Amos R. Eno (1810-1898) – STAFF

Manuscript # Accession # Collection Title Location Call # Box # Folder # Row # Series Description Start Date End Date Notes
wdt_ID wdt_created_by wdt_created_at wdt_last_edited_by wdt_last_edited_at Manuscript # Accession # Collection Title Location Call # Box # Folder # Row # Series Description Start Date End Date Notes
1 awmsflweb 11/21/2025 08:59 AM awmsflweb 11/21/2025 08:59 AM MS 001 1874.001 Amos R. Eno LIB Display NA NA 1 Series 1. Art Work Portrait: Lucy Jane Phelps Eno 1883 Portrait of Lucy Jane Phelps Eno by Eastman Johnson (1824 - 1906), American Artist, Oil, 44" x 33".
2 awmsflweb 11/21/2025 08:59 AM awmsflweb 11/21/2025 08:59 AM MS 001 1874.001 Amos R. Eno LIB Display NA NA 2 Series 1. Art Work Portrait: Amos Richards Eno 1895 Portrait of Amos Richards Eno by Eleanor C. Bannister (1858 - 1939), American Portrait Artist, Oil, 30" x 25".
3 awmsflweb 11/21/2025 08:59 AM awmsflweb 11/21/2025 08:59 AM MS 001 1874.001 Amos R. Eno LIB Display NA NA 3 Series 1. Art Work Portrait: Amos Richards Eno 1899 Sculpture of Amos Richards Eno by Charles Calverley (1833 - 1914), bronze.
4 awmsflweb 11/21/2025 08:59 AM awmsflweb 11/21/2025 08:59 AM MS 001 1874.001 Amos R. Eno ARC 1.2.1.1 1 of 3 NA 4 Series 1. Art Work Portrait: Amos Richards Eno [1890] Portrait of Amos Richards Eno by T. Johnson, 6" x 5" pencil portrait set in cream and red boarder mat and mounted in a 12 1/2" x 14 1/2" frame. Small water stain in lower left corner. Portrait is a copy of the photograph printed in Report of the proceedings at the dedication of the Simsbury Free Library, January 28, 1890. Hartford, CT: Press of The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1893.
5 awmsflweb 11/21/2025 08:59 AM awmsflweb 11/21/2025 08:59 AM MS 001 1874.001 Amos R. Eno ARC 1.2.1.1 1 of 3 NA 5 Series 1. Art Work Eno Coat of Arms NA Eno Coat of Arms by unknown, 9 1/2" x 7 1/2" image, red mat boarder, in 15 1/2" x 12 1/4" wooden frame.
6 awmsflweb 11/21/2025 08:59 AM awmsflweb 11/21/2025 08:59 AM MS 001 1874.001 Amos R. Eno ARC 1.2.1.2 2 of 3 15-Jan 6-Jan Series 2. Architectural Drawing Simsbury Free Library by Melvin P. Hapgood [1887] By Melvin P. Hapgood (1859 - 1899), Architect, Hartford, CT, on 15 sheets of vellum: #2033 - South Elevation - 28" x 21 1/2" #2034 - North Elevation - 28" x 21 1/2" #2035 - Rear Elevation - 28" x 21 1/2" #2036 - Cellar Plan - 28" x 21 1/2" #2037 - First Floor Plan - 28" x 21 1/2" #2038 - Second Floor Plan - 28" x 21 1/2" #2039 - Attic Plan - 28" x 21 1/2" #2097 - Framing Plan of First Floor - 28" x 21 1/2" #2098 - Framing Plan of Second Floor - 28" x 21 1/2" #2099 - Framing Plan of Attic Floor - 28" x 21 1/2" #2103 - Revised Cellar Plan - 28" x 21 1/2" #2104 - Revised First Floor Plan - 28" x 21 1/2" #2105 - Revised Attic Plan - 28" x 21 1/2" #2016 - Framing Plan of Roof - 28" x 21 1/2" #2232 - Details of the Simsbury Free Library Sheet No. 2
7 awmsflweb 11/21/2025 08:59 AM awmsflweb 11/21/2025 08:59 AM MS 001 1874.001 Amos R. Eno LIB Display NA NA 7 Series 2. Architectural Drawing Simsbury Free Library by Melvin P. Hapgood [1887] Pencil & Watercolor 35 1/2" x 30 1/4" by Melvin P. Hapgood (1859 - 1899), Architect, Hartford, CT. "Details of Simsbury Free Library (Gift of Amos R. Eno of New York)" portraying the entrance, stair, 1st and 2nd floor, south elevation, mantel in reading room, side and front of mantel.
8 awmsflweb 11/21/2025 08:59 AM awmsflweb 11/21/2025 08:59 AM MS 001 1874.001 Amos R. Eno ARC 1.2.1.3 3 of 3 1-Jan 8 Series 3. Print Materials Dedication of the Simsbury Free Library 1893 Two leather bound brown copies of the "Report of the Proceedings at the Dedication of the Simsbury Free Library, January 28, 1890. (Hartford, CT: Press of The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1893.) The dedication is 23 pgs. and includes a letter by Amos R. Eno, and transcripts of speeches by his son, William Phelps Eno, as well as Rev. J. B. McLean, Mr. M. H. Hapgood, and The Rev. Horace Winslow. It also includes a copy of the deed, the acceptance letter by the trustees, three images: photograph of Amos R. Eno, drawing of Simsbury Free Library, exterior of the front of building, by Hapgood & Hapgood (between p. 12 & 13), drawing of entrance and fireplace by Hapgood & Hapgood (between p. 22 & 23). One copy is signed by Amos R. Eno
9 awmsflweb 11/21/2025 08:59 AM awmsflweb 11/21/2025 08:59 AM MS 001 1874.001 Amos R. Eno ARC 1.2.1.3 3 of 3 2-Jan 9 Series 3. Print Materials Book: Dedication of the Simsbury Free Library 1893 Two blue card board copies of the Report of the Proceedings at the Dedication of the Simsbury Free Library, January 28, 1890. (Hartford, CT: Press of The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1893.) The dedication is 23 pgs. and includes letters, speeches, a copy of the deed and three images: photograph of Amos R. Eno, drawing of Simsbury Free Library ,exterior of the front of building by Hapgood & Hapgood (between p. 12 & 13), drawing of entrance and fireplace by Hapgood & Hapgood (between p. 22 & 23). One copy is signed by Amos R. Eno
10 awmsflweb 11/21/2025 08:59 AM awmsflweb 11/21/2025 08:59 AM MS 001 1874.001 Amos R. Eno ARC 1.2.1.3 3 of 3 3 10 Series 3. Print Materials Postcard: Simsbury Free Library 1909 Postcard of the Simsbury Free Library found inside leather copy of Report of the proceedings at the dedication of the Simsbury Free Library, January 28, 1890. Hartford, CT: Press of The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1893. Posted May 28, 1909 to Mrs. Frederick Perry of Winstead, CT from Annie [Claunent].
11 awmsflweb 11/21/2025 08:59 AM awmsflweb 11/21/2025 08:59 AM MS 001 1874.001 Amos R. Eno ARC 1.2.1.3 3 of 3 4 11 Series 4. Photographs Amos R. Eno NA Reprint of photograph, signed, 6 1/2" x 4", with red and cream mat border, in a 11 5/16" x 9 5/16" frame. (Temporarily on Display)
12 awmsflweb 11/21/2025 08:59 AM awmsflweb 11/21/2025 08:59 AM MS 001 1874.001 Amos R. Eno ARC 1.2.1.3 3 of 3 5 12 Series 4. Photographs Simsbury Free Library NA Image of the front exterior of the Simsbury Free Library, with Arnold Storrs, trustee off to the side. (Found in one of the Dedications

