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Please send any request for access to the Archival Holdings of The Norwalk Museum to Curator Susan Gunn-Bromley at (203) 866-0202 or by email click HERE ::: NORWALK MUSEUM ARCHIVAL HOLDINGS Selected Highlights PUBLIC RECORDS City Council Meeting Minutes, volumes 1-4, 1894 -1913 City of Norwalk Ordinances, 1895 -1913 City of Norwalk Ledger, 1912 - 1932 Borough of Norwalk Records, 1869 -1889 Index of Borough of Norwalk Records, 1872 - 1892 Borough of Norwalk Treasurer's Records, 1872 - 1892 Borough of Norwalk Bylaws, 1889 - 1893 Court of Burgess Original Charter and Records, various vols. 1836 - 1893 City of South Norwalk Finance Records, 1879 - 1897 City of South Norwalk Daybook, 1879 - 1898 City of South Norwalk Board of Registers, 1876 - 1893 City of South Norwalk Treasurer's Records, various vols. 1870 - 1913 Norwalk Probate Records, vols. 250 - 296 Connecticut State Register and Manual, various vols., 1864 - 1985 South Norwalk Police Arrest Records, various vols., 1881 - 1921 Norwalk City Directories, Price & Lee, 1874 -1875, 1879 - 1880, 1891 - 1892, 1895 - 1910, 1912 - 1919, 1921 - 1942, 1945 - 1972, 1974, 1976 - 1977, 1979 - 1980, 1982 - 1983,1985 - 1989. Norwalk City Directory, Boyd's, 1883 - 1884 Norwalk City Directory, Hankes, 1889 - 1890 Norwalk City Directory, Carter & Co., 1886 - 1887 Norwalk City Directory, Killenberger's, 1883 - 1884 Norwalk Tax Directories, 1941 - 1962 Town of Norwalk Assessments, 1860 - 1896 Public Records of the Colony of CT, 1636 - 1776 Records of the State of Connecticut, 1776 - 1803 Records of the Colony & Plantation of New Haven 1638 - 1649, 1653 - 1665 Connecticut Census, 1670 & 1790 WWI Service Records of Connecticut, 1917 - 1920 MAPS Detail of Adriaen Block's Figurative Map of NY & CT Coast, c. 1614 Norwalk Land records & maps, transcripts, Hunt, Malcolm P., 1651 - 1800 Map of Central American Islands & Gulf of Mexico, 1658 Map of New England & Nova Scotia, 1660 Map of Borders of Massachusetts Colony, includes Coastal Conn., 1665 (Repro.) Map of New England, NY, PA & NJ, 1685 Franquelin Map of Long Island Sound and Norwalk Islands, 1693 Map of Coastal Connecticut with harbor descriptions, 18th century Map of NY & CT Coastline, c. 1717 Plan of the Colony of Connecticut, Moses Park, 1766 Map of New England, includes detail of Boston Harbor, c. 1774 Map of Coastal Connecticut, Fairfield - Stratford, 1775 - 1782 Map of NY, NJ, PA, & Quebec, c. 1776 Nautical Chart of Norwalk Islands, c. 1828 Map of Connecticut by T.G. Bradford, 1838 Map of Norwalk - The Principal Parts, 1847 Map of the town of Norwalk, Fairfield County, Richard Clark, 1851 Map of Norwalk from survey by George Stevens, 1858 Atlas of New York & Vicinity, Beers, Ellis & Soule, 1867 Map of Norwalk, includes Winnipauk Directory, 1867 Plan of Norwalk & South Norwalk, 1867 Map of South Norwalk & Norwalk, Vogt, C. H., 1875 Map of the City of South Norwalk, Hyde, E. B., 1876 Atlas of Connecticut, 1893 Sanborn Maps, 1925 - 1926, revised 1958 Aerial photo survey map of Norwalk, Maxwell, Hamilton, 1929 Map of Merritt Parkway - WPA Exhibit, c. 1930 Atlas of Fairfield County, 1931; 1942 Maps of Fairfield County, 1936 Aerial photo of South Norwalk & Harbor, c. 1940 Justin Gruelle Mural Map, c. 1956 New map of Norwalk, incl. street names, Price & Lee, mid 20th century PHOTOGRAPHS More than 10,000 photographs and 600 post cards pertaining to Norwalk and its residents from mid-eighteenth century to the present. BUSINESS RECORDS Various DAYBOOKS, LEDGERS, APPRAISALS, etc., from area businesses. Selected highlights include: Silvermine Sawmill, Store, and Cider Mill, 1861 - 1866 First School Society in Norwalk, 1799 - 1847 Norwalk High School Cafeterial Account, 1926 - 1933 Norwalk Hotel Register, 1886 Beard, Algernon, 15 vols., 1821 - 1870 (General Store) Quintard, E., & Sons, 1874 - 1886 (Furniture Mfg. & Undertaking) Taylor, Mary Marvin/Marvin Bros., 1885 - 1894 (Farming) Cook, Thomas, 1841 -1857 (Real Estate & Farming) Hubbell & Bantas, 1839 - 1840 (Hat Mfg.) Lockwood, E., & Sons, 14 vols., 1796 - 1842 (General Store & Shipping) Norwalk Lock Company Price Lists, 1866 -1909 SCHOOLS Norwalk High School Yearbooks, 1917 - 1980 Central Catholic High School, 1985, '86, '88 Briggs High School Yearbook, 2003 NEWSPAPERS Norwalk Gazette, 1818 - 1899 Norwalk Hour, 1936, 1938 - 956 Gleason's Pictorial , vol. 6, Jan. - July 1854 ADDITIONAL SOURCES Norwalk Headstone Inscriptions, Charles, Hale, 1937 Beth Israel Synagogue, 50th Anniversary Commemorative History, 1956 List of Church Records in the Connecticut State Library, 1976 Norwalk Hour, 300th Anniversary Edition, 1951 Norwalk Tercentenary Program, 1651 - 1951 ASSORTED EPHEMERA Various travelogues, diaries, military records, Bibles, hymnals, cookbooks, autograph books, bridal gift books, personal letters, and manuscripts. A very selected list follows: Military diary from Floyd T. Rusco to Norwalk friends, c. 1860 Clinton Encampment Records, 1827 WWII letters from H. Kendrick Julia B. Lockwood Travel Diary from European school trip, 1902 Bridal Gift Registry, 1915 |
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GENEALOGIES Abbot Arnold, Redway & Earle Benedict Betts Bouton, Boughton & Farnham Church Comstock Ely Fillow Fitch Hanford Hertz Hill & Hieland Howard Hoyt, Haight & Hight Hubbell, Hubble, Hubbel Isaacs |
Keeler Lockwood Mather Nash Neslines Patrick, Partrick Quintard Raymond Reed, Read Resseguie Ryan Scribner Selleck & Peck Seymour St. John & Harries Stevens Taylor Tolles Trowbridge Whitney |