On Wednesday while looking through a collection that has not received much use, I found correspondence between the donor and Miss Wiggin.\u00a0 She added the following post script to her letter:<\/p>\n
“Since I have been at the museum my continuous slogan has become: – ‘throw nothing away.\u00a0 Give what you do not want to the Litchfield Historical Society.’\u00a0 I say something like this to every man, woman and child who visits the museum.\u00a0 It sometimes happens that people have given us what they consider junk but which has often supplemented in a remarkable way\u00a0 items that were already in our possession.”<\/p>\n
Miss Wiggin’s words still ring true.\u00a0 Our collections are so rich because the people of the community are willing to donate items that document Litchfield’s history.\u00a0 Julie, our curator, and I are always happy to talk to potential donors about things they wish to donate.\u00a0 If it isn’t something that fits our mission, we will give you other suggestions for where it might belong.\u00a0 We are interested in items that document all time periods including the 20th and 21st Centuries- so whether you have records of a civic organization under your bed, or a Civil War uniform in your attic, please don’t hesitate to talk to us about them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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