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Series II. Caulfield’s writings
Ernest Caulfield and James Slater gravestone research collection
A Guide to the collection at the Connecticut Historical Society
Collection Overview |
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| Repository: | Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, Connecticut |
| Creator : | Caulfield, Ernest 1893-1972 |
| Title : | Ernest Caulfield and James Slater gravestone research collection |
| Dates : | circa 1949-1995 |
| Extent : | 4.5 linear feet (9 boxes) and 5 volumes |
| Location: | Ms 99041 |
| Language: | English |
Biographical Sketch
Ernest Caulfield (1893-1972) was born in Hartford, Connecticut and received his medical degree at Johns Hopkins University in 1920. He moved to New Haven, Connecticut in 1921 for his internship and residency and by 1923 was a lecturer at Yale Medical School. He opened a pediatrics office in Hartford in 1924 and later chaired the Pediatrics Department at Hartford Hospital. He retired from his medical practice in the 1950s and moved to Old Lyme.
Caulfield developed an interest in gravestones after researching and writing on death in early New England. His first article on Connecticut gravestones appeared in 1951 and he published a series of articles in the Connecticut Historical Society Bulletin. The series continued and was edited after his death by Peter Benes. Caulfield was at work on a monograph before he became blind, which was never completed.
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Scope and Content
The collection came to this CHS library through the estate of Ernest Caulfield. James Slater used and added to the material for several years in his own research before turning it over to CHS. Ruth Shapleigh Brown of the Connecticut Gravestone Network added further clarification to the folders before turning them over the the CHS. The labels found on the outside of each envelope in which the materials were stored are transcribed exactly as found and the envelopes are kept in the same arrangement as when they were received. An Excel index for the folders, created by Ruth Brown, is available for researchers.
The files on individual carvers, arranged alphabetically in Series I, contain handwritten notes citing primary sources, genealogical research, analysis of carving styles, correspondence, articles (both manuscript and printed) and photographs. Series II consists of some of Caulfield’s writings including a speech, some biographical material, correspondence between Caulfield, CHS and Peter Benes and articles Caulfield wrote for the Connecticut Historical Society Bulletin.
Series III contains research on cemeteries organized by town while Series IV consists of some miscellaneous writings and papers found in the collection but not tied directly to any town or carver.
The final series encompasses photographic prints and negatives of headstones. Three photo albums contain images arranged by carver. Two boxes contain an odd assortment of envelopes holding negatives and some prints of headstones arranged by the name of the interred. Nothing was done to rehouse the negatives at this juncture.
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Restrictions
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions on access to the collection.
Use Restrictions
Use of the material requires compliance with the Connecticut Historical Society's Research Center regulations.
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Subject Headings
Personal Names
Subjects
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Item, Collection Title, Collection number (Box #, Folder #). Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, Connecticut.
Processing Details
Collection was processed by Barbara Austen in 2006.
EAD Finding Aid created September 2014.
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Contents:
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Adams-Armstrong | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Baldwin | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Barker-Beckley | |||||||||
| 1 | 4-9 | Bartlett, Gershom | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | The "Bat" | |||||||||
| 1 | 11 | Brewer | |||||||||
| 1 | 12-13 | Buckland | |||||||||
| 1 | 14 | Chandler | |||||||||
| 1 | 15 | Collins | |||||||||
| 1 | 16 | Coult-Dodge | |||||||||
| 1 | 17 | Cowles | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 2 | 18 | Dolph | |||||||||
