Research ~ Genealogy ~ History ~ Manuscripts ~ Map ~ Photographs
39 Main Street P.O. Box 525 Old Mystic, CT 06372 Phone 860 – 536 – 9771
Email: icrc03672@yahoo.com Both websites will remain active & usable
This website will retain many of our newsletters and gallery exhibits along with
all the older features but you will not be able to search our databases
TO SEARCH OUR DATABASES – GO TO OUR NEW O M H C WEBSITE HOME
Please make note of the Title and the complete Object I D for each item
The OLD MYSTIC HISTORY CENTER
Email: omhc06372@yahoo.com Website: www.oldmystichistory.org
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE, SUPPORT AND UNDERSTANDING
During the Frustrating Covid Scenario.
The I C R C / O M H C Board of Directors has decided to REOPEN
on Tuesday March 8 th – Masks are still necessary
Our ANNUAL MEETING this year will be a ZOOM event on
Saturday Nov 19 – See the Events page for details and link
HOLIDAY CLOSING SCHEDULE
THE MUSEUM WILL BE CLOSED ON THANKSGIVING 11 / 24
ALSO ON TUES & THURS IN THE LAST WEEK OF DECEMBER
OMHC / ICRC WILL REOPEN ON TUES JANUARY 3
MISSION STATEMENT
The Mission of The Indian and Colonial Research Center
as well as the Old Mystic History 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
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
