Greenwich (Conn. : Town)

Scope and Contents This collections contains the papers and photographs collected by Evelyn Pike Ferris during the nearly 60 years that she lived in Greenwich. They reflect Evelyn's keen interest in maintaining the history of her family and community and primarily related to her husband's branch of the Ferris family in early Greenwich history, and to the several community organizations in Greenwhich that she was deeply involved in. The family records relate to several ancestors of Edgar Ferris,...

Scope and Contents Included in this collection are genealogical records, charts, and notes, books, birth certificates, house and property maps and plans, cemetery plot maps, family letters, wills, bills, receipts, photographs, advertising cards, society memberships, early nineteenth century letters from William Sackett at Yale to his father, jewelry, coins, locks of hair, information on the transfer of the Ferris property "Willowmere" to the Nature Conservancy, several copies of "Eighty Years" by Mary A....

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This record contains publications produced by the First Presbyterian Church of Greenwich, predominantly between 1951-1997. Annual reports, church newsletters, yearbooks, directories, and stewardship brochures are all held in this collection.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of the personal papers of Frances Chmielowiec Geraghty along with historical materials that she maintained. The Electrolux Factory Newsletters Series include newsletters collected by Mrs. Geraghty while employed with the corporation during World War II and beyond, 1946-1962. Missing months are noted in finding aid. Geraghty’s Personal Materials include her diaries and journals along with her personal artifacts. The Correspondences series is organized by sender and...

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This collection consists of 5 Scrapbooks donated by the Green Fingers Garden Club

Scope and Contents The records for the Greenwich Center for the Arts include administrative records, organizational records, presentations and events, publicity, reports, related town organizations, Havemeyer building renovation records, and lease records. The strength of the records is found within the administrative, publicity, and related town organization series. These series give a historical overview of the involvement and impact the organization had on the town of Greenwich.The...

Scope and Contents This collection is comprised of the publications and printed material and photographs of Greenwich Country Day School. The majority of the materials contained in this collection are from between 1970 and 2000, although there are many photographs from 1940 onward as well. The materials relating to the very early days of Greenwich Country Day School are sparse, mostly consisting of commencement notes, class pictures, and a few candid photographs that have been definitively identified as...

Scope and Contents This collection primarily consists of materials for the United Workers of Greenwich between 1907-1915. Of particular interest there might be the collection of annual reports, along with correspondence regarding the land and house given to the United Workers by Sarah Bruce as a site for the day care center also referenced in the materials. There is also a sizable personal collection, including several photograph albums predominantly of her Fortfield gardens, an album of the Fortfield show...

Content Description Records from Historic District Commission includes Administrative and Property records. Scope and Contents This collection of the Greenwich Historical District Commission contains records ranging from its foundation in 1975 through 2012. The collection includes Meeting Minutes for most of these years, along with audio recorded minutes on cassette tape from 1989. Minutes for years 1997-2007 are not included. Foundational information, such as...

Scope and Contents The Ives family material is comprised of personal items and collected newspaper and magazine articles, spanning from 1832 to 2006. The collection is mostly made up of photographs and collected documents of the family's history, and a small amount of information collected about the Ives Manufacturing Company and their toy trains. Of particular interest might be the Edward C. Ives folder which includes a number of World War II naval documents, and an original "Careless Talk Costs Lives"...