Research ~ Genealogy ~ History ~ Manuscripts ~ Maps ~ Photographs
39 Main Street P.O. Box 525 Old Mystic, CT 06372 Phone 860 – 536 – 9771
Email: icrc06372@yahoo.com Website: www.indianandcolonial.org
DUE TO THE PRESENT SPIKE IN COVID CONDITIONS
ALL VISITORS ARE REQUIRED TO WEAR PROPER MASKS
I C R C is now OPEN on Saturdays 10 am until 3 pm
During the Summer Months
We will be open on our REGULAR SCHEDULE
starting on Tuesday July 6th & Thursday July 8th
MISSION STATEMENT
The Mission of The Indian and Colonial Research Center is to preserve and make accessible to the public, the collected works of Eva Butler and additional historical and genealogical materials of the people of Old Mystic
Connecticut and surrounding areas
* I C R C is in the process of rebranding our organization *
We will soon be known as O M H C
The OLD MYSTIC HISTORY CENTER
THIS PROCESS SHOULD BE COMPLETE BY THE END OF SUMMER AND WE ARE
PLANNING AN OFFICIAL RE-OPENING IN THE MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER
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MANUSCRIPTS
• Mystic Bank Account Books
• Primary source materials from Eva Butlers collection
• Early local records of 17th and 18th century commercial stores and industries
OLD PHOTOGRAPHS
• Individual local family photo collections
• 1895 through 1917 negatives and prints
• Many local old home and business images
EARLY MAPS
• Mrs. Butler’s hand drawn home sites of New London County before 1800
• Many locally oriented maps from all eras
• John Fanning’s farm on Fort Hill
NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE AND ARTIFACTS
• Extensive Primary Source Material on Local Tribes
• Data on family life, food, clothing, shelter, trade
• Arrowheads, stone tools, pottery, baskets, bead work
GENEALOGY
• Many published genealogy volumes
• Probate notebook records
• Family genealogies and coats of arms
LOCAL HISTORY MATERIALS
• Civil War Letters – Family Letters
• Colonial Records – Winthrop Papers
• Pequot War – King Phillips War
LIBRARY RESEARCH MATERIALS & RARE SCHOOL BOOKS
• Books, Pamphlets, Newsletters, Newspaper Clippings
• Diaries, Scrapbooks, Articles, Magazines, Letters
POSTCARDS FROM HISTORIC PERIODS
