March 24, 2013
On March 24, 1879, Marjorie Gray became Connecticut’s first female telephone operator. Working for the Telephone Dispatch Company of Bridgeport (which was taken over by the Southern New England Telephone …[more]
February 9, 2013
Ideals advanced during the American Revolution inspired many of the state’s religious and political leaders to question and oppose slavery in the late 1700s. …[more]
February 1, 2013
Mars’ landmark memoir of the mid-1800s reveals how enslaved men and women suffered—and resisted—the injustices of bondage. …[more]
January 28, 2013
On January 28, 1878, the Boardman Building in New Haven became the site of the world’s first commercial telephone exchange, the District Telephone Company of New Haven. The exchange was …[more]
January 17, 2013
From the first tracks laid in 1830 to a system that fueled the growth of the Industrial Revolution and became the primary means of travel by the end of the …[more]
January 2, 2013
This Hartford librarian played a leading role in national efforts to transform libraries from private, limited-membership institutions into public centers that welcomed patrons from all walks of life. …[more]
January 1, 2013
Connecticut enacted gradual emancipation in 1784 but the abolition of slavery would not occur until 1848. …[more]
December 31, 2012
Commerce for the United States of America in the early 1800s was firmly anchored in the farms and small towns along the Eastern Seaboard, yet travel among the new country’s …[more]
December 29, 2012
How does a colonial town become a modern city? A unique collection, with documents dating to the 1630s, helps provide answers. …[more]
December 13, 2012
With its abundant waterways, Connecticut, like the rest of New England, had the necessary power source to fuel a revolution in manufacturing that, together with other innovations of the late …[more]
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