Papers

Archive

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Historic Stonington

Name/Title

Papers

Entry/Object ID

2016.054.001

Scope and Content

Collection of personal and financial papers relating to William Watrous and Mildred York LeClair Watrous of Stonington and Westerly, 1901 - 1960s. Includes greeting cards, graduation programs, correspondence, magazine articles, receipts, land records, mortgage deeds, school records (Stonington Grammar School and Stonington High School), employment records (American Velvet Co.). Poem, "There Shall be Shrubs," regarding a fight to keep the trees on Water Street in Stonington Borough. Mentions names: Ann Atwood Dodge, Joe Joseph, Manny Moniz, Henry R. Palmer, Dewhurst, Joe King, Jimmy Weeks, Eddie Stanton, Warden Crandall, Francis Burtch, Park Bindloss, Benjamin Hewitt, Albert Fort, Kupidlowski and Tom Bryce. Land records reference 12 Denison Ave., 18 May Flower Ave., John Street, Deans Mill Road, Flanders Road and 15 Chase Street in Mystic, Stonington, Pawcatuck and Westerly.

Collection

LeClaire Collection