Connecticut Digital Newspaper Project Blog
Marking International Women’s Day, 2017
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...
Newly Digitized Historic Newspaper Tells about the Fight for African American Civil Rights in Connecticut, 1894-1904
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Christine Gauvreau (860) 757-6525 [email protected] Contact: Robert Kinney (860) 757-6668 [email protected] Date: February 27, 2017 NEWS (HARTFORD)- Librarians digitizing the New Haven Daily Morning Journal and Courier...
Newtown Bee Family
The Newtown Bee, The Bee and The Newtown Chronicle Newtown, Connecticut town historian Daniel Cruson placed the birth of the Newtown Bee in 1870 within New England’s post-Civil War florescence of small rural weeklies. It was one...
And, Yes, the Cherry Tree
By Jane Cullinane In February 1913, in “That Cherry Tree,” the wit Edgar Allen Forbes took great delight in poking fun at the George Washington biographer who had crafted this morality tale more...
Connecticut State Library Announces Availability of Newly Digitized New Haven Daily Morning Journal and Courier 1895-1908
(Hartford, CT) The Connecticut State Library is pleased to announce that it has digitized the New Haven Daily morning journal and courier from 1895-1907 and its successor The morning journal-courier 1907-1908. These and other...
Inaugural Doings, 1897
As we all prepare to experience the inaugural media extravaganza, it is worth remembering that for much of our history, most people followed the festivities only in the print media. The inauguration of William...
Sleds, “20 Styles, 50 cents to $3.50”
In 1906 when the John E. Bassett & Co. ran this ad in the New Haven Morning Journal and Courier, the venerable dry goods and hardware store was already 122 years old, having been...
Standing Rock, 1889: The Sioux Treaty
The encampment and protests happening at Standing Rock are current news, but these events are also part of a larger story that goes back hundreds of years. In 1889, people in Connecticut may have...
New Haven Encounters “La Moto Girl,” 1908
From March 16th to 18th in 1908, New Haven audiences were able to marvel at “La Moto Girl,” who appeared at the New Haven Theatre in an act anchored by Valadon, The...