in North Madison (3 photocopies [no date]); congratulatory letter from A.M. Chard, President of the Madison Historical Society, to Mr. Brant Roberts about the completion of his Eagle Scout project (photocopy [09/01/1993]); The Source article "East Side Cemetery is Lonely Ground" by Warner Lord (photocopy [02/19/2004]); East Side Cemetery informative packet "A Special Place", published by The Lay of the Land (photocopy [no date]); "Indian Cemetary" pamphlet (note: incorrectly named) (photocopy [no date]); "Eagle Scout Service Project Proposal" by Richard B. Roberts from Madison, CT (photocopy [1992]); "Eagle Scout Project" final packet by Brent Roberts from Madison, CT (photocopy [03/1992-07/1993]); multiple memos about Rockland Cemetery (photocopy [no date]); "Native American Burial Ground" memo (photocopy [no date]); "Hammonasset Cemetery - River Road" (photocopy [09/06/2012]); list of names of people buried at Hammonasset Cemetery (photocopy [no date]); picture of front and back of gravestone in East Cemetery (Hammonasset), Madison (photocopy [no date]); written document "The Embattled Farmers, Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in the West Side Cemetery, North Madison, Conn." (photocopy [no date]); written document "The History of the West Side Cemetery on Flat Rock Hill, Lower Race Hill Road, Deeded September 3, 1754" (photocopy, 3 copies in folder [no date]); New Haven Register article "Soldiers of '76 Rest Forever in Madison's Lost Cemetery - Eroded Headstones Recall Veterans of Revolutionary War" (photocopy [date cut off]); written document "West Side Cemetery - Race Hill Road" (photocopy [no date]); written document "Old Summer Hill Burying Ground, 1760-1762" (photocopy [no date]); written document "Summer Hill Cemetery - Route 80" (photocopy [no date]); printed document "Summer Hill Cemetery, extracted from the Hale Collection" (printed [07/02/2006]); article from unknown publication about the West Cemetery (photocopy [no date]); photo of West Cemetery from Timothy Todd (copy [no date]); written document "For the Sexton" (photocopy [no date]); The Clinton Recorder article "Cemetery History Reviewed" (photocopy [04/08/1943]); written document "Things You'd Never Know About Life--And Death--if you did not attend the meeting of The Madison Cemetery Association on November 27, 1990" (photocopy [11/27/1990]); Historic Resources Inventory for the West Cemetery (photocopy [06/27/1979]); written document "Historical Facts Concerning the Madison Cemetery Association" (photocopy [no date]); written document "V.M. Wilcox Veterans Monument, West Cemetery" (photocopy [no date]); written document by Louise E.D. Watrous, "The Soldiers Monument" (photocopy [no date]); certificate presented to the Madison Cemetery Association from the Office of Secretary of State (photocopy [05/29/1864]); document written at the annual meeting of the West Cemetery Association (photocopy [04/13/1896]); written document about the West Cemetery (copy [no date]); letter from Helen Snow to "Nell" about the West Cemetery (copy [no date]); list of people buried at the West Cemetery, transcribed by Gary Nilson of Wallingford, CT (3 printed copies in folder [07/03/2006]); "West Cemetery Inscription List" by Glenn Griswold (printed copy [1936]); Shoreline Times article clipping about the Small Pox Cemetery (copy [2011]); two written documents about the burial spot of Captain Ichabod Scranton [no date]; copy of email from Mila Rindge to Marion Chard with subject line "Replacement of Marker at Smallpox Cemetery" [10/05/1993]; copy of claim deed [12/28/1949]; two copies of "The House in Disguise: The Pot Luck Story" by Joel Helander [1994]; copy of "Notes on the Smallpox Cemetery" by Herbert Foster Knowles, from the notes of Mrs. Frank Platt taken in 1943; copy of "Historical Sketches of Guilford Long Ago" by Joel E. Helander [06/1970]; minutes from Town of Guilford Inland Wetlands Commission (two copies [05/14/2003]); copy of "Second Regiment" [no date]; story about the Smallpox Cemetery from "Madison's Heritage" by Philip S. Platt (photocopy [1964]); copy of map of "Pock Lot" area on Clapboard Hill [no date]; three copies of written document about the Smallpox Cemetery [1968]; two copies of Shoreline Times article entitled "Clapboard Hill's Pock Lot" [07/26/1973]; Shoreline Times article "A.C. Lee Writes of the Pox Cemetery" [10/05/1950]; business dispatches from Joel Helander [06/1970]; "The Smallpox Cemetery" by A.M. Chard, former President of the Madison Historical Society [05/27/1996]; memo entitled "The Cemetery on Clapboard Hill" by Herbert Austin Ross, read at the Meeting at Madison, Connecticut, of the Association of Historical Societies of Connecticut [07/28/1953]; clipping of picture from an article about the Pest House Lot at Clapboard Hill [no date]; "To Heroes of Clapboard Hill" by Levina Schoedel [no date]; letter from F.E. Platt to Arthur A. Dudley [04/27/1916]; "The Smallpox Cemetery" [no date, no signature]; Shoreline Times article "Dead at 'Smallpox Cemetery' Honored" [06/27/1960]; memo of Smallpox Cemetery Service of Thanksgiving and Dedication [1760-1960]; clipping of picture from an article of Ward Scranton [no date]; New Haven Register article "Giant Oak Guards Victims of Grim Guilford Tragedy" [06/30/1935]; "Smallpox and Pesthouses" [03/29/1981]; "The Smallpox Cemetery" from A Brief History of Madison, CT by Kathleen Hulsen Ryerson [1960]; document about Captain Ichabod Scranton by a Mr. Platt [no date]; three copies of Shoreline Times article "'Pest House' Cemetery in Guilford Given to Madison Historical Society" [03/09/1950]; unknown publication article "Ancient Burial Place - 'God's Acre' On Clapboard Hill Has Been Restored" [no date]; unknown publication article "Dedication of Cemetery Set for June 26" [1960]; document "To all people to whom these presents shall come - greeting" [08/30/1964]; document "The Smallpox Cemetery" [no date]
Census: Census records (photocopies [1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1900
Centennial Celebrations: Letters about centennial celebrations (photocopies [1987-1997]); collection of short stories about the origins of Madison, CT, town of Madison emblems, programs for centennial celebrations, maps of Madison centennial celebration set-ups, annual town meeting memos about the celebrations (photocopies and reprints [1935-1997]); pamphlets about centennial celebrations (photocopies [1889-1926]); written documents entitled "The Town Hall in Madison, Connecticut" and "Monuments and Memorials" (2 copies of each document, printed copies [no date]); written documents entitled "Celebration of the Bicentennial in Madison, CT" (2 copies, reprints [09/12/1987]); newspaper clippings from the Naples Daily News, the Shoreline Times, and unknown publications about Madison centennial celebrations (photocopies [1926-2001])
Madison Neighbors article "The Paths to Glory" by Jennifer Simpson (current President of the Madison Historical Society ca. 2020). 1 page. Date: 12/2016.
Ceremonies: New Haven Register article "Dead at 'Smallpox Cemetery' Honored, Ceremonies Held at Burial Spot of Colonial Soldiers" (photocopy [06/27/1960]); Shoreline Times article "'Small Pox Cemetery' Will Be Dedicated on June 26" (photocopy [06/09/1960]); memo entitled "'Smallpox Cemetery' Service of Thanksgiving and Dedication" (photocopy [06/26/1960]); map of the area where a ceremony was held (area unclear; photocopy [no date])
Charlotte L. Evarts Memorial Room: Shoreline Times article "Charlotte Evarts: Madison was her life" (photocopy [01/19/1994]); letters about Evart archives/materials (reprints [01/22/1994]); letter and resolution naming The Charlotte L. Evarts History Room (copy [02/07/1994]); letter from Warner P. Lord to Bob (copy [02/06/1994]); two progress reports for the Charlotte L. Evarts Memorial (copies [04/11/1994-05/02/1994]); a proposal to the Madison Board of Selectman asking for the History Room be renamed as The Charlotte Evarts History Room (copy [02/02/1994]); map of Madison's Town Hall at the time, containing the proposed Charlotte Evarts Historical Room (photocopy [no date])
Chautauqua: Advertisement "Chautauqua Week, 7 Joyous Days" (photocopies (2), [07/14-20/1915]); memo "Chautauqua Reminiscences--John A. Rourke--Our Resident Computer Guru (reprint [no date]); picture of vintage cars on a downtown Madison street (photocopy [no date]); program for Chautauqua Week at Madison (photocopy [07/14-20/1915]); written document "Yesteryears--Memories of Chautauqua" (photocopy [no date])
China: Packet, "Stoneware--Our Enduring Fascination with Old Kitchen Pots" by David Lander (photocopy [no date])Written document about China. 14 pages. No date.
Pages from a magazine about chinaware, "16-Page Bonus Book Woman's Day Dictionary of Pottery & Porcelain". 16 pages. Date: 08/1962.
Book: "Spode, Lowestoft". The name written on the front cover is "E. S. Platt". 16 pages including the front and back covers. Date: 1940.
