Topical Guide to Manuscript Collections...Ms B73 Bradley, William Ms 26 Banks Family Papers 1674-1923 Ms B114 Burr, Capt. David Papers, 1853-1861 Ms B115 Burr, William H. Jr. Papers

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Topical Guide to Manuscript Collections This is a topical guide to the manuscript collections housed in the library of the Fairfield Museum and

History Center. While the guide indexes the collection into traditionally researched and defined topics, like

education and government, it also designates more obscure categories, like indentured servants, weaving,

airplanes, cooking, etc. A special thank you is due Laura Leigh Neville, who compiled this guide over the

summer of 2009 while an intern at the Fairfield Museum and History Center.

The Fairfield Museum manuscript collection houses hundreds of documents, letters, diaries,

account and letter books, and inventories that pertain not only to the history and development of Fairfield,

but also to Fairfield County and Connecticut, as well as the history of the entire United States. For example,

complementing a broad array of local materials are letters from Vice President Aaron Burr (his family was

from Fairfield and his sister was a longtime resident), letters from General Custer to his troops at the end of

the Civil War, and scrapbooks and personal belongings from Ruth Bradley (the first woman in Connecticut

to join the Women’s Army Corps after Pearl Harbor).

In addition to the manuscripts listed in this guide, the Fairfield Museum also contains a vast

collection of maps, photographs, vertical files, and oral histories, as well as rare and contemporary books

on historical topics.





Abolitionists

Ms 28 Wheeler Family papers 1693-1895

Ms B16 Huntington Family Collection, 1811-1907

MS B 103 Sanford Family

Ms 15 Wakeman Family Papers, 1705-1938, 1957

Architecture

Ms 56 NY, NH & Hartford Railroad. Southport Station. Records, 1885-1992

MS B72 Pequot Library (Southport, Conn.)

MS B51 Landscape Architecture Collection, 1883-1995

Ms B74 Bryan, Robert S.

