You may have heard that the Litchfield Historical Society received a grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources for cataloging hidden special collections.  The staff chose the Archon database, an open source archival management system developed by the University of Illinois.  Staff are working to populate the database with finding aids for holdings dating from 1776-1835.  To date, the Benjamin Tallmadge Collection and the Pierce Family Correspondence are complete finding aids.  If you take time to browse the “Collections” module, you’ll see that there are a few others in progress, including the papers of George C. Woodruff, the Litchfield Female Academy Collection, and the Wolcott Family Collection.  You may also notice that there are a few items in “digital content” where we hope to include photos of some of the objects related to the manuscript collections.  Check back for additional content, and let us know if you have any suggestions for improving the site.