Green album with title reads Groton Garden Club Collected Newspaper Clippings Volume 2 of 2 1970 - 1973

Name/Title

Green album with title reads "Groton Garden Club Collected Newspaper Clippings Volume 2 of 2 1970 - 1973"

Entry/Object ID

2016.1.1069

Scope and Content

Green album (14 pages includes front cover) with title reads "Groton Garden Club Collected Newspaper Clippings Volume 2 of 2 1970 - 1973" White pages with newspaper articles from the Day with blue handwritten ink notations Page 1 - News article "Groton News The Day dated 9/17/70 "Underpass Rebuilding Favored" with b & w photo with caption "Councilor Charles R. Smith Explains Road Plans" Page 2 - 3 articles with 1 b &w photos a) dated 11-14-70 Road Hearing Canceled b) Hartford Courant dated 9/26/70 b&w photo with caption "Tight Squeeze" with b & w photo of underpass over Shennecossett Road c) Readers Opinion dated 10-22-70 "Tunnel a Safety Factor? Page 3- 3 articles from the N.L. Day a) dated 8-7-73 "Shennecossett Road Plans Get City Nod" b) dated 8-8-73 "Shennecossett Road Project Opposed" c) dated 8-13-73 "PUC Will Wait 30 Days to Give Opinion on Shennecossett Road" Page 4 - News article and 1 photo with caption a) N.L. Day 8-14-73 "City Council Acts Public Hearing Sought on Shennecossett Road" b) Photo with caption 9-5-73 The Day "A Scenic Squeeze" Page 5 - 2 news articles a) N.L. Day 9-15-73 "Opinion of the Day Public Action on Public Roads" b) N.L. Day 9-15-73 b) 9-15-73 "Confusion in the City" Page 6 - 3 news articles N.L. Day a) dated 9-21-73 - "State Prepares for Road Hearing" with photo caption "State's Plan for Underpass" b) N.L. Day 9-28-73 "takeover of Road Backed" c) 9-26-73 "Road Takeover backed" Page 7 - 1 article with b & w photo with blue notations N.L. Day 9-25-73 " 70 Attend Public Hearing Underpass Plan Attacked" photo caption "Defending State Plans" Page 8 - 2 articles from N.L. Day a) dated 10-2-73 Underpass Widening Is Imminent - City Road Take Vote Fails" photo with caption "Charles M. Spicer" b) dated 10-3-73 "Shennecossett Rd: Reviewing Values" Page 9 - 1 article - the Day Tuesday, July 31, 1973 "Opinion of the Day- Save the Poqonnock River" Page 10- an aerial b & w photo with caption - Groton The Day Wednesday, August 8, 1973 "Proposed Marina Site on Poquonnock River" Page 11- 4 articles a) "Land Eyed Near Bluff - State Wants Marina Property " N.L. Day 6-30-73 b) "State May Conduct Hearing in Groton About New Marina" c) "Permit Opposed - Planners Say Marina Would Damage River" d) Boy Finds Lots of Wildlife At Bluff Point State Park" N.L. Day 8-11-73 Page 12 - 2 articles a) 2 b & W photos "Groton News the Day, New London, Conn dated April 24, 1973 " "State Plans to Acquire More Park Land at Bluff Point - Meskill Wants $800,000 from General Assembly" by Stan DeCoster with photos of Southwest of Bluff Point, Looking Northwest and Henry Gardiner b) The Groton News dated December 6, 1973 "Red Tape Slows Acquisition of Bluff Point Acreage" by George Bray River" N.L. Day 7-25-73 (in blue ink) Page 13 - 2 news articles N.L. Day a) "State to Condemn Tract - Gardiner Rejects Offer" dated 9-24-73 b) "Bluff Point Funds OKd By State" dated 9-28-73

Collection

James L. Streeter Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2016.1

Source or Donor

Streeter, James L.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Album

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Memorabilia

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Conservation of natural resources, Construction, Political issues, Railroad bridges, Road construction, Roads, State parks & reserves, Wetlands

Search Terms

Communications & Public Utilities, Government & Politics, Newspapers, Organizations & Clubs, Allyn Street Connector Marina, Birch Plain Creek, Bluff Point Connector, Bluff Pont, Buell Street POW (Preserve Our Wetlands), City of Groton, Connecticut Department of Transportation (DOT), Conservation, Eastern Point Property Owners Association, Gold Star Memorial Bridge, Groton Elks, Groton Garden Club Thomas Road Bridge, Groton News, Groton Resources Organized (GRO), Hartford Courant, Marshlands, Mitchell Street, North Street, Public Utilities Commission (PUC), Railroad Bridge, Road Construction, Shennecossett Road, State Rte. 649, The Day, Thomas Road, Town Conservation Commission, Tyler House, Whaling City Dredge and Dock Corp.

Archive Details

Creator

The Day, The Groton News, The Hartford Courant, Groton Garden Club

Date(s) of Creation

1970 - 1973

Restrictions

Access: Discolouration/fading, tears and missing pieces, wear and glue marks

General Notes

Note

Status: 9/15/2022 Status By: Sheila Sullivan Status Date: 2022-09-15