The Charlotte L. Evarts Memorial Archives, 1newclippings, 1994-
1st Congregational Church: Comprehensive list of Minister Franklin A. Bower's weddings and baptisms (photocopy [11/27/1941-11/22/1992]); print overlay of the Congregational Church (print [no date]); written document about the pastor Shepard (photocopy [no date]); Shoreline Times article "Hundreds Expected To Turn Out Today To Honor Madison's 20-Year Preacher" (photocopy [12/14/1961]); Shoreline Times article clippings, "Tentative Plans For Parish Building Win Approval Of Church Membership" and "Church Votes Tonight On Plans For New Parish House" (photocopy [07/13-14/1961]); New Haven Register photos from article "Worshipers Relive A Strict, Historic Sunday At Madison Church" (photocopy [07/18/1957]); article from unknown publication "History of Music in Madison Church" (photocopy [no date]); clipping from Shoreline Times article that contains a photo of the Webb House being torn down to make room for the new Congregational Church (photocopy [05/03/1962]); clipping from article "Church Building Demolished To Pave Way For New One" (photocopy [1962]); clipping from Shoreline Times article "Church Rededicated, Pastor Honored On 40th Anniversary Of Ordination" (photocopy [09/28/1962]); clipping from Shoreline Times article "Church House Cornerstone Laying Ceremony On Sunday" (photocopy [08/23/1962]); clippings from Shoreline Times articles "Cornerstone of New Church Building Laid In Sun. Rites" and "Congregational Church Parish House Cornerstone Laid" (photocopy [08/27/1962-09/13/1962]); packet "A History of The Ministerial Fund of The First Congregational Church" (copy [02/1963]); picture of Webb House (copy [no date]); Shoreline Times article clippings "Church Calls Meeting to Discuss Financing of Building Program" (photocopy [05/11/1961]), "Congregation, Residents in Madison Offer Views on Razing Webb House" (photocopy [date not legible]); unknown publication article "Church Members Differ on Need to Raze Webb House" (photocopy [no date]), New Haven Register article "Madison Church to Meet on Financing New Building" (photocopy [05/11/1961]), Shoreline Times article "Former Resident Will Contribute to Fund to Preserve Webb House" (photocopy [05/18/1961]); unknown publication article "History of Music in Madison Church" (photocopy [no date]); memo - "First Congregational Church of Madison" (copy [12/08/1962]); picture of Hand Academy (copy [1905]); Shoreline Times article "Snow Tells Story of Church Clock to Historical Society Meeting" (photocopy, 2 copies [07/1963]); copy of a paper prepared and read by D. Eugene Smith at the 150th Anniversary of the Madison Cong. Church [no date]; copy of pamphlet "The First Congregational Church" (photocopy [06/21/1970]); "History of the old Fish House" (photocopy [1978])
Churches: Shoreline Times article "Churches, Madison and North Madison" (photocopy [08/31/no year]); written document "Looking Back" (photocopy, 2 pages, [1997]); pamphlet "Presentation of Commemorative Plaque To the Madison Historical Society By The Lutheran Church of Madison" (photocopy [10/21/2012]); various newspaper clippings and photos from The Lutheran Church of Madison (see also 2022.001); memo "Federal Writers' Project Works Progress Administration" (photocopy [1837]); unknown publication article "North Madison Church and Society, History and Pastors, 1757-1890" (photocopy [no date]); written document "The Catholic Church in Clinton" (photocopy [no date]); written document "St. Mary's Church, Clinton" (photocopy [no date]); copy of picture of St. Margaret's [no date]; written document "'Out of the Eventful Past'" (photocopy [no date]); packet of excerpts from the New Haven Jewish Ledger (photocopy [09/30/1994]); collection of documents about Temple Beth Tikvah (photocopies [various dates]); picture of Methodist Church c. 1838, now Cafe Lafayette (2 copies [05/1976]); 1975 photo of Rockland Methodist Church (photocopy); memo "Federal Writers' Project Works Progress Administration" (photocopy [1790]); memo "Historic American Buildings Survey Inventory" (photocopy [08/22/1972]); picture of people in front of Rockland Methodist Church ca. 1915 (photocopy); excerpt with picture of Stevens Inn (photocopy [no date]); excerpt of Shoreline Times article with picture of Methodist Church in 1909 (photocopy, 2 copies [02/20/1975]); memo "Madison's Methodists" (photocopy [11/1996]); unknown publication article "The Reverend Joseph Munson, Madison Methodist Pastor As Revealed In Letters Received By The Historical Society" (photocopy [11/07/1963]); Shoreline Times article "Church bids goodbye to its spiritual leader of 39 years" (photocopy [07/02/1997]); document "Together over the years" (copy [no date]); photocopied picture of Lutheran Church of Madison [1955]; picture of German Lutheran Church along with a Historic Resources Inventory Building and Structures memo (copy [1955]); picture of Church of Latter-Day Saints (photocopy [no date]); written document "Madison's Early German Community" (copy [no date]); copy of pamphlet "Rev. F. Richard Benken Retirement Festivities" [06/28/1997]; copy of pamphlet "The Lutheran Church of Madison and The Lutheran Nursery School" [no date]
Clothing: Early American Life article "Candlewicking: A Colonial Embroidery" (photocopy [no date]); written document, no title (photocopy [no date]); MHS memo "Costume Chronology" (copy [publication date not known])
Cooking: Written document about iron, including its use in cooking supplies/materials (photocopies (2) [no date])
CT Ballad: Written document "Connecticut Ballad" by (Mrs.) Helen Foster Snow (photocopy [no date])
Commerce and Money: Booklet "Money in Colonial New England". 39 pages including front and back covers. Date: published 1974.
Cooking: 1) Written document "Cast-iron cooking vessels". 6 pages. Date: 08/1971.
2) Unknown publication article "The Chores of Churning and Its Pleasures". 1 page. No date.
3) Americana article "How to...Cook over an Open Fireplace". 4 pages. No date.
4) Booklet "The Old Farmer's Almanac Colonial Cookbook". 66 pages including front and back cover. Date: published 1982.
Cost of Living: Written document titled "Some expenses and salaries in the 'good old days'" (photocopy [06/1943])
Costumes: Assortment of images/written blurbs about fashion and clothing from Bloomingdale's at Lexington at 59th, featured in The Bridgeport Post (photocopy [09/23/1938]); written document about fashion staples from the 1800s (written document [no date]); report by Mae Casalis (only two pages located) (written document [11/1988]); booklet "Costume Preservation, Exhibition and Collecting Policies at the Costume Institute Metropolitan Museum of Art" presented in Mexico City by Stella Blum, Curator, The Costume Institute (typed document [1980]); assortment of documents for "America's Closets" (typed documents [10/28/2004])
Crime: Source article "The September 3rd 1878 Murder in Madison" (photocopy [08/17/1999]); newspaper clippings from article "The Heretic Trial" (photocopies [no identifiable date]); list of documents in MHS possession about the Rockland Murder and Marsden cases (written document [no date]); "The Rev. Herbert H. Hayden an Autobiography - The Mary Stannard Murder, Tried on Circumstantial Evidence" (photocopy [1880]); book "Mary Stannard's Murder or, The Madison Horror - The Only Full and Authentic Account of the Arrest and Trial of the Rev. Herbert H. Hayden" (photocopy [1879]) SLT article "Murder case still baffling - 116 years later". 2 pages. Date: 11/23/1994.
Source article "The September 3rd 1878 Murder in Madison". 2 pages. Date: 08/17/1999.
NHR article "Guilford Author Publishes Book Detailing Madison Murder Case". 1 page. Date: 12/05/1979.
Deeds: Warranty deed, Charles Williams warranty deed from George Willard (photocopy [12/08/1857])
Depot: SLT article clipping, photo labeled "Bringing up the rear - Rotary provides funds for Madison Depot Caboose" (photocopy [01/22/1987]); unknown publication article "The Depot In Madison" (photocopy [09/23/1986])
1) Unknown pub. article "Madison Depot Dedication". 2 pages. No date.
2) The Suburban News article "The Depot - The Little Caboose". 1 page. Date: 10/26/1987.
3) Project O.K. News article "Project O.K. Seeks Support for 'The Depot'". 1 page. Date: 09/1986.
4) Unknown pub. article "Madison Seniors: A Place Of Their Own". 1 page. Date: 04/11/1988.
5) Unknown pub. article "The Depot Has Its Caboose!" 2 pages. Date: 1986.
6) Project O.K. News article "Madison Community Supports the Depot". 1 page. Date: 06/1987.
7) SLT article "Drive to raise $65,000 for Madison Depot starts tomorrow". 1 page. Date: 1986.
8) The Suburban News article "Madison Depot Community Center". 1 page. Date: 10/28/1986.
9) SLT article "First step taken toward community center". 2 pages. Date: 07/03/1986.
10) Project O.K. News article "Depot Opens Soon". 2 pages. Date: 09/1987.
