Gildersleeve Papers

Name/Title

Gildersleeve Papers

Entry/Object ID

2023.219.9

Scope and Content

Collection of papers from the Gildersleeve/duPont family including: * Letter to Helen O'Dell Gildersleeve from John Mason Brown (a NY theater critic and summer resident of Stonington), December 16, 1965. *Photocopy, "Women's Defense Group at War Work Conference," from the New London Day, April 14, 1942 (Mrs. Frank F. Dodge, Mrs. Roy L. Cole) *Photocopy, "One Big Happy Borough Family," from the Westerly Sun, January 18, 1987 (reminiscence of Stonington Borough c. 1938) *Photocopy, program of "A Piano Minstrel," by the Mozart Music Club (students of Florence Buck Browning), June 26, 1951 at the Stonington Town Hall. Lists officers, sponsors and participants - all local names, including Helen and Al Gildersleeve. *Photocopy, quit claim deed between Judith duPont and the Mashantucket Land Trust concerning Sandy Point, July 3, 1982.