Ms B87 Clarke, William J 1915-1997

Ms B91 Clark, Agnes Selkirk, 1898-1983

Ms B42 Arms, John Taylor Collection

Ms B54 Clark, Cameron, 1887-1957

Ms B50 Historical and Architectural Survey of Fairfield & Stratfield, Ct

Ms 21 Jackson, William Henry

Advertising

MS 55 Southport, Conn

Ms B71 The Fairfield Store

Ms 53 Resorts, Advertising, 1853-ca 1910

Ms 35 Burritt Family Papers, 1793-1854

Ms B 19 Hand, Elwood Stokes Papers, 1887-1955

Ms B17 Jennings, A. Elizabeth Collection


Ms B62 Rolock Incorporated Records, 1924-1984

Ms 53 Fairfield Area Papers, 1770-1984

African Americans

MS 27 Adams family








Agriculture

Ms B45 Greenfield Hill Grange

Ms B90 Fairfield County Agricultural Association

Ms 37 Sherwood, John Henry

Ms 10 Jennings Family

Ms B73 Bradley, William

Ms 26 Banks Family Papers 1674-1923

Ms B114 Burr, Capt. David Papers, 1853-1861

Ms B115 Burr, William H. Jr. Papers

Ms B21 Merwin Family Papers, 1741-1976

Apprentices

Ms 32 Sturges Family

Artisans

Ms 19 Bulkley family

Ms 23 Nichols family

Ms B77 Nichols Family Collection, 1794-1970

Ms B27 Henry Bradley Collection, 1839-1899

Ms19 Bulkley Family Papers, 1713-1943

Ms 37 Gray, John Silliman, 1845-1865

Ms 10 Jennings Family Papers, 1756-1925

Ms 37 Gray, Asahel Johnson, 1814-1908

Ms B53 State Trade Education Shop of Bridgeport Publications, 1913

Ms 25 Lyon Family Papers 1774-1957

Ms 31 Summers and Hill Families Papers 1734-1937

Ms17 Perry Family Papers 1777-1936


MS 11 Hobart Family Papers 1742-1912





Banks and banking

MS B76 Southport Savings Bank Records 1854-1977

Ms 1 Fairfield. Municipal Records, 1661-1971

Ms 7 Sherwood Family Papers, 1654-1912


Ms 17 Perry Family Papers 1777-1936

Ms B34 Fairfield Trust Co. Records, 1932-1937

MS 27 Adams family

MsB47 Southport Bank Books, 1854-1904

Ms B73 Bradley, William, ca 1789-1855

Ms B12 Bronson Family Papers, 1820-1980


Ms B11 Sanford, Emily Judson, 1890-1978

Ms 30 Wood Family Papers, 1831-1945

Boating

Ms B69 Bulkley, Sarah Burr

Carriage and wagon making

Ms 28 Wheeler Family Papers, 1683-1895

Cemetery

MsB3 Fairfield Cemetery Associations Records, 1830-1986

Civil War

MS B15 Walter Abbe


Ms B15 Civil War Collection, 1861-1889

Ms 26 Banks Family

Ms B69 Bulkley, Sarah Burr Papers, 1850-1924






Ms B105 DeForest Family

Ms 34 Dimon Family Papers, 1724-1834

Ms 6 Gould Family (1729-1891) and Gould Homestead (1908-1977) Papers

MsB84 Hill, Clara Mossman and Elsie M. Hill Collection 1812-1968


Ms 3 Lacey Family Papers, 1790-1903

Ms B10 Mayba, Stanley Papers 1795-1983

Ms 23 Nichols Family Papers

Ms 24 Pickett-Overbaugh Papers, 1867-1893



Ms 22 Thorp Family Papers 1749-1924

Ms 50 White Family Papers 1767-1917

Clothing

Ms B71 The Fairfield Store Records, 1921-1995

Cooking

Ms4 Ogden Family Papers, 1729-1871



Constitution


Construction

Ms b74 Bryan, Robert S.

Ms 58 Ressler Wilbur M. , 1983-1993

Ms 24 Pickett and Overbaugh Families Papers, 1867-1983

Ms 37 Angevine, Evelyn Merritt Parkway Advisory Committee Records, 1974-1977, 1986

