Title:
Calkins Park: The doctor's gift
Author:
Carol W. Kimball
Subjects:
Dr. Frederick W. Calkins, New London physician
New London's Calkins Park or Caulkins Park
Calkins memorabilia
New London's Calkins Park or Caulkins Park
Calkins memorabilia
Object ID:
Kim10-100
Object Name:
Scrapbook
Category:
8: Communication Artifact
Subcategory:
Documentary Artifact
Publisher:
The Day
Publication Place:
New London, CT
Pubication Date:
09/25/2006
Collection:
Carol W. Kimball
Summary:
Dr. Frederick W. Calkins, a prominent New London physician who was descended from the noted John Hancock of American Revolution fame, left an eight-acre tract that provided his daughter, Mabel Calkins Barker, an annual bank interest. At her death the property reverted to the city with no encumbrances and it serves as an appreciated park today. The park's name is sometimes spelled Caulkins. Calkins adopted Grace E. Bump and raised her with his daughter. Grace lived to be 99 years old and never forgot his kindness. Her grandson, Kenneth Wade, remembering her stories, preserves a treasury of Calkins memorabilia.
People:
Calkins, Frederick W. (Dr.)
Barker, Mabel Calkins
May, Tony
Hancock, John
Bump, Grace E.
Wade, Kenneth
Damon, Richard
Daghlian, Harry
Caulkins, Frances Manwaring
Barker, Mabel Calkins
May, Tony
Hancock, John
Bump, Grace E.
Wade, Kenneth
Damon, Richard
Daghlian, Harry
Caulkins, Frances Manwaring
Search Terms:
Calkins or Caulkins Park
New London
Calkins memorabilia
New London Doctor
Revolutionaly war hero, descendant
New London
Calkins memorabilia
New London Doctor
Revolutionaly war hero, descendant