(1920). 360+ pages. ISBN
0-9766342-7-9. It's been
a big job, especially preparing the all-new index of this important volume,
but White's History of Litchfield, CT is ready now!
for information about ordering this CD-ROM.
White's book is an interesting one, no
question about it. Alain White was a member of the White family that
donated a magnificent preserve to the town of Litchfield, and we assume when he prepared
this book he did not lack financial resources to get the job done right.
Civil War Triumphal Arch
The book was prepared for Litchfield's
bi-centennial, at the behest of the
Litchfield Historical Society, and drew
on several contributors in addition to White himself. The 75 page appendix containing everything from rolls of veterans, to
lists of clergy of all the churches in town (not just the Congregational
church as one frequently finds in this neck of the woods), to elected
officials, to a whole range of organization officer lists (all the way from
fire departments to an Italian mutual benefit group), to a comprehensive street directory.
In fact, the appendix would justify the project all by itself! It's
excellent, and to the extent that our project has been delayed in appearing, it is because
the appendix is so dense with names that indexing took a huge amount of
time.
Many people like to see if a particular
individual or place is mentioned in an old book, and we're happy to
accommodate you if you fall in this group. Just
to see a complete
list of names of people and places mentioned in White's History of
Litchfield.
There are also abundant photographs -- 102
of them, plus an old map -- all of places and people significant in Litchfield's history.
They are quite remarkable, and some of them are rare (such as the picture
of the Civil War triumphal arch, seen above).
The book
is significant in another way, too, in that it concentrates on more modern
history -- namely the period following Woodruff's (1845) and Kilbourne's
(1859) histories of Litchfield (as well as Boswell's Litchfield Book of
Days). Thus, we consider this one a "must own"
for anyone with an interest in Litchfield history from the Civil War through World War I.
We had originally planned to add other relevant Litchfield material to this
CD-ROM, but republishing White's History pretty well filled the CD up. We do own a copy of Boswell's Litchfield Book of Days, and we plan
to republish it eventually, so perhaps that will be a good opportunity to
include the additional material. This includes relevant articles
from "The Connecticut Guide" and some
material from early editions of Connecticut Quarterly. We also
have some old topographic maps and some postcard view of Litchfield that
will be on the next one. Join our
mailing list if you'd like us to
notify you when that one is ready.
How to obtain
White's History of Litchfield:
The CD-ROM, which includes White's
History plus our all-new index, is available from Between the Lakes
Group for $20.00. There are two convenient ways to order.
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