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Louise St. John Hitchcock, 1920-22
Rufus Clark Hitchcock
Alfred Marshall Hitchcock: "Simsbury Folks," ca. 1885-1925
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Hitchcock Family Papers, 1841-1968
Finding AidFinding aid prepared by Susan Boone.Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.2003
| | | | | Creator: | Hitchcock family | | Title: | Hitchcock Family Papers | | Dates: | 1841-1968 | | Abstract: | Western New England family. Autobiographies of Rufus Clark Hitchcock relate to family life in Vermont, Massachusetts, and Connecticut; a journal documents his travels in Massachusetts and his birthplace in Vermont; a family journal includes genealogical records of the Farr, Hitchcock, and St. John families. Also included are an autobiography of Louise St. John Hitchcock; essays by Alfred M. Hitchcock; and photographs of Rufus Clark Hitchcock.
| | Extent: | 1 box(.25 linear ft.) | | Language: | English. | | Identification: | MS 210 |
Rufus Clark Hitchcock, Henry Hitchcock, and Addie Sanford, undatedThis was a western New England Family. Rufus Clark Hitchcock (1835-1994) is represented by an autobiography extending through his early manhood, including a trip to Lake Superior, and a journal of his travels in Massachusetts and Vermont as a bookseller in 1866. His wife Louise St. John (1841-1938) is represented by an autobiography written around 1920. There is also a collaborative family journal extending from 1876 to 1890. The Hitchcocks lived in Simsbury, Connecticut. Return to the Table of Contents
Contains diaries, photographs, manuscripts, and genealogical material. Autobiographies (1835-circa 1862 and 1850s) of Rufus Clark Hitchcock, relating to family life in Chittenden and Westminster, Vt., Springfield and Boston, Mass., and Thompsonville (Enfield), Conn., and trip to the Lake Superior region; a journal (1866) of his travels in Massachusetts as a bookseller and his birthplace in Chittenden, Vt.; family journal (1876-1890) with entries by various family members, containing genealogical records of the Farr, Hitchcock, and St. John families, and concerning life in various places including Keene, N.H., and New Orleans, La. Autobiography (1920) of Louise St. John Hitchcock, describing her parents, Zopher and Eunice Harmon St. John, other relatives, the St. John family home in Simsbury, Conn., and activities as wife and widow of Rufus C. Hitchcock; essays entitled "Simsbury Folks," by Alfred M. Hitchcock (son of Rufus C. and Louise), describing St. John family members in Simsbury, Conn., with notes by Helen Hitchcock Bjorvand; photographs of Rufus Clark Hitchcock. Return to the Table of Contents
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Box |
Folder |
| | 1 | 1 | Louise St. John Hitchcock,
1920-22 |
| 4 | Autobiography (1834-ca 1862),
1889-1894 |
| 5 | Autobiography: "A Night Under a Hemlock, a Reminiscence" (1850s),
n.d. |
| 6 | Photographs,
ca. 1850-1890 |
Box |
Folder |
| | 1 | 7-8 | Alfred Marshall Hitchcock: "Simsbury Folks,"
ca. 1885-1925 |
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