| 2 | 19 | Drake | |||||||||
| 2 | 20 | Edwards-Ely | |||||||||
| 2 | 21 | "Farmington Boy" | |||||||||
| 2 | 22 | Forbes-Galpin | |||||||||
| 2 | 23 | "Glastonbury Lady" | |||||||||
| 2 | 24 | Gold, Thomas | |||||||||
| 2 | 25 | Griswold | |||||||||
| 2 | 26 | Hale | |||||||||
| 2 | 27 | Hall-Hide | |||||||||
| 2 | 28-31 | Hartshorne | |||||||||
| 2 | 32 | Hayden | |||||||||
| 2 | 33 | Hedge-Honsford | |||||||||
| 2 | 34 | Hemstead | |||||||||
| 2 | 35 | Higgins | |||||||||
| 2 | 36 | Hill | |||||||||
| 2 | 37 | Hodgkins | |||||||||
| 2 | 38 | Holland | |||||||||
| 2 | 39 | Huntington | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 3 | 40 | Isham | |||||||||
| 3 | 41-45 | Johnson | |||||||||
| 3 | 46 | Jennings-Lyman | |||||||||
| 3 | 47 | Little "A" man | |||||||||
| 3 | 48 | Leighten | |||||||||
| 3 | 49 | Longmeadow, Lee | |||||||||
| 3 | 50 | Lamb | |||||||||
| 3 | 51 | Lamsons | |||||||||
| 3 | 52 | Lathrop | |||||||||
| 3 | 53 | Loomis | |||||||||
| 3 | 54 | Mannings | |||||||||
| 3 | 55 | Middletown area carvers | |||||||||
| 3 | 56 | Middletown, "Lower Quarry" carvers | |||||||||
| 3 | 57-58 | Miller | |||||||||
| 3 | 59 | Parsons-Prichard | |||||||||
| 3 | 60 | Ritter | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 4 | 61 | Sage-Smith | |||||||||
| 4 | 62 | Savage-Strong | |||||||||
| 4 | 63 | Stanclift | |||||||||
| 4 | 64 | Sweetland-Sykes | |||||||||
| 4 | 65 | Thatcher-Tucker | |||||||||
| 4 | 66 | Walden | |||||||||
| 4 | 67 | Walton | |||||||||
| 4 | 68 | Warren-Woodward | |||||||||
| 4 | 69 | Welsh | |||||||||
| 4 | 70-71 | Wheeler | |||||||||
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 4 | 72 | Connecticut River Valley paper | |||||||||
| 4 | 73 | "Three Manning Imitators" | |||||||||
| 4 | 74 | Miscellaneous articles and newspaper clippings | |||||||||
| 4 | 75 | Ludwig, A. | |||||||||
| 4 | 76 | Caulfield and Peter Benes correspondence | |||||||||
| 4 | 77 | Connecticut Historical Society and Peter Benes correspondence | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 5 | 78 | Speeches, personal notes, correspondence | |||||||||
| 5 | 79 | Photographs and notes, some used in talks | |||||||||
| 5 | 80 | Biographical material | |||||||||
| 5 | 81 | Articles in the CHS Bulletin | |||||||||
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 5 | 82 | Towns A-D | |||||||||
| 5 | 83 | Towns E-G | |||||||||
| 5 | 84 | Towns H-L | |||||||||
| 5 | 85 | Towns M-R | |||||||||
| 5 | 86 | Towns S-W | |||||||||
| 5 | 87 | Forbes Collection, Long Island | |||||||||
| 5 | 88 | Notes on various towns | |||||||||
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 6 | 89 | Correspondence to Caulfield and Slater | |||||||||
| 6 | 90 | Notes with page references | |||||||||
| 6 | 91 | Notes on probate record locations | |||||||||
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Return to the Table of Contents Series V. Photographs and negatives of headstones |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 6 | 92 | Massachusetts stones | |||||||||
| 6 | 93 | Stones identified by town | |||||||||
| 6 | 94 | Joseph Johnson and William Holland stones | |||||||||
| 6 | 95 | "Bat" carver, Collins, Dolph, Hartshorne, Johnson, Kimball, Manning | |||||||||
| 6 | 96 | Drake, Sikes, Wheeler, Stanclift, Isham, Hodgkins | |||||||||
| 6 | 97 | Unknown localities | |||||||||
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| 7 | Stones for individuals A-J, negatives and prints | ||||||||||
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| 8 | Stones for individuals K-W, negatives and prints | ||||||||||
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| 9 | Note cards on gravestones by town | ||||||||||
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| 1 | Gravestones of Early New England with annotations | ||||||||||
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| 2 | Photograph album "non-probate, non-signed stones" | ||||||||||
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| 3 | Photograph album "probated and signed stones" | ||||||||||
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| 4 | Photograph album "non-probated nor signed" | ||||||||||
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| 5 | Caulfield, Ernest. A true history of the terrible epidemic vulgarly called the throat distemper... (New Haven: Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine, 1939). No. 323 of 375 copies. | ||||||||||