Tercentenary Commission of the State of Connecticut records
Scope and Content
The record group contains minutes of meetings of the Commission, its executive committee, and subcommittees, administrative, personnel, and financial records, scrapbooks, photographs, postcards and files about local celebrations, reports of public libraries, music, local history material, much of which was assembled by Connecticut school children, and visitors’ registers.
Dates
- 1928-1959
- Majority of material found within 1929-1936
Language of Materials
The records are in English.
Restrictions on Access
These records are stored at an off-site facility and therefore may not be available on a same-day basis.
See the Rules and Procedures for Researchers Using Archival Records and Secured Collections policy.
Restrictions on Use
See the Reproduction and Publications of State Library Collections policy.
Historical Note
The General Assembly created this commission in 1929 to plan for the commemoration of the 300th anniversary of Connecticut’s settlement. The Commission expanded from seven members, headed by Dr. G.C.F. Williams, to eleven, supported by an executive secretary, Herbert L. Crapo, and staff. It created several subcommittees to conduct work. Samuel H. Fisher was Chairman after January 4, 1934. Its program included publications, exhibits, public ceremonies, musical events, pageants, parades, school activities, an industrial exhibit, religious observances, and the sale of medals, plates, and auto tags. Twenty-two information bureaus were established, and many localities organized their own related programs. The Henry Whitfield House in Guildford received a donation for its restoration. The final exercises took place on October 11, 1935, and the commission wound up its work on June 30, 1936.
Extent
14 cubic feet
Abstract
The General Assembly created this commission in 1929 to plan for the commemoration of the 300th anniversary of Connecticut’s settlement.
Provenance
The records were turned over to the State Library some time after the Commission completed its work on June 30, 1936. Judge William Maltbie held some of the records first. A note in the files stated that a major part of the records - "mostly correspondence" - were discarded in 1959. A motion picture film, "Three Hundred Years of Connecticut Life and Industry," was destroyed by the Archives in July 1973.
- Clippings Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Connecticut -- Centennial celebrations, etc Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Connecticut -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Financial records Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Minutes Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Photographs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Postcards Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Registers (lists) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Reports Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Scrapbooks Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Tercentenary Commission of the State of Connecticut -- Records and correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- RG 056, Connecticut Tercentenary Commission
- Subtitle
- Inventory of Records
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Connecticut State Library staff.
- Date
- 2007
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Connecticut State Library Repository
