Bristol History Room Audio Visual Materials Catalog

Item Title	Author	Notes	Date	Type	Content
Albert Gurske, Bristol High Sports, Fordham University,	Gurske, Albert		3/20/1985	Cassette	Spoken Word
Arthur O. Reckert, His Life Story	Reckert, Arthur O.		3/28/1988	Cassette	Spoken Word
Attorney Louis F. Hanrahan, Growing Up in Bristol, The Law,	Hanrahan, Louis F.		2/21/1985	Cassette	Spoken Word
Bicentennial Tape Bristol Baptist Church, 1791-1991			7/12/1992	Video	Event
Bristol Bicentennial Parade, Vol. 1 & 2 (copy 1)		LHR 394.2 B774 v1, LHR 394.2 B774 v2		Video	Event
Bristol Bicentennial Parade, Vol. 1 & 2 (copy 2)				Video	Event
Bristol Bicentennial Quilt Show		2 copies		Video	Event
Bristol Bicentennial, Ed Flynn, WTIC 1080	Flynn, Ed	Radio Broadcast	4/25/1985	Cassette	Spoken Word
Bristol Bicentennial, Ed Flynn, WTIC 1080	Flynn, Ed	Radio Broadcast	7/8/85	Cassette	Spoken Word
Bristol Bicentennial, WTIC 1080		Radio Broadcast		Cassette	Spoken Word
Bristol Central, Europe Tour 2000 Fund Raising Campaign			2000	Video	Event
Bristol Chamber of Commerce 100th Anniversary Promotional Video				Video
Bristol Chamber of Commerce 100th Anniversary Promotional Video		Video LHR 381 B774		Video
Bristol Eastern Yearbook			2006	DVD
Bristol Eastern Yearbook			2007	DVD
Bristol Eastern Yearbook, 2010			2010	DVD
Bristol Press newspaper, 1871-2004			1871-2004	Microfilm
Bristol Press Sale				Video
Bristol Public Library Building Centennial Concert			8/14/2007	DVD	Event
Bristol Public Library Centennial Celebration			8/14/2007	DVD	Event
Bristol Public Library Festival of Trees, Bristol Choral Society			2006	DVD	Music
Bristol Public Library Groundbreaking		Digital still pictures	8/11/2004	CD	Photos
Bristol Public Library Re-Dedication			6/22/2006	Video	Event
Bristol Public Library Re-Dedication		2 copies	6/22/2006	DVD	Event
Bristol Remembered	LaPorte, Tom	2 copies		CD	Spoken Word
Bristol Soap Box Derby, 1987, Copy 1		LHR 629.228 B774	1987	Video	Event
Bristol Soap Box Derby, 1987, Copy 2			1987	Video	Event
Bristol Symphony Orchestra & Bristol Choral Society		Traditional Holiday Concert	12/21/1999	CD	Music
Bristol Symphony Orchestra		Traditional Holiday Concert	12/10/2000	CD	Music
Bristol Symphony Orchestra, The Classical Concert				CD	Music
Bristol Symphony Orchestra, Pops goes the Symphony			6/5/2001	CD	Music
Bristol Town Clerk Records Management Project	Bristol Town Clerk	1960-1962 Downtown Bristol	9/1/2009	CD	Photos
108 Photographs		1930’s Rockwell Park (2 copies)
Bristol, WTIC 1080		Radio Broadcast		Cassette	Spoken Word
Bristol’s Historic Hoppers, Part One		LHR Video/974.63 B776		Video
Candace Roberts Diary, a transcript	Roberts, Candace			CD	Text
Carl Magnuson	Magnuson, Carl		10/3/1985	Cassette	Spoken Word
Celia T. Critchley, Her Work at the Library	Critchley, Celia T.		12/10/1984	Cassette	Spoken Word
Charlotte Freedman, Jewish Community & Bristol Business	Freedman, Charlotte		11/30/1984	Cassette	Spoken Word
City of Bristol Bicentennial, Ed Flynn	Flynn, Ed	Radio Broadcast	Undated	Cassette	Spoken Word
City Wise, BDDC (Bristol Downtown Development Corp.)		RFQ Presentations LHR 338.9 B775 2009	10/15/2009	DVD
Clarkson Barnes, part 1 & 2	Barnes, Clarkson		5/15/1985	Cassette	Spoken Word
Class First Met: 1) Pequabuck Floods	Greisner, Bertha	Oral History Introduced by Jeanne Bouyea	1978	Cassette	Spoken Word
Class First Met: 2) Early Golfing in Bristol	Shea, Miriam	Oral History Introduced by Jeanne Bouyea	1978	Cassette	Spoken Word
Class First Met: 3) A Glorious Fourth at the West End	Kelly, Kay	Oral History Introduced by Jeanne Bouyea	1978	Cassette	Spoken Word
Class First Met: 4) Daily Commuting by train to Hartford to work at Traveler’s	Sinisgalli, Angelina	Oral History Introduced by Jeanne Bouyea	1978	Cassette	Spoken Word
Class First Met: 5) Adventuring at Cedar Lake and Fall Mountain	Heffernan, Mae	Oral History Introduced by Jeanne Bouyea	1978	Cassette	Spoken Word
Company K & The Boys From Bristol	LaPorte, Tom			CD	Spoken Word
Connecticut During World War II, Battlefront		Video/LHR 974.6 H752		Video
