The Marie Camp Collection @ Kent Historical Society

The Kent Historical Society completed a grant project to organize and make available for research “The Marie Camp Collection”, a recent donation to their archival collection. This project was made possible through funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission and administered by the Connecticut State Library on behalf of the Connecticut State Historical Records Advisory Board and Conservation ConneCTion.

The Camp Collection was created by Marie Camp, a longtime Kent resident, and passionate local historian. Included in the collection are Marie Camp’s genealogical research files on different family names, historical notes on many town locations, and documents relating to the Camp family and farming life in Kent during the 20th century.

KHS Curator Marge Smith worked with Traveling Archivist Moira Conlan on the project which included arranging and processing the Camp Collection as well as creating a Collections Management Policy, Archival Processing Manual, and training volunteers on archival procedures.

For questions on the project or research requests, please contact Marge Smith at curator@kenthistoricalsociety.org