Divining for Water: Various documents about "Divining for Water" (written documents and photocopies [no date])
Dolls: Hobbies magazine article "Dollology", conducted by Clara H. Fawcett (photocopy 1) The Collector's Magazine whole copy..."Dolls". 144 pages. 10/1993.
2) Pages from the Woman's Day Dictionary of Dolls. 8 pages. 1964.
3) Unknown pub. article "Grandmother and Her Dolls". 2 pages. No date.
4) Woman's Day magazine article "The Busy, Happy Life of a Doll Collector". 2 pages. 01/1965.
5) The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles article "Our Doll Column...From the Heart and Hands - Dolls Born of Love" by Dorothy A. McGonagle. 2 pages. 05/2005.
[04/1972])
Colonial Drums: Packet "The Drums of Wintonbury and their makers, the Browns" (photocopy [no date])
Duck Hole: Picture of "the bridge at Duck Hole" (copy [no date]); picture of "birds eye view Duck Hole, Madison" (copy [no date])
East River: Photo of George Badger Munger's home on East River (photocopy [no date]); photo of Wildwood Avenue on the East River (photocopy [no date]); written document "The East River Reading Room: A History" (written doc, 2 copies [02/2000]); written doc. "The East River Reading Room - A History" by Mrs. William L. Scranton, published by the MHS (written doc, 3 copies [1993]); SLT article "It was the place to be for bookworms" (copy [02/16/1994]); written doc "A visit to the East River Reading Room" (written doc [no date]); photo of Main Street, East River, CT, and photo of a house on East River (photocopies [no date]); written document "Declaration of Restrictive Covenants" containing information about the East River Library Company (typed copy [06/23/2017]); letter from Mark Schofield to the MHS about the East River Reading Room (typed copy [11/11/2015]); document entitled "Disbursements" (photocopy [2012-2013]); doc. containing names and dates of people associated with the ERRR (written doc. [no date]); doc. about the ERRR from the website of MHS (typed doc. [no date]); assessment of building owned by East River Library Company (typed doc. [11/19/2014]); unknown publication article "East River Reading Room Today" (photocopy [11/16/1987]); unknown pub. article "East River Reading Room Scene of Old-Fashioned Revelry" (photocopy [no date]); booklet "East River Reading Room: A History" by Grace Scranton, re-typed with photo by Peter Clement [no date]; photo in article by unknown pub. of Mrs. John Field in the East River Reading Room (photocopy [no date]); unknown pub. article "Memories: East River Sunshine Society" (photocopy [07/13/1978]); flyer for the East River Community Christmas Party held in the ERRR (photocopy [1997])
Fans
Farming/Farms: Clippings from "Summer on the Shoreline" article (original excerpts cut out and taped to sheet [06/2019]); SLT article "Philip S. Platt, Honored in his Retirement Career of Telling the Story of Madison's Proud Past" (original article clippings [no date]); NHR article "Where the Scratch of an Ear Costs Thousands of Dollars - Madison Farm Rates with Top U.S. Angus Centers" (photocopy [11/16/1952]); NHR article "Farmers Recall Old-Time Salt-Haying Operations" (photocopy [05/19/1963]); memo to the MHS about the Salt Meadow hay rake (original copy [11/1975]); memos...one with the locations of various Madison farms, common farming tools, and one entitled "Life 'Down on the Farm'" (printed copies [no dates]); pictures of the Lesnik House ca. 2002 (photocopies); unknown publication article "From the Woodpile" (photocopy and original copy [04/14/1973]); NHR article "A Critical Year for the State's Farming" (original copy [12/29/1974]); SLT article "In spite of everything..." (original copy [12/20/1973]); NHR article "Farming in Warren on a 999 Year Lease" (original copy [09/15/1974]); Nutmegger East article "Birth of Hoyt Apple Nursery Fascinating" (original copy [09/13/1977]); article "A Photographic Exhibit of the State's Farmlands" (original copy [09/30/1979]); SLT article "Dairy farmers face difficult choice" (original copy [12/13/1973]); SLT article "Another Connecticut farm is closing down" (original copy [06/30/1987]); SLT article "Where have all the farmers gone?" (original copy [08/05/1980]); The Second Section article "They can't depend on farms anymore" (original copy [09/05/1974]); SLT article "The changing faces of farming" (original copy [07/14/1981]); memo about Salt Hay farm (printed copy [no date]); photograph of a photograph of the "Dowd Farm" and accompanying note describing the photo, also a photocopy of the photo of the photo [06/1976]; 3 photos of photos of the "Chapman Farm" a.k.a. the "Barberry Farm" from Waterbury Avenue [06/1976]; written document "The Bauer Park - The Early History" by Robert E. Kuchta (photocopy (1) and photocopied first page [no date]); postcard with a painting of Bauer Park on the front (original copy [08/2002]); envelope addressed to the MHS containing two buttons saying "Save Bauer Farm - Vote No on Nov. 5th" (original copy [no date]); Town of Madison written document with title "Bauer Park - Copse Road" (photocopy [no date]); SLT article "Major Support Voiced for Recreational Use on Bauer Site" (original copy [05/02/1998]); NHR article "Bauer land to stay free of housing" (original copy [04/30/1998]); SLT article "Bauer Farm Study Committee presents findings" (original copy [10/01/1997]); SLT article "Look outside farm for housing" (original copy [04/22/1998]); The Source articles "Bauer Farm Group Objects to Referendum" and "Selectmen Call Town Meeting on Bauer" (original copies [08/15/2012]); SLT article "Group won't let housing wish for farm disappear" (original copy [02/25/1998])
Fire - Madison 1986: NHR article "Some residents think fire had pluses" (OG copy [06/29/1986]); SLT article "Owners will cooperate to rebuild downtown" (OG copy [01/23/1986]); NHR article "Rebuilding planned in Madison's center" (OG copy [01/23/1986]); NHR article "In Madison, business rises from the ashes" (OG copy [06/29/1986]); photo in unknown pub. of demolition crews taking down the buildings destroying in the fire (OG copy [03/20/1986]); photo in SLT article of work taking place on the Jolly's Drug Store in Madison (OG copy [07/17/1986]); "Tribute, commendation" from Donald J. LaChance (former First Selectman of Madison) in the SLT (OG copy [01/09/1986]); SLT article "Youthful offender status is sought for Kelly Holt" (OG copy [07/17/1986]); NHR article "File sealed for suspect in arson" (OG copy [08/21/1986]); SLT article "Teen due in court Tuesday to answer charge of arson" (OG copy [02/27/1986]); NHR article "Teen-ager charged in Madison blaze" (OG copy [02/22/1986]); SLT article "Arson arraignment is reset; investigation details released" (OG copy [03/06/1986]); New Haven Journal Courier article "Arson eyed as cause in Madison fire" (OG copy [01/01/1986]); SLT article "Madison Police expect arrest in fire as cleanup continues" (OG copy [01/07/1986]); SLT article "Arrest still awaited in Madison's worst fire" (OG copy [01/09/1986]); NHR article "Police confirm Madison blaze caused by arson" (OG copy [01/03/1986]); NHR article "Madison considers walkway to link parking, businesses" (OG copy [01/07/1986]); NHR article "Probers, curious swarm to Madison fire scene" (OG copy [12/30/1985]); NHR article "Fire devastates block in Madison...3 hurt; 4 stores ruined" (OG copy [12/29/1985]); NHR article "Residents take businesses' loss to heart" (OG copy [12/29/1985]); NHR article "Madison merchants vary in reactions to big fire" (OG copy [12/31/1985]); NHR article "Businessman wonders who will stop the rain" (OG copy [01/05/1986]); full SLT publication with cover article entitled "Cause sought at scene of destruction" (OG copy [12/30/1985]); photocopies of pictures taken by Harry Whitton of the destruction caused to downtown buildings in the 1986 fire [1986]
