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Rocky Hill Historical Society Library List March 4, 2014

Bookshelves on left of door into Library: • Except for top shelf on Books on shelves are arranged in Dewey Decimal System order and listed in card North wall, all three catalog on immediate right of door to library. Books cataloged by Author and Title. sections, and top shelf on East wall, left section only

• Top shelf on North wall, all State of CT Register and Manual, 1885, 1887, and 1913 – 1949, with some years three sections, and top shelf missing on East wall, left section only File Cabinet No. 1: Top two drawers Technical (Reference) Files – Organized by Subject • Art Works • Artifacts • Books • Care/Storage • Cemetery • Clocks • Collections • Conservation • Costumes • Crafts • Disaster Planning • Display Ideas • Environment • Exhibits • Explosives • Fundraising • Furniture • Gardens/Flowers • Genealogy • General • Gift Shop • Glass/Lamps • Hats • Houses • Labeling • Local History • Maps • Masonry/Bricks/Stone • Membership • Metals • Money • Oral History • Protection • Photography • Printing • Public Relations • Resource • Signs 2

• Stoves • Textiles • Tinsmiths • Tools • Tours/Visitors • Toys • Weapons • Wooden Ware

Bottom drawer • Back-up File – has copies of papers that are in files elsewhere in the library • Moser School memorabilia

Top of file cabinet No. 1 • Goodrich family bible • Pictures from Moser School

In NE Corner of Library Cardboard cartons of old maps: • New Map of the World on Mercator’s Projection published by Jacob Monk, Baltimore, Maryland DATE???

• 1893 Connecticut Map of Connecticut, from Peter Revill

• State of Connecticut 1965

• Metropolitan District Centennial Edition 1976

• Central Connecticut, no date

• Hartford County Map 1855; 1855 Smith's Map of Hartford County, Connecticut by E.M. Woodford. The original map was the first complete view of who lived where in these towns. 1000s of sites - homes, schools, churches and businesses- are located and named; Has inset detailing Rocky Hill Center

• George W. Eldridge's Chart K Newport to Halifax, 1905 (tag says “Charts of the Ocean”)

• Bicentennial Map showing Hartford County Indians, Washington and Rochambeau Journeys

• Connecticut River, Hartford - Old Saybrook, 1949

• Quoddy Head to Cape Cod, 1895, W. W. Duffield; A. Braid; J. F. Moser; U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, 91 x 115 cm*

• United States East Coast Connecticut River Entrance to Deep River, East Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1929

• United States Connecticut, Connecticut River, Deep River to Higganum, East Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1929

• United States Connecticut, Connecticut River, Higganum to Rocky Hill, East Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1929

Continuation of Library 3

Bookshelves – East Wall East Wall - Left shelves Cataloged books

Bottom shelf in file boxes: Boxes of Rocky Hill Town Reports, annually beginning with 1821

Tercentenary Commission of the State of Connecticut, Committee on Historical Publications, Pamphlets 1-60, 1936

Peterson’s National Ladies Magazines, 1860 – 1865 1866 – 4 vols.

Godey’s Ladies Books

Box of Rocky Hill Town Guides

2 empty boxes – bottom shelf

East Wall - Middle shelves

2nd shelf from top Records of the State of Connecticut 1776-1778 Vol. 1

State of CT Report of the State Librarian 1900 – 1936, some years missing 3rd shelf from top Memorial History of Hartford County 1633 - 1884, published 1886 (Rare old Book)

Representative Men of Connecticut 1861-1894, published 1894

Connecticut History Journals 2005 – 2012

Connecticut Nutmegger, 2001 - 2010

Inaugural Souvenir Editions Washington Herald Jan 20, 1937 Franklin. Roosevelt

4th shelf from top RH Historical Society Accession Books: 1) Books, magazines, newspapers, and other printed materials, 2) Manuscripts and Documents and Maps

Ledger of a store/merchant, name unknown, beginning 1886

The Liberty Collection: Historic Documents of United States (Folio)

G. Fox, Centennial Hill Publications (2) The Travelers 100 Years, 1964

5th and 6th shelves Books catalogued in Card Catalog

Bottom shelf Elected Rocky Hill Officials, 1878 – 2010 3 Empty File Boxes Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary from Robbins Family, dated 1834 (M-29-3) Humble Attempt Towards the Revival of Practical Religion among Christians, Vol. 3 (L-174-10) Lithographers Manual, 1977 printing* Newspapers in Connecticut Institutions Vols. 1-3, updates through 1997 East Wall – Right shelves Top shelf RH Town Property Tax Records (accounting books), 1879 – 1934 with some years 4

missing

2nd, 3rd, 4th, and part of 5th shelf Antique Children’s and Junior Books (used by Doris Schreier) and School Texts

Scrapbook Collection (photocopies of which are in gray notebooks on bottom shelf)

Scrapbook of Hartford Courant Clippings and P. Wilson’s notes from his time as local correspondent

Bottom shelf Gray Notebooks containing photocopies of scrapbooks on shelves above

Box of Old Magazines (needs to be catalogued) *Items to Consider for De- Bushnell Memorial Concert Programs 1930’s* (on Accession Book Shelf) accessioning on middle shelves, The National Magazine 1899* (on Accession Book Shelf)* bottom shelf: Paper Index to Unidentified Photos/Slides* (Midge’s Desk)

SE Corner of Library Box of Bibles, church songbooks

Box of Books from Old Rocky Hill Libraries: Rienzi, The Last of the Tribunes, “Zanoni” Night and Morning, Last Days of Pompeii, “Pelham”, 1875 The Last Days of Pompeii, 1977 The History of Henry Esmond, Esq., written by himself, 1870 Connecticut Evangelical Magazine and Religious Intelligencer, Vol. 7, 1814 The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, 1827 The Life of Napolean Bonaparte, Part 3 The Bow of Orange Ribbon, Emelia Barr Alec Forbes of Howglen, a novel by George McDonald, 1877 The Toilers of the Sea, Victor Hugo, 1878 Miss M. E. Braddon’s Novels A Hazard of New Fortunes, William Dean Howells, 1890 Sir Gibbie, a novel by George McDonald Memoirs of Elizabeth, Second Queen Regent of England and Ireland, by Agnes Strickland, 1853 The History of England from the Accession of James II, by Lord Macauley, vol. 5, 1861 Hypatia or New Foes with an Old Face, a novel by Charles Kingsley Saxe Holm’s Stories, First Series, 1887 Politics for Young Americans, Charles Nordhoff, 1877 The Gaywrthys, a Story of Threads and Thrums, 1865 The Adventures of Phillip, William Makepeace Thackeray, 1877 The Virginians, William Makepeace Thackeray, 1877 Robert Elmsmere, by Mrs. Humphry Ward, 1888 Cain’s Lamentations, Rowland Cotton, 1795 The Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus, William Whiston, Vol. 5 The Complete Poetical Works, John Greenleaf Whittier, 1876 Library Bookshelves - South wall Top shelf Books by Rocky Hill authors – cataloged in card catalog

2nd shelf Field Book of the Revolution – Vols. 1, 2 History of Civil War in America, Vols. 1, 2 Stoddard’s Lectures, Vols. 1-10 * Five additional Books of Stoddard’s Lectures* (these books not in card catalog)* 3rd shelf Red Binder – Rocky Hill Historical Society (RHHS) Nominations, Officers, Lists of Members White binder – RHHS Historical Sources of Information Index White binder – CT League of History Organizations 5

White binder – Griswold Diaries # 2 & 3 White binder – Transcriptions of Tapes of Oral Histories by Subject Blue binder – Typed Manuscript “Looking Back Rocky Hill, CT Incorporated 1834”, Sesquicentennial Book Committee, RHHS Maroon Binder – Donald Bates Manuscript “Growing Up in Rocky Hill,” 1927 and following years Black binders – RHHS Officers and Minutes, 1960 to present 4th shelf – all empty binders 5th shelf Box of Center Cemetery Records Box containing album of Motherhood Club/PTA programs, beginning with 1907 to 1957-58

6th shelf – Empty black binders US Road Atlas - 1993

Bottom shelf Stack 1: Scrapbook of poetry by Esther Hammond, 1851 pasted over George Griswold’s Daybook Aug 27 1801 (East Hartford)

Scrapbook: Our Activities Grades 4, 5,6, South School, Rocky Hill, 1942-43, Mrs. J. Dimmock

