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Wadsworth, Frances, 1909-1978. Frances Wadsworth papers, ca. 1955 - ca. 1965.

Title: Frances Wadsworth papers, ca. 1955 - ca. 1965.

Papers of Frances (Lughlin) Wadsworth, a native of Buffalo, New York and longtime resident of the Hartford, Connecticut, area. Wadsworth was a sculptor and is known for her work commemorating the American School for the Deaf, a statue of Thomas Hooker, a sculpture about the founding of Hartford known as "Safe Arrival," and other pieces. The ASD sculpture is located at Asylum and Farmington Avenues and features a young girl supported by a pair of massive hands. The Hooker statue is at the Old State House, and "Safe Arrival" is at Travelers Plaza. Wadsworth's papers include correspondence, brochures, and numerous photographs of her work.

ArchivalResource: 0.75 linear foot (2 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/776208219 View

Clerc, Laurent, 1785-1869. Laurent Clerc papers, 1811-1896 (inclusive).

Title: Laurent Clerc papers, 1811-1896 (inclusive).

The papers consist of correspondence relating to the founding of the American School for the Deaf and Dumb in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1817 by Laurent Clerc at the invitation of Thomas H. Gallaudet. Included also is a diary in English kept by Clerc during his voyage to the United States from France (1816) together with transcriptions of newspaper accounts of his first address in the United States, newspaper clippings, legal and financial documents, student papers and memorabilia. There are a few family and personal papers and autobiographical notes by Clerc (1857-1869). Principal correspondents are John Louis Cheverus, Thomas H. Gallaudet, Abbé Sicard and Roberts Vaux.

ArchivalResource: .25 linear ft. (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702166339 View

Cogswell, Mason Fitch, 1761-1830. Account book, 1815-1829.

Title: Account book, 1815-1829.

Accounts for Miss Beecher's School and for the American School for the Deaf, both in Hartford, Conn.; includes some household financial records.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. ; 16 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/40547737 View

Dorr, Elizabeth, 1804-1870. Elizabeth Dorr diaries, 1835-1859.

Title: Elizabeth Dorr diaries, 1835-1859.

Diaries kept by school teacher Elizabeth Dorr of Dorchester (later Boston), Mass. detailing daily life in Dorchester, work as a tutor for Robert Swain on Naushon Island, and travel to New Bedford, Mass., Maine and New Hampshire, 1835-42, 1848-50, 1854-55, 1859. Diaries describe social life on Naushon Island with the Forbes and Endicott families, 1835-36; visiting friends and relatives in Dorchester including the Lemist, Grinnell, Swain, and Russell families, 1836-50; religious observations; travel by steamboat to Maine, 1840; travel by train with Joseph Grinnell, George T. Baker, and Abigail Osgood to New Bedford to visit former students, 1842; and visits to the Worcester Insane Asylum, Hartford School for the Deaf, 1842, and Perkins School for the Blind, 1854. Elizabeth never married and her later diary entries detail her daily life in a boarding house, 1854-55, 1859. Throughout the diaries Elizabeth expresses her interest in gardening and horticulture.

ArchivalResource: 1 narrow box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51272967 View

Clerc, Laurent, 1785-1869. Laurent Clere papers, 1811-1896 [microform].

Title: Laurent Clere papers, 1811-1896 [microform].

The papers consist of correspondence relating to the founding of the American School of the Deaf and Dumb in Hartford, Connecticut in 1817 by Laurent Clerc at the invitation of Thomas H. Gallaudet. Inlcuded also is a diary in English kept by Clere during his voyage to the United States from France (1816) together with transcriptions of newspaper accounts of his first address in the United States, newspaper clippings, legal and financial documents, student papers and memorabilia. There are a few family and personal papers and autobiographical notes by Clerc. Principal correspondents are John Louis Cheverus, Thomas H. Gallaudet, Abbe Sicard and Robert Vaux.

ArchivalResource: .25 linear ft. (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45965258 View

Gallaudet, T. H. (Thomas Hopkins), 1787-1851. Thomas H. Galluadet letter, [1841] August 21 to Colonel Trumbull.

Title: Thomas H. Galluadet letter, [1841] August 21 to Colonel Trumbull.

Gallaudet asks the artist John Trumbull if his pupils at the school for the deaf in Hartford could see Trumbull's very interesting national painting.

ArchivalResource: 1 sheet ; 14 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63119982 View

Connecticut Historical Society. Schools ephemera.

Title: Schools ephemera. 1837-1998.

Collection comprises material produced by Connecticut public and private, primary and secondary schools, as well as schools of music, dance, elocution, etc. Includes programs (graduation, class day, exhibitions, anniversaries, music presentations, etc.), report cards, examination sheets and booklets, promotional materials, descriptive booklets, announcements, invitations, and rules. Among the report cards are seven for L.G. Welles, signed by Gideon Welles, from Hartford Public High School. Schools include the Cheshire Academy (Cheshire, Conn.), Gilbert School (Winsted, Conn.), Connecticut Literary Institution (later Suffield Academy, Suffield, Conn.), Hopkins Grammar School (New Haven, Conn.), Miss Porter's School (Farmington, Conn.), American School for the Deaf (Hartford, Conn.), Collins Street Classical School (Hartford, Conn.), Hartford Female Seminary, Miss Draper's Seminary (Hartford, Conn.), Nursery and Kindergarten for the Blind (Hartford, Conn.), Oxford Academy (Oxford, Conn.), McLean Seminary (Simsbury, Conn.), and the State Trade Education Shop (Bridgeport, Conn.), as well as public schools. All schools are arranged alphabetically by town.

