http://www.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org/blog Musings on the work of the Litchfield Historical Society Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:51:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org/blog/?p=5&cpage=1#comment-343 Susan Pollock Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:51:21 +0000 http://www.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org/blog/?p=5#comment-343 When I was little, my family spent summer weekends and the month of August at Bantam Lake. On rainy days to my great delight I was allowed to go the Historical Society and would poke around for hours. I was especially pleased when Miss Wiggin let me open drawers and discover all the goodies inside. I remember (I think....) in some of the drawers there were collections of mounted insects. We all loved the "exercise" chair and were occasionally allowed to sit in that as well. She was definitely a throwback to another era - slightly stern and intimidating but always immensely interesting. I worked for Lew Wiggin, Charlotte's nephew, at the bookstore for a number of years. Miss Charlotte ended up with dementia late in life and Lew and I would debate whether it was better to lose your marbles, be happy and healthy or keep your marbles, but not your health. As Miss Charlotte was extremely happy living in her memories, we decided that might be the better course! When I was little, my family spent summer weekends and the month of August at Bantam Lake. On rainy days to my great delight I was allowed to go the Historical Society and would poke around for hours. I was especially pleased when Miss Wiggin let me open drawers and discover all the goodies inside. I remember (I think….) in some of the drawers there were collections of mounted insects. We all loved the “exercise” chair and were occasionally allowed to sit in that as well. She was definitely a throwback to another era – slightly stern and intimidating but always immensely interesting.
I worked for Lew Wiggin, Charlotte’s nephew, at the bookstore for a number of years. Miss Charlotte ended up with dementia late in life and Lew and I would debate whether it was better to lose your marbles, be happy and healthy or keep your marbles, but not your health. As Miss Charlotte was extremely happy living in her memories, we decided that might be the better course!

]]> http://www.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org/blog/?p=70&cpage=1#comment-198 Charlene Barbacci Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:57:31 +0000 http://www.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org/blog/?p=70#comment-198 Wow this is VERY COOL. I actually plugged in a topic & your search engine came up with several reference materials which your library has. This will be most useful to the MANY researchers who visit the LHS every year. Wow this is VERY COOL. I actually plugged in a topic & your search engine came up with several reference materials which your library has. This will be most useful to the MANY researchers who visit the LHS every year.

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