Ms 37 Neale, Harold W. Papers, 1915-1968

Ms 29 Seeley Family Papers 1767-1892






Correspondence

Ms 53 Correspondence, 1842-1886

Courtship


Divorce

Ms12 B8 Bradley Family Papers, 1727-1929

Domestic life

Ms B97 Perry, Helen Prentice Diary 1935-1939

Ms B55 Perry, Gertrude Jellif Diary 1908

Ms 24 Pickett and Overbaugh families papers, 1867-1983


Drawings

Ms B68 Barber, John Warner, 1798-1885

Ms 37 Lacey Charlotte Alvord

Ms B70 Fogarty, John Wilson

Ms B57 Hart, Ernest, ca. 1899-1995

Ms B102 O’Dwyer Family Collection, 1928-1989

Ms 47 Silliman Family Papers 1726-1894

Ms 54 Wright, Mabel Osgood, 1859-1934

Family life


Ms B11 Sanford, Emily Judson






Ms B64 Stegeman Family Papers, 1850-1961

Ms 37 Glover, Addie M., letter 1886


Ms 37 Welles, Dot Letter, 1922

Ms 26 Banks Family

Ms 40 Andrews Family Papers, 1734/5-1860

Ms B4 Breed and Mumford Family Papers, 1698-1825

Ms B38 Bulkley Family Papers, 1803-1898

Ms B69 Bulkley, Sarah Burr Papers, 1850-1924


Ms B20 Burr Family Papers, 1752-1940



Ms 25 Lyon Family Papers, 1774-1957

Ms B55 Perry, Gertrude Jellif Diary 1908

Ms 2 Sherman, Roger Minot, 1773-1845



Farming

MS 27 Adams family

Ms 26 Banks Family



Ms B64 Stagehand Family Papers 1850-1961

Ms 23 Nichols family

Ms 13 Turney Family Papers 1685-1949



Ms 41 Meeker Family Papers, 1721-1950

Ms B55 Perry, Gertrude Jelliff Diary 1908

Ms 29 Seeley Family Papers, 1767-1892

MsB96 Sherman Roger Minott, 1773-1844

MS 32 Sturges Family Papers, 1707-1954






Games and leisure/ Clubs and Organizations


Ms B90 Fairfield County Agricultural Association

Ms B65 Brooklawn Weekly News, 1932-1935


Ms B53 Aubichwi Gun Club

Ms B79 Smith Family

Ms B53 Black Rock Yacht Club

Ms B95 English Literary Club

Ms B53 Bridgeport Women’s Organizations Records, 1938-1939

Ms B92 Fairfield 325th Anniversary Committee Records, 1964

Ms B93 Roger Ludlowe Community Center


Ms26 Banks Family Papers, 1746-1929

Ms B87 Clarke, William J 1915-1997

Ms B53 Comedy Club of Bridgeport

Ms B53 Connecticut Audubon Society

Ms B49 Tercentenary Collection, 1934-1939

Ms B53 Connecticut Society of the Colonial Dames of America Records, 1899-1948

Ms B53 Cotillion Classes

MsB53 D.A.R. Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter

Ms B83 Godfrey Family Collection, 1938-1997

Ms 37 Gilden, Joseph Papers 1943-1947, 1973

Ms B53 Fairfield Association for Village Improvement

Ms B53 Fairfield Beach Club

Ms B53 Fairfield Education Association

Ms B53 Fairfield Emergency Relief Fund

Ms B 53 Fairfield Fresh Air Association

Ms B53 Fairfield Garden Club

Ms B53 Fairfield Historic District Commission

Ms B53 Fairfield Little League

Ms B86 Fairfield Rotary Club Records, 1939-

Ms B53 Fairfield Teacher’s Association

Ms B53 Fairfield Temperance Society

Ms B53 Fairfield Welcome Wagon


Ms B53 Greenfield Camping Club

Ms B53 Greenfield Country Club





Ms B53 Greenfield Hill Female Bible Society

Ms B53 Greens Farms Female Auxiliary Society

Ms B53 Greens Farms Agricultural Club

Ms B58 Stratfield Garden Club of Fairfield Scrapbooks, 1955-1992

Ms B53 Knights of Columbus. Park City Council No. 16 Bridgeport, Conn. Program, 1947

Ms B53 Lake Hills Association, Inc.

Ms B64 Stegeman Family Papers, 1850-1961

Ms B53 League of Women Voters of Fairfield

Ms B53 Lions Club

Ms B53 Mill Plain Improvement Society

Ms B53 Mill Plain Library Association

Ms B53 Needlework Guild of America, Fairfield Town Branch

Ms B53 Old Post Road Association

Ms B53 Sons of the Revolution in the state of Connecticut, Circular and pamphlet, 1893

