Ms. Lynn Kloter Fahy

Referring to Rev. Louis Bonn's history of Saint Francis, So Falls the Elm Tree, archivist Lynn Fahy quickly was able to confirm that, indeed, there is a stained glass window in the chapel dedicated to a member of the Brassil family.

"Mary Brassil was our first patient in 1897, and she donated one of the stained glass windows in the hospital's chapel," explains Fahy, a technical services librarian responsible for the archives, which recently moved to a new state-of-the-art home in Saint Francis Education/Research Building.
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"We've just received a wonderful donation from a former instructor at the School of Nursing of four dolls that were used for student recruitment," observes Fahy.

The dolls, which stand 18 inches tall, are dressed as a student nurse, a registered nurse, a nun and an allied health worker.They were manufactured under the auspices of the Works Progress Administration, a "New Deal" era agency that organized the Federal Arts Project as part of the Roosevelt Administration's effort to provide work for the nation's unemployed during the mid-1930s and early 1940s.

"Just the fact of using a doll as a recruitment tool shows the difference between what was happening then and recruiting now," reflects Ms. Fahy.

The archives, which must be used by appointment with a librarian, are often employed by Saint Francis staff members researching questions about the establishment of departments and services.The most frequent information requests from outside the hospital come from students seeking general information on Saint Francis' history.But the archives have also been used by reporters writing about the history of Saint Francis' School of Nursing and the delivery of health care in Hartford in the 20th century.

"Sometimes we get requests for photographs," recalls Fahy."One of the School of Nursing classes wanted pictures of the old building for a display at its reunion, and we were able to supply them."

For more information on the Saint Francis archives, contact Lynn Fahy at 860-714-5707.

PHOTOGRAPH -- Carolyn Wilcox (left), acting director of the Health Sciences Library at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center, and Lynn Fahy (right), technical services librarian, catalog documents and memorabilia for the hospital's archives.

Tim and Lynn Fahy attended an event at the Windsor Town Hall on September 4th to celebrate the founding of Windsor.
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Lynn has sent six images to Arcadia Publishing Co. as possible cover images for the new Images of America: Crystal Lake, Tolland County pictorial history, which will be published in spring 2009.
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A PowerPoint presentation was prepared by Lynn Kloter Fahy using Nellie's slides and notes.
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Thank you to our museum volunteers: Mildred Dimock, Nancy Long, Lynn Fahy, Tim Fahy and Lennie and Don Ellis.
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Lynn Fahy and Nancy Long attended a reception at Loomis Chaffee School on March 6 honoring daughter towns and their historical societies.
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Lynn Fahy will show these historical slides of Ellington that Shirley Hayden scanned into digital format.
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As always, special thanks to Tim and Lynn Fahy for their tireless efforts for the society and museum.
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Signed copies of Images of America: Ellington, a photographic history by Lynn Kloter Fahy, are available by mail.
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Nancy Long, and Tim and Lynn Fahy were there for the entire day.
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The album was restored by Lynn Fahy, who replaced the pages with acid-free paper and attached the photos with acid-free corners in their original order.Lynn was able to re-use the original album covers.
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For now, contact Lynn Fahy for information.
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Special thanks to Lynn & Tim Fahy for their efforts for the museum.
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Lynn spent three days staffing our book and ornament table and continues to do daily research of Ellington history.
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If you would like information on a house on which we may have information in the above mentioned sources, contact Lynn Kloter Fahy, Archivist.
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To be added to the e-mail list, contact Lynn Fahy.
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Signed copies of Images of America: Ellington, a photographic history by Lynn Kloter Fahy, are available at the Nellie McKnight Museum on Thursdays from 1-4 P.M. through October and at the Hall Memorial Library.
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The "Ellington" book, Author Lynn Kloter Fahy, was published in October and made enough money to keep us in business for another year.
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Lynn Fahy, our Archivist for all the work, and time, that went into writing the "Ellington " book.
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As this newsletter is written, we have completed the following school tours: Windermere School-on site June 7 with Nancy Long and Tim Fahy and Crystal Lake School at Hall Memorial Library June 8 with Lynn and Tim Fahy.
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Crystal Lake has asked for a talk about Ellington history as featured in Lynn Fahy's Images of America book Ellington.
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Archivist Lynn Fahy introduced Freund, and noted that Stowe was a frequent visitor to the house of the Rev. George Wood at 36 Main Street, having become acquainted through a member of the Wood family who served as a governess near Stowe's home in Hartford.
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We also owe a debt of gratitude to Lynn Fahy our archivist.Her book, Ellington, has been well received and the profits will keep us going for at least another year.
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Again, thank you Lynn, your year of hard work is paying off for all of us.
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Written in Japanese, the article was translated into English for us with the help of Lynn and Tim Fahy.
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We also owe a debt of gratitude to Lynn Fahy our archivist.Her book, Ellington, has been well received and the profits will keep us going for at least another year.
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Again, thank you Lynn, your year of hard work is paying off for all of us.
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Lynn Fahy, our archivist, has worked non-stop in promoting Images of America: Ellington.Lynn took care of book and ornament sales all three days of the open house.Thank you Lynn.
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Meet and talk with author and Ellington Historical Society archivist Lynn Kloter Fahy as she signs copies of her new book Images of America: Ellington on Saturday, October 22nd at the Hall Memorial Library, 93 Main Street, Ellington.The author will be at the library from 10:00 to noon, and from 1:00 to 3:00 to talk about the book and autograph copies.Proceeds of the sale of the 128-page pictorial history will benefit the society.

Copies of Images of America: Ellington, signed by author Lynn Kloter Fahy, will be also be available for purchase at the October meeting.Cost of the book is $19.99.Those who have already reserved copies can pay for and pick them up and have them autographed at either the book signing on October 22nd or the meeting on the 27th.Call Lynn or e-mail her at lynn fahy comcast net to make other arrangements.
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Following a brief meeting, Lynn Kloter Fahy will present slides and narration of her many discoveries while researching material for the upcoming book, Ellington, to be published in late fall by the Arcadia Publishing Co. to benefit the society.Refreshments will be served following the program.
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After lunch at Tim and Lynn Fahy's house, Mr. Narita visited the Hall Memorial Library, where Sue Phillips showed him framed photographs of Iwasaki and his wife that had been packed up at the time of the library expansion and recently located.
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While I'd like to thank all of you who participated in any way with staffing our events, or with baking, special thanks goes out to Nancy Long and Lynn Fahy.
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Lynn, in addition to her usual archival tasks, has spent the entire year so far writing the Ellington book.She works on the book seven days a week and has used two vacation weeks this year.
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Lynn Fahy had a table set up to drum up interest in the forthcoming pictorial history of Ellington.
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The price will be $19.99, and you can reserve a copy by contacting Lynn and Tim Fahy.
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Tim & Lynn Fahy
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Lynn Fahy donated a copy of the "Catalogue of the Officers and Students of the Ellington School for the year 1845."It was purchased on ebay.
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Following the business meeting, Lynn Fahy, Archivist of the Ellington Historical Society, will present a program on the history of the Pinney family in Ellington and the historic Pinney House, built during the American Revolution by Eleazer Pinney.
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Thanks to Denise Archibald, Nancy Way, Lynn Fahy, and Dave and Tina Lehmann for staffing this event.

Lynn Fahy, a professional archivist, will present a program about taking care of those precious family documents and pictures, so that they will survive intact for future generations.