Scrapbook: Women’s Auxiliary Resident Association Century Hills, 1973-74

Scrapbook: Cutouts of Trading Cards, Valentines, Etc. by Ethel Arline Farrill Lebanon New Hampshire 1891

Scrapbook: Dinosaur Park Aug. 25, 1966

Folio: United States Bicentennial 1776-1976

Etching of CT State capital (in Folder Churchill Business Forms)

Stack 2: Center School PTA Minutes Sept 1940 - May 1952

Scrapbook: Newspaper Clippings of Rocky Hill and How it Started, compiled by Mrs. Nellie Warner

Shepp’s World’s Fair Photographs – Columbian Exposition, 1892 Also: Album of Chicago World’s Fair 1933-34 Also: Dream City of Columbian Exposition; and Columbian Exposition Album Part 7; Also Triumph of Man 1964 World’s Fair Book: Monthly Genesee Farmer, 1838

Book: The Christian at Work Eclectic Weekly, beginning Jan 1873

Scrapbook: By Alice William’s mother, Color Pictures pasted on Cloth, 1880

Scrapbook: Pictures on Cloth (similar to Scrapbook by Alice Williams mother)

Scrapbook: Greeting Cards starting in 1937

File cabinet No. 2 Drawer 1 Office Supplies (Folders etc.) Drawer 2 Sigmund Adler (member RHHS) Award Winning Essays about RH

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Manila folders containing Rod Wilscam’s DUPLICATES of materials appropriately filed elsewhere in the library: • Academy Hall History • Calvin Chapin and Henry Adams • Rocky Hill Burying Ground • Rocky Hill Ferry • Houses/Taverns • Rocky Hill Library • Quarry • Schools • Ship Building and Shipyards • Trolley

Drawer 3 Records of Visitors to RHHS Minutes of RHHS meetings RHHS President’s Diary RHHS Correspondence RHHS President’s Diary - Peter Revill, President Drawer 4 Holy Bible -- E.C. Gardner – Presented in Savannah, GA 1829 Book – An Humble Attempt Towards the Revival of Practical Religion among Christians – Vol. III* Bible – Alfred Bliss Family, 1815 Bill of Sale – Coffin purchased by J.G. Dimock, 1846

File Cabinet No. 3 Top 2 Drawers Files pertaining to RHHS (membership lists, Officers, etc.) and Academy Hall Building: Academy Hall – Exterior Accession Sheets L-1 Books, Magazines, Newspapers, and other Material Accession Sheets M-1 Manuscripts, Maps and Documents Accession Sheets P-1 Photographic Material Accession Files – Copies Activities – RHHS Sigmund Adler Book Award Americans with Disabilities Act – RH Alarm Alarm Monitoring Annual Reports – RHHS Architectural Assessment of Academy Hall – RH American Revolution and Stepney Parrish Committee (ARASP) Papers Awards Book Binding Books Brochures Budget Building – Academy Hall By-laws – RHHS Certificate of Incorporation Christmas Ornament Connecticut League of Historical Societies Connecticut Historical Society Constitution – RHHS Copier Correspondence Correspondence thru 1989 Discarded Books Docent Data 7

Exhibits Fundraising Garden Committee – RHHS Gifts, Bequeaths Grants History RHHS Institute for Museum Services (IMS) Conservation Assessment Program 1995 Insurance Papers Junior Historical Club Lease Lend A Paw Library Membership Lists Newspaper Clippings Newspaper Listings Officers List Oil Burner Oral History Printer Programming Publicity Renovation School Tours School Workers Security, Lighting Signs, Plaques Tax Certificate Telephone Tours Tourism Treasurer’s Reports Video Listings Volunteers Web Site RHHS Wedding Displays, Pageants Windows Supplies of 8-1/2” x 11” clear plastic sleeves for documents

Drawer 3 Miscellaneous Genealogy files (see also additional genealogy files located in File cabinet 10, just outside library door) Drawer 4 – empty Top of File Cabinets 2 & 3 Green Binder - Survey of old buildings in RH done by WPA in 1930’s 7 Black Binders – Street by street information on old houses in RH; Several Manila folders of materials to be worked on (i.e., identified and filed appropriately)

File Cabinet No. 4 Top drawer General files in alphabetical order – Materials not pertaining specifically to Rocky Hill Agriculture Amistad Animal Pictures Arts and Crafts 8

Antiques Archaelogy Architecture Authors Town of Berlin Bibliographies Blue Laws Bridges Calendars Capitol Region Catalogues Cemeteries Centennials Charter Oak Children’s Literature Churches Citizenship Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC) Colt, Samuel and Elizabeth Connecticut Government Connecticut History Connecticut State House and Capitol Connecticut Notables Connecticut Tourism Connecticut Towns Connecticut River Connecticut Urban League Connecticut Women’s Heritage Trail Conservation Cookies Cromwell Currency Dairying Directories Disasters Education Emergencies Environment Farming Ferries First Ladies Fishing Flags Funeral Customs Furniture

Drawer 2 Glastonbury Great Depression Hartford Hartford Public High School Historic Commission Holidays Horse and Carriage House Tours Houses, Connecticut Historic Indians Industries 9

Labor Leatherman Libraries, including CT State Library Long Island Sound Magazines/Journals/Periodicals Maps Markers/milestones Masonic Organizations Mayflower II Museums Music New England Place Names, History of Newington

Drawer 3 Parks Politics Postage Stamps Prints/Sketches Presidents Rocky Hill, New Jersey Sewing and Quilting Ships Shoemaking (in Colonial Boston, Connecticut) Simsbury Slavery Souvenir Booklets, including Hartford and World’s Fair Spinning and Weaving Stepney, England Theatre, including Hartford Theatres Titanic Tobacco Toys Trees Transportation Twain, Mark U.S. Government Documents Water/M.D.C. Wethersfield (3 files) Witchcraft

Top of Cabinet Jobs to be done Filing to be done Barbara Gilbert – Grade 5 paper on Connecticut 1953 Paper on Natural History by E.H. Chase Sons of Temperance document – Matabesset Division New York New Haven Railroad materials Stack of Books duplicate to be sold?? Dewey decimal classification system books vol. 1-4 Book Introduction to Cataloging and Classification of Books Sears List of Subject Headings Bottom drawer – supplies 10

File cabinets Nos. 5, 6, 7 Rocky Hill Historical Files List of Files: (files marked with RH) AASLH (American Association for State and Local History) Agriculture Air Raids Spotters Tower Alms Houses Ambulance American Legion Campilo-Holmes No. 123 Americans with Disabilities Animals Aprons Archaeology Artists Austin Berms Bicentennial 1932 – Rocky Hill, Washington Bicentennial 1976 and 1985 Bigelow Sanford Billings and Spencer Black History (Slaves) Books in Storage (RHHS Storage Facility) Boy Scouts Brockway, Bertha – Private School Building and Zoning Businesses and Industries in Rocky Hill • General • Apartments, Condos, Hotels • Automotive • Banking, Investments

• Barbers, Beauty Salons

• Books, Music • Cleaners, Laundries • Clothing • Computers • Construction • Crafts, Jewelry • Discount Stores, General Stores, Malls, Specialty Shops • Florists, Greenhouses, Farms, Gift Shops • Furniture, Interior Decorating

• Grocery Stores, Supermarkets, Wholesale Food • Manufacturing • Medicine, Pharmacies • Nursing Homes, Senior Housing, Assisted Living • Pets, Taxidermists • Photographers, Framers, Printing & Copying • Real Estate, Developers, Office parks • Services • Sports Businessmen’s Association Calendars Celebrations/Exhibits Cemetery Servicemen’s Records Center Cemetery Center Cemetery Maps Cemetery Inscriptions Cemetery Association 11

Cemetery Tours Census Calvin Chapin (D. L. Googins) Charter – Rocky Hill Chamber of Commerce Churches – General • RH Congregational Church • Methodist Church • St. Andrews Church • St. Elizabeth Seton Church

• St. James Church

• Seventh Day Adventist Church Civil Defense Clubs and Societies • Club Hollywood • Elks and Masons • Rocky Hill Fish and Game • 4H Club • Jr. Women’s Club • VFW Post 2138 • Miscellaneous Community Center Connecticut River Contests Deeds Democratic Party Dentists Dinosaurs (missing file label) Disasters Dividend Pond Area Drum Hill Housing Economic Elderly Housing Environment Fact Sheet Ferry Fire Dept. Fishing Flag Flash Messages Foundry Foundry Strike Future of Rocky Hill Garden Clubs