Ms B53 Pequot Yacht Club

Ms B53 Save Fairfield Committee

Ms B53 Southport Chronicle Association

Ms 55 Southport Conn Collection, 1831-1981

Ms B39 Southport Club Car Collection 1958-1977

Ms B53 Southport Woman’s Club


Ms B53 Stratfield Improvement Association

Ms B53 Visiting Nurse Association

Ms B53 Wash House Club

Ms12 B8 Bradley Family Papers 1727-1929



MsB64 Stegeman Family Papers, 1850-1961

Gardening

MS B51 Landscape Architecture Collection, 1883-1995

Ms B53 Fairfield Garden Club



Ms 15 Wakeman Family Papers 1705-1938, 1957


Ms B91 Clark, Agnes Selkirk, 1898-1983





Ms 54 Mabel Osgood Wright, 1859-1934

Genealogy

MS 27, Adams family, 1712-1889

Ms 26, Banks Family

Ms B101 Banks Genealogy

Ms 8 Beers Family Papers 1744-1890

Ms 38 Blakeman, Rufus Papers, 1822-1870


Ms B80, Bradley, Ruth Mills, 1911-1995

Ms 5 Couch Family Papers, 1738-1858

Ms B105, DeForest Family

Ms B1 Hammond Genealogy

Ms 42 Hawley Family Papers, 1721-1892

Ms 9 Hide (Hyde) Family Papers 1671-1912



Ms B16, Huntington Family Collection, 1811-1907



Ms B63 McQuarrie, Helen Gray 1795-1922

Ms 20 Morehouse Family Papers

Ms B31 Nichols, Finette Benson Collection

Ms 4 Ogden Family Papers, 1729-1871

MS 17 Perry Family Papers, 1777-1936


Ms 18 Reeve Family Papers, 1767-1849

Ms B30 Saunders Collection 1880s-1980s

Ms 7, Sherwood Family Papers, 1654-1912

MsB64, Stegeman Family Papers, 1850-1961

Ms B2 Stevens-Stephens Genealogy


Ms 31 Summers and Hill Families Papers, 1734-1937


Ms 13 Turney Family Papers, 1685-1949

Ms B104, Wakeman Family

Ms B5 Walker, Julia Banks, Genealogy






National government



Ms B94 Old Post Road Association Records, 1944-1982

Ms 37 Angevine, Evelyn Merritt Parkway Advisory Committee Records, 1974-1977, 1986




Ms B36 Glover, William B. Collection, 1880-1977



Ms 16 Hull Family Papers, 1720-1866



Ms B107 O’Dwyer, William J. Gustave Whitehead Research Collection 1869-1999

Ms B56 Perry Winthrop Hoyt 1854-1920


Ms 46 Rowland Family Papers 1692-1901


Ms 48 Warner Family Papers, 1884-1921

Ms B25 World War II Papers 1941-1947

State and local government




Ms 53 Connecticut, State of Records, 1782-1807

Ms B35 Fairfield Fire Companies Papers 1893-1985


Ms 53 Greens Farms Records, 1834, 1890-1898

Ms 53 Fairfield County Courthouse Relocation records-1850-1853





Ms B34 Fairfield Post Office Historical Material, 1861, 1892-1994

Ms B53 Fairfield County Historical Society Records, 1881-1897

Ms 1 Fairfield Municipal Records, 1661-1971










Ms B40 Sullivan, The honorable John J. Collection 1948-1983




Great Depression





Ms B7 Edward W. Murphy Papers, 1923-1939



Ms B46 Scrapbook Collection


Immigrants



Ms B111 Fairfield Oral History Collection-Fairfield’s Hungarian Residents

MsB10 Mayba, Stanley (1921-1983)





Inauguration (National)


Industries

Ms B34 Wolverine Motor Works, Inc.

Ms 37 Worden Family


MS B78 Camorra, John J. Collection, 1957-1986

Ms 58 Ressler Wilbur M. , 1983-1993

Ms B41 Bullard Company Records, 1888-1990

Ms B62 Rolock Incorporated Records, 1924-1984



Ms 55 Southport Conn Collection 1831-1981





Indentured Servants



Ms 10 Jennings Family Papers 1756-1925


Lawyers

Ms B53 Bridgeport Bar Association Invitations, 1901, 1902


Ms 2 Sherman, Roger Minot, 1773-1845

Ms B 96 Sherman, Roger Minott, 1773-1844, Papers, 1773-1842








Ms B9 Pratt Family Papers



Literature

MS 37 Burr, Harriet E.

