Oliver Wolcott Library (Litchfield, Conn.)

found: NUCMC data from Litchfield Public Lib. for Correspondence regarding Oliver Wolcott Library's Shakespeare folio, 1938(Oliver Wolcott Library of Litchfield, Conn.)

found: Oliver Wolcott Lib. WWW, Feb. 2, 2011(The Litchfield Library Association was fd. in May 1862 and in July 1862 changed its name to the Wolcott Library in honor of a generous donation from J. Huntington Wolcott, grandson of Oliver Wolcott. The Wolcott Library was a reading room for members to browse newspapers, periodicals, books and reference materials. In June 1870, the Litchfield Circulating Library [no publs. in LC database] was founded where members could borrow books to take home. In 1901, the Wolcott and Litchfield Circulating Library [no publs. in LC database] moved to the Noyes Memorial Building at the corner of South St. In June 1901, the Litchfield Circulating Library and the Wolcott Library became one. The Library operated continuously in the Noyes Memorial Building until its move in 1966. In 1966, the Library Board voted to change the name from the Wolcott and Litchfield Circulating Library to the Oliver Wolcott Library in honor of both Oliver Wolcott, Sr. and Oliver Wolcott, Jr. On Feb. 23, 1966, the Oliver Wolcott Library opened in its current home; abbrev.: OWL)