ArchivalResource: 7 boxes (ca. 1025 items) ; 48 x 32 cm. or smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53899880 View

Todd, Mary. Stone-Welles-Todd family papers, 1744-1976.

Title: Stone-Welles-Todd family papers, 1744-1976.

The Stone-Welles-Todd family papers is a collection of correspondence tracing six generations of a Hartford, Connecticut family. Also includes sermons of Rev. Collins Stone, school notebooks of Jane Naomi Strong, annual reports from the American Asylum at Hartford for the Deaf and Dumb, school reunion materials from Yale College and Hartford Female Seminary, and assorted other printed items. One such printed item is the constitution for the Veteran Association of the Hartford City Guard. The collection was obtained in two accessions and the second accession, also family letters, has not been processed. While other correspondents are represented, the majority of the letters were composed by John H. Welles, John I. Welles, Nancy (Hubbard) Welles, Charles Pitkin Welles, Jane Naomi (Strong) Welles, Edward Collins Stone, Mary Catherine (Welles) Stone, Charles T. Stone, Henrietta Ellen (Stone) Todd, Elizabeth "Bessie" Stone, Jane Stone, and Edward C. "Ned" Stone. Terry family correspondence is included as well.

ArchivalResource: 2.5 linear feet (5 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/310751507 View

Laurent Clerc papers, 1811-1896

Title: Laurent Clerc papers 1811-1896

The papers consist of correspondence relating to the founding of the American School for the Deaf and Dumb in Hartford, Connecticut in 1817 by Laurent Clerc at the invitation of Thomas H. Gallaudet. Included also is a diary in English kept by Clerc during his voyage to the United States from France (1816) together with transcriptions of newspaper accounts of his first address in the United States, newspaper clippings, legal and financial documents, student papers, and memorabilia. There are a few family and personal papers and autobiographical notes by Clerc (1857-1869). Principal correspondents are John Louis Cheverus, Thomas H. Gallaudet, Abbé Sicard, and Roberts Vaux.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 linear foot (1 box)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0140 View

Marsh-Carrington family. Marsh-Carrington correspondence, 1849-1881.

Title: Marsh-Carrington correspondence, 1849-1881.

This is a collection of correspondence among the Marsh-Carrington family members and friends. Rev. Frederick Marsh was a Congregational minister in Winchester, Connecticut. His daughter, Catherine, married Rev. George Carrington. Their children were George Marsh (who would become active in Connecticut politics), Edward Frederick, and Louise Merrill. Catherine and the children moved in with her father following Rev. Carrington's death. Two themes throughout the letters are death and religion. Another correspondent is Jonathan Marsh, a son of Rev. Marsh and brother of Catherine. A graduate of the Hartford American Asylum (now the American School for the Deaf), Jonathan was a coffin maker.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 linear foot (1/2 box).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/775352855 View

American Asylum, at Hartford, for the Education and Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb. Record of letters, 1873-1914.

Title: Record of letters, 1873-1914.

Record of letters written by the American Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb (now the American School for the Deaf).

ArchivalResource: 1 volume.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/677010488 View

Blood, Lorenzo Whiting, 1812-1881. Lorenzo Whiting Blood diary, 1835 - 1844.

Title: Lorenzo Whiting Blood diary, 1835 - 1844.

The diary of Lorenzo Whiting Blood was written from 1835 when he was a freshman at Wesleyan, to 1844, when he was a Methodist minister in Mystic, Connecticut. During this period, Blood traveled throughout much of Connecticut, along with some stops in Massachusetts (where his future wife lived)and New York City. Blood wrote about many Methodist ministers, especially his professor Dr. Fisk, as well as many parish members throughout his travels. Blood does not dwell too often on any one person; though he does occasionally mention his wife, Elizabeth Smith and first child, Mary, it is only when something dire occurs that they are mentioned. Blood dwells heavily upon his faith towards God, often ending almost every entry with some assurance to his everlasting devotion to the Almighty. There are also three brief mentions of Blood's sentiments towards abolitionism.

ArchivalResource: 0.1 linear feet.1 volume.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/233535320 View

Stone Family. Stone Family papers, 1790-1885.

Title: Stone Family papers, 1790-1885.

Correspondence among members of the extended Stone family. Reverend Collins Stone was superintendent of the Deaf & Dumb Asylum in Hartford beginning in 1852. On 23 Dec 1870 he was fatally injured when he misjudged a rail crossing and his carriage was wrecked by a train. His son, Edward Collins Stone, succeeded him at the Asylum and would later be followed by Job Williams, husband of Rev. Stone's daughter (and Edward's sister), Catherine "Kate" Stone Williams. The family has a connection to the Hartford Watkinsons through Collins' wife, Ellen Jane Gill Stone, and their daughter, Louisa, wife of Edward Blair Watkinson. Two branches of the Stone family merged with the marriage of Collins' sister Urania to Rollin Sidney Stone in 1835.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear foot (2 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/428814772 View

Segur, Charlotte, 1892-1976. Diary, 1902-1907.

Title: Diary, 1902-1907.

School girl's diary describing visits with friends, card playing, homework, teachers, home economics-type classes, tests, taking dancing lessons, and sewing clothes. Entries are not in chronological order--the year can change within one page. Describes playing with children at the American School, at Hartford, for the Deaf. Includes names and addresses of girl friends and boy friends, as well as entries for various items purchased.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. ; 11 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53092633 View