• Rocky Hill Garden Club

• Hillside Garden Club • Ten Acre Garden Club History (in binder) General Geology Girl Scouts Government Grange Great Meadows Greater Hartford Association of Historic Houses (GHAHHM) Hartford Rayon Co/American Enka Co Hartford Retreat 12

Health History of Rocky Hill/General Historic District History/Drawings of RH by School children Houses House Tours Human Services Image Committee Immigration Incorporation Indians Industries Lake Avalon Landing Landfill Law and Order League Library – Cora J. Belden Library – Old Building – Cora J. Belden Library for the Blind Libera/Soelch Lions Club Maintenance Dept. Maps Marbles Maritime Markers/Plaques Metal of Honor Metropolitan District Water Bureau National Register Parks • Bulkley Park • Dividend Open Space • Dog Park • Elm Ridge Park

• Ferry Park

• Hoye Memorial Field • Maxwell Park • Quarry Park • Riverside Park • Shipyard Park • Sunnycrest Park • West Hill Open Space Parks and Recreation Patents PTA/Mothers Club Petitions Physicians Pictures Place Names Planning and Zoning Poetry Political Memorabilia Police Dept. Politicians Pollution Postcards Post Office 13

Quarry Railroad Rails to Trails Railroad Station/Trains Rangelight (publication) Rationing Recycling Relay for Life Republican Party Residents (Individuals, 3 Folders) Rope Walk Rocky Hill Town Sanitation School – General – Clippings School Children’s Work School House History • Center School • Albert Griswold Junior High • High Work • Moser School

• North School

• South School • Stevens School • West Hill School • West School Seniors Servicemen Sesquicentennial 1843-1993 (2 folders and 1 binder) Ships Shipbuilding Spoken from the Past Stiles Indexes Streets, Roads and Highways Substance Abuse Taverns Taxpayers Television Theatre Time Lines Titanic Disaster Tourism Brochures Transportation Trees Underground Railroad Veterans Veterans Home Volunteers Walks Wars • Indian Wars • Revolutionary War • War of 1812 • Civil War • Civil War (Binder) • Kings/Queens Wars • Spanish American War 14

• World War I • World War II Weather Wetlands Wildlife Witchcraft Youth

File No. 5 - bottom drawer 2 trays and 1 book of historical postcards (general history)

File No. 6 - bottom drawer Old Books: Treasurers Book, Town of Rocky Hill, 1898 – 1911 Stephen Fosdick Genealogy, Plymouth Rock, beginning 1620 Accounts of G. F. Bacon, 1830 Ancient Wethersfield CT, Adams & Stiles, Vols. 1 & 2, First Editions, 1904 History of Ancient Wethersfield, Vols. 1 & 2, 1974 edition, No. 448 of edition of 500 History of Ancient Wethersfield, Adams & Stiles, 1974 edition, No. 78 Story of CT, Hartford Times, 1936, Vols. 2 & 3 Connecticut Beautiful, Wallace Nutting, 1935 Rules of the Republican Town Committee, Minutes, Members, circa 1950 Looking Back at Rocky Hill CT 1992, RHHS, 1992 A Short History of Rocky Hill CT, 1972 (2 copies) Likely Tales, Stepney Parish, 1976 (2 copies) An Historic District for Rocky Hill CT, 1973 Wethersfield and Her Daughters, 1634-1934, No. 409 A Diverse People: CT 1904 to Present, Herbert F. Janick Jr., 1975 Puritans Against the Wilderness, CT History to 1763, Albert E. Vanduesen, 1975

File No. 7 - Top drawer RH history files T-Z (see file list above)

Drawer 2 Rocky Hill Cemetery Records (Joan Tenneyson compiled this material)

Drawer 3 Box of antique books, some rare: • Mendelssohn collection, 1849 (Hastings & Bradbury’s Third Book of Psalmody Containing original music and Selections from the Best European Composer …. • Scrapbook of Greeting Cards and Other Antique Papers • Maynard’s English Classics Series with Explanatory Notes, Hiawatha, 1906 • American Preceptor Being a New Selection of Lessons for Reading and Speaking Designed for the Use of Schools by C. Bingham, A.M., 1810 • Authentic Narrative of the Shipwreck and Suffering of Mrs. Eliza Bradley, Publisher: G. Clark, 1821 • The Secret Service, the Field, the Dungeon and the Escape, Albert D. Richardson, 1865 • Journal of the Voyage of the Missionary Ship Duff, Collins & Co., 1813 • The Gift, 1840, edited by Miss Leslie, Cary & Hart, Philadelphia • The Elements of Geography and History Combined in a Categorical Form for the Use of Families and Schools, Frederic Butler, Published by Wethersfield: Deming and Francis, 1825 • Fifty Years in Chains or the Life of an American Slave, Published H. Dayton, 1860 • Elements of Surveying and navigation with Description of the Instruments and Necessary Tables, Charles, Davies L.L.D., A.S. Barnes & Co., New York, 1846 15

Bottom Drawer File No. 7 Harpers Monthly Magazines: Various issues over period of 1868 to 1882 Ladies Wreath Magazine, March 1853 Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, June 1882 Scribners Monthly Illustrated Magazine, Sept 1877, Oct 1877 Munsey’s magazine, Aug 1894 New England magazine, Oct 1899 Atlantic Monthly, March 1858, April 1859, Oct 1862 US Armed Forces Service Record Cards for Rock Hill Residents, WWII (plus stack of blank cards) Card Catalog Top row - 1st two drawers on left – Books in Library and Contents of File Boxes in “Vault” Next 3 drawers across top – Obituaries, RH residents

2nd row Left drawer - Cards Listing of the Sigmund Adler Book Awards Cards listing contents of Boxes in RHHS Storage Facility Boxes 1-17 Drawers 3, 4 – RH Obituaries Drawer 5 - empty

3rd Row – Left drawer - Alphabetical List of Titles of Books in the Early RH Library plus other Titles not in our Card catalog, prepared by Midge Sword, 1989

All other drawers empty

File cabinet No. 8 Top drawer

Dwight’s Travels in New England and New York, vols. 1, 3, 4, 1822 Stillman’s Journal, vol. 2, A Tour to the West and South of England, 1810

Colonial Records of Connecticut, Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, multiple volumes: 1636-1665 1665-1678 1678-1689 1689-1706 1706-1716 1717-1725 1726-1735 1735-1743 1744-1750 1751-1757 1757-1762 1762-1767 1768-1772 1772-1775 1775-1776

Bottom Drawer: Assortment of Rocky Hill and Wethersfield High School Yearbooks Wethersfield High School Alumni Directory, 1997

Map File No. 9 Top of Cabinet

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Tube labeled “Long Island Sound and Connecticut River Coast Charts” contains: • US East Coast – CT – North Shore of LI Sound Guilford to East Haven • US East Coast – New York – LI Sound and East River, 1942 • US East Coast - New York – Oyster and Huntington Bay 1943 • US East Coast – CT- North Shore of LI Sound Housatonic River and Milford Harbor, 1947 • US East Coast – CT – New Haven Harbor, 1949

Connecticut Geological Map, 1964 on top of Map Cabinet

Two Poster Boxes containing WWII Posters (see also posters in Drawers 8 and 9 and list of posters in Appendix A)

Map Box on Top of Cabinet: A2: Rocky Hill Town Map 1974 A3: Map: Rocky Hill Plans for tomorrow Today, Produced for Referendum 1973 A4: Rocky Hill Town Map 1975 A5: US Geologic Survey Maps: Durham, Hartford South (Rocky Hill), Deep River, Haddam, Middle Haddam, Middletown, Glastonbury A6: Geologic Map of Middletown Quadrangle, 1955, Elroy P. Lehmann F6: Print of Winter Scene at Elm St. and Chapin Avenue, CBT, 1987

