New Haven Museum - MSS 51: New Haven Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument Committee Records, 1881-1894

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MSS 51: New Haven Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument Committee Records, 1881-1894

Creator: New Haven Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument Committee

Extent: 8 in. (370 items)

Description: Correspondence, minutes of meetings, financial records, printed matter, newspaper clippings, sketch, blueprint, photos, and other records, of the committee to erect a monument commemorating soldiers and sailors from New Haven who died in American wars. Includes list of New Haven servicemen to be commemorated. Correspondents include architects, sculptors, and Ames Manufacturing Company, which made the bronze tablets.

Research Topics: War memorials in New Haven; parades and celebrations in New Haven; New Haven war veterans

Illustration of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, New Haven Register, March 27, 1888. (Box 1, Folder F)

Letter from Committee to Ames Manufacturing Company about the bronze tablets for the monument, 1889. (Box 1, Folder G)

Commemorative lithograph of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, available with purchase of a box of "The Park" Cigars. (Box 1, Folder H)

Invitation to dedication of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, June 17, 1887. (Box 1, Folder H)

Program for Unveiling of the Memorial Tablets on the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, May 30, 1894. (Box 1, Folder H)

Souvenir program from the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument dedication, June 17, 1887. (Box 1, Folder H)

Commemorative 1888 calendar featuring the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, produced by J.D. Dewell & Co. (Box 1, Folder L1)

Photograph of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument. (Box 1, Folder L)

Alternative design for the Soldiers' Memorial. (Box 1, Folder K)

The "Angel of Peace" that sits atop the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument. The bronze statue was restored in 2006 and temporarily displayed on the New Haven Green, when this photograph was taken, before it resumed its post on top of the monument. (Box 1, Folder M)