Name/Title
Russell Handsman ResearchEntry/Object ID
2023.602.10Scope and Content
Four boxes of research notes and reference material relating to States Pottery and the pottery industry in New London County and New England, compiled by Russell Handsman:
Box 1 - Research notes on the Leffingwell family and pottery industry in Norwich
Folder 1 - Christopher Leffingwell, Norwich merchant and manufacturer
Folder 2 - Leffingwell Home
Folder 3 - Leffingwell Pottery
Folder 4 - Dudley Woodbridge, pottery manufacturer
Folder 5 - Historic Newspapers, Norwich (1780-1792)
Folder 6 - Norwich Account Books, 1746-1802
Folder 7 - Research paper, "New London County, Connecticut Stonewares and Mashantucket Pequot Pottery" by Russ Handman, 2015 (includes information on States Pottery in Stonington)
Folder 8 - "The Norwich Pottery Works" by Henry Armstrong, 1925
Box 2 - Research notes on New England pottery industry and States Pottery
Folder 0 - Bibliography, "Writings on the States Family Stoneware Potteries of Stonington, Connecticut" 2022
Folder 1 - Articles on early New England pottery
Folder 2 - Article, "The States' Family Stoneware Sites in Stonington, Connecticut" by Russell Handsman, 2016
Folder 3 - Article, "Digging Stoneware" by Russ Handsman, 2018
Folder 4 - Article, "New London County Potteries and the States Family Stoneware Tradition" by Russ Handsman, 2017
Folder 5 - Presentation for the MAAC, "The States Family Stoneware Complex of Stonington, Connecticut: 1775-1825" by Russ Handsman, 2020
Folder 6 - MAAC presentation abstract, 2020
Folder 7 - MAAC presentation footnotes, 2020
Folder 8 - MAAC presentation outlines, 2020
Folder 9 - Article, "Stoneware Potters and the Long Transition to Early Industrial Capitalism" by Russ Handsman, 2022
Folder 10 - Abstract and outlines for articles by Russ Handsman
Box 3 - Research notes on States Pottery
Folder 1 - Research notebook (States' Ledger, etc...), 2011 - 2022
Folder 2 - Notes, Stonington grand lists
Folder 3 - Notes, Stonington newspapers
Folder 4 - Notes, States pottery
Folder 5 - Notes, Adam States II
Folder 6 - Notes, William States
Folder 7 - Notes, William States probate record
Folder 8 - Graphs, early stoneware potteries
Folder 9 - Notes, analysis of 6 States stoneware pieces
Folder 10 - Notes, stoneware
Folder 11 - Notes, States pottery/family
Folder 12 - Notes, stoneware photographs
Folder 13 - Notes, States family stoneware
Box 4 - Research notes on States Pottery
Folder 1 -Chapters 1 & 2, "First Finds"
Folder 2 -Chapter 1 drafts, notes and outlines
Folder 3 - Chapter 2 drafts and notes
Folder 4 - Chapter 2 figures
Folder 5 - Chapter 2 research
Folder 6 - Articles on Abraham Mead (apprentice of Adam States)
Folder 7 - Research notes, Abraham Mead
Folder 8 - Research notes, States stoneware
Folder 9 - Final chapter notesArchive Items Details
Title
Russell Handsman Research NotesDescription
4 boxes of research material compiled by Russell Handsman relating to States Pottery and the pottery industry in Southeastern ConnecticutCreator
Russell G. HandsmanContainer
4 BoxesSubjects
Pottery, Pottery industry, Pottery makingSearch Terms
States, Adam, States Pottery