2011 ANNUAL REPORT
New London’s archival collection reflects over a century of generosity and care. In 1910, descendants of Elder Job Seamans (1748–1830) entrusted his papers to the town library, and in 1915, librarian Emma Bartlett reported that "a safe has been purchased so that rare and valuable documents ... may be carefully preserved." …
2011 MID-YEAR UPDATE
Our work has focused on developing the Main Street wiki, an online building history database of structures along New London's Main Street. We hope this will become a repository for more and more information about our built environment. It is already being used by the NL Historical Society as it researches sites for upcoming walking tours of New London. …
2010 ANNUAL REPORT
Account books * Bibles * Commendations * Daguerrotypes * Etchings * Family trees Genealogies * House histories * Inventories * Journals * KRSD reports * Letters * Manuscripts Newspapers * Obituaries * Postcards * Quilt patterns * Recipes * Sermons * Telephone books U.S. patents * Video tapes * Warrants * X-rays * Yearbooks * Zoning maps...
2010 MID-YEAR UPDATE
Thanks to our dedicated volunteers, we have made excellent progress on projects this year.
We have put a major effort into sorting, culling, and re-shelving our collection. Over the years related materials have become scattered among different parts of the Archives, so we are now reorganizing. By the time we're done every box and folder will have been opened, inspected, and moved to a new physical location in our stacks. …
2009 ANNUAL REPORT
New London's Town Archives Committee collects and preserves letters, official records, photographs, and other information needed to document the town’s history. A volunteer staff manages the collection and assists researchers in its use.
Over the past year, we have focused on using technology to improve both the preservation and accessibility of the collection. …