Fire Department: The Source article "North Madison Firehouse Nears Completion" (photocopy [10/28/2004]); photograph clipped from an SLT article of "new officers" at the North Madison Volunteer Fire Company (OG copy [05/19/1977]); photograph clipped from an SLT article of members of the N. Madison Volunteer Fire Company fund drive committee (OG copy [05/03/1979]); SLT article "Firefighter has been there from the start" (OG copy [08/24/1994]); SLT article "Drills keep North Madison volunteers fired up" (photocopy [08/28/1996]); SLT article "North Madison looking for volunteer firefighters" (photocopy [05/29/1996]); SLT article "A half century of dedication" (OG copy [05/01/1975]); pictures of Madison's first Fire Company (pictures of pictures [OG pictures taken in 1914...pictures of pictures taken 05/1976]); MHS pictures of firefighters standing in front of the first Madison Fire house (photocopy [1914]); memos/forms from the Connecticut Historical Commission containing information about Madison fire houses (photocopies [various dates]); written documents "Preliminary History of Madison Hose Co., No. 1" and "History of Fire Fighting" (photocopies [no publication dates]); picture of Charles H. Dee of Madison (born 1862 died 1916) on a Madison Hose Co. carriage (photocopy); photocopy of page 1 of the original minute book of the Madison Hose Co. [09/23/1907]; letter from Kendall Alanson Redfield to 'Howard' about a photograph of the original horse cart used by Madison Hose Co. No. 1 (reprint [07/05/1977]); SLT article "Michael Bodner's history of Madison fire company" (OG copy [05/08/1980]); SLT article "Madison Hose Company: 60 years of service" (OG copy [06/07/1977]); picture of Joseph Schmidt, recognized at a Madison BOS meeting for his dedicated service as Fire Chief of Madison Hose Co. No. 1, clipped out of an SLT article (OG copy [11/04/1976]); SLT article "Hose Company answers 189 alarms" (OG copy [11/13/1975]); SLT article "Salt Box" (OG copy [09/13/1979]); flyer entitled "Joseph Pine Parade Carriage" used by 19th c. volunteer fire departments (photocopy [no date]); The Source article "A Look Back At The Madison Hose Company #1 Inc." (photocopy [no date])
Fishing: Copy of a photograph of Fred Daniels and Wallace Williams fishing off the coast of Madison [no date]; many copies of photos of Madison fishermen (photocopies [03/1977]); unknown publication article "To Hatch Salmon in Hammonassett" (photocopy [no date]); written document "Oil Works and White Fishing" (photocopy [1935]); SLT article "J. Franklin Terry, 104, former oysterman, Guilford, talks about gas, oysters and enemies at turn of the century" (photocopy [06/1979]); photo of the Hammonassett State Fish Hatchery (photocopy [no date]); excerpt from a "History of Guilford, Conn." (re-write [12/31/1769...date of original]); packet from the McNeil Oyster Co., no title, about oyster farming (photocopy [no date]); packet "Oyster Bed and Spatfall Survey of Rivers in Madison, Connecticut" (photocopy [1986]); The Suburban News article "Oystering...Long A Tradition in Madison" (photocopy [07/24/1989]); packet "Mitigation of Dredging Impacts to Oyster Populations" (one OG copy, one photocopy [1988]); packet "Aquaculture" (photocopy [no date]); packet "History of Proposals to Build Four Regional Vocational Aquaculture Centers in the Connecticut Regional Vocational Agriculture System" (photocopy [1995]); packet "A Brief History of the Connecticut 'Natural Growth' Oyster Industry" (photocopy [no date]); packet "Life History of the American or Eastern Oyster 'Crassostrea Virginica'" (photocopy [no date]); packet "Proceedings of the 1985 Northeast Fish and Wildlife Conference" (photocopy [no date]); SLT article "Fish 'n Ships" (OG copy [10/03/1974]); transcript of interview with Bertha Daniels Munger McQueeney and her husband Jim McQueeney (copy [03/14/1980]); compilation of letters/written documents about fishing in Madison, CT (photocopies, reprints [1989-1994]); written document "Ranges for fishing and lobstering in Long Island Sound off Madison, Conn." (OG copy [07/07/1973])
Folklore: NHR article "Of Cat-Holes, Heroes and Folklore" (OG copy [10/28/1973]); written document "Nineveh Legend", a drama about individuals buried in the West Side Cemetery, N. Madison by Helen Foster Snow (photocopy [no date])
Frames: NYT article "In Bridgeport, Exploring the Art of the Frame Itself" (OG copy [05/08/1994])
Fireplaces: Various drawings/depictions/photos of fireplaces (photocopies [no dates]); photo and diagram of a First Period fireplace (photocopy [no date]); written document "All About Fireplaces" (photocopy [01/1994]); Early American Life articles "Early Housekeeping", "Making an English Pole Screen", "Authentic Replicas of Historic Firebacks", "Early Fireplace Mantels", "A Good Working Fireplace" and "Using Your Fireplace" (photocopies [no dates]); written document "Waters of Renewal" and written hymns/prayers (photocopies [no dates])
Flooring: Article from unknown publication "Decorated Floors" by Margaret Coffin (2 photocopies [no dates]); NHR article "Patterns in Paint -- Imagination blooms on rug, wall and floor" (OG copy [01/29/1989])
Furniture: Article "Windsor Chairs" and smaller section of article "Types of Windsor Chairs" from Country Living Magazine (2 photocopies and one OG copy [10/1995]); Connecticut Magazine article "Hitchcock Chair" (photocopy [04/2004]); Country Living Magazine article "Comb-Back Windsors" (photocopy [10/1999]); NYT article "In the Steps of Rufus Porter, Yankee Original" (OG copy [08/07/2005]); NHR article "Vacationers Find Opportunities to Indulge Their Collecting Hobby" (photocopy [09/06{year cut off}]); SLT article "Caning...rewarding craft" (OG copy [05/11/1976]); unknown publication article "Mr. Cram's fan chair" (OG copy [no date]); CT Magazine article "Hitchcock Chair" (1 OG copy and 1 photocopy [04/2004]); printed pages from the Connecticut Historical Society website entitled "About CHS" (printed document [04/03/2005]); unknown publication article "Country Furniture" by Frank L. Horton (OG copy [03/1968]); transcript of "a chat on old clocks, which was presented at the MHS, July 27, 1962 by Mr. Frederick Bottiger, Durham Road, Madison (Mr. Bottiger gave the Society 5 old clocks and one reproduction)"; Country Living Magazine article "The Wing Chair" (OG copy [03/1996]); Kovels Magazine article "Pembroke Chairs" (photocopy [03/1995]); DAR Magazine article "American Case Furniture at the DAR Museum 1680-1840" (photocopy [07/1997]); The Second Section article "Antiques - Life in the 18th century was bustling, not dull" (OG copy [06/29/1978]); The Second Section article "'Do it yourself' quiz on this chair" (OG copy [08/03/1978]); unknown publication article "Pennsylvania Dutch Painted Guest" (photocopy [06/1979]); unknown publication article "A Place for Everything" (2 photocopies [no date]); NHR article "Hitchcock Chairs Emerge Again From Factory That Made Them Century Ago" (OG copy [11/21/1948]); collection of diagrams of different table/chair feet, no title (photocopy [no date]); NYT article "Milk Paint Can Help Windsor Chairs" (photocopy [no date]); transcript of speech about furniture by Timothy Robbins, 2 copies (photocopies [no dates])
Aerdome: "The Madison Airdome And How It Used To Be" (typed document [no date])
Airport/Griswold: History of Griswold Airport [1986-2002]
Architecture: Records of Madison's architectural history [1978]
Artists/Actors: Urquhart Wilcox art (copies of his paintings and sketches [1905-1914]); celebration of Post Road gallery opening (photocopy [1982]); celebrating a variety of Madison artists and actors (photocopied newspaper clippings)
Authors: History of a variety of Madison-connected authors (typed document [published 1997]); story of Mary Stannard's Murder (typed, written by Laura Sellens in 1994); collection of information about local Madison authors
Bands: History of Hand High School bands (photocopies [1927-1958}
Barns: Study of Connecticut's Barns (photocopy, written by James Sexton [no date])
Banks + Banking: Interview with retired banker Reginald S. Baldwin (photocopy [June 1979]); picture of The Madison Trust Company (photocopy [1935])
Baskets: Basket & Seat Weaving pamphlet from H.H. Perkins Co. out of Woodbridge, CT (photocopy [no date])
Beaches/Beach Areas: Various pictures of beach scenery/Madison patrons at the Madison beaches . Varying quality copies but many with people and cottages identified.
