Papers, 1928-1961, 1969-1975, 1945-1960 (bulk dates).

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Papers, 1928-1961, 1969-1975, 1945-1960 (bulk dates).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/261233501

The collection is a mixture of personal papers relating to Kenneth and Dorothy Byard and business records of the Silvermine Tavern and Galleries. Business papers include records of sales of antiques, which frequently describe the piece being sold as well as the price and name of the purchaser; correspondence with Electra Webb; other business correspondence; store inventories; payroll records, including those of restaurant and inn employees; balance sheets; insurance policies; and records relating to losses in a fire. Personal records include a list of items donated to the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association in 1955; income tax reports; real estate records, including accounts of a dispute with one of Byard's neighbors; and checks and deposit slips, some of which might actually be business related. As well, there is one folder relating to Gates Moore's lighting fixture business; it includes correspondence and a few designs for fixtures.

6 cu. ft. : ill.

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Flynt, Henry N. (Henry Needham), 1893-1970

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Conservators; Greenwich, Connecticut. From the description of Henry N. and Helen G. Flynt interview, 1969 Aug. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82918363 ...

Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association

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Moore, Gates.

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Silvermine Tavern and Galleries.

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Webb, Electra Havemeyer, 1888-1960

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Electra Havemeyer Webb (August 16, 1888 – November 19, 1960) was a collector of American antiques and founder of the Shelburne Museum. During World War I, Electra Webb drove an ambulance in New York City, and was named Assistant Director of the Motor Corps. In 1942, during World War II, she joined the Civilian Defense Volunteer Organization, and directed the Pershing Square Civil Defense Center and its blood bank. In 1947 Electra Havemeyer Webb gathered with her friends to create Shelburne Museu...

Byard, John Kenneth, d.1960.

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John Kenneth Byard was a lawyer and an antiques collector and dealer from Norwalk, Connecticut. During the 1930s, he purchased an old house, mill, and other structures along the Silvermine River outside Norwalk and opened the Silvermine Tavern and Galleries. The complex included a restaurant, a small inn, an antiques shop, and a barn which had been converted to an apartment with an artist's studio. Byard collected and sold early American furniture and other items of decorative arts. Chief among ...