Language: English
The collection is open for research.
The collection is in good condition.

Simsbury Free Library Quarterly Newsletter Cross-Reference:
Summertime 1875 for the Eno Family,” Volume 10, Issue 1, Spring 2003
Mary Jane Springman, “Melvin Hathaway Hapgood (1859-1899): The Architect Who Designed the Simsbury Free Library Building,” Volume 15, Issue 4, Winter 2008-2009
Mary Jane Springman, “Melvin H. Hapgood and the Eno Family: Intersections of Common Interests and Collaboration,” Volume 16, Issue 1, Spring 2009
Jackson F. Eno, “The Eno Family From Their Origins In France to the Present – Part 1: The Late Middle Ages to the Early 19th Century,” Volume 17, Issue 2, Summer 2010
Jackson F. Eno, “The Eno Family From Their Origins In France to the Present – Part II: Into the 20th Century,” Volume 17 Issue 3, Fall 2010
Mary Jane Springman, “The Simsbury Free Library – The Original Trustees: Part 1,” Volume 13, Issue 3, Fall 2006
Mary Jane Springman, “The Simsbury Free Library – The Original Trustees: Part 2,” Volume 13, Issue 4, Winter 2006-2007
Mary Jane Springman, “The Simsbury Free Library – The Original Trustees: Part 3,” Volume 14, Issue 1, Spring 2007
Mary Jane Springman, “The Simsbury Free Library – The Original Trustees: Part 4,” Volume 14, Issue 2, Summer 2007
Mary Jane Springman, “The Simsbury Free Library – The Original Trustees: Part 5,” Volume 14, Issue 3, Fall 2007
Mary Jane Springman, “The Simsbury Free Library – The Original Trustees: Part 6,” Volume 15, Issue 1, Spring 2009

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