Names include Storrs, Rosalie Bushnell, Charles Thompson, Platt family, Charlotte Bushnell Watson, Coe family, Irma Scranton, Ray Wilcox, Redfield family, Alice Ely, May Field, Emma Cottages at Grove Beach, 9 Chapman Avenue, Coe Cottage; Bishop Beach, Bolton Home; home of Frances Nugent; 7 Middle Beach Road: Ralph Smiths Cottage on Middle Beach, 1890: 73 Middle Beach Road West, (aka “the Squirrel Inn”
Picture of houses at the beach from William Bertini. Date: unknown. Names listed:Kellogg, Ashcroft, Erikson ,Davis Frances Wells, Collins Mills, S. Anderson, Jackson. Dr.Pease, Thompson, Cliffside, Pardee, Hessler, Willie Faxon, McCoy, Pries
Blizzard of '88: Articles containing descriptions of the blizzard by Madison residents, letters to the Madison Historical Society about the blizzard (photocopies [03/12/1931, 03/1978])
Bridges: Pictures of the East River Drawbridge, Neck River Bridge, temporary bridge over the Neck River, preparing to build the Granite Bridge, the Bridge at Ninevah Falls, and the Early Bridge over East River (reprints and copies [1880, 1901, 1918])
Buffalo Bay: Collection of pictures of Buffalo Bay houses by Peter W. Clement (photocopies [09/25/2009]); an account of the Early History of Buffalo Bay by Marjorie L. Chittenden (photocopy [03/30/1967]), pictures of the Buffalo Bay/East River/Neck Road area from Nancy Farnan (photocopies [no date]
Business/Industry: Chapter from book "A Brief History of of Madison (CT)" by Kathleen Hudson Ryerson entitled "Industries of Madison" (photocopy [1960]); newspaper article list of produce prices (photocopy [04/12/1873]); New Haven Register article entitled "Puritan Price and Wage Controls" by Harold Hornstein (photocopy [01/05/1975]); one dollar note (photocopy, enlarged [08/1862]); various excerpts from newspapers about Madison businesses (photocopies); written document entitled "Old Industries of Madison" by John Atkins (photocopy [no date]); written piece describing the production of trout and salmon at the Hammonasset Fish Hatchery in the early 1920s along with an email describing the state's fish hatchery program (photocopy [no date]); written piece about the "Old Brick Store" (photocopy [1935])
Cafe Lafayette: Shoreline Times article "Metamorphosis of a church" (reprint [02/20/1975, original article published in 1922]); New Haven Register article "Old Madison building has had interesting, varied history" (reprint [09/04/1979]); article "Cafe Lafayette undergoing major renovation and expansion" (photocopy, 2 copies in folder [07/1985]); Shoreline Times article clip about the origins of the Stevens Inn (photocopy, 2 copies in folder [07/24/1975])
Camps: Camp Pardee blueprint (photocopy [no date]); various warranty deeds from Charles Gesick and Wilbur W. Pardee (photocopies [no dates]); letter from Wilbur W. Pardee to the First Congregational Church of Madison, Inc. (photocopies, 3 copies in folder [12/30/1928]); Camp Pardee deed (photocopy [05/14/1929]); written document "The History Behind Trail #5, the CCC Camp Hadley Trail" from The Lay of the Land (photocopy [no date])
Cemeteries: Transcription of findings in MHS records (photocopy [no date]); Connecticut General Statutes, excerpts pertaining to cemeteries and gravestones (printed copy [01/01/1995]); article entitled "The Cemeteries" (photocopy [no date]); Shoreline Times article "Madison Cemetery History Reviewed" (photocopy [04/08/1943]); two Madison Historical Society memos about Madison cemeteries (photocopies [09/17/1993]); New Haven Register article "Soldiers of '76 Rest Forever in Madison's Lost...Eroded Headstones Recall Veterans of Revolutionary War" (photocopy [07/11/1954]); book of inscriptions on tombstones erected prior to 1800 in Madison, CT, reprinted from papers of the New Haven Colony Historical Society (xerox copy [1900, date of copy creation: 01/16/1967]); memo "Notes on Grave Marker of Priscilla Amy" (photocopies, 2 copies in folder [09/02/2004]); written piece "An Old Tombstone" by D.E. Smith describing the hard to read tombstone of Capt. Edward Griffin in West Cemetery (photocopy [no date]); book of Madison and North Madison gravestone inscriptions compiled by Glenn E. Griswold (photocopy [1936]); memos about East Cemetery in North Madison (3 photocopies [no date]); congratulatory letter from A.M. Chard, President of the Madison Historical Society, to Mr. Brant Roberts about the completion of his Eagle Scout project (photocopy [09/01/1993]); The Source article "East Side Cemetery is Lonely Ground" by Warner Lord (photocopy [02/19/2004]); East Side Cemetery informative packet "A Special Place", published by The Lay of the Land (photocopy [no date]); "Indian Cemetary" pamphlet (note: incorrectly named) (photocopy [no date]); "Eagle Scout Service Project Proposal" by Richard B. Roberts from Madison, CT (photocopy [1992]); "Eagle Scout Project" final packet by Brent Roberts from Madison, CT (photocopy [03/1992-07/1993]); multiple memos about Rockland Cemetery (photocopy [no date]); "Native American Burial Ground" memo (photocopy [no date]); "Hammonasset Cemetery - River Road" (photocopy [09/06/2012]); list of names of people buried at Hammonasset Cemetery (photocopy [no date]); picture of front and back of gravestone in East Cemetery (Hammonasset), Madison (photocopy [no date]); written document "The Embattled Farmers, Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in the West Side Cemetery, North Madison, Conn." (photocopy [no date]); written document "The History of the West Side Cemetery on Flat Rock Hill, Lower Race Hill Road, Deeded September 3, 1754" (photocopy, 3 copies in folder [no date]); New Haven Register article "Soldiers of '76 Rest Forever in Madison's Lost Cemetery - Eroded Headstones Recall Veterans of Revolutionary War" (photocopy [date cut off]); written document "West Side Cemetery - Race Hill Road" (photocopy [no date]); written document "Old Summer Hill Burying Ground, 1760-1762" (photocopy [no date]); written document "Summer Hill Cemetery - Route 80" (photocopy [no date]); printed document "Summer Hill Cemetery, extracted from the Hale Collection" (printed [07/02/2006]); article from unknown publication about the West Cemetery (photocopy [no date]); photo of West Cemetery from Timothy Todd (copy [no date]); written document "For the Sexton" (photocopy [no date]); The Clinton Recorder article "Cemetery History Reviewed" (photocopy [04/08/1943]); written document "Things You'd Never Know About Life--And Death--if you did not attend the meeting of The Madison Cemetery Association on November 27, 1990" (photocopy [11/27/1990]); Historic Resources Inventory for the West Cemetery (photocopy [06/27/1979]); written document "Historical Facts Concerning the Madison Cemetery Association" (photocopy [no date]); written document "V.M. Wilcox Veterans Monument, West Cemetery" (photocopy [no date]); written document by Louise E.D. Watrous, "The Soldiers Monument" (photocopy [no date]); certificate presented to the Madison Cemetery Association from the Office of Secretary of State (photocopy [05/29/1864]); document written at the annual meeting of the West Cemetery Association (photocopy [04/13/1896]); written document about the West Cemetery (copy [no date]); letter from Helen Snow to "Nell" about the West Cemetery (copy [no date]); list of people buried at the West Cemetery, transcribed by Gary Nilson of Wallingford, CT (3 printed copies in folder [07/03/2006]); "West Cemetery Inscription List" by Glenn Griswold (printed copy [1936]); Shoreline Times article clipping about the Small Pox Cemetery (copy [2011]); two written documents about the burial spot of Captain Ichabod Scranton [no date]; copy of email from Mila Rindge to Marion Chard with subject line "Replacement of Marker at Smallpox Cemetery" [10/05/1993]; copy of claim deed [12/28/1949]; two copies of "The House in Disguise: The Pot Luck Story" by Joel Helander [1994]; copy of "Notes on the Smallpox Cemetery" by Herbert Foster Knowles, from the notes of Mrs. Frank Platt taken in 1943; copy of "Historical Sketches of Guilford Long Ago" by Joel E. Helander [06/1970]; minutes from Town of Guilford Inland Wetlands Commission (two copies [05/14/2003]); copy of "Second Regiment" [no date]; story about the Smallpox Cemetery from "Madison's Heritage" by Philip S. Platt (photocopy [1964]); copy of map of "Pock Lot" area on Clapboard Hill [no date]; three copies of written document about the Smallpox Cemetery [1968]; two copies of Shoreline Times article entitled "Clapboard Hill's Pock Lot" [07/26/1973]; Shoreline Times article "A.C. Lee Writes of the Pox Cemetery" [10/05/1950]; business dispatches from Joel Helander [06/1970]; "The Smallpox Cemetery" by A.M. Chard, former President of the Madison Historical Society [05/27/1996]; memo entitled "The Cemetery on Clapboard Hill" by Herbert Austin Ross, read at the Meeting at Madison, Connecticut, of the Association of Historical Societies of Connecticut [07/28/1953]; clipping of picture from an article about the Pest House Lot at Clapboard Hill [no date]; "To Heroes of Clapboard Hill" by Levina Schoedel [no date]; letter from F.E. Platt to Arthur A. Dudley [04/27/1916]; "The Smallpox Cemetery" [no date, no signature]; Shoreline Times article "Dead at 'Smallpox Cemetery' Honored" [06/27/1960]; memo of Smallpox Cemetery Service of Thanksgiving and Dedication [1760-1960]; clipping of picture from an article of Ward Scranton [no date]; New Haven Register article "Giant Oak Guards Victims of Grim Guilford Tragedy" [06/30/1935]; "Smallpox and Pesthouses" [03/29/1981]; "The Smallpox Cemetery" from A Brief History of Madison, CT by Kathleen Hulsen Ryerson [1960]; document about Captain Ichabod Scranton by a Mr. Platt [no date]; three copies of Shoreline Times article "'Pest House' Cemetery in Guilford Given to Madison Historical Society" [03/09/1950]; unknown publication article "Ancient Burial Place - 'God's Acre' On Clapboard Hill Has Been Restored" [no date]; unknown publication article "Dedication of Cemetery Set for June 26" [1960]; document "To all people to whom these presents shall come - greeting" [08/30/1964]; document "The Smallpox Cemetery" [no date]
Census: Census records (photocopies [1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1900
Centennial Celebrations: Letters about centennial celebrations (photocopies [1987-1997]); collection of short stories about the origins of Madison, CT, town of Madison emblems, programs for centennial celebrations, maps of Madison centennial celebration set-ups, annual town meeting memos about the celebrations (photocopies and reprints [1935-1997]); pamphlets about centennial celebrations (photocopies [1889-1926]); written documents entitled "The Town Hall in Madison, Connecticut" and "Monuments and Memorials" (2 copies of each document, printed copies [no date]); written documents entitled "Celebration of the Bicentennial in Madison, CT" (2 copies, reprints [09/12/1987]); newspaper clippings from the Naples Daily News, the Shoreline Times, and unknown publications about Madison centennial celebrations (photocopies [1926-2001])
Madison Neighbors article "The Paths to Glory" by Jennifer Simpson (current President of the Madison Historical Society ca. 2020). 1 page. Date: 12/2016.
