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RG 116, Society of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford
Inventory of Records
Finding aid prepared by Connecticut State Library staff.
Copyright © 2008 by the Connecticut State Library
Overview of the Collection |
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| Repository: | Connecticut State Library |
| Creator: | Society of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford |
| Title: | Society of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford records |
| Dates: | 1832, 1900, 1924-1936 |
| Dates: | bulk 1924-1936 |
| Quantity: | 4 cubic feet |
| Abstract: | The preamble to the Constitution of the Society of Descendants of the Founders of Hartford gives the following description of the objectives of the organization: “We, descendants of the Founders of Hartford, do hereby constitute ourselves the Society of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford, in order to further the worthy celebration of the three hundredth anniversary of the founding of the city. . . that original documents and historical works of merit relating to the founders and the early history of the city may be published; and to see to it that relics of the founders and of the early history of the city may be preserved.” |
| Identification: | RG116 |
| Accession: | T001462 |
| Language: | The records are in English. |
Historical Note
The preamble to the Constitution of the Society of Descendants of the Founders of Hartford gives the following description of the objectives of the organization: “We, descendants of the Founders of Hartford, do hereby constitute ourselves the Society of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford, in order to further the worthy celebration of the three hundredth anniversary of the founding of the city. . . that original documents and historical works of merit relating to the founders and the early history of the city may be published; and to see to it that relics of the founders and of the early history of the city may be preserved.”
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Scope and Contents
Records include scrapbooks, guest books, pamphlets, maps, genealogical charts, and photographs.
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Restrictions
Restrictions on Access
Some of these records are stored at an off-site facility and therefore may not be available on a same-day basis.
See the Rules and Procedures for Researchers Using Archival Records and Secured Collections policy.
Restrictions on Use
See the Reproduction and Publications of State Library Collections policy.
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Related Material
None.
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Container List
| Records, 1832, 1900, 1924-1936 | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||
| 1. Scrapbooks, circa 1935-1936, 3 volumes | 1 | ||||||||||
| Contains miscellaneous lists, correspondence, clippings and photographs. | |||||||||||
| 2. Guest books, 1935-1936, 2 volumes | |||||||||||
| 3. Pamphlets | 2 | ||||||||||
| Relating to the Society, 1939 | |||||||||||
| Published to commemorate Connecticut Tercentenary, 1935 | |||||||||||
| Concerning Connecticut towns and points of interest, circa 1930-1935 | |||||||||||
| Miscellaneous, 1935, undated | |||||||||||
| Descriptive materials concerning Hartford, 1900, 1924-1935, undated | |||||||||||
| 5. Portfolio including maps, newspaper clippings, genealogical charts (Clark, Hooker, Thatcher, and photostats of commemorative tablets, circa 1935 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 6. Pictures | |||||||||||
| Photo of tablet honoring Harriet Beecher Stowe, b&w, 5 x 7 in. | Map case | ||||||||||
| Photo of tablet on Silas Deane House, b&w, 5 x 7 in. | Map case | ||||||||||
| Portrait of William Pynchon, b&w, 6.75 x 4.25 in. | Map case | ||||||||||
| Portrait of Archbishop Warham, from the original picture by Holbein in Lambeth Palace, color, 8 x 5 in. | Map case | ||||||||||
| Engraving of Battle of Lexington, re-engraved by A. Doolittle and J.W. Barber in 1832, color, 4.5 x 7.5 in. | Map case | ||||||||||
| Engraving: Broome in Kent, the Seat of Sir Henry Oxenden, b&w, 8.25 x 10.5 in. | Map case | ||||||||||
| (Market Day in Central Square in 1780) visualized by Claude L. Yates, crayon, color, 8.75 x 22 in. | Map case | ||||||||||
| Reproduction of portrait of Jane Seymour by Holbein, b&w, 8 x 5.5 in. | Map case | ||||||||||
| Old Talcott House and the Hollister House, Glastonbury, CT, b&w, 5 x 6 in.2 engravings | Map case | ||||||||||
| Engraving, Hartford fire, b&w, 10 x 14 in. | Map case | ||||||||||
| Reproductions of engravings of Charter Oak, b&w, 16.25 x 18.25 in.2 engravings | Map case | ||||||||||
| Poem "To an Engraving of the Charter Oak" by Genevieve L. Hutchinson, b&w, 8.5 x 5.5 in. | Map case | ||||||||||
| Painting of first State House on one side, and newspaper clipping on the other, 8.5 x 38.5 in. board | Item 4 | ||||||||||