Party Affiliation

Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of a combination of personal and political materials comprising one legal sized document box. The personal materials contain a graduation speech, rolled in poor condition, WWII era greeting cards which have been digitized and are available upon request, photographs, and publications. The political materials cover the charter commission, the Grady report, and publications relating to town government.

Abstract

Lydia Stevens (1918-2014) served in the legislature as a Connecticut State Representative from 1988-1992. The collection consists of political and personal correspondences, clippings, speeches, reports and memorabilia, which reflect Stevens' participation in State and local politics and in numerous civic and charitable organizations.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of correspondence, photographs, drawings, and scrapbooks relating to publisher Thomas Dewart, his father William T. Dewart, and their publishing and business activities, especially their work on the New York Sun, purchased by Frank Munsey in 1912. Along with a selection of records from Munsey, the collection also includes records of the family estate in Greenwich, Connecticut and personal records of family members: Grandfather William Dewart Sr., Mother Mary Wheeler...