Ceremonies: New Haven Register article "Dead at 'Smallpox Cemetery' Honored, Ceremonies Held at Burial Spot of Colonial Soldiers" (photocopy [06/27/1960]); Shoreline Times article "'Small Pox Cemetery' Will Be Dedicated on June 26" (photocopy [06/09/1960]); memo entitled "'Smallpox Cemetery' Service of Thanksgiving and Dedication" (photocopy [06/26/1960]); map of the area where a ceremony was held (area unclear; photocopy [no date])
Charlotte L. Evarts Memorial Room: Shoreline Times article "Charlotte Evarts: Madison was her life" (photocopy [01/19/1994]); letters about Evart archives/materials (reprints [01/22/1994]); letter and resolution naming The Charlotte L. Evarts History Room (copy [02/07/1994]); letter from Warner P. Lord to Bob (copy [02/06/1994]); two progress reports for the Charlotte L. Evarts Memorial (copies [04/11/1994-05/02/1994]); a proposal to the Madison Board of Selectman asking for the History Room be renamed as The Charlotte Evarts History Room (copy [02/02/1994]); map of Madison's Town Hall at the time, containing the proposed Charlotte Evarts Historical Room (photocopy [no date])
Chautauqua: Advertisement "Chautauqua Week, 7 Joyous Days" (photocopies (2), [07/14-20/1915]); memo "Chautauqua Reminiscences--John A. Rourke--Our Resident Computer Guru (reprint [no date]); picture of vintage cars on a downtown Madison street (photocopy [no date]); program for Chautauqua Week at Madison (photocopy [07/14-20/1915]); written document "Yesteryears--Memories of Chautauqua" (photocopy [no date])
China: Packet, "Stoneware--Our Enduring Fascination with Old Kitchen Pots" by David Lander (photocopy [no date])Written document about China. 14 pages. No date.
Pages from a magazine about chinaware, "16-Page Bonus Book Woman's Day Dictionary of Pottery & Porcelain". 16 pages. Date: 08/1962.
Book: "Spode, Lowestoft". The name written on the front cover is "E. S. Platt". 16 pages including the front and back covers. Date: 1940.
The Charlotte L. Evarts Memorial Archives, 1newclippings, 1994-
1st Congregational Church: Comprehensive list of Minister Franklin A. Bower's weddings and baptisms (photocopy [11/27/1941-11/22/1992]); print overlay of the Congregational Church (print [no date]); written document about the pastor Shepard (photocopy [no date]); Shoreline Times article "Hundreds Expected To Turn Out Today To Honor Madison's 20-Year Preacher" (photocopy [12/14/1961]); Shoreline Times article clippings, "Tentative Plans For Parish Building Win Approval Of Church Membership" and "Church Votes Tonight On Plans For New Parish House" (photocopy [07/13-14/1961]); New Haven Register photos from article "Worshipers Relive A Strict, Historic Sunday At Madison Church" (photocopy [07/18/1957]); article from unknown publication "History of Music in Madison Church" (photocopy [no date]); clipping from Shoreline Times article that contains a photo of the Webb House being torn down to make room for the new Congregational Church (photocopy [05/03/1962]); clipping from article "Church Building Demolished To Pave Way For New One" (photocopy [1962]); clipping from Shoreline Times article "Church Rededicated, Pastor Honored On 40th Anniversary Of Ordination" (photocopy [09/28/1962]); clipping from Shoreline Times article "Church House Cornerstone Laying Ceremony On Sunday" (photocopy [08/23/1962]); clippings from Shoreline Times articles "Cornerstone of New Church Building Laid In Sun. Rites" and "Congregational Church Parish House Cornerstone Laid" (photocopy [08/27/1962-09/13/1962]); packet "A History of The Ministerial Fund of The First Congregational Church" (copy [02/1963]); picture of Webb House (copy [no date]); Shoreline Times article clippings "Church Calls Meeting to Discuss Financing of Building Program" (photocopy [05/11/1961]), "Congregation, Residents in Madison Offer Views on Razing Webb House" (photocopy [date not legible]); unknown publication article "Church Members Differ on Need to Raze Webb House" (photocopy [no date]), New Haven Register article "Madison Church to Meet on Financing New Building" (photocopy [05/11/1961]), Shoreline Times article "Former Resident Will Contribute to Fund to Preserve Webb House" (photocopy [05/18/1961]); unknown publication article "History of Music in Madison Church" (photocopy [no date]); memo - "First Congregational Church of Madison" (copy [12/08/1962]); picture of Hand Academy (copy [1905]); Shoreline Times article "Snow Tells Story of Church Clock to Historical Society Meeting" (photocopy, 2 copies [07/1963]); copy of a paper prepared and read by D. Eugene Smith at the 150th Anniversary of the Madison Cong. Church [no date]; copy of pamphlet "The First Congregational Church" (photocopy [06/21/1970]); "History of the old Fish House" (photocopy [1978])
Churches: Shoreline Times article "Churches, Madison and North Madison" (photocopy [08/31/no year]); written document "Looking Back" (photocopy, 2 pages, [1997]); pamphlet "Presentation of Commemorative Plaque To the Madison Historical Society By The Lutheran Church of Madison" (photocopy [10/21/2012]); various newspaper clippings and photos from The Lutheran Church of Madison (see also 2022.001); memo "Federal Writers' Project Works Progress Administration" (photocopy [1837]); unknown publication article "North Madison Church and Society, History and Pastors, 1757-1890" (photocopy [no date]); written document "The Catholic Church in Clinton" (photocopy [no date]); written document "St. Mary's Church, Clinton" (photocopy [no date]); copy of picture of St. Margaret's [no date]; written document "'Out of the Eventful Past'" (photocopy [no date]); packet of excerpts from the New Haven Jewish Ledger (photocopy [09/30/1994]); collection of documents about Temple Beth Tikvah (photocopies [various dates]); picture of Methodist Church c. 1838, now Cafe Lafayette (2 copies [05/1976]); 1975 photo of Rockland Methodist Church (photocopy); memo "Federal Writers' Project Works Progress Administration" (photocopy [1790]); memo "Historic American Buildings Survey Inventory" (photocopy [08/22/1972]); picture of people in front of Rockland Methodist Church ca. 1915 (photocopy); excerpt with picture of Stevens Inn (photocopy [no date]); excerpt of Shoreline Times article with picture of Methodist Church in 1909 (photocopy, 2 copies [02/20/1975]); memo "Madison's Methodists" (photocopy [11/1996]); unknown publication article "The Reverend Joseph Munson, Madison Methodist Pastor As Revealed In Letters Received By The Historical Society" (photocopy [11/07/1963]); Shoreline Times article "Church bids goodbye to its spiritual leader of 39 years" (photocopy [07/02/1997]); document "Together over the years" (copy [no date]); photocopied picture of Lutheran Church of Madison [1955]; picture of German Lutheran Church along with a Historic Resources Inventory Building and Structures memo (copy [1955]); picture of Church of Latter-Day Saints (photocopy [no date]); written document "Madison's Early German Community" (copy [no date]); copy of pamphlet "Rev. F. Richard Benken Retirement Festivities" [06/28/1997]; copy of pamphlet "The Lutheran Church of Madison and The Lutheran Nursery School" [no date]
Clothing: Early American Life article "Candlewicking: A Colonial Embroidery" (photocopy [no date]); written document, no title (photocopy [no date]); MHS memo "Costume Chronology" (copy [publication date not known])
Cooking: Written document about iron, including its use in cooking supplies/materials (photocopies (2) [no date])
CT Ballad: Written document "Connecticut Ballad" by (Mrs.) Helen Foster Snow (photocopy [no date])
Commerce and Money: Booklet "Money in Colonial New England". 39 pages including front and back covers. Date: published 1974.
Cooking: 1) Written document "Cast-iron cooking vessels". 6 pages. Date: 08/1971.
2) Unknown publication article "The Chores of Churning and Its Pleasures". 1 page. No date.
3) Americana article "How to...Cook over an Open Fireplace". 4 pages. No date.
4) Booklet "The Old Farmer's Almanac Colonial Cookbook". 66 pages including front and back cover. Date: published 1982.
