We digitized a letter we had in the Truman Warner Papers listed as the “Granville Letter.” In looking into it, we see that it mentioned an enslaved person and describes life in 18th century rural New England. Definitely, we will be investigating this letter further. Read the whole story at:
https://archives.library.wcsu.edu/omeka/items/show/7957. Let us know what you think of our transcription.
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Summer School at WestConn in 1917
“SPECIAL FEATURES FOR SUMMER NORMAL SCHOOL: SCHOOL TO BE CONDUCED IN DANBURY –OPENS JULY 31.” Hartford Courant, June 7, 1917. https://wcsu.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/historical-newspapers/special-features-summer-normal-school/docview/556476455/se-2.
CT Troops among the first in Richmond and occupied Brownsville, TX in the summer of 1865
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1989 saw the first club constitution at WCSU for the Lesbian and Gay Alliance
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
New Archives Exhibits! Many of the doctors in 1890s Danbury were women… and Menus and Cookbooks.
By 1894, just 45 years after Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States, Danbury was home to not one, but at least seven women physicians/dentists. Find out about some of these trailblazing women in our online exhibit.
And…
In the Haas Library atrium, see our menu and cookbook exhibit or visit it virtually at: https://archives.library.wcsu.edu/omeka/exhibits/show/menus-exhibit
The life, times, and sounds of the Civil War in the camp of the 23rd Connecticut
The 23rd Connecticut Infantry Regiment was organized at Hartford, Connecticut, on November 14, 