Drawer 1 Miscellaneous – contents yet to be documented, they include: • Grid map of Butler and Sugden Shear Area Drawer 2 Metropolitan District Commission (MDC) Maps of Rocky Hill – 1949 to 1995 Various Types; • some are Geodetic and Topographical Survey maps with houses, buildings shown and with notations by Peter Revill of historical locations MDC maps of Town of Rocky Hill (smaller format) 1952 to 1969 Drawer 3 – Rocky Hill Maps 1869 Tilden Map of Rocky Hill (3 originals and 1 copy) Map of Rocky Hill Waterfront Area depicting period circa 1870 – undated – possibly drawn by father of RHHS member, Dick Starr. Map of Evans Road Area Map of Rocky Hill in 1776 (newspaper copy) Contour Map of Butler & Sugden Shear Shop Site (now Dividend Park) Two Planning and Zoning Maps of RH, 1965 and 1960 Map of Town of Rocky Hill, 1938 (with some older historical sites noted) Map of Rocky Hill Center – A Redevelopment Design, circa 1949 Map of Rocky Hill Center 1855 – cut from1855 Smith Map; several photocopies of same Photocopy of Town of Rocky Hill section of 1855 Smith map Town of Rocky Hill, 1979 Map (Historical) Buildings Data compiled by June Cook, Copyright Keegans Associates and June Cook 2004 with attached list of houses, buildings shown on map Property Survey, Town of Rocky Hill: Pleasant Valley, Belamose, and Old Forge Rds., 2003 Town of Rocky Hill, Official Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Map, June 1974 Town of Rocky Hill 1980, MDC

Ct State Highway, Right of Ways, Riverview Street, Washington St, Easterly and Southerly to Glastonbury Ave, Sept. 1932

Rocky Hill Old and New (M-165 in Accession Book)

In envelope: Rocky Hill CT, (Center of Town), hand drawn, traced by Ford, Buck and Sheldon, Inc., Consulting Engineers, Oct 1912. 17

Center of Rocky Hill, Metropolitan District, Geodetic and Topographical Survey Map, copied on several pieces of 8x10 paper, undated. Rocky Hill, Street Map with highways, Arrow Publishing, undated (on 2 8x10 pieces of paper). Plan of Rocky Hill, rude drawing not drawn to scale, 1721, from Adams & Stiles, History of Ancient Wethersfield, 1904, pg. 372. Sketch Map of Rocky Hill Waterfront between 1780 and 1825 made by Rufus Griswold, from Adams & Stiles, History of Ancient Wethersfield, 1904, pg. 888 (photocopy). Town of Rocky Hill by John Baierwick, 1938. Map of Old Post Road from Willard’s Wethersfield (photocopy). Section of 1869 Tilden Map of Rocky Hill with modern day street names penciled in (photocopy). New map of Rocky Hill, by The Price and Lee Co., 1964-65. Town of Rocky Hill, Metropolitan District, 1973. Town of Rocky Hill, Metropolitan District, date unreadable, with unidentified numbered locations penciled in (photocopy). Town of Rocky Hill, Metropolitan District, 1989 (photocopy). Hand-drawn Map of Rocky Hill with unidentified numbered locations (3 photocopies). Hand-drawn copies sections of 1869 Tilden Map of Rocky Hill (photocopies). Section of 1869 Tilden Map of Rocky Hill from Cover of Report “An Historic District for Rocky Hill, CT, 1973 (photocopy). Hand-drawn map of Colonial era Wethersfield and Rocky Hill (sections of) (photocopy). Metropolitan District Geodetic and Topographical Survey Map with Houses hand numbered-in, date unknown (photocopy).

Commercial Maps of Rocky Hill. Dates: 1969 (2 copies) 1974, 1976, 19787, 1980, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1991, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007 (in envelope)

Rocky Hill (and parts of Weth) from 1855 Smith Map of Hartford County – photocopy, multiple copies

Three Maps of Rocky Hill showing Increase in Number of Streets, 1945, 1960 and 1988 Two Maps of Rocky Hill showing Decrease in Number of Farms, 1960 and 1988

Drawer 4 Map of Connecticut: Landmarks of the Constitution, Bicentennial Commission, 1976 (2 copies) Hartford South, US Geographical Survey, 1964 (2 copies) Glastonbury CT, US Geographical Survey, 1964 Wethersfield Tercentennial Map, 1634-1934 Accurate Map of United States of America, published by Smith, Reid and Weyland, 1783 Glastonbury Tercentennial Map, 1693-1993 Map of 17th Century Wethersfield Conn (from Adams and Stiles History of Ancient Wethersfield) Town of Wethersfield, 1952, Metropolitan District Map Glastonbury 1635 to 1935 Glastonbury 1860 Wethersfield, entire town, 1869?? Wethersfield, certain sections, 1869?? Old Wethersfield map with location of First Meeting House, undated (photocopy). Dutch Map of Connecticut, 1650, from Burpee’s The Story of Connecticut (photocopy). Connecticut River (Proposed) National Recreation Area Map 4 18

Drawer 4 (continued) Map of New England, published circa 1677, relates to narrative of the troubles with the Indians published around same time Map of Hartford, 1640, Prepared from Original Records, Drawn by William Porter (shows names of inhabitants and their landholdings) Map of Colonial Hartford and the Travelers, 1635 Two Maps of Connecticut River Wethersfield to Cromwell Flood Channel Lines, 1962 (Map 1 of 5 and 3 of 5) Map of Connecticut 1854 Map of Connecticut, Dates of Establishment of Towns, undated Map of the Most Inhabited Part of New England containing the Provinces of Massachusetts Bay, New Hampshire, Konektikut and Rhode Island, 1755 The Commonwealth of Connecticut, Published for your entertainment and Enlightenment by the Children’s Bookshop, New Haven, 1926

Drawer 5 RHHS Academy Hall Photos of Exterior Trim Restoration by Daniel R. Somes, Architect, undated

Group of Aeronautical Maps* • Sectional Area Aeronautical Charts: Roswell, 1944; El Paso 1945; Dallas, 1945; Austin, 1945; Albuquerque, 1945; Detroit, 1959; Lewiston, 1959; Cleveland, 1959 • Aeronautical Planning Chart of the United States, 1942 • Regional Aeronautical Chart, Section of Texas, 1943 • Regional Aeronautical Chart: New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Arizona, 1943 Drawer 7 Hand Drawn Flag for Town of Rocky Hill, Flag Celebration Day, June 12, 1971, Joann Bombanci Hand Drawn Map of Central Rocky Hill Showing Locations of Some of the Old Houses, Ethel Bacon, 1938 Town of Rocky Hill GIS section around center of town, undated Drawers 8 & 9 WW II era Posters – See list of posters in Appendix A (list also on RHHS computer in separate file) Drawer 16 Various Non-library Materials to be sorted by Sandy Brown File cabinet No. 10 (outside of library) Top shelf Misc. Photos (Sandy Brown working on these, not part of library )

Stack of numerous WWII Observation Post Log books Drawers 1 & 2 Genealogy Files Drawer 3 (empty now; being saved • Adams for more genealogy files) • Arnold • Arseneaux Drawer 4 • Asaro • Bacon • Bates • Belden • Billings • Blinn • Boardman • Brooks • Bulkeley • Burr • Burritt • Butler 19

• Button • Canfield • Carnenola • Carroll • Caruso • Catina • Chapin • Churchill • Cole • Colburn • Collins • Cooke • Danforth • Deming • Beresienski • Dexter • Dickerson • Dimock • Dinallo • Dubiel • Edwards • Foster • Gilbert • Goffe • Goodrich • Grimes • Griswold • Hale • Hanson • Harris • Hayes • Hollister • Holmes • Hunt • Johnson • Kelly • Labella • Lentini • Leonard • Lifshitz • Mason • McCormick • Mellion • McGarty • Maycock • Maraschiello • McComb • Merlino • Merriam • Mingo • Miller • Morton 20

• Morris • Moore • Moser • Neuman • Oldham • Palmer • Perry • Pettit • Pomroy • Pratt • Rawson • Reynolds • Rhodes • Rigoletti • Riley • Robbins • Russell • Sampson • Schaefer • Scoppetto • Sears • Sherwood • Shipman • Smith • Soeleh • Spencer • Sprague • Stillman • Sweezey • Sylvester • Sword • Tangarone • Taylor • Tennyson • Tryon • Twaddle • Walker • Warner • Waters • Webb • Webster • Whitcomb • Whiting • Wieden • Wilcox • Williams • Wright • Yacobucci • Yerrington • Young

