Profiles: This Great Work: Remembering Clara Dutton Noyes, R. N.
Profiles: This Great Work: Remembering Clara Dutton Noyes, R. [...]
Glimpse: Old Lyme’s Wishing Well Tea Room
Glimpse: Old Lyme’s Wishing Well Tea Room by [...]
Cooking in Old Lyme: A Woman’s Highest Mission
by Carolyn Wakeman Feature Image: Lyme Receipt Book, printed by G. [...]
Documents: Women Reading on Lyme Street
A simple hand-stitched notebook, its marbled paper cover faded over the centuries, records the religious, educational, and charitable purposes of Lyme’s earliest women’s organization. Mid-way through the construction of a new Meetinghouse at the foot of what is now Lyme Street, ten ladies from the town’s prominent families gathered in 1816 to establish a reading group.
Profiles: Daphne Ely (1891-1981)
Daphne Ely was a resident of Lyme and active community member, but before settling down in the town where her ancestors had settled, Daphne lived in Hartford and documented her life from 1911-1914 in her scrapbook. She was also an avid collector of newspaper clippings, local advertisements, and invitations to social events, and her scrapbook details four years in the life of a Hartford socialite in the early 20th century.
Exhibition Notes: Needlework and the Education of Girls
by Caroline Fraser Zinsser, Ph.D. Introduction This paper will address [...]
