Quinebaug Pomona Grange No. 2 collection, 1952.

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Quinebaug Pomona Grange No. 2 collection, 1952.

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The collection consists of mimeograph copies of seventeen lectures presented by the subordinate Granges of the Quinebaug Pomona Grange No. 2 on "The History of Connecticut" in 1952. The lectures include "The Story of Cotton Thread" (Obwetuck Grange), The Cloth Industry in Connecticut (Plainfield Grange), "Famous Connecticut Inventors" (Little River Grange), "Historical Churches in Connecticut " (Brooklyn Grange), "Prominent Connecticut Governors" (Ekonk Grange), "Famous Men in early Connecticut History" (Putnam Grange), "Indian Trails in Connecticut " (Senexet Grange), "Connecticut Agriculture from the Days of the 'Yankee Farmer' to the Present" (Mansfield Grange), "Town Meetings" (Echo Grange), "Connecticut Highways and By-Ways" (Wolf Den Grange), "Historical Connecticut Homes" (Quinnatisset Grange), "Education of Yesteryear in Connecticut" (Canterbury Grange), "Education of Today in Connecticut" (Highland Grange), "Famous Women of Connecticut" (Shetucket Grange), "Women's Fashions in Connecticut" (Killingly Grange), "Connecticut, The Arsenal of the Nation" (Ashford Grange), and "Connecticut Park and Forest Commission" (Natchaug Grange), The collection of lectures was distributed by Mina M. Baxter, Pomona Lecturer of the Quinebaug Pomona Grange No. 2.

.10 linear ft.

University of Connecticut, Homer Babbidge Library

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University of Connecticut, Homer Babbidge Library

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Connecticut State Grange

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Baxter, Mina M.

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Quinebaug Pomona Grange No. 2 (Pomfret, Conn.)

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The Connecticut State Grange was formed in April 1875 when several subordinate granges met in Danbury. The Quinebaug Pomona Grange No.2 was organized on 6 June 1887 at the Town House in Pomfret, CT, with a list of 107 charter members [p. 621]. In 1952, the Quinebaug Pomona Grange No.2 and its subordinate granges participated in a State Grange lecture series on "The History of Connecticut." From the description of Quinebaug Pomona Grange No. 2 collection, 1952. (University of Connecti...