Geneology Binders: • Buckridge Binder 21

• Goff Binder • Tyler Binder • Vasquez Binder

Encyclopedia of Biography, 1917 American Historical Society, 7 vols. Record of Connecticut Men in War of the Rebellion 1861-65, 1889 published 2 Betty Sinclair items (baby book and diploma)

Storage shelves in front of East Wall List of Newspaper holdings in boxes on storage shelves outside of library of 2nd Floor Academy Hall Aug. 15, 1945, Chicago Daily Times “Great War Ends” See Appendix B for entire list of newspaper holdings (list is also on RHHS computer)

File Cabinet No. 11: Metal Cabinet Top Shelf: with doors (located just outside Box 1, 2 library, also called the “Vault”) Rocky Hill Schools Historical Records

Box 3 Incorporation of Rocky Hill Wethersfield Horse Railroad 1964 Plates of Geology and Scenery of Massachusetts 1833 (L-35-1)* Ashbel Belden Deed 1860

Box 4 Jane Nash – 1938 Hurricane oral history Receipted Bills (very old records) Original Manuscript – “Likely Tales” published RHHS 1976 Jared Standish Notes 1860 Census - Town of Rocky Hill

Box 5 Miscellaneous Warner Papers

Box 6 Various Farmers Almanacs – 1962 – 1983 not continuous Various Almanacs: 1824 Elisha Middlebrook – New Haven – name missing 1836 Temperance Almanac 1833 New England Almanac 1859 New England Almanac & Farmer’s Friend (Daboll) 1861 Farmer’s Almanac – Lodi Manufacturing Co. 1862 National Calendar or Herrick’s Almanac 1874 University Almanac Business Book 1877 Herrick’s Almanac 1884 Green’s Diary Almanac 1886 The Courant Illustrated 1887 Connecticut General Illustrated by Celebrated Artists 1902 No. 110 Old Farmer’s Almanac 1905 No. 113 Old Farmer’s Almanac 1909 Ayer’s American Almanac – 57th Year of Publication 1932 Farmer’s Almanac vol. 107 1942 Old Farmer’s Almanac 150th Year 1946 Old Farmer’s Almanac 154th Year 22

1932 George Washington Almanac – published Washington, D.C. 1970-71 Harpin’s Conn Almanac

Box 7 William D. Bradford Account Book 1798 (given by David G. Cook) Revilo Chapman’s 1850 Account Book (given by Mabel Schaefer) Moses Belding’s Account Book 1869 (given by Ruth Wilcox) Moses Belding’s Account Book 1875 (given by Ruth Wilcox)

Box 8 Samuel Dimock Account Book 1847 Roderick Grimes Account Book 1842-1845 Dr. Rufus Griswold Book No. 1 – 1854-1857 Edward Robbins Account Book 1839 Jason Robbins (missing account book as of 12/3/13)

Box 9 Rocky Hill Meadows Records 1847 David M. Webster’s Cash Book 1873 (given by R. Webster) David M. Webster Cash Book 1909 (given by R. Webster) Account Book of Benjamin Wright, Cobbler, 1820 – 1826) (given by Edw. Wright Homestead)

Box 10 and 10A Rocky Hill Congregational Church

Box 11 Beckley Square Cemetery – Susan Colby Cora J. Belden Library – List of Old Books, Book Plate of same Testimonial to Mrs. Cora J. Belden Works of Mrs. Chapone – Book No. 54 of the Social Library of Stepney Parish Meeting Prayer Book, Miniature SIDU1 Dorothy S. Simmons – Organization of Administration of the Rocky Hill Library Precious Promises of a Holy Life, Miniature book Ella Farmer - Hospital Bill Jan. 12, 1935

Box 12 – Empty

Box 13 Rocky Hill Inc. Water Supply Papers Including Directories; MDC

Box 14 Talcott Arnold House Bulkeley Wilcox House Thomas Danforth House Asa Deming House Robbins Home, built 1790 Shipman Tavern Benjamin Webb House Eliel Williams House John Robbins House Louis/Chapin’s House Riley Houses Griswold House Pratt Street Houses Boardman House Philip Goffe House Grimes House 23

Michael Griswold House Captain William Griswold House Pomeroy House – Long House James Robbins House Boardman/Webster House (file is missing its contents) Stillman House 1 Belden Lane House Wright House – Toll Gate House Miscellaneous Old House Information Myrtle Stevens Materials – Valuable papers on RH houses collected over the years Newspaper article on modular homes in Rocky Hill Newspaper article on old house in RH

Box 15 Boardman Family Rocky Hill History by Louis Button Nathan Daboll Almanac 1804 Robert O. Decker – Papers on New London Martime History Robert O. Decker – New London Merchants Deed - Elizur Dickinson Deed - Sally Goodrich to Betty Danforth Notes of Dr. Rufus W. Griswold Paper written by Dr. Rufus Griswold about Captain William Griswold John Hancock signature on Commonwealth of Massachusetts document, 1791 (donated by Jessie Hamilton, formerly of Elm St.) Helen Keller Letter with her signature, 1936 Kelly, Joseph Sr. papers John Morton Will – MISSING AS OF 11/28/2000 – Possibly in Box 17 A. H. Neff Correspondence Neff Journal/Account Book Elijah Robbins Papers

Box 16 Miscellaneous Deeds (to be inventoried at later time) Conversations and Contradictions (old, author unknown)

Box 17 Howard Shipman Morton Papers • Unbound Scrapbook of Maps, listed by name (MISSING AS OF 1/2014) • Booklet - The Pilgrims Story by Wm. S. Atwood (MISSING AS OF 1/2014) • Envelope labeled Miscellaneous Papers • Book – Handwritten Family Records (also loose papers) • Envelope of Morton Papers • Rocky Hill Historical Papers • Envelope of Morton wills and Shipman bible records • Morton Family Genealogy, compiled by Howard S. Morton (Green binder) • Morton Family Genealogy, compiled by Howard S. Morton (Green binder) • James Shipman Diary

Box 18 World War II items from Sgt. Robert C. Tanagarone • WW II military history • Yankee Magazines • Bible 24

• “Rail Splitter” Newspapers • 1939 Field manual • Miscellaneous papers

File Carton 1 (White Box) Griswold Diary and Related Materials: Diary of Josiah Griswold (born 1775) - Initially thought to be diary of Solomon Griswold, Great-grandfather of Newton Warner (lived in the house opposite Washington St.), donated by Ruth Warner Brooks, diary covers 1801-1832 • Transcription of above referenced diary (mostly complete), by volunteers of RHHS, in binder • Photocopies of pages of above referenced diary (in 3 binders - 1 red, 1 black, 1 gray) Account ledgers, photocopies of pages, 1830’s – possibly part of Griswold diary Research done by RHHS on Griswold Family (black binder) Anita Watson’s Notes on Griswold Diary Manila folder of more diary pages to be edited/transcribed Manila envelope containing duplicate copies of diary pages 60-99

Wooden Box - Dr. R. Burr and Dr. F. Burr Collection (books, artifacts) Dr. R. H. Burr Diary, Middletown, 1899 (M-67-1) Dr. F. L. Burr Collection: Dr. Frank Burr’s Prescription Formula Note Book (contains recipes for curing various ailments (M-68-1) Dr. F. L. Burr, Medical Examiner Ledger Book, appointed 8/29/1902 (M-68-2) Dr. F. Burr, Physicians Visiting List– 7 larger books, 1907-1916 (M-68-3) Dr. F. Burr, Physicians Visiting List – 24 smaller books, 1894-1905 (M-68-4) Dr. F. L. Burr Books: • Applied Physiology, Overton, 1897 • On Infant Feeding, Routh, 1879 • Diabetic Manuel, Joslin, 1929 • Woman (La Femme), Michelet, 1860 Artifacts (stored with books in this collection) • Leather case containing small bottles (A-170-4) • Boxed crown slides ((A-170-9) • Eyeglasses (nose glasses) (A-170-12) • Leather Case for bills rec’d. (A-170-13) • Medical Spatula (A-170-14) • Aux. Lymph Node Carcimonia Box (A-170-10)

