Archives don’t just store physical documents; they also take responsibility for digital items like this fabulous scan given by the Tiffany family. In this striking image Leon H. Tiffany, Sr. (1903-1982) surveys the iconic outline of Tiffany Farms from his tractor, while holding the microphone of a Vocaline JRC 400 radio transceiver also known as…
The Lyme Local History Archives is honoring the life of Joseph A. Caples of Gungy Road, Lyme, Connecticut (1874-1954) for Black History Month, 2016. He wrote a memoir (1949) and several diaries (1913-1941) which are now in the Archives’ Collection. They are unique and historically important documents. He wrote: “I am starting this little Memoir from way back in…
In 1748/49 six proprietors (landowners) of Lyme, Connecticut petitioned the New London County Court for permission to create a “common field”, based on the laws and practice of the Colony, to allow townspeople to share in its benefits, in this case good meadowland at the edge of the Connecticut River for salt hay and animal grazing.The documents…
One of the treasures of the Lyme Public Hall’s archives is the ledger recording the meetings of the proprietors of the Ely Meadow— the long, narrow strip of land south of Ely’s Ferry that is elevated enough for wild grasses to grow between the river bank and the Lord Cove marshes. From 1748 until