Back to School Shopping, Then and Now
By Gail Hurley This is tax free week in Connecticut, just in time to help families with the back to school shopping. It is the time to buy clothing, shoes, and school supplies...
Connecticut Digital Newspaper Project Blog
Coming Solar Eclipse Mirrors that in June 1918
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...
The Dangers and Fashion of Bathing Suits 100 Years Ago
By Gail Hurley It’s midsummer and beach season is in full swing with a myriad of swimsuit styles. Much has changed since the early 1900s, and, thank goodness, as it seems that a...
What Connecticut Made of Edward Bellamy’s Utopia
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...
Newtown Bee
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 Democrat Family
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 Fishing Season’s On
By Jane Cullinane This ad from more than a century ago in the New Haven Daily Morning Journal and Courier reminds me of my grandfather, who LOVED to go fishing. At the time of...
CCSU Professor Uses Digitized Newspapers for Data Mining Research
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...
New Haven Journal Courier Family
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...
March Madness 100 years ago
By Gail Hurley Growing up outside Springfield, MA, the site of the invention of the basketball by the physical education instructor Dr. James Naismith, we were taught at a young age about the history...