Community participation

Scope and Contents This collection is comprised of the papers of the King-Merritt association between 1958 and 1993. It is primarily the association's internal records, including meeting minutes for both the home owner members and the board of directors, notices, and by-laws. It also includes a series on planning and zoning, with both general planning and zoning concerns, and more specific zoning issues, with special focus on the Westchester Airport's desired expansion, and the requests of Xerox and American...

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 The materials in this collection are primarily comprised of documents and correspondence amassed over his time as a founding member of the Historic District Commission and his creation of the Greenwich Land Trust as an offshoot of the Audubon Society. The papers are separated by property, or by institution if they are broader Historic District Commission internal documents, or documents related to specific mandates or arguments. They are focused entirely between the 1970s and 1990s, during...

Scope and Contents This collection primarily covers materials from the life of Samuel F. Pryor, Jr., both his time immediately after WWI and his life after. These papers reflect his engagement with local and state government, through his involvement with the town and his relationships with various Connecticut officials, including correspondence with Governors, Senators, and state commissioners. There are letters sent home to his father and mother from his trip around the world in 1921, and a small amount of...