Research Topics

MEMBERS OF THE STAFF are always eager to help students and scholars of all levels with research. Those people interested in conducting research in the artifact collection should make an appointment with the curator. Both the Ingraham Memorial Library and the Litchfield History Museum have extensive archives with many topics available for research. A few of the possible topics are listed below.

ARCHIVAL

• Education in the early republic
• New England federalism
• Historic preservation in the 20th century
• China trade in the early 19th century
• American lace making
• Tourism after the Civil War
• Holiday greeting cards
• New Englanders’ participation in the Grand Tour
• Early American legal theory
• The Progressive movement, 1880-1921
• Modern art and artists
• Austin Purves
• Political party development in the early 19th century
• 20th century ephemera
• Early legal education
• 18th and 19th century trades

ARTIFACT

• American art pottery
• 18th and early 19th century American costume
• Litchfield County furniture
• Ralph Earl
• 19th century school girl needlework
• 19th century miniatures
• Lace
• Adelaide Deming
• Austin Purves