Potter and Palmer family papers, 1862-2000.

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Potter and Palmer family papers, 1862-2000.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191852784

Correspondence, diaries, financial records, business records and estate records of two Winsted, Connecticut families, namely Eugene, Florence and Lawrence Potter, and Louise, Alison, Florence and Cornelia Palmer. Also includes records of the Winsted Silk Company and the Collingbourne Silk Company.

15 linear feet (30 boxes, 1 oversize folder).

Connecticut Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 6959397

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American Red Cross

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On December 2, 1905, Mrs. Tunis G. Bergen brought together a group of Brooklyn residents at the Barnard Club House on Remsen Street to form New York City's first borough-based Red Cross organization. With an initial membership roster of 300, the Brooklyn Chapter of the American Red Cross embarked on its first major campaign to aid victims of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, collecting over $100,000 and thousands of articles of clothing to contribute to the relief effort. From this point on, th...

Palmer, Florence Breckenridge, 1908-2005.

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Eugene Potter and Alison Palmer worked for Winsted Silk Company. When Alison moved his family to Elgin, Illinois, he was employed by Collingbourne Silk. Lawrence Potter served with the Red Cross following World War I. Louise Potter married Alison Palmer. Their daughter Florence, a graduate of Elmira College, spent two years teaching at a missionary school in Iran. She was married for a short time to George Wilcox, who served in the military during World War II. From the description o...

Winsted Silk Company.

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Potter, Florence, 1847-1906.

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Palmer, Louise Potter, 1877-1971.

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Palmer, Cornelia Alice, 1913-1995.

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Wilcox, George E., 1909-1985.

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Collingbourne Silk Company.

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Potter, Lawrence, circa 1872-1932.

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Baird, Cornelia Alice, 1875-1955.

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Palmer, Alison Ely, 1871-1961.

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Potter, Eugene, circa 1840-1917.

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