Newton C. Brainard Old State House research collection, 1906-1984.

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Newton C. Brainard Old State House research collection, 1906-1984.

Correspondence, 1959-1960, and research notes, pamphlets, newspaper clippings and transcripts of manuscript items, 1910-1984, illustrating the history of the Old State House in Hartford, Connecticut. Also includes correspondence and fund raising notices from the Society of the Colonial Dames in their efforts to raise funds to save the building in 1910-1911, and information regarding the return of the Senate chairs, 1927-1961. Materials added later include slides of the building taken in 1967-1968, a file on the Old State house from Jon M.K. Davis, 1978-1982, and notes and correspondence about an exhibit proposed by the Connecticut Historical Society for the building, 1984.

0.75 linear feet (1-1/2 boxes).

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SNAC Resource ID: 6816998

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Brainard, Newton Case, 1880-1964

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Old State House (Hartford, Conn.)

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