Each year many individuals are generous with their gifts of
artifacts and memorabilia to the Society's Museum. The following list of people
and their contributions in 1999 are listed in appreciation.
Robert Durand - Photograph of a Storrs family reunion
William Hahn - Coverlet made by Lucretia Pember Clark, two
samplers, photographs and memorabilia of the Clark family, photographs of
Mansfield scenes
Mr. & Mrs. Winthrop Hawkins - Laser photocopy showing
view of Mansfield Hollow mill dam, knife-like tool with spiral wire handle
Quentin Kessel - Memorial stone for Josiah Taylor (died Nov.
10, 1807, age 79 years)
Richmond
Knapp - Three photographs of the Lewellyn J. Storrs house
Jay Koths - Pelisse, Navy middy blouse, cummerbund, woman's
shift
Gertrude Lamb - Pair of high heel shoes
Lauren LeBlanc - Photographs of the A. J. Huntington house
and the Waldo house at Mansfield Four Corners
Ethel Larkin - Ten photographs of members of the Storrs family
Lucille Storrs
Manning - Photograph of Walter Frederick Storrs
Herman Marshall - Flail, wool basket, hetchel, cheese/butter
board, wooden water pipe, apple picker, photographs of the dismantling of two
old houses in Storrs
Barbara Metsack - Matted enlargements of postcards (Connecticut Agricultural
College Buildings;
Oden's Store, Mansfield
Center; Faculty House,
C.A.C. campus)
Lewis C. Rosebrooks - Photograph of Gold Hall and Main Building,
Storrs
Agricultural College
Althea Stadler - Wedding dress and accessories from the
marriage of Alida Chappell and Alvah Miller in 1906 (includes petticoat, ring
bearer's pillow, lace collar, brooches with photographs of the bride and groom,
and Marriage Memorial & Wedding Souvenir booklet), old non-regulation
mailbox
Nora Stein - Grindstone, photographs and memorabilia of the
Wood family
Betty Wardwell - Gas mask eyeglasses used by Walter Wardwell
during World War II
Geraldine Waring - Photographs of commercial block and post
office in Storrs,
1960s
William
Benton Museum
of Art - Framed photographs of Charles and Augustus Storrs.
Once again, thank you everyone, for remembering the
Mansfield Historical Society. Your gifts are greatly appreciated! Please check
recent Newsletters (on link) for more gifts, and thanks again.
Poppy Whitaker,
Chairman Acquisitions & Collection Management Committee