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COLCHESTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY
24 Linwood Avenue, P.O. Box 13
Colchester, CT 06415
Phone: (860) 537-3588
Fax: (860)537-6499
E-mail: See contacts
Web site: N/A
Contact #1:
Arthur Liverant, Curator (860-537-3588, aliverant@sbcglobal.net)
Contact
#2:
Goldie Liverant, President (860-537-2151, goldie4@adelphia.net)
Contact
#3:
Stanley Moroch (860-537-2253)
Access
hours:
Saturday or Sunday, 1-4 pm, or by appointment. Access restrictions:
Collection is stored at a separate location; access by appointment only.
Reproduction fees:
Copy arrangements must be made at the time of visit; no copy equipment at the
site.
Other
provisions:
Curator or docent must accompany researchers.
Other information:
A selection of the collection is on public exhibit at the Colchester Historical
Society Museum. The remainder of the collection is stored at a separate site.
To view the complete collection, arrangements must be made in advance. The collection
has not yet been catalogued.
Collection
Description:
The collection focuses on objects, ephemera and photographs illustrating the
history and development of the town of Colchester and the
region. The Colchester Historical Society maintains a museum
hosting exhibits featuring the Colchester/Hayward Rubber Company,
the Bulkeley Family history, the history of Bacon Academy,
the story of the Champion and Zagray families. The Bulkeley
Family history includes uniquely initialed coffin lids exhumed
from the tomb of Gershom Bulkeley. In addition, the Society
maintains the Zagray Homestead, a circa 1930 farm left intact
by the bachelor Zagray brothers. The brothers operated a working
farm, as well as an active machine shop, on their 100+ acres
of land.
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