" To enhance undergraduate learning in the liberal arts by promoting use of library special collections"

Participating Institutions

HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE TOWN OF GREENWICH
Bush-Holley Historic Site
39 Strickland Road
Cos Cob, CT 06807

Phone: (203) 869-6899
Fax: N/A
E-mail: N/A
Web site: http://www.hstg.org/

Contact #1: General questions: an on-line form is provided at: http://www.hstg.org/index.cgi/667
Archivist: an on-line form is provided at: http://www.hstg.org/index.cgi/913
Karen Frederick, Curator of Collections, (203)869-6899 x22, curator@hstg.org
Anne Young, Archivist, (203)869-6899 x23, ayoung@hstg.org

Contact #2: N/A

Access hours: The Museum collections are available to residents, students, and scholars for research and study by appointment.
The Archives are open to the public on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. and 1 p.m. - 4 p.m., or by special appointment on Wednesdays and Fridays. There is no charge for visiting the archives.

Access restrictions: N/A

Reproduction fees: Photocopies and digital photo-reproduction services are available for a fee.

Other provisions: N/A

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Collection Description: The Bush-Holley house was built in 1730 and served as the home of Connecticut's first art colony, the Cos Cob Impressionist art colony that thrived between 1890 and 1920. The museum holdings include a fine collection of 18th century Connecticut case furniture and decorative arts, costumes, textiles and tools from the 18th through the early 20th centuries, as well as Impressionist paintings by members of the Cos Cob art colony.
Access to information on some of the Society’s archival holdings is available on-line at: http://www.hstgams.org/hstgWeb/.

Keywords: American Impressionists, art, painters

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