Cost of Living: Written document titled "Some expenses and salaries in the 'good old days'" (photocopy [06/1943])
Costumes: Assortment of images/written blurbs about fashion and clothing from Bloomingdale's at Lexington at 59th, featured in The Bridgeport Post (photocopy [09/23/1938]); written document about fashion staples from the 1800s (written document [no date]); report by Mae Casalis (only two pages located) (written document [11/1988]); booklet "Costume Preservation, Exhibition and Collecting Policies at the Costume Institute Metropolitan Museum of Art" presented in Mexico City by Stella Blum, Curator, The Costume Institute (typed document [1980]); assortment of documents for "America's Closets" (typed documents [10/28/2004])
Crime: Source article "The September 3rd 1878 Murder in Madison" (photocopy [08/17/1999]); newspaper clippings from article "The Heretic Trial" (photocopies [no identifiable date]); list of documents in MHS possession about the Rockland Murder and Marsden cases (written document [no date]); "The Rev. Herbert H. Hayden an Autobiography - The Mary Stannard Murder, Tried on Circumstantial Evidence" (photocopy [1880]); book "Mary Stannard's Murder or, The Madison Horror - The Only Full and Authentic Account of the Arrest and Trial of the Rev. Herbert H. Hayden" (photocopy [1879]) SLT article "Murder case still baffling - 116 years later". 2 pages. Date: 11/23/1994.
Source article "The September 3rd 1878 Murder in Madison". 2 pages. Date: 08/17/1999.
NHR article "Guilford Author Publishes Book Detailing Madison Murder Case". 1 page. Date: 12/05/1979.
Deeds: Warranty deed, Charles Williams warranty deed from George Willard (photocopy [12/08/1857])
Depot: SLT article clipping, photo labeled "Bringing up the rear - Rotary provides funds for Madison Depot Caboose" (photocopy [01/22/1987]); unknown publication article "The Depot In Madison" (photocopy [09/23/1986])
1) Unknown pub. article "Madison Depot Dedication". 2 pages. No date.
2) The Suburban News article "The Depot - The Little Caboose". 1 page. Date: 10/26/1987.
3) Project O.K. News article "Project O.K. Seeks Support for 'The Depot'". 1 page. Date: 09/1986.
4) Unknown pub. article "Madison Seniors: A Place Of Their Own". 1 page. Date: 04/11/1988.
5) Unknown pub. article "The Depot Has Its Caboose!" 2 pages. Date: 1986.
6) Project O.K. News article "Madison Community Supports the Depot". 1 page. Date: 06/1987.
7) SLT article "Drive to raise $65,000 for Madison Depot starts tomorrow". 1 page. Date: 1986.
8) The Suburban News article "Madison Depot Community Center". 1 page. Date: 10/28/1986.
9) SLT article "First step taken toward community center". 2 pages. Date: 07/03/1986.
10) Project O.K. News article "Depot Opens Soon". 2 pages. Date: 09/1987.
Divining for Water: Various documents about "Divining for Water" (written documents and photocopies [no date])
Dolls: Hobbies magazine article "Dollology", conducted by Clara H. Fawcett (photocopy 1) The Collector's Magazine whole copy..."Dolls". 144 pages. 10/1993.
2) Pages from the Woman's Day Dictionary of Dolls. 8 pages. 1964.
3) Unknown pub. article "Grandmother and Her Dolls". 2 pages. No date.
4) Woman's Day magazine article "The Busy, Happy Life of a Doll Collector". 2 pages. 01/1965.
5) The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles article "Our Doll Column...From the Heart and Hands - Dolls Born of Love" by Dorothy A. McGonagle. 2 pages. 05/2005.
[04/1972])
Colonial Drums: Packet "The Drums of Wintonbury and their makers, the Browns" (photocopy [no date])
Duck Hole: Picture of "the bridge at Duck Hole" (copy [no date]); picture of "birds eye view Duck Hole, Madison" (copy [no date])
East River: Photo of George Badger Munger's home on East River (photocopy [no date]); photo of Wildwood Avenue on the East River (photocopy [no date]); written document "The East River Reading Room: A History" (written doc, 2 copies [02/2000]); written doc. "The East River Reading Room - A History" by Mrs. William L. Scranton, published by the MHS (written doc, 3 copies [1993]); SLT article "It was the place to be for bookworms" (copy [02/16/1994]); written doc "A visit to the East River Reading Room" (written doc [no date]); photo of Main Street, East River, CT, and photo of a house on East River (photocopies [no date]); written document "Declaration of Restrictive Covenants" containing information about the East River Library Company (typed copy [06/23/2017]); letter from Mark Schofield to the MHS about the East River Reading Room (typed copy [11/11/2015]); document entitled "Disbursements" (photocopy [2012-2013]); doc. containing names and dates of people associated with the ERRR (written doc. [no date]); doc. about the ERRR from the website of MHS (typed doc. [no date]); assessment of building owned by East River Library Company (typed doc. [11/19/2014]); unknown publication article "East River Reading Room Today" (photocopy [11/16/1987]); unknown pub. article "East River Reading Room Scene of Old-Fashioned Revelry" (photocopy [no date]); booklet "East River Reading Room: A History" by Grace Scranton, re-typed with photo by Peter Clement [no date]; photo in article by unknown pub. of Mrs. John Field in the East River Reading Room (photocopy [no date]); unknown pub. article "Memories: East River Sunshine Society" (photocopy [07/13/1978]); flyer for the East River Community Christmas Party held in the ERRR (photocopy [1997])
Fans
Farming/Farms: Clippings from "Summer on the Shoreline" article (original excerpts cut out and taped to sheet [06/2019]); SLT article "Philip S. Platt, Honored in his Retirement Career of Telling the Story of Madison's Proud Past" (original article clippings [no date]); NHR article "Where the Scratch of an Ear Costs Thousands of Dollars - Madison Farm Rates with Top U.S. Angus Centers" (photocopy [11/16/1952]); NHR article "Farmers Recall Old-Time Salt-Haying Operations" (photocopy [05/19/1963]); memo to the MHS about the Salt Meadow hay rake (original copy [11/1975]); memos...one with the locations of various Madison farms, common farming tools, and one entitled "Life 'Down on the Farm'" (printed copies [no dates]); pictures of the Lesnik House ca. 2002 (photocopies); unknown publication article "From the Woodpile" (photocopy and original copy [04/14/1973]); NHR article "A Critical Year for the State's Farming" (original copy [12/29/1974]); SLT article "In spite of everything..." (original copy [12/20/1973]); NHR article "Farming in Warren on a 999 Year Lease" (original copy [09/15/1974]); Nutmegger East article "Birth of Hoyt Apple Nursery Fascinating" (original copy [09/13/1977]); article "A Photographic Exhibit of the State's Farmlands" (original copy [09/30/1979]); SLT article "Dairy farmers face difficult choice" (original copy [12/13/1973]); SLT article "Another Connecticut farm is closing down" (original copy [06/30/1987]); SLT article "Where have all the farmers gone?" (original copy [08/05/1980]); The Second Section article "They can't depend on farms anymore" (original copy [09/05/1974]); SLT article "The changing faces of farming" (original copy [07/14/1981]); memo about Salt Hay farm (printed copy [no date]); photograph of a photograph of the "Dowd Farm" and accompanying note describing the photo, also a photocopy of the photo of the photo [06/1976]; 3 photos of photos of the "Chapman Farm" a.k.a. the "Barberry Farm" from Waterbury Avenue [06/1976]; written document "The Bauer Park - The Early History" by Robert E. Kuchta (photocopy (1) and photocopied first page [no date]); postcard with a painting of Bauer Park on the front (original copy [08/2002]); envelope addressed to the MHS containing two buttons saying "Save Bauer Farm - Vote No on Nov. 5th" (original copy [no date]); Town of Madison written document with title "Bauer Park - Copse Road" (photocopy [no date]); SLT article "Major Support Voiced for Recreational Use on Bauer Site" (original copy [05/02/1998]); NHR article "Bauer land to stay free of housing" (original copy [04/30/1998]); SLT article "Bauer Farm Study Committee presents findings" (original copy [10/01/1997]); SLT article "Look outside farm for housing" (original copy [04/22/1998]); The Source articles "Bauer Farm Group Objects to Referendum" and "Selectmen Call Town Meeting on Bauer" (original copies [08/15/2012]); SLT article "Group won't let housing wish for farm disappear" (original copy [02/25/1998])
