Resource+Materials

These resources are available to Pomfret residents, teachers and students as we celebrate and learn more about 300 years of Pomfret history:

[] - good overall source for Pomfret description and history.

[|www.pomfretct.org] – Town website with pages on history, government, etc. Click on link on left side to check continuously updated schedule of Pomfret 300 events information

__[]__ - numerous population, housing and income statistics about Pomfret

Porter, John A. [|"Picturesque Pomfret."] The Connecticut Quarterly 2.1 (1896[|)]: 3-24. Google Books. Google, 19 May 2008. Web. 03 Jan. 2013.

Andrew Lacasse's [|Photostream of historic Pomfret postcards] (PCS alumnus - linked with permission) [|Historic Postcards of Pomfret School Buildings]

Visit [|Pomfret Public Library] and [|Abington Social Library] for items of interest in their collection.

** Pomfret Community School’s Collection of the History of Pomfret References **
(Available in Pomfret 300th Basket at [|Pomfret Community School Library])

//Folklore and Firesides of Pomfret, Hampton, and Vicinity// By Susan Jewett Griggs
 * __Books:__**

//The Old Fulling Mill of Pomfret, Connecticut// – By Olive Pike Wetherbee

The Town of Pomfret Cumulative Supplement to Ordinances and Special Acts March 1, 1968
 * __Booklets__** :

Pomfret Subdivision Regulations Last Amended August 30, 1977

//Mashamoquet Brook – Its Past – Into Its Future// 3 Copies Prepared 1973-1975 by the Pomfret Conservation Commission “Examines many aspects of the Mashamoquet Brook as it affects our common heritage and our present lifestyle. The quality of life of the people of Pomfret is closely connected with the brook and the land it drains.” Contains history and photographs. Know Your Community - League of Women Voters of Northeastern CT 1982

Pomfret 1713 – 1963 250th Anniversary Booklet

The Museums of Northeast Connecticut The Brayton Grist Mill and Marcy Blacksmith Museum Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor – National Park Service
 * __Brochures:__**

//The Wolf Den Review// - Autumn 1990 Published by “The Wolf Den Writer’s Group” Includes poetry and stories some of which were contributed by PCS Students such as Hadley Weiss, then 11 years old, and her mother Nancy Weiss.
 * __Special Projects:__**

//An ABC Journey through The Last Green Valley// Created through a service-learning project, funded by an interdistrict grant from EastConn. Donna Dufresne and Amie Densmore were a few involved. Highlights the history and culture of Connecticut towns in the Quinebaug-Shetucket National Heritage Corridor. //A Historical Coloring Book of Pomfret (// 2 Copies) Produced by PCS 1984 //PCS Speaker’s Bureau March 14, 1991// List of area residents and Northeastern Arts Council Directory

Sample Ballot & Instructions 1984 Map of Putnam 250th Anniversary Map of Pomfret and Historical Sketch 1713-1963 An Interim Planning Report from the Pomfret Planning Commission 1973 Towns – Area Categorical Index Town of Pomfret Map
 * __Miscellaneous Documents:__**

Recorded on the day of Washington’s Death by Town Clerk – Marriage between…. Pomfret History – Granted settling the plantation of ………Granted for Township //A Short History of Pomfret Schools 1723-1948 b//y Mrs. Susan J. Griggs December 1948 Copies of articles from Abbie Holbwub’s Newpaper: 1915 Oldest Church in the County Pomfret’s Second Meeting House “The Finest in the County” Mail Stage Days in Pomfret Pomfret’s First Representative Pomfret Reminiscences Pomfret’s First Postmaster Dr. Clark’s Treatment of Ye Old Windham Road, 1730-1933 Copy of Indian Deed 1686 Four Generations of the Waldo Family in Pomfret Article & Letter Dr. Albigence Waldo – Pomfret’s Patriot Revolutionary War Hero 1750-1794 Pamphlet compiled by Mrs. Edwin J. Prior 1975
 * __Historical Documents (copies):__**

//Scenic Byway Links the Past to the Present// – New York Times 1993 //Portrait was Pomfret Student’s Gift// - “Whistler’s Mother” – She lived in Pomfret for a time! Norwich Bulletin 1986 //Pomfret: Poorer, but Proud as Ever// Gilded Spirit of Pomfret Past Haunts Proud Little Town - Hartford Courant 1982 Great article about the early history of Pomfret’s wealthy summer residents’ estates – Courtlands, Gwyn Careg, and Glen Elsinore. //The Quinebaug-Shetucket// - Heritage Corridor a Reality //Pomfret’s First Year// – From the Centennial History by Brad Pearson – Pomfret School 1993 Pomfret Landing Schoolhouse - the Davises’ House – Article from CT Magazine 1989 //Pomfret Man Profits Little from Writing// – Samuel Putnam Waldo – Hartford Courant 1989 //Town Halls, The Soul of the State// -Connecticut’s Finest People & Places Magazine 1986 Counting the Assets of a Quiet Corner- Frog Rock – The New York Times 1961 Israel Putnam’s Greatest Moment - Hartford Courant 2000
 * __Newspaper & Magazine Articles:__**


 * List Compiled for 300th Anniversary Celebration by Linda Bates June 21, 2012**