Waterbury (Conn.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Chase Kimball papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 313
Abstract:
The papers consist of correspondence, minutes, reports, organizational and financial records, speeches, topical files, notes, and printed literature documenting Chase Kimball's participation in some thirty-five national and local social, political, and religious organizations, primarily concerned with international peace and justice, and also with civic improvement in Connecticut and especially Waterbury. Since Kimball was active in or received literature from nearly all peace organizations...
Dates:
1906-1971
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Chase Kimball papers
Makepeace family papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 977
Abstract:
Account books and autograph albums kept by various members of the Makepeace family of Connecticut. One, kept by Orlando Porter, relates to the clock manufacturing company of Samuel Harrison and Company. Another, kept by Ward Peck betweeen 1818 and 1842, records his farming activities in Waterbury. The four autograph albums (1827-1885) contain the signatures of such notables as John Burroughs, Leonard Bacon, Timothy Dwight, James A. Garfield, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Wendell Phillips, Henry...
Dates:
1773-1925
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Makepeace family papers