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enhance undergraduate learning in the liberal arts by
promoting use of library special collections"
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Institutions
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FARMINGTON
ROOM / FARMINGTON LIBRARY
6
Monteith Drive, P.O. Box 407
Farmington,
CT 06032
Phone:
(860) 673-6791
Fax: (860)
675-7148
E-mail: See contacts
Web site: http://www.farmingtonlibct.org/
Contact
#1:
Ann J. Arcari, Farmington Room Librarian (860-673-6791,
ext. 212; aarcari@farmingtonlibct.org)
Contact #2:
Harold Bright, Head of Reference Services (860-673-6791,
ext. 204; hbright@farmingtonlibct.org)
Access
hours:
Mondays 1:00 - 9:00 pm; other days 9:00 am - 5:00 pm. Visitors are encouraged
to call in advance, as hours are subject to change.
Access restrictions:
Materials may be used in the Farmington Room only and under the supervision
of the librarian. On occasion materials may be used at the Adult Services Desk
under supervision of the staff.
Reproduction fees:
10 cents / page for photocopying.
Other
provisions:
All users must sign registration book in the Farmington Room. Hang coats on
coat rack outside the room. Brief cases may be left with librarian. Use pencil
for all note-taking.
Other information:
Because the staff is sometimes assigned to other areas of the library, researchers
should email or call in advance to make appointments or to ascertain access
to the Room and availability of librarian. An advance call will give the librarian
time to collect needed materials.
Collection
Description:
- RG1: Archives & Collections of Farmington
Libraries and Farmington Village Green and Library Association, 1795-
. Includes accessions, minutes of meetings; rules, budgets, guest books,
scrapbooks, photo albums, etc.
- RG2 Selectmen’s Records: so called for want of a
better name, this collection consists of documents and scraps of paper on
which the First Selectman or others recorded town business. They cover from
about 1809 to near the end of the 19 th century, and include letters, bills,
receipts, and reports. These papers fall into the following categories with
a great deal of overlap.
- Welfare: bills, receipts and dispositions of paupers
and the indigent. A separate box holds materials related
to the almshouse or House of Industry, also called the Town Farm,
1824-1924.
- Roads & Bridges: also included here are perambulations
and boundary papers, since these often were concerned with placement
of roads.
- Legal Affairs: this is a broadly defined category and
includes items about court cases, bills to and from the town and receipts,
tax abatements, constable concerns, etc.
- Special Interest Items: the
materials in this box are items that are used for exhibits, curriculum
support, or are noteworthy to Farmington history in some way. Some
relate to slaves and Negroes residing in town, there are examples of
warnings-out and other typically early affairs. There is a complete
record of a smallpox inoculation campaign in 1828 that reveals the understanding
of the spread and control of the disease.
- Civil War bounty payments
and volunteer certificates.
- Deeds, 1686-19 th century: these are probably copies issued to grantees.
Other, smaller collections include:
RG 3: The Julius Gay Collection: 18th and 19th century
papers, some manuscript copies.
RG 4: Associations, societies, and clubs.
RG 5: Ledgers, account books, day book, diaries, mid-18 th –early
20 th centuries.
Also, land records which were transferred from Town Hall to other repositories
and then to the Library and cover the years roughly from 1850 to 1920.
Town Council Meeting videotapes, 2001-.
Town reports from various departments including annual reports from 1865-
.
Farmington Libraries’ collections: a large collection
of 18 th, 19th, and early 20th century books that were in the collections
of earlier libraries in Farmington. Many are religious works, but the collection
also includes histories, schoolbooks, a few novels, biography, etc. The 20th
century books are mainly from the Children’s Collection.
Photograph Collections: Flood of 1955; Farmington Houses; Karl Klauser Collection
of late 19 th century photos, mainly scenes of Farmington River, Porter School
events, his own home and family, etc. We have some photos of recent Farmington
by photographers for books, exhibits, etc.
There is also a large clippings file for newspaper articles and other small
items on a variety of topics in history, life, people, schools and so forth
in Farmington.
There are Finding Aids for some of the collections; contact
the library for more information or check our web site.
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