Davis Papers

Name/Title

Davis Papers

Entry/Object ID

2016.036

Scope and Content

Collection of papers relating to John Lawrence Davis and the Davis Homestead, 1987-1993 John Lawrence Davis was born on the Davis Farm on Greenhaven Road in 1898, and lived there until his death in 1989. He wrote extensively on Stonington history in the first half of the 20th century. Folder 1 - news article, Mystic River Press, April 6, 2000 re. John Davis and photocopies of pictures from the Davis Farm. Folder 2 - 69 page handwritten manuscript, by John L. Davis, regarding the Davis Farm and associated people, dated July 5, 1988" Folder 3 - Diary kept by John L. Davis, January 5, 1987 - September 30, 1988 Folder 4 - collection of notes, correspondence, photographs, and other assorted materials relating to John L. Davis and the Davis Farm, c. 1914-1985. Includes a transcription of John Lawrence Davis' dairy containing notes on the operation of the Davis Farm from 1914 - 1982.

Collection

Davis Papers