Finette Benson Nichols papers, 1890-1969.

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Finette Benson Nichols papers, 1890-1969.

Bulk of the material concerns Finette B. Nichols' legislative papers.

200 items (15 boxes and 2 oversize items)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6906319

Fairfield Historical Society Library

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Connecticut. General Assembly

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Nichols, Finette Benson, 1864-1948

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Abraham Benson married Finette Edwards. They had one child, Finette Edwards Benson, who married John Nichols. Their children were: Anna Trowbridge Nichols (d. 14 Feb. 1933); Emma Starr Nichols (d. 18 Feb. 1947); and Finette Benson Nichols (1864-1948); F.B. Nichols was the town's only woman legislator and served eight terms in the General Assembly. Gertrude Johnson of Cornwall Bridge, Conn., was married to Charles Peden, a film maker for MGM. They moved to the "Benson House" (131 S. Benson Rd.) w...

Peden, Charles

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Charles Peden started covering news events for Fox Movietonews in 1928; he joined Hearst Metrotone News ca. 1934; during the war years (1942-46), he commanded the 11th Combat Camera Group in the Aleuthians and then South Pacific and returned to Metrontone after the war, during his tenure with Metronone, he worded as cameraman, soundman, and Editor covering such events as the Lindbergh kidnapping, Franklin D, Roosevelt, the Korean conflict, and the Summitt Conferences with President ...

Fairfield County Republican Womens Association (Fairfield County, Conn.)

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Jennings, Annie Burr, 1855-1939

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Annie Burr Jennings (1855-1939) was the aunt of Annie Burr Lewis, the wife of Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis (1895-1979). From the description of Cookbook, 1875. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702183288 ...

Connecticut Daughters of the American Revolution

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Peden, Gertrude H. Johnson, 1904-1988

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Nichols, Emma S. (Emma Starr), 1874-1947

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Resident of Fairfield, Conn.; during World War II was chairman of the Salvage Committee of the Fairfield Defense Council. From the description of Scrapbook, 1942-1943. (Fairfield Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70944942 ...