Introducing the New Haven Workmen’s Advocate
On the occasion of the traditional worker’s holiday, May 1, the Connecticut Digital Newspaper Project would like to introduce a rare state labor title that we are soon to digitize. On September 8,...
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Stafford Springs Press
LCCN: sn84022401, Tolland County Press, Stafford Springs, Conn. (18??-1883) LCCN: sn92051501, The Press, Stafford Springs, Conn. (1883-1935) The Stafford Springs Press proudly traced its lineage from the first paper published in Tolland County, Connecticut....
Connecticut Western News
LCCN: sn84027718, Connecticut Western News, Salisbury, Litchfield County, CT (1871-1970) All accounts of the birth of the Connecticut Western News note that its printing press arrived in the small Litchfield County town of Salisbury...
The Connecticut Craftsman
LCCN: sn92051251, The Connecticut Craftsman, Hartford, Conn., 193?-193? The Connecticut Craftsman was an 8-page monthly newspaper devoted to the interests of “Organized Labor.” Calling itself the “Official Organ of the Connecticut Federation of...
Industrial Education, North and South: The Connecticut Connection
By Allison Horrocks In 1915, Booker T. Washington, the so-called “Wizard of Tuskegee” gave his last public talk while on tour in Connecticut. This was not Washington’s first time in Connecticut. Over the course...
Library War Service, 1917-1920
By Mary Margaret Mahoney The United States mobilized quickly after President Woodrow Wilson declared war on Germany on April 2, 1917. Troops travelled to the front with the help of massive mobilization efforts to...
St. Patrick’s Day in 19th Century New Haven
By Gail Hurley This past Saturday, I was in New Haven and had a chance to finally visit both an old and newer institution with friends and family. We had the best pizza at...
Connecticut State Library Announces 25 Historic Newspaper Titles to be Digitized
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Gail Hurley (860 704-2222) Gail.Hurley@ct.gov Contact: Robert Kinney (860 757-6668) Robert.Kinney@ct.gov Date: March 6, 2018 NEWS Connecticut State Library Announces 25 Historic Newspaper Titles to be Digitized (Hartford,...
Connecticut Workman
LCCN: sn92051612, Connecticut Workman (Bridgeport, Conn.), 1901-190? On its masthead, the weekly Connecticut Workman declared itself “Devoted to the Interests of the Workingmen of the State of Connecticut.” The Workman, which sold for...
American Mechanic and Home Journal
LCCN: sn93053981, American Mechanic and Home Journal (Norwich, Conn.), 1849-18?? In its first issue, the American Mechanic and Home Journal, published in Norwich, Connecticut, by Ayer & Co., proclaimed itself “Bound to Advocate...