The grave of Captain Samuel Selden (who died in 1745 at age 50) is in Marvin Cemetery on Hamburg Road, a little south of Mt. Archer Road. Lyme’s 18th century headstones are unusual: not a single one features a winged death’s head, usually depicted across New England as a skull sporting a prominent set of…
The 2023 George House Tag Sale was held at the Public Hall on Saturday, September 16 from 9 am to 1 pm. Thanks to the generous support of our community with donations of wonderful items, our hardworking volunteers who helped to stage and price the donated items, and a great turnout of shoppers on sale…
Archivist Julie Hughes has been busy as always in the Archives Room at the Lyme Public Library. She is in residence on Thursdays from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. Here are some of the recent projects that she and community volunteer Ann Brubaker have been working on: All DVDs with moving image content in the…
Every year, Essex Savings Bank gives thousands of dollars to help aid the efforts of local non-profit organizations. This year, the bank collected member votes in February for a long list of local community organizations – and we were one of them! We recently received a donation check in the amount of $619 from Essex…
Our volunteer archivist Julie Hughes and expert community volunteer Ann Brubaker have been busy accessioning and reconciling items in our collection at the Bacdayan Local History Archives in the Lyme Public Library. Among their accomplishments this quarter: Twenty-five Polly Murray audio cassettes have been digitized, bringing the total up to sixty-seven. Work on two large…
We are so pleased to announce that the Lyme Public Hall & Local History Archives has been awarded a $5600 CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grant from CT Humanities. This grant will enable us to continue providing many events free to the public, and to assist with maintaining the Public Hall and Archives. The LPHLHA…
Big thanks to everyone who came out for the 2022 Chowder Dinner, and to our wonderful volunteers whose helping hands and enthusiasm contributed in large part to a wonderful evening. It was a joy to see so many friends and neighbors gathering at the Hall; we are so appreciative and couldn’t have done this event…
The Bacdayan Local History Archives at the Lyme Public Library is now an Affiliate Library for FamilySearch. FamilySearch is an international nonprofit organization and website offering genealogical records to help people research their ancestors and family history. As an affiliate library, the Archives can provide access to additional digital records not available to the general…
Inspired by the treasure trove of history in our Archives, we have a Facebook Page to share memories and photos of Lyme, called Historic Lyme. We invite you to upload images and memories for community members who may reminisce with you, or for new members to our town to enjoy. If you have an old…
Archive News Pleasant Valley Association papers now available Our new archivist Julie Hughes has been hard at work every Thursday at the Bacdayan Archive Room in the Lyme Public Library. In addition to the Beebe Collection, she has organized all of the papers we have received relating to the Pleasant Valley Association so that they…