File Carton 2 (white box) Robbins and Morton Family, Papers, Photos and other Materials (most donated by Doris Robbins) • Records of Rocky Hill Literary Club 1895 - donated by Doris Robbins (M- 69-2) • Old Scrap Book, dated back to 1898 - gift of Mr. & Mrs. Hamlin M. Robbins (M-29) • Old Scrap Book owned by Mrs. Frederick Morton, mother of Mrs. Frank H. Robbins, gift of Mr. & Mrs. Hamlin M. Robbins (M-29-4) • Journal of R.H. Robbins, gift of Miss Anne Robbins (M-24) • Robbins Family Manuscripts, in folder • Miscellaneous Robbins Family papers, in folder

File Carton 3 – Ledgers, Atlas, Scpapbook 25

• Atlas of Middlesex County 1874, donated by Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Lowell • Large Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings and several R.H.C.C. memorabilia, donated by Ruth Wilcox (L-283-2) • Record Book with Separate Index of William Bulkley, 1825 on, donated by Philip Liverant, Glastonbury (M-70-5) • Town of Rocky Hill Treasurers Record Sept. 1910 – March 1916 (M-15) • Account Book (might be Jason A. Robbins account book), June 1878 – July 1902 (M-83)

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Appendix A

Long Short Title Printer City Gov't Number Year Notes Side Side

Poster, 2007.02.01 Can the Kaiser 12.5 9.5 Political

Poster, "Forget it" 2007.02.02 14 11 Political recruiting Poster, 1942-O- 2007.02.03 Buy War Bond 14 11 1942 Political 474689 Recruiting Poster, 2007.02.04 Series 3 14 11 Political poster Poster, 2007.02.05 Help Stop This 14.5 9.5 Political

Poster, Navy 2007.02.06 17 14 Political Recruitment Poster, US Safety 2007.02.07 18 12 Political Council Nat'l Industrial Conservation Poster, Movement 2007.02.08 19 12.5 ww1 Political Poster Order Form for Series F. Poster, 2007.02.09 Sugar Drinking USFA 19 15 Political Poster, Little 2007.02.10 USFA 21 11 cardstock Political Americans Little Poster, 2007.02.11 Americans Do USFA 21 14 Political Your Bit Be a Victory Poster, 1943-0- 2007.02.12 Farm USDA 22 14 1943 Political 517942 Volunteer Poster, heavy - pad 2007.02.13 NWF 41-3-44 22 14 Political missing? Welcome three copies - Poster, 2007.02.14 Soldiers & 22.5 21 keep best, rem Political Sailors others WSS Trolley Poster, 2007.02.15 Dasher Sign 22.5 21 Political #13 Poster, 2007.02.16 Thrift stamp 23 21 Political Poster, US Treasury 2007.02.17 Buy for Victory US Treasury 24 17 Political S5 Nat'l Industrial Poster, American 2007.02.18 25 19 Conservation ww1 Political industry Movement Nat'l Industrial Poster, Doctor Uncle 2007.02.19 25 19 Conservation ww1 Political Sam Movement F8 Poster, Plant Victory San 2007.02.20 Schmidt 25 21 Political Gardens Now Francisco Nat'l Industrial Poster, 2007.02.21 Safety First 25 19 Conservation ww1 Political Movement A6 27

Take the Nat'l Industrial Poster, 2007.02.22 "Dust" out of 25 19 Conservation ww1 Political Industry Movement V1 Nat'l Industrial Poster, The bridge of Conservation 2007.02.23 25 19 ww1 Political ships Movement F11 Nat'l Industrial Poster, We are vitally 2007.02.24 25 19 Conservation ww1 Political interested Movement A4 Nat'l Industrial Poster, We have an 2007.02.25 25 19 Conservation ww1 Political America Movement B2 Poster, 2007.02.26 dead soldier 26.5 20.5 Political

Poster, Cardinal Brooklyn, 2007.02.27 Latham 27.5 20.5 Political Mercier NY

Poster, Conserve 2007.02.28 Latham 28 20.5 Political Food (Italian)

Poster, Conserve 2007.02.29 Latham 28 20.5 Political Food (Polish) Devil Dogs (in German) - Poster, 2007.02.30 Marine 28 19 Political Recruitment Poster Poster, He Did His 2007.02.31 28 21 Political Duty Poster, President 2007.02.32 28 22 1918 Political Wilson Poster, US Marines 2007.02.33 28 21.5 Political recruiting Poster, WSS Prize 2007.02.34 WSS 28 20 two copies Political Poster No. X3 Poster, YWCA 2007.02.35 28 21 Political telephone Poster, Blood or 2007.02.36 USFA 29 21 Political Bread Poster, Eat More 2007.02.37 USFA 29 21 Political Corn, Oats… Poster, (image) Big 2007.02.38 29.5 20 Political Evil Kaiser Poster, 2007.02.39 170 poster 30 20 Political

Poster, Armenian American 2007.02.40 30 20 Political relief Lithograph Poster, Bloody 2007.02.41 Manz Chicago 30 20 Political Handprint Poster, Don't Stop 2007.02.42 USDA 30 20 Political Saving Food

Poster, 2007.02.43 FOOD USFA 30 20 USFA #24 Political Poster, Food Will Win 2007.02.44 USFA 30 20 Political the War Poster, American 2007.02.45 Help Him Win 30 20 1918 Political Lithograph 28

Poster, Immigrants Haywood, 2007.02.46 30 20 6-A Political 'Remember' NY Poster, 2007.02.47 Joan of Arc 30 20 Political

Poster, Keep Him 2007.02.48 US Treasury 30 20 two copies Political Free

Poster, Nat'l Catholic 2007.02.49 30 20 Political War Council Poster, 2007.02.50 Purple CORN 30 21 Political Red Cross Poster, 2007.02.51 "Xmas Roll 30 28 Political Call" reaching Poster, Remember - Sackett & 2007.02.52 30 20 Political Victory Wilhelms Poster, US Treasury, 2007.02.53 US Treasury 30 20 Political child with torch Poster, 2007.02.54 USFA #31 USFA 30 20 31 Political Poster, Haywood, 2007.02.55 War Camp 30 20 Political NY Wholeome Poster, Nutritious 2007.02.56 USFA 30 20 Political Foods from Corn The President Poster, 2007.02.57 Says Save USFA 30.5 20.5 Political Food Gov't Poster, Uncle Sam 2007.02.58 Printing 32 21 Political and Two Men Office Liberty - Poster, National War 2007.02.59 33 22 1918 Political Garden Commission Poster, 2007.02.60 V banner 34 11 Political Poster, Child and 2007.02.61 US Treasury 39.5 30 Political Torch "If you want to Poster, 2007.02.62 fight" Marine 40 30 Political Recruitment Poster, Eagle 2007.02.63 Carey, NY 40.6 29 Political Treasure Fund Poster, "Send 'Em 2007.02.64 41 28 Political The Slam" Poster, Haywood, 2007.02.65 big red Liberty 41 28 Political NY

Poster, Sunspot and ANC 2007.02.66 Chiago 41 28 Political German Publicity Poster, Not just hats 2007.02.67 42 28 Political off… Poster, Red Cross 2007.02.68 42 28 1918 Political "Mother"

Poster, Teamwork 2007.02.69 42 28 Political Wins! 29

US Print YWCA War Poster, and 2007.02.70 Work 42 28 Political Lithograph, Campaign NY Poster, Soldiers with 2007.02.71 56 36 Political Wheat

Poster, USFA - "Save 2007.02.72 USFA 56 36 Political Food"

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Appendix B ROCKY HILL HISTORICAL SOCIETY 15-Dec-09 NEWSPAPER HOLDINGS

