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enhance undergraduate learning in the liberal arts by
promoting use of library special collections"
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CHESTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY
P.O. Box 204
9 West Main Street
Chester, CT 06412-0204
Phone:
(860) 526-2393
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E-mail: info@chesterhistoricalsociety.org
Web site: http://www.chesterhistoricalsociety.org/
Contact
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Donna Carlson, President
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Collection
Description:Chester is a nineteenth century mill town with many features, such as a mill, factories, and workers’ homes, still intact. The Historical Society occupies the old Town Meeting House and owns the C.L. Griswold factory building. Artifact holdings include products of local manufacturing companies, clothing, and textiles. Archival and manuscript holdings include photographs, manuscripts, account books, local business advertising, trade catalogs and cards, posters, programs, Town Annual Reports, newspapers, postcards, and diaries.
Keywords: Manufacturing, technology
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