Connecticut During World War II, Homefront		Video/LHR 974.6 H752,		Video
Dolly Curtis Interview: Chris Bailey American Clock and Watch Museum	Curtis, Dolly	Chris Bailey, Nancy Connelly		Video
Dorothy (Anderson) Manchester, 4/9/85	Manchester, Dorothy		4/9/1985	Cassette	Spoken Word
E. Bartlett Barnes, part 1   2,	Barnes, E. Bartlett		2/6/1986	Cassette	Spoken Word
E. Ingraham Company, Bristol, CT, 1940 Factory Footage		Video 680 IN4	1940	Video
Edwin Clayton, part 1   2	Clayton, Edwin		10/9/1984	Cassette	Spoken Word
ElizabethDraper, Growing Up in Bristol	Draper, Elizabeth		2/12/1985	Cassette	Spoken Word
Elsie Velasco	Velasco, Elsie		3/20/1985	Cassette	Spoken Word
Encore	Old Tyme Fiddler’s Club	Connecticut’s Bristol Old Tyme Fiddler’s Club		Cassette	Music
Europe Tour 2000 Fund Raising Campaign, Bristol Central High School	Performing Arts Dept.	Located in small white box	2000	Cassette	Event
Federal Hill Green Bicentennial Celebration		Reel to reel		Videotape
Focus on Bristol: Bart Barnes, Francine Petosa	Leone, John	Featuring Bart Barnes, Francine Petosa	1993	Video
Forestville Monument Setting in Place & Dedication			1998	Video
Gerald Blethen	Blethen, Gerald		4/18/1985	Cassette	Spoken Word
Gerald Murphy, Police Work, Lake Compounce, part 1   2	Murphy, Gerald		4/11/1985	Cassette	Spoken Word
Gianna, d’Angelo, The Coloratura’s Collection	D’Angelo, Gianna	4 copies		CD	Music
Helen Mae Heffernan, Education, Her Father	Heffernan, Helen Mae		3/12/1985	Cassette	Spoken Word
Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville)	Rossini	Featuring Gianna D’Angelo		Record Album	Music
Images of Bristol’s Past, A Slideshow Created to Commemorate the Opening of the Bristol Room Picture Gallery		(6 copies)	10/27/2008	CD	Photos
James Sessions, Family, Company, Methodist Church, Boyhood Reminiscences	Sessions, James		3/21/1985	Cassette	Spoken Word
John Denehy, Jr., Bristol in World War II	Denehy, John Jr.		5/13/1992	Cassette	Spoken Word
John Denehy, Sr., His Story and the E. Ingraham Co., part 1   2	Denehy, John Sr.		4/15/1988	Cassette	Spoken Word
John T. Reardon, Sr., Education and Sports in Bristol	Reardon, John T.		12/5/1984	Cassette	Spoken Word
La Boheme	Puccini	Featuring Gianna D’Angelo		Record Album	Music
Lakme, Highlights from Lakme	Delibes	Featuring Gianna D’Angelo		Record Album
Leigh Minor, Farmer	Minor, Leigh		10/23/1986	Cassette	Spoken Word
Lori DeFillippi, Women’s Role in the Military	DeFillippi, Lori	Mini-cassette	7/19/2006	Cassette	Spoken Word
Luncheon with Bristol’s Mayors, December 11, 2002 at Chippanee Golf Club		Video/LHR974.63 L971	12/11/2002	Video	Event
Lynda Russell, author of Bristol Historic Homes	Russell, Lynda	Mini-cassette	8/16/2006	Cassette	Spoken Word
Mr. Leslie Wright with Marjorie Harold	Wright, Leslie	2 copies	2/4/1985	Cassette	Spoken Word
Msgr. George Bartlewski, St. Stanislaus R.C. Church	Bartlewski, George		12/14/1984	Cassette	Spoken Word
Nineteenth(19th) Century Photography in Bristol, Connecticut	LaPorte, Tom	2 copies		CD	Spoken Word
Oscar H. Wulff, Immanuel Lutheran School, Principal	Wulff, Oscar		2/16/1985	Cassette	Spoken Word
Oscar Pease, Forestville, Flood of 1955	Pease, Oscar		7/16/1985	Cassette	Spoken Word
Persian Gulf War Memorial, August 7, 1994			8/7/1994	Video
Philip Rokosa, Post Office, Growing Up in Bristol	Rokosa, Philip		7/21/1985	Cassette	Spoken Word
Police Chief Wm. J. Mead, Jr., Police Work in Bristol	Mead, Wm. J.		11/16/1984	Cassette	Spoken Word
Rigoletto	Verdi	Featuring Gianna D’Angelo		Record Album	Music
Stretch Norton, History of Lake Compounce	Norton, Stretch			Cassette	Spoken Word
Tales of Hoffman	Offenbach	Featuring Gianna D’Angelo		Record Album	Music
The Moving Wall		Video/975.3 M869		Video
Third Tyme Around	Old Tyme Fiddler’s Club			Cassette	Music
Untitled: Life’s Journey, a collection of musical performances by Bristol Hospital physicians, employees and friends				CD	Music
William I. Treadway, Treadway and Ingraham Families	Treadway, William I.		4/29/1988	Cassette	Spoken Word
Wozenski, Br. Gen. Edward part 1   2	Wozenski, Edward		5/19/1985	Cassette	Spoken Word

