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These materials were recovered in the late 1970s by faculty of WestConn and donated to the Archives.
Open for research without restrictions.
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Identification of item, date (if known); The Danbury, Town of Records; DRG 1; box number; folder number;
Danbury was served by a town government led by selectmen and a city government led by a mayor after receiving a city charter in 1889. This duality existed until the 1960s when the government was consolidated.
A Board of Selectmen is a construct implemented in New England area town governments to aid in execution of executive authority. The board may consist of three or five members of varying terms. Of that number, the First Selectman is the senior member of the board and the role of that First Selectman is akin to a town manager in other areas of the United States. The First Selectman was the chief elected official and administrative head of the town of Danbury. The correspondence generated by this office concerns a range of municipal government activities such as: maintaining municipal facilities, budget and financial issues, schools and education, town meetings, traffic planning and control, street closures and road work, civil defense, bids and contracts with local and state contractors, tax reports and tax relief, and public welfare issues. The files also contain maps and blueprints of various building projects and roadwork.
The collection spans from 1893 to 1963 with the bulk of the collection ranging from 1940-1962, and is arranged chronologically by year or in groups of years. Most of the 1950s and forward correspondence is to Charles A. Hallock (Judge Hallock), the Town Council and Board of Selectmen. James A. Hallock was an attorney in Danbury who lived at 6 Pleasant St.
Of particular interest are the purchase of land for the development of Danbury Airport (box 9, folders 12-13, 21-25, 62-63), and the proposed Algonquin Gas pipeline through Danbury (box 1, folders 46-50).
Researchers should also see the Truman Warner Collection, a) Energy and Evolution, b) Air Travel, and c) Area Schools; the June Goodman Collection regarding education issues in Danbury; and, the City and Town of Danbury Records--Selectman Correspondence files for additional information concerning the development of Danbury Airport, Algonquin Gas Transmission Company, and school building and bonding issues.
The Algonquin Gas Transmission Company files contain correspondence, which includes the controversy surrounding their proposal, and maps indicating the proposed crossings of their pipeline through the Town of Danbury. The crossings include Saw Mill Road, Ridgebury Road, Driftway Road, Westville Avenue & Filmore Road, Franklin Street, Kohanza Street, Overlook Terrace, Terrace Road, Hayestown Road, Circle Drive, Great Plain Road, Rock Well Road, Hady Lane, Proposed Right Of Way for Pipeline Across the Property of Town of Danbury, East Hayestown Road, Oak Lane, and East Pembrook Road.
These records also contain correspondence and legal papers concerning the conveyance, by the State of Connecticut to the Town of Danbury, of a portion of the land on Roberts Avenue that was to be used to construct a laboratory school for the students of Danbury Teachers College (box 9, folders 33-36, 40-41, and blueprint of site OS 1).
This series was first described as the Town/City of Danbury Legal Papers; however, the name of the collection was modified to encompass the fact that most documents involve the Town Counsel, Danbury Board of Selectmen and the Danbury Town Council.
This is a small collection of the Town of Danbury Selectmen records. The first series is comprised of correspondence directed to the First Selectman. In the years encompassed by this series, those selectmen were: Joeseph E. Sauer, Marquis Schlitter, and Charles Sweeney. Materials document the 1955 Danbury flood, the agreement between Town and AFSCME/AFL-CIO, 1934 project for sewers, drains and a treatment plant, and 1950s fallout shelters.
The second subseries contains files concerning the development of Danbury Airport (box 13, folders 4-9; box 14, folders 73-78, 82-91; box 7. folder 332; and oversized drawer 8; and, the proposed Algonquin Gas Line (box 13, folder 12, box 3, folder 177). Researchers should also see the Town and City of Danbury-Legal Papers Collection for additional information on the Danbury Airport and Algonquin Gas Transmission Company.
Information concerning Danbury during WW II can be found in the following folders: Box 13, folders 1-3, 53; box 14, folder 70a, 93-94, 97; box 16, folder 185-186, 214-215; box 17, folder 291; and box 19, folders 315-323, and 331-332). Additional information concerning the Danbury Airport, Algonquin Gas Line Transmission Company, and World War II are scattered among the alphabetical miscellaneous files.
Dating back to the colonial era, Danbury assumed responsibility, to varying degrees for its citizens who were destitute, sick, homeless, or otherwise unable to care for themselves. The files concerning the operation of Broadview Farm, the town's almshouse, between 1869-1962 can be found in Box 13, folders 14-15, 22-23, 46-47, 50-51, and 55-58. Researchers should also see Broadview Farm, 1869-1962 by Gladys B. Hammond, located in the Truman Warner Collection, Student Theses #31, which contains photographs and blueprints of the farm.
Folders are arranged chronologically within each series.
The files are grouped into 6 series:
[The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.]
Appropriations between 7/1/49 to 3/31/50 which include general government expenses, highways and bridges, charities, social services, education, and insurance schedules.
