“’Struther Kannock’s Halloween” was “No. 43” in a broader collection called Tales of Ten Travelers. The author, Edgar L. Wakeman, was a prolific journalist and story teller whose http://<http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020358/1894-10-27/ed-1/seq-3/>works of travel and fiction were...
LCCN: sn93053856, The Stamford American (Stamford, Conn.), 1906-190? The Stamford American was a labor weekly published in Stamford, Connecticut. It appeared once a week and sold for 2 cents an issue; an annual subscription...
By Jane Cullinane Excitement is mounting about the total solar eclipse that will pass over the United States this August on a path from Oregon to South Carolina. In Connecticut, although the eclipse will...
In the June 5, 2017 online version of the New Yorker, Harvard historian Jill Lepore bemoans a contemporary literary scene in which there is not only a plethora of dark dystopian novels, but...
by Nancy Crevier The Newtown Bee of Newtown, Conn., is western Connecticut’s most respected and reliable source of local news. In 1880, Reuben H. Smith purchased a foundering publication known as The Bee from...
Waterbury Evening Democrat [LCCN: sn94053256], Waterbury Democrat [LCCN: 2016270502], Waterbury Evening Democrat [2016270503], Waterbury Democrat [sn93053725] According to historical accounts, the Waterbury Democrat family of newspapers was founded in 1881 by an Irish...
The Connecticut Digital Newspaper Project is excited to share the news that Professor Roger Bilisoly at Central Connecticut State University has been able to utilize newspapers that we recently digitized to explore data mining...
Morning Journal and Courier [LCCN: sn82015483] The Daily Morning Journal and Courier [LCCN: sn84020358] The Morning Journal-Courier [LCCN: sn92051397] Founded in 1848, the Morning Journal and Courier was an important source of news...
Newsgirls: Did They Need to be Saved? In the legislative session in the winter/spring of 1917, the fate of Connecticut’s newsgirls was on the table. A bill was put forth that stated that...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Christine Gauvreau (860) 757-6525 Christinne.Gauvreau@ct.gov Contact: Robert Kinney (860) 757-6668 Robert.kinney@ct.gov Date: February 27, 2017 NEWS (HARTFORD)- Librarians digitizing the New Haven Daily Morning Journal and Courier...