In 1919, Charles Lathrop Park wrote words that would likely get the attention of today’s advocates of food sovereignty, urban farming, sustainability, and the elimination of city center food deserts. “Ambitious young men and...
On August 26, 1920, after a struggle of more than seven decades, the right of women to vote became law. The roster of suffrage movement leaders from Connecticut is long and full of illustrious...
Today’s newspapers are full of debates about immigration and the partisan divide appears to be deep. A look at the February 11 and 14, 1921 issues of the Norwich Bulletin, newly digitized and uploaded...
The Connecticut Digital Newspaper Project just added 10,000 pages of the Norwich Bulletin to Chronicling America.
On Oct. 13, 1914, the Boston Braves beat the Philadelphia Athletics in Fenway Park to win the World Series. This achievement set a record as the first time the World Series was won in...
This year, African American History Month coincides with the beginning of the centennial of World War I. Connecticut newspaper titles from this fascinating era were very recently selected for digitization (http://www.ctstatelibrary.org/cdnp). A short...