Ms B68 Barber, John Warner, 1798-1885


MsB82 Sturges, Mary Q 1893-1905



MS B27 Manuel Robert S. Papers





Ms B106 Schneider, E. Lee Pepperidge Farm Collection Papers, 1938-1988



Maps

Ms B18 Fairfield, Town of (Allen, Edith Hoyt)


Ms12 Bradley Family Papers, 1727-1929

Ms 27 Adams Family papers, 1712-1889






Ms12 Bradley Family Papers 1727-1929

Ms 33 Brewster, Caleb Papers, 1755-1976


Ms B29 Danenberg, E.N. Collection














Marriage


Ms53 Clark, Harriet E.

MsB82 Sturges, Mary Q 1893-1905



Ms 37 Gallagher, William D, Diary 1880


Ms 37 Jennings, George A. Wedding Toast, 1880

Ms 53 Marriage Certificate, 1831

Ms 26 Banks Family


Ms B67 Bridgman, Millicent E.







Ms B6 Kate Peet Perry’s Manuscripts

Medicine











Ms 49 Beach Family Papers, 1830-1899


Military


Ms 40 Andrews Family Papers, 1734/5-1860

Ms 39 Bennett (Bennitt) Family Papers, 1784-1914



Ms 51 Enrollment Militia, 1873-1909

Ms 52 Soldiers in the wars & miscellaneous Fairfield names (military)

















Mills








Ms B6 Kate Peet Perry’s Manuscripts

Mining

Ms B36 Glover, William B. Collection

Native Americans





Ms B104 Wakeman Family

Orphanage

Ms B13 Family Services, Woodfield, Inc. 1867-1985

Patriotism

Ms B53 American Legion, George A. Smith Post

Ms B80 Bradley, Ruth Mills, 1911-1995



Ms B24 World War I Papers, 1914-1924

Ms B85 Weathered, William E.


Ms 53 Washington, George, Pay voucher, 1798





Prohibition






Religion

Ms 26 Banks Family Papers 1674-1923


Ms 37 Chauncey Family Papers 1714-1847


MS 11 Hobart Family Papers, 1742-1912

Ms B64 Stegeman Family Papers 1850-1961

Ms 32 Sturges Family Papers, 1707-1954


Ms B53 Knights of Columbus. Park City Council No. 16 Bridgeport, Conn. Program, 1947

Ms B33 Fairfield Area Church Papers (1782-1983)

Ms B43 Trinity Church Papers 1790-1950



Ms 43 Hewit and Hillhouse Families Papers, 1797-1853




Ms B52 Journals, Day Books, & Diaries, 1775-1880










Revolutionary War

MS 11 Hobart Family 1742-1912

Ms 53 Firelands (western reserve) Papers, 1779-1830


Ms 53 Washington, George, Pay voucher, 1798





Ms 26 Banks Family

Ms 39 Bennett (Bennitt) Family Papers, 1784-1914







Ms B 28 Farnham, Thomas J.










Scrapbooks

Msb67 Bridgman, Millicent E.





School


Ms B98 Roger Ludlowe Fathers’ Club of Fairfield, Inc.


Ms B99 Fairfield College Preparatory School


Ms B85 Weathered, William E.

Ms 37 Chauncey Family Papers 1714-1847

Ms 53 Connecticut, State of Records, 1782-1807





Ms 14 Fairfield Schools, records, 1668-1935

Ms B53 Fairfield Education Association

Ms 37 Wakeman, Joseph, 1976-1985

Ms B48 Fairfield School Collection



Ms B53 State Trade Education Shop of Bridgeport Publications, 1913




Ms 26 Banks Family







Ms B52 Lacey Collection 1880s-1890s












College




Ms B87 Clarke, William J.