BOX ONE 10/22/1764 The Connecticut Courant 10/29/1764 Connecticut Courant Copy of first edition 07/15/1776 Connecticut Courant Copy of Declaration of Independence 11/13/1781 Connecticut Courant Reprint of Philadelphia News 05/13/1786 Providence Gazette (in env. with Christian Advocate of 11/16/1876) 06/03/1823 Connecticut Courant Copy of advertisements 01/18/1837 Knoxville Register 06/26/1846 Albany Evening Atlas 3/7/1857 The New York Daily Times - The Civil War 11/24/1857 Atlas & Argus (Albany) 11/11/1858 Christian Advocate & Journal (NY) 01/05/1860 Christian Advocate & Journal (NY) 12/18/1860 Atlas & Argus (Albany) 05/26/1861 NY Times Map of Seat of (Civil) War 10/05/1861 Brother Jonathan (NY) 10/12/1861 Brother Jonathan (NY) 10/19/1861 Brother Jonathan (NY) 03/08/1862 Brother Jonathan (NY) 04/15/1862 NY Times 04/16/1862 NY Times 06/05/1862 Springfield Republican Misc. L-216-25 06/14/1862 NY Times 02/15/1863 NY Times 10/28/1865 NY Commercial Advertiser 11/11/1865 NY Times 03/11/1869 (NY) Sun 11/16/1876 Christian Advocate (in env. with Providence Gazette of 15/13/1786) 09/14/1878 Saturday Night, Philadelphia True Grit 08/28/1880 The Connecticut Farmer 09/24/1884 Hartford Times 03/05/1886 Hartford Courant General Assembly 12/27/1886 Meriden Journal General John A. Logan L-344 01/07/1887 Sullivan County (NY) Republican 06/1887 War Memories Civil War 1865 #6 L-404 03/15/1888 Hartford Weekly Times Blizzard of '88 03/16/1888 Hartford Courant Blizzard of '88 04/23/1888 Penny Press For a Naval Reserve 06/23/1888 New York Weekly "Wedded for Pique" 10/12/1888 Meriden Daily Republican Death of Mrs. Whitney 10/15/1888 Meriden Daily Republican Funeral of Mrs. Whitney 06/25/1891 Wethersfield Farmer Misc. news L-261/3 8/18/1892 Ladies Home Journal 10/09/1893 Daily Inter Ocean Chicago fire 31

03/05/1905 NY American & Journal Map showing 13 original states & American history 12/1905 Hartford Courant Literary supplement 10/05/1908 Hartford Times Hartford Carnival Arch L-94-1 10/06/1908 Hartford Courant Bridge Festival 10/06/1908 Hartford Times Hartford Carnival Bridge L-94-1 10/07/1908 Hartford Times Industrial Parade Floats L-94-1 10/08/1908 Hartford Times Masonic Parade L-94-1 09/18/1909 Hartford Courant Cheney gift of "Soldier Boy" 04/19/1912 Hartford Times Complete story of loss of Titanic 04/26/1912 Hartford Times Titanic signals seen, ignored 04/06/1917 Hartford Courant U.S. declares war 06/15/1918 Boston Evening Record Luisitania L-216-1 08/04/1918 Hartford Courant Kaiser saw America "small factor" 10/23/1918 Chicago Tribune (Paris ed.) Germany condemns America 11/11/1918 Hartford Times Terms of German surrender L-216 11/11/1918 New London Daily Telegraph Peace 01/07/1919 Hartford Courant Theodore Roosevelt dies in sleep 05/19/1919 Hartford Times 8/2/1920 Hartford Courant - Rocky Hill Striking Type House - Robbins Homestead 04/22/1921 Hartford Courant Fire - Rocky Hill center 06/03/1923 Hartford Courant Misc. ads 07/06/1924 Hartford Courant River supremacy 08/08/1924 Old Colony Memorial GAR convention in Plymouth, MA 11/23/1927 Hartford Courant Hartford's first radio exposition 05/17/1930 Hartford Times Early lanterns L-216-17 09/21/1931 News Review Federal treasury borrows twice, A.L. demands certificate payments 10/18/1931 Hartford Courant CT's vanishing fleet 03/05/1932 Hartford Times Lindberg's pleas to abductors 6/6/1932 Wethersfield News - Bi-centennial Issue 06/07/1932 Wethersfield News Bicentennial issue 02/21/1934 Hartford Times State emerges from snow slowly 02/21/1934 Hartford Courant 17.4" snow locks city tie-up 02/22/1934 Hartford Times Fear of new storms speeds clearing 04/01/1934 Hartford Courant Rocky Hill leaves Wethersfield (2 copies) 10/08/1935 Hartford Times Tercentenary ed. 1635-1935 (2 copies) 03/15/1936 New Haven Register Flood 03/16/1936 Hartford Courant Hartford Flood 03/17/1936 Hartford Times Hartford Flood 03/18/1936 Hartford Times Hartford Flood 03/19/1936 Hartford Courant Hartford Flood 03/20/1936 Hartford Courant Hartford Flood 03/20/1936 Hartford Times Hartford Flood 03/20/1936 Meriden Record Hartford Flood 03/21/1936 Hartford Courant Hartford Flood 03/21/1936 Hartford Times Hartford Flood 03/21/1936 Meriden Record Hartford Flood 03/21/1936 N.Y. Herald Tribune Hartford Flood 03/22/1936 Hartford Courant Hartford Flood L-216-14 03/22/1936 N.Y. Herald Tribune Hartford Flood 03/23/1936 Hartford Courant Hartford Flood 32

03/23/1936 Meriden Record Hartford Flood 03/24/1936 Hartford Courant Hartford Flood 03/24/1936 Hartford Times Hartford Flood 03/28/1936 Hartford Times Hartford Flood L-216-1 (2 copies) 03/29/1936 Hartford Courant Hartford Flood 04/04/1936 Meriden Record Hartford Flood 04/05/1936 Hartford Courant Hartford Flood (2 copies) 04/12/1936 Hartford Courant Easter 9/13/1936 Boston Herald - Harvard University Tercentennial

BOX TWO 01/07/1937 Hartford Courant FDR's message to Congress 01/14/1937 New York Post New list bares large salaries of New Yorkers 06/27/1937 Hartford Courant Iron with past 10/31/1937 Hartford Courant Stealing for liberty 08/06/1938 Middletown Press New bridge between Portland & Middletown 08/15/1938 Middletown Press Flood 09/22/1938 Hartford Times Hurricane & flood 09/23/1938 Hartford Courant Hurricane & flood 09/23/1938 Hartford Times Hurricane & flood 09/24/1938 Hartford Times Hurricane & flood L-404 2 ed. 09/24/1938 Worcester Telegram Hurricane & flood in pictures 09/26/1938 Hartford Times Hurricane & flood 10/02/1938 Hartford Courant Hurricane & flood 04/30/1939 NY Herald Tribune 1939 World's Fair 10/29/1939 Hartford Courant 175th anniversary ed. (2 copies) 12/10/1939 Hartford Courant Hartford's first train L-73-6 12/07/1941 Hartford Times Japs declare war on U.S. 12/08/1941 Hartford Times Congress ready to declare war 12/31/1941 Hartford Times Year's end 01/01/1942 Hartford Times 125th anniversary edition 02/09/1942 Hartford Courant Japs land force on Singapore 12/12/1943 New York Times Teheran summit 06/06/1944 Hartford Times D-Day 07/07/1944 Hartford Courant Circus fire 04/13/1945 Hartford Times Death of FDR 04/13/1945 Hartford Courant FDR dies 04/14/1945 Hartford Times Nation bids farewell to FDR 04/15/1945 Hartford Times Rationing ends 05/07/1945 Hartford Times Surrender signed (Europe) 5/7/1945 Philadelphia Evening Bulletin - V.E. Day 05/13/1945 New York Times War years 08/09/1945 Hartford Times Russian army strikes 08/10/1945 Hartford Times Japan gives up 08/12/1945 New York Times A-bomb 08/13/1945 Hartford Times Japs mum, Emperor parleys 08/14/1945 Hartford Times No Jap reply 08/14/1945 Hartford Times Japs answer today 08/14/1945 Hartford Courant Japs quit 33

08/15/1945 Hartford Courant Japs surrender 08/15/1945 Hartford Times Peace no date Hartford Times Atlas of WW II 10/21/1945 Hartford Courant History of WW II L-333-2

