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Hemingway Tavern

Built 1773 262 Main Street (no longer standing) Courtesy Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record Photographer, James Rainey

Pamphlets-

175th Anniversary East Haven Connecticut 1785-1960 Souvenir Program July 3- Excellent introduction to East Haven history

East Haven's Old Landmarks by Donald Victor Chidsey- Sketches by Donald J. Kirby.Printed in 1935 for the state of Connecticut's three-hundredth anniversary, this small, 4" x6" dark green pamphlet gives brief summaries on Lake Saltonstall; Ironworks,; Isaac Bradley House, Amos Thompson House; The Green; Old Stone Church: Gurson Bradley House; Hemingway Tavern. It also lists old houses of East Haven

East Haven Today Watch it Grow 1928 This brochure provide sketches of the building of the new East Haven Town Hall, the Old Stone Church, the Capitol Theatre. Pictures included are of the South and Highland, town officials.

Book for Use of Registrars, Physicians, Clergymen, Undertakers and Sextons Pelton and King Printers, Middletown Connecticut

Exercises for the Dedication of Soldier's Memorial . Saturday, September Thirtieth , Nineteen Eleven . This is a 9" x 6" sheet, folded that includes a picture of the memorial (also pictured below), the order of exercises, and list of the committees involved.

Scrapbooks-

Flood Scrapbook- Connecticut/New England news clippings of storms/floods

Friends of Music Scrapbooks 1950-1957; 1957-1962. (archival Box)

Scrapbook compiled by Lydia Chidsey Bradley started in 1872- news clippings

Hagaman Library Scrapbooks

Photographs

East Haven Photo Albums - two volumes, indexed

East Haven Bicentennial Photo Album

Hagaman Photo Album-1800s, decorated leather/gilt/beaded hinges. Various unmarked and unidentified photos. Apparently a Hagaman album - contains a letter to Mrs. Frances Richards from Caroline M. Francis; calling card-Mrs.. J.P. Richards; photo marked Mary Frances Richards.

Collection of 38 glass plate photos of East Haven

Autograph/photo album with autographs and photos of Connecticut political representatives

Minutes

Half Hour Reading Club Minutes 1940, 1950 various papers;

Ledgers

Town of East Haven Ledgers
Ledger #1. 1717 –1846 Town of East Haven Financial Ledger
Ledger #2 17(15) or 17(25) skip to 1817 end 1842 also used as newspaper clipping scrapbook obscuring financial entries.
Ledger #3. 1793-1841 Town of East Haven financial accounts/some minutes, insert-. Calling Card w/ recipe on reverse; recipes, list of births.
Ledger #4 1797-1855 Town of East Haven School Society accounts and minutes.
Ledger #5 1817 East Haven Financial Accounts also used as a newspaper clipping scrapbook.
Ledger #6 1822- 1835 Names of East Haven citizens and their accounts.
Ledger #7 1845-1863 Names of East Haven citizens and their accounts also used as a newspaper clipping scrapbook.
Ledger # 8 1853 – 1859 East Haven town accounts
Ledger #8 1858 last entry 1878 Town of East Haven Financial Accounts (State bounties paid; Relief to poor; Expense on Highway, Amounts to other Towns, Town debtors, bills, expenses.
Ledger #9 1878(?) listing lawsuits.
Ledger #10 1807--(?) Presbyterian Society Minutes.

Library Ledgers

Register of names of library borrowers with residences 1938-1958

Collection of eleven “Record of Books Borrowed” from 1956-1968

One library “record” sign-in of library patrons 1939-1947

One library “record” recording library board minutes and treasurers reports 1942-1953

One cash record book 1936-1941

Two notebooks of library statistics 1913-1921

Collections

Chidsey Collection -papers and manuscripts of historian Donald Chidsey.

Hagaman/Street Collection- books/papers owned by or pertaining to Isaac Hagaman or Lottie Street

World War I - A collection of news clippings, picture book, memoriam to Harry Bartlett, first East Haven boy to be killed in WWI. (archival box).

World War II- A collection of news clippings and papers pertaining to East Haven and the surrounding areas (archival box).

East Haven's Fire Department- Constitution and by-laws of the East Haven Hose Co., No. 1; Dedication of Headquarters Co. No., 1; Dedication(?) Department of Fire Service , Saturday, May 20, 1939.

Mayoral Campaigns- Newspaper clippings, promotional materials, letters and other material pertaining to East Haven's mayoral campaigns for 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975. Much of this material deals with Mayor Messina's campaign and office. archival boxes)

Hagaman Memorial Library Collection- papers pertaining to the library (archival box).

Lottie Street Collection- papers pertaining to East Haven's first librarian, including her journal.

East Haven Public Schools- Includes A Statistical Account of the Public Schools and Educational Statements of 1894-5-6. Third Annual School Report...1896-7-8. Manual of the Union School District, 1896.

East Haven Public Schools- Papers from 1951-1956.

Daniel Haven's Notebooks- transcribed notebooks from Daniel William Haven's "A History of the village and town of East Haven

Headstone Inscriptions Town of East Haven- This list of inscriptions was copied in 1934 as part of the Works Progress Administration. Inscriptions are for the Old Cemetery, East Lawn Cemetery, Green Lawn Cemetery, Jewish Shevit Achim, Congregation Bikar Cholm B'nai Abraham, Hebrew Free Burial Association Cemetery, Independent Ramban Lodge Cemetery, Independent New Haven Lodge Inc. Cemetery and Jewish Cemetery. A new list was copied, May, 1988, putting the names in alphabetical order. The names were cross-referenced by maiden names wherever the information was available. Information was also taken from Dodd's Register, a journal kept by Reverend Stephen Dodd, 1777-1865. Data was corroborated by using the records of Reverend Daniel W. Havens, Yale, 1843. Records for the most recent sixty years were obtained from the East Haven Town Clerk's office.

Deeds- One deed of sale 1766 for a negroe boy.
Land deeds 1700s, 1800s pertaining to East Haven and the surrounding region.

Reports -Annual Reports of East Haven 1873-present