Ships and shipping

Ms 26 Banks Family

MS 15 Wakeman family


Ms 36 Ships’ Papers Collection, 1786-1866



MS 37 Worden Family Papers, 1835-1877





Ms 13 Turney Family Papers, 1685-1949



Ms 35 Burritt Family Papers, 1793-1854

Ms B6 Coffin Family Papers, 1707-1897




Ms 42 Hawley Family Papers, 1721-1892




Slavery








MS 27 Adams family

Ms 26 Banks Family






Taxes


Ms 5 Couch Family Papers 1738-1858



Ms B52 Lacey Collection 1880s-1890s





Trade

MsB71 The Fairfield Store Records, 1921-1995

Ms 11 Hobart Family Papers 1742-1912

Ms B61 Williamson-Brooks Company Records, 1927, 1946-1984

Ms B106 Schneider, E. Lee Pepperidge Farm Collection Papers, 1938-1988

Transportation

Ms B110 Fairfield Oral History-Transportation

Ms B 28 Farnham, Thomas J. Automobiles

o Ms B65 Brooklawn Weekly News, 1932-1935





o Ms B36, Southport Car Collection 1958-1977 o Ms B10 Mayba, Stanley Papers 1795-1983 o Ms 37 Angevine, Evelyn Merritt Parkway Advisory Committee Records, 1974-1977, 1986 o Ms B11 Sanford, Emily Judson, 1890-1978

Railroad

o Ms 56 NY, NH & Hartford Railroad. Southport Station. Records, 1885-1992 o Ms 53 Railroads Records, 1843-1887 o Ms B36 Glover, William B. Collection, 1880-1977 o Ms B 19 Hand, Elwood Stokes Papers, 1887-1955 o Ms B57 Hart, Ernest, ca. 1899-1995 o Ms B17 Jennings, A. Elizabeth Collection o Ms 53 Fairfield Area Papers, 1770-1984

Planes

o Ms B102 O’Dwyer Family Collection, 1928-1989 o Ms B107 O’Dwyer, William J. Gustave Whitehead Research Collection 1869-1999

Travel

Ms B104 Wakeman Family


Ms 53 Resorts, Advertising, 1853-ca 1910

Ms 53 Correspondence, 1842-1886

Ms B45 Greenfield Hill Grange Records 1891-


Ms 53 Thomas, Lee E. Narrative, 1966

Ms B64 Stegeman Family Papers 1850-1961







Ms B11, Sanford, Emily Judson, 1890-1978







Ms B79 Smith Family 1922-1955


Ms 37 Fairfield Families Papers 1693-1985


Unions

MsB60 Fairfield Fire Commission Records, 1963-1988

MS B78 Camorra, John J. Collection, 1957-1986

Veterans

Ms B53 American Legion, George A. Smith Post




Voting


Whaling

Ms 37 Worden Family


War of 1812

Ms 53 War of 1812 Records


Ms B 28 Farnham, Thomas J.






War of 1898

Ms B16 Huntington Family Collection 1811-1907


World War I

Ms B24 World War I Papers, 1914-1924

Ms 12 Bradley Family Papers, 1727-1929


MsB24 Burr Family Papers, 1752-1940


Ms B57 Hart, Ernest, ca. 1899-1995




World War II

Ms B80 Bradley, Ruth Mills, 1911-1995

Ms B81 Nichols, Emma Starr, 1874-1947

MsB56 Perry, Winthrop Hoyt, 1854-1920

Ms 37 Gilden, Joseph Papers 1943-1947, 1973

Ms B67 Bridgman, Millicent E.

Ms B41 Bullard Company Records, 1888-1990







Korean War

Ms B26 Korean War Papers, 1950-1959





Weaving




Ms 22 Thorp Family Papers, 1749-1924

Ms 23 Nichols Family Papers, 1728-1894

Women’s rights

Ms 26 Banks Family




Documents

Topical Guide to Manuscript Collections...Ms B73 Bradley, William Ms 26 Banks Family Papers 1674-1923 Ms B114 Burr, Capt. David Papers, 1853-1861 Ms B115 Burr, William H. Jr. Papers