BOX THREE 11/27/1950 Hartford Courant Storm damage L-394 04/20/1951 Hartford Times 7.5 million honor MacArthur 06/24/1951 Hartford Courant Pipelines come to Conn. 07/02/1951 Hartford Times Rocky Hill Days/Mystery House 10/25/1954 Hartford Courant Great American legend 10/26/1954 Hartford Courant Day by day - Civil War 10/27/1954 Hartford Courant Courant stories of disasters 10/28/1954 Hartford Courant Courant reports on Gay '90's 8/05/1955 ? Wethersfield Life - The Flood of 1955 - one-two punch left devastation 08/19/1955 Hartford Times Flood rising in state 08/20/1955 Hartford Courant Floods ravage state 08/20/1955 NY Daily News Floods kill 75 in 8 states 08/21/1955 Hartford Courant The flood rises 08/26/1955 Hartford Times Flood of 1955 L-333-14 09/22/1955 Hartford Times Flood; Eisenhower flies over disaster 09/25/1955 Hartford Courant Hurricane & flood L-216-14/5 02/27/1960 Hartford Times River growing pains L-333-14 03/17/1961 Middletown Press Oldest ferry in nation 03/17/1961 Middletown Press Rocky Hill ferry Cumberland 12/09/1961 Hartford Courant Hartford Hospital fire 12/09/1961 Hartford Times Hartford Hospital fire 9/22/1963 Portland Maine Press - President Kennedy Shot 9/23/1963 President's Assassin Killed 11/22/1963 Hartford Times Kennedy shot 11/23/1963 Hartford Courant Kennedy murdered 11/23/1963 Hartford Times Kennedy body at White House 11/23/1963 Hartford Times What makes Sunday different? 11/25/1963 Hartford Times Solemn farewell 11/26/1963 Hartford Courant Kennedy at rest Arlington 12/01/1963 Hartford Courant Storm lashes state 1/1/1964 Hartford Times - 1963 Fateful Year 01/18/1964 Hartford Times 6 great moments in White House 04/01/1964 Hartford Times Traveler's centennial 04/05/1964 Hartford Courant 100 years of insurance 04/06/1964 Hartford Courant MacArthur dies 04/06/1964 Hartford Times MacArthur dies 4/21/1964 Hartford Times -- World's Fair Guide 06/06/1964 Hartford Times How presidents are made 09/28/1964 Hartford Courant Summation of JFK assassination 10/04/1964 Hartford Courant 200th anniversary of Courant 10/11/1964 Hartford Courant 200th anniversary edition 10/18/1964 Hartford Courant 200th anniversary edition 10/25/1964 Hartford Courant 200th anniversary edition 11/01/1964 Hartford Courant 200th anniversary edition 34

BOX FOUR 02/07/1965 Hartford Courant 40th anniversary of WTIC radio 04/03/1965 Hartford Times America's days of victory 07/03/1965 Hartford Times "This Week" America' days of victory 11/01/1965 Hartford Courant 1965 CT Constitution Convention Proposal 11/10/1965 Hartford Times Millions staggered by power blackout 01/01/1966 Hartford Times Message from LBJ 03/04/1967 Hartford Times 150th anniversary issue 07/01/1967 Hartford Times Storms over White House 07/14/1967 Hartford Times City acts to cool unrest in North End 11/05/1967 Hartford Courant Story of Bushnell Park 04/05/1968 Hartford Courant Courant rider 6/5/1968 Hartford Times - Robert Kennedy Shot - clings to life 6/6/1968 Hartford Times - Robert Kennedy Funeral Saturday 6/6/1968 Hartford Courant - Kennedy Fights for Life After Shooting 6/7/1968 Hartford Courant - Grieving Kennedys Bring Body Home 6/8/1968 Hartford Times - Ray caught in London 6/8/1968 Hartford Courant - Mourners by Thousands Bid Farewell 6/9/1968 Hartford Courant - Robert F. Kennedy's Last Journey 08/04/1968 Hartford Courant The house on Main St. Butler-McCook homestead 09/15/1968 Hartford Times Governors urge gun I.D. card 04/27/1969 St. Petersburg Times Babe Ruth belts 715 home runs 07/20/1969 New York Times Astronauts heading toward moon 07/21/1969 New York Times Man lands on moon 07/21/1969 Hartford Courant Man walks on moon (2 copies) 07/21/1969 Hartford Times "One small step for Man, one giant leap for Mankind" (2 copies) 08/03/1969 New York Times The moon - a new frontier 08/03/1969 Hartford Courant Commemorative edition 07/20/1970 Hartford Times 2 North End gunmen escape cops 05/30/1971 Hartford Courant Newington 1871-1971 08/15/1971 Hartford Courant Birth of a railroad 06/17/1973 Hartford Times Hartford's neighborhoods 07/22/1973 Hartford Times Rocky Hill Ferry (2 copies) 7/22/1973 Hartford Times - Rocky Hill Ferry 5/1/1974 Hartford Courant - The Watergate Transcripts 8/7/1974 Hartford Times - "Quit" Calls Crow; Ford, Haig meet 8/8/1974 Hartford Times - Resignation Expected Today 08/09/1974 Hartford Times Nixon resigns L-394 08/09/1974 Hartford Times Ford takes office 10/05/1975 Hartford Courant 50th anniversary of P & W 12/21/1975 Hartford Courant Sunday Magazine Currier & Ives: never outdated 06/25/1976 New Britain Herald Bicentennial souvenir edition 07/02/1976 Wethersfield Post Bicentennial 07/04/1976 Hartford Courant Bicentennial 07/25/1976 Hartford Courant Welcome to new residents 8/8/1976 Hartford Courant - Post Rider 08/25/1976 Hartford Times 3-alarm fire called arson 11/03/1976 Hartford Courant Carter defeats Ford 05/20/1977 Wethersfield Post Happy Birthday to Rocky Hill 35

01/06/1978 Wethersfield Post 1978 begins 01/19/1978 Hartford Courant Civic Center roof collapses 02/07/1978 New Britain Herald Giant storm paralyzes region 02/10/1978 Wethersfield Post Blizzard of '78 2/12/1978 Hartford Courant - Blizzard of '78 02/17/1978 Wethersfield Post 50 years for Silas Deane 04/04/1980 Rocky Hill Post First issue of Rocky Hill Post 10/21/1980 Herald 100 years old 3/31/1981 Journal Inquirer - Cherry Reagan bounces back 06/1982 Middletown Press Floods of '82 06/09/1982 Hartford Courant Reagan uses cold war 06/06/1982 Hartford Courant Rain swamps state 06/07/1982 Hartford Courant Floodwater ravages state 06/08/1982 Hartford Courant State cleans up after flood 9/28/1984 THE CENTENNIAL EDITION OF THE MIDDLETOWN PRESS 11/04/1990 Hartford Courant From Thomas Green of Times Mirror

BOX FIVE 01/17/1991 Hartford Courant U.S.-Iraqi war 01/17/1991 Hartford Courant U.S.-Iraqi war special ed. 01/17/1991 Hartford Courant U.S. -led air raids smash Iraqi targets 01/17/1991 New Britain Herald U.S.-Iraqi war 01/18/1991 Hartford Courant Iraq launches missiles against Israeli targets 12/07/1991 Hartford Courant 50th anniversary - Hartford goes to war 06/05/1992 Middletown Press Middlesex County floods 06/08/1992 Middletown Press Middlesex County floods 01/21/1993 Hartford Courant 1993 Inauguration 10/28/1994 Hartford Courant Great events of 20th century 05/07/1995 Hartford Courant Victory in Europe 50 years later 01/22/1995 New Britain Herald Blizzard of '96 04/23/1996 Hartford Courant New/Old State House 05/1996 Rocky Hill Life Vol. 1, issue 1 9/21/97 - 09/29/1997 Hartford Courant New mastheads 8/22/98 - 09/01/1998 Hartford Courant 1938 Great Hurricane 09/20/1998 Hartford Courant Colonial slavery 11/1/1998 Hartford Courant - Once Upon a Time (Conn. Foundry) 12/5/1999 Hartford Courant - Millennium Edition 12/31/1999 Hartford Courant - The World on Watch 9/12/2001 "Act of War" re World Trade Buildings 9/13/2001 "Hunting Down Suspects" re World Trade Buildings 9/29/2002 Hartford Courant - Complicity - Slavery 3/20/2003 Hartford Courant - U.S. Air Strikes - Iraqi 6/22/2004 Hartford Courant - Resignation of Gov. Rowland 4/3/2005 ? Hartford Courant - The Forgotten Story of Connecticut Slave Ships 8/14/2005 Hartford Courant - When the Rivers Raged 8/15/2005 Hartford Courant - A State of Shock 8/15/2005 Hartford Courant - A Disaster Unfolds, A Puzzling Sight 11/5/2008 Hartford Courant - 2008 Election 11/5/2008 Wall Street Journal - 2008 Election 11/7/2008 - 1/18/2009 Hartford Courant - 7 Presidential Pages 36

1/10/2009 - 1/21/2009 Hartford Courant - 2009 Inauguration 1/20/2009 - 1/25/2009 The Wall Street Journal - 2009 Inauguration