Fire - Madison 1986: NHR article "Some residents think fire had pluses" (OG copy [06/29/1986]); SLT article "Owners will cooperate to rebuild downtown" (OG copy [01/23/1986]); NHR article "Rebuilding planned in Madison's center" (OG copy [01/23/1986]); NHR article "In Madison, business rises from the ashes" (OG copy [06/29/1986]); photo in unknown pub. of demolition crews taking down the buildings destroying in the fire (OG copy [03/20/1986]); photo in SLT article of work taking place on the Jolly's Drug Store in Madison (OG copy [07/17/1986]); "Tribute, commendation" from Donald J. LaChance (former First Selectman of Madison) in the SLT (OG copy [01/09/1986]); SLT article "Youthful offender status is sought for Kelly Holt" (OG copy [07/17/1986]); NHR article "File sealed for suspect in arson" (OG copy [08/21/1986]); SLT article "Teen due in court Tuesday to answer charge of arson" (OG copy [02/27/1986]); NHR article "Teen-ager charged in Madison blaze" (OG copy [02/22/1986]); SLT article "Arson arraignment is reset; investigation details released" (OG copy [03/06/1986]); New Haven Journal Courier article "Arson eyed as cause in Madison fire" (OG copy [01/01/1986]); SLT article "Madison Police expect arrest in fire as cleanup continues" (OG copy [01/07/1986]); SLT article "Arrest still awaited in Madison's worst fire" (OG copy [01/09/1986]); NHR article "Police confirm Madison blaze caused by arson" (OG copy [01/03/1986]); NHR article "Madison considers walkway to link parking, businesses" (OG copy [01/07/1986]); NHR article "Probers, curious swarm to Madison fire scene" (OG copy [12/30/1985]); NHR article "Fire devastates block in Madison...3 hurt; 4 stores ruined" (OG copy [12/29/1985]); NHR article "Residents take businesses' loss to heart" (OG copy [12/29/1985]); NHR article "Madison merchants vary in reactions to big fire" (OG copy [12/31/1985]); NHR article "Businessman wonders who will stop the rain" (OG copy [01/05/1986]); full SLT publication with cover article entitled "Cause sought at scene of destruction" (OG copy [12/30/1985]); photocopies of pictures taken by Harry Whitton of the destruction caused to downtown buildings in the 1986 fire [1986]
Fire Department: The Source article "North Madison Firehouse Nears Completion" (photocopy [10/28/2004]); photograph clipped from an SLT article of "new officers" at the North Madison Volunteer Fire Company (OG copy [05/19/1977]); photograph clipped from an SLT article of members of the N. Madison Volunteer Fire Company fund drive committee (OG copy [05/03/1979]); SLT article "Firefighter has been there from the start" (OG copy [08/24/1994]); SLT article "Drills keep North Madison volunteers fired up" (photocopy [08/28/1996]); SLT article "North Madison looking for volunteer firefighters" (photocopy [05/29/1996]); SLT article "A half century of dedication" (OG copy [05/01/1975]); pictures of Madison's first Fire Company (pictures of pictures [OG pictures taken in 1914...pictures of pictures taken 05/1976]); MHS pictures of firefighters standing in front of the first Madison Fire house (photocopy [1914]); memos/forms from the Connecticut Historical Commission containing information about Madison fire houses (photocopies [various dates]); written documents "Preliminary History of Madison Hose Co., No. 1" and "History of Fire Fighting" (photocopies [no publication dates]); picture of Charles H. Dee of Madison (born 1862 died 1916) on a Madison Hose Co. carriage (photocopy); photocopy of page 1 of the original minute book of the Madison Hose Co. [09/23/1907]; letter from Kendall Alanson Redfield to 'Howard' about a photograph of the original horse cart used by Madison Hose Co. No. 1 (reprint [07/05/1977]); SLT article "Michael Bodner's history of Madison fire company" (OG copy [05/08/1980]); SLT article "Madison Hose Company: 60 years of service" (OG copy [06/07/1977]); picture of Joseph Schmidt, recognized at a Madison BOS meeting for his dedicated service as Fire Chief of Madison Hose Co. No. 1, clipped out of an SLT article (OG copy [11/04/1976]); SLT article "Hose Company answers 189 alarms" (OG copy [11/13/1975]); SLT article "Salt Box" (OG copy [09/13/1979]); flyer entitled "Joseph Pine Parade Carriage" used by 19th c. volunteer fire departments (photocopy [no date]); The Source article "A Look Back At The Madison Hose Company #1 Inc." (photocopy [no date])
Fishing: Copy of a photograph of Fred Daniels and Wallace Williams fishing off the coast of Madison [no date]; many copies of photos of Madison fishermen (photocopies [03/1977]); unknown publication article "To Hatch Salmon in Hammonassett" (photocopy [no date]); written document "Oil Works and White Fishing" (photocopy [1935]); SLT article "J. Franklin Terry, 104, former oysterman, Guilford, talks about gas, oysters and enemies at turn of the century" (photocopy [06/1979]); photo of the Hammonassett State Fish Hatchery (photocopy [no date]); excerpt from a "History of Guilford, Conn." (re-write [12/31/1769...date of original]); packet from the McNeil Oyster Co., no title, about oyster farming (photocopy [no date]); packet "Oyster Bed and Spatfall Survey of Rivers in Madison, Connecticut" (photocopy [1986]); The Suburban News article "Oystering...Long A Tradition in Madison" (photocopy [07/24/1989]); packet "Mitigation of Dredging Impacts to Oyster Populations" (one OG copy, one photocopy [1988]); packet "Aquaculture" (photocopy [no date]); packet "History of Proposals to Build Four Regional Vocational Aquaculture Centers in the Connecticut Regional Vocational Agriculture System" (photocopy [1995]); packet "A Brief History of the Connecticut 'Natural Growth' Oyster Industry" (photocopy [no date]); packet "Life History of the American or Eastern Oyster 'Crassostrea Virginica'" (photocopy [no date]); packet "Proceedings of the 1985 Northeast Fish and Wildlife Conference" (photocopy [no date]); SLT article "Fish 'n Ships" (OG copy [10/03/1974]); transcript of interview with Bertha Daniels Munger McQueeney and her husband Jim McQueeney (copy [03/14/1980]); compilation of letters/written documents about fishing in Madison, CT (photocopies, reprints [1989-1994]); written document "Ranges for fishing and lobstering in Long Island Sound off Madison, Conn." (OG copy [07/07/1973])
Folklore: NHR article "Of Cat-Holes, Heroes and Folklore" (OG copy [10/28/1973]); written document "Nineveh Legend", a drama about individuals buried in the West Side Cemetery, N. Madison by Helen Foster Snow (photocopy [no date])
Frames: NYT article "In Bridgeport, Exploring the Art of the Frame Itself" (OG copy [05/08/1994])
Fireplaces: Various drawings/depictions/photos of fireplaces (photocopies [no dates]); photo and diagram of a First Period fireplace (photocopy [no date]); written document "All About Fireplaces" (photocopy [01/1994]); Early American Life articles "Early Housekeeping", "Making an English Pole Screen", "Authentic Replicas of Historic Firebacks", "Early Fireplace Mantels", "A Good Working Fireplace" and "Using Your Fireplace" (photocopies [no dates]); written document "Waters of Renewal" and written hymns/prayers (photocopies [no dates])
Flooring: Article from unknown publication "Decorated Floors" by Margaret Coffin (2 photocopies [no dates]); NHR article "Patterns in Paint -- Imagination blooms on rug, wall and floor" (OG copy [01/29/1989])
Furniture: Article "Windsor Chairs" and smaller section of article "Types of Windsor Chairs" from Country Living Magazine (2 photocopies and one OG copy [10/1995]); Connecticut Magazine article "Hitchcock Chair" (photocopy [04/2004]); Country Living Magazine article "Comb-Back Windsors" (photocopy [10/1999]); NYT article "In the Steps of Rufus Porter, Yankee Original" (OG copy [08/07/2005]); NHR article "Vacationers Find Opportunities to Indulge Their Collecting Hobby" (photocopy [09/06{year cut off}]); SLT article "Caning...rewarding craft" (OG copy [05/11/1976]); unknown publication article "Mr. Cram's fan chair" (OG copy [no date]); CT Magazine article "Hitchcock Chair" (1 OG copy and 1 photocopy [04/2004]); printed pages from the Connecticut Historical Society website entitled "About CHS" (printed document [04/03/2005]); unknown publication article "Country Furniture" by Frank L. Horton (OG copy [03/1968]); transcript of "a chat on old clocks, which was presented at the MHS, July 27, 1962 by Mr. Frederick Bottiger, Durham Road, Madison (Mr. Bottiger gave the Society 5 old clocks and one reproduction)"; Country Living Magazine article "The Wing Chair" (OG copy [03/1996]); Kovels Magazine article "Pembroke Chairs" (photocopy [03/1995]); DAR Magazine article "American Case Furniture at the DAR Museum 1680-1840" (photocopy [07/1997]); The Second Section article "Antiques - Life in the 18th century was bustling, not dull" (OG copy [06/29/1978]); The Second Section article "'Do it yourself' quiz on this chair" (OG copy [08/03/1978]); unknown publication article "Pennsylvania Dutch Painted Guest" (photocopy [06/1979]); unknown publication article "A Place for Everything" (2 photocopies [no date]); NHR article "Hitchcock Chairs Emerge Again From Factory That Made Them Century Ago" (OG copy [11/21/1948]); collection of diagrams of different table/chair feet, no title (photocopy [no date]); NYT article "Milk Paint Can Help Windsor Chairs" (photocopy [no date]); transcript of speech about furniture by Timothy Robbins, 2 copies (photocopies [no dates])
Research papers in Lee file cabinet - General Topics A-