Fenn family papers, 1807-1979.

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Fenn family papers, 1807-1979.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/320353988

The collection primarily consists of material related to four members of the Fenn family of Plymouth and Hartford, Connecticut. Horace Fenn, who spent his entire life in Plymouth, is represented by correspondence, diaries, and a Post Office account book and commissions. He also was deacon of the First Congregational Church in Plymouth, so some church records are included in the collection. His son J. Lincoln Fenn was a lawyer and his papers include client files (primarily probate cases), correspondence, business records and household bills and receipts. He also had a business relationship with the Cooper Oven Thermometer Company of Litchfield that is documented in the collection. J. Lincoln's wife Emily Hillard Fenn is represented by family correspondence. The largest part of the collection reflects the activities of J. Lincoln and Emily's daughter Phyllis Fenn who married John Sumter Cunningham. She was an author, puppeteer, and composer of music and examples of her work are included in the collection, along with an extensive correspondence and an even more extensive series of diaries. Of particular note are sets of postcards from travels to Europe and Canada that contain a written narrative of the journey, not just notes written on each card, and which were never mailed, and Phyllis' minute book for the Y.W.C.A. Industrial Department, 1926.

23 linear feet (32 boxes, 5 cartons, 1 oversize folder).

Connecticut Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7334068

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Hillard family.

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Young Women's Christian Association

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The YWCA of Washington State College was established in 1895. It provided the women of the college a place to worship, held bible classes, and located housing and employment. It also served as a social organization that participated with the YMCA of Washington State College. A popular social event in the 1910s-1930s were the conferences held at Seabeck, Washington. Topics at Seabeck focused on issues of the YWCA and the YMCA of the Pacific Northwest. During the 1940s, th...

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Cooper Oven Thermometer Co.

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First Congregational Church (Plymouth, Conn.)

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Author of My Godmother, Theodate Pope Riddle; and Things happen to you, Mummy. From the description of This quiet dust, Gloucester, Massachusetts, 1949 August. (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 122480554 ...

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