Agreement for town audit, town budget, school budget, monthly budget reports, and appropriations.
Board of Finance minutes, Town Grand List dated 10/1/50-1951, Town Collectors Budget, Town and school bonds, monthly budget reports, appropriations, tentative budget of the Town Recreation Commission.
School budget, monthly budget reports, appropriations, Board of Education appropriations and expenditures, Town Recreation Commission, Danbury War Memorial Association, and Board of Finance minutes.
Office of Civil Defense War Memorial, Tax Collector, town Recreation Commission, Danbury Library, Assessor's office, Danbury War Memorial Association, monthly budget reports, minutes from the Special Meetings of the Board of Finance, and school budget.
Monthly budget reports, Tax Collector, Danbury War Memorial Association, Tax Collector, Assessor's office, appropriations, Danbury Library, tentative budget of the Town Recreation Commission, and school budget.
Correspondence, monthly budget reports, appropriations, school budgets, Civil Defense, teachers' salaries, Town Recreation Commission, Tax Collector, and budget minutes.
Correspondence, monthly budget reports, Board of Finance minutes, school estimates, Grand List, Danbury War Memorial Association, Civil Defense, Danbury Library,
School estimates, appropriations, Board of Finance, War Memorial, Assessor's office, Tax Collector, school bonds, Danbury Library, and correspondence.
Monthly budget reports, correspondence, appropriations, estimated tax rate, Grand List as of October 1, 1958, Civil Defense, Tax Collector, town bonds, Danbury War Memorial Association, tentative budget of the Town Recreation Commission, Danbury Library, school estimates, and re-evaluation of properties for Grand List.
Published budget for the City of Danbury that includes the General Fund, Budget, Dog Fund Budget, and Water Fund Budget.
Published budget for the City of Danbury that includes the General Fund Budget, Dog Fund Budget, and the Water Fund Budget.
Published Report by Technical Planning Associates, Consultants.
A proposal to revalue all taxable and tax exempt real property by Roy Wenzick & Company dated April 21, 1953.
Proposal for the airport by the Chamber of Commerce; Danbury Airport Corporation financial report dated October 31, 1935; airport contract regarding proposed airport development dated July 1, 1959; grant agreement; map of the Municipal Airport - Project Document #9-06-011-03.
Aerial photographs (18) and a report entitled Danbury Airport published by the Danbury Chamber of Commerce, June 1957.
Restoration work on City Hall.
A bid from the E. Paul Kovacs & Company, Inc. for the proposed highway construction to Eagle Pencil Company.
Report of activities of town government during fiscal year ending June 30, 1937.
Veterans Housing Authority Rules and Regulations, minutes of meetings, and correspondence with Connecticut State Housing Authority.
Lawsuit between Town of Danbury and Algonquin Gas Transmission Company. Danbury charged AGT of trespassing through Northern Danbury. Includes rules and regulations and construction standards for high-pressure gas transmission.
Correspondence between engineers and various contracting firms for proposed highway construction to Eagle Pencil Company.
Sketches and surveys of town bridges noting conditions and recommendations for repair.
Applications for housing.
Minutes of meetings regarding zoning regulations for personal and public property.
Minutes of meetings regarding zoning regulations for personal and public property.
Minutes of meetings regarding zoning regulations for personal and public property.
Minutes of meetings regarding zoning regulations for personal and public property. January-July 1970.
Analysis and summary of Sinking Fund investments by Hadfield, Rothwell, Soule & Coates.
Lists of taxable real estate, Board of Relief Changes, for the Town and City of Danbury.
Partially processed
This box is comprised of cards that were "uncollated" when processed. Cards contain: name, residence, place and date of birth, occupation, employer, land owner status, voter status, reason for Abatement/Exemption and date of enrollment.
This box is comprised of cards that were "collated" when processed. Cards are still bound in rubber bands by street address. Cards contain: name, residence, place and date of birth, occupation, employer, land owner status, voter status, reason for Abatement/Exemption and date of enrollment.
Contents include names, age, birthplace, residence, college attended, etc. There are also a few loose registration certificates.
Bids for Civil Defense and bridge construction.
Correspondence,
Includes extension of city limits.
Annual reports.
Correspondence.
Correspondence and minutes of the School Building Committee.
Correspondence regarding health issues, i.e., sewage disposal, contamination of water supply, T.B. cases, etc.
Correspondence, forms,
Correspondence.
1934 project for sewers, drains and treatment plant.
Minutes of Danbury School Building Committee and
Correspondence, minutes of School Building Committee, and right
Public Acts and Supplements.
School Building Committee minutes and correspondence.
Correspondence and receipts.
Correspondence.
Correspondence.
Tax collection records and correspondence.
Correspondence.
Monies spent on direct relief.
Correspondence covering a multitude of subjects.
Agreement between Town and AFSCME/AFL-CIO members.
Correspondence and minutes of School Building Committee.