Godfrey family collection, 1938-1997.

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Godfrey family collection, 1938-1997.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80904470

Chiefly newspapers clippings (copied onto acid-free paper); together with a brief biography of Lloyd written by his sister, an article and a pamphlet on dogwoods, and a commemorative plaque and description of the Greening of the Common program in 1976.

15 items.

Fairfield Historical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8253763

Fairfield Historical Society Library

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Dogwood Festival (Fairfireld, Conn.)

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Roger Ludlowe High School (Fairfield, Conn.)

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Godfrey family.

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George Reed Godfrey sold spring water to factories and offices in the Fairfield area until the advent of the water bubbler. He then turned the land where he found the water into a nursery. George was also a founding member and was active in the Father's Club of Roger Ludlowe High School. His son, (George) Lloyd, continued the nursery business and opened two garden shops in Fairfield, the first in 1934. He was often referred to as "Mr. Dogwood" because of his efforts to preserve the trees central...

Godfrey, George Reed, -1962

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Roger Ludlowe Father's Club of Fairfield.

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Godfrey, George Lloyd, 1907-2000

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