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,...
Author: Christine Gauvreau
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...
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...
Black History Month: Remembering New Haven-born Black Nationalist William H. Ferris
By Chris Gauvreau In August of 1922, New Haven-born intellectual and activist William H. Ferris (1874-1941) was elected to travel as a delegate of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) to Europe. There he...
The Connecticut Citizen
LCCN: sn94053145, The Connecticut Citizen (Ridgefield, Conn.), 1892-189? On October 8, 1892, in an editorial entitled “Our Object,” the publisher of Ridgefield’s the Connecticut Citizen said, “with this first issue the weekly begins...
Liberty Bell and Workingmen’s Advocate
LCCN: sn93053978, The Liberty Bell and Workingmen’s Advocate (Norwich, Conn.), 1867-186? The first issue of the weekly Liberty Bell and Workingmen’s Advocate, published in Norwich, Connecticut, appeared on March 7, 1867. The editor...
Mechanics’, Operatives’, and Laborers’ Advocate
LCCN: sn92051568, Mechanics’, Operatives’, and Laborers’ Advocate (Norwich, CT), 1836-1837 The Mechanics’, Operatives’, and Laborers’ Advocate, was published weekly in Norwich, Connecticut, by J. Holcomb in 1836 and 1837. It identified its audience as...