Researchers can consult

• Published and unpublished histories of older families in Bristol
• The Book “Records of Service of Connecticut Men in the War of Revolution, War of 1812 and the Mexican War”
• The book “Connecticut Men in the Civil War”
• City directories (1884 – 1991)
• Baptist Church Records (1801 – 1927)
• Congregational Church records (1742 – 1897)
• Trinity Episcopal Church records (1834 – 1949)
• Hale Cemetery Indexes
• Records of Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in North and South Cemeteries, Bristol, Conn.
• A Record of Deaths in Bristol, Conn. 1793-1861 by Tracy Peck
• Probate Records of Bristol 1785-1830
• Birth, marriage, and death indexes compiled from the Bristol Press newspaper (although these indexes include many names, there are gaps for various years in which names were not recorded)
• A subject index to the Bristol Press (1871 – 2006)
• Assessor’s records (1815-1917)
• Maps

The following resources are available:

• The Historic Resource Inventory which contains a listing of several hundred older houses in Bristol
• A description of local buildings and historic districts which are on the National Register of Historic Places
• Indexed articles from the Bristol Press newspaper about older houses in Bristol
• A newspaper clipping file about various houses in Bristol

The collection consists of over 3000 photographs and several hundred postcards.

Some of them are part of the Treasures of CT Libraries digital collection.

 

High Schools (Public)
Bristol High School	1919, 1930-1959
Bristol Central High School (Torch)	1960-present, updated yearly
Bristol Eastern High School (Lance)	1960-2011, updated yearly
Middle Schools (Public)
Memorial Boulevard School	1987, 1991, 1993, 1995-2005, 2007-2009
High Schools (Private & Parochial)
Laurel Crest Academy	1962-1970
St. Anthony (Shield)	1953-1955, 1957, 1958, 1960-1967
St. Paul (Kaleidoscope)	1970-1975, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990
Elementary Schools (Parochial)
Immanuel Lutheran	1993
St. Joseph	1988-2005 (1991 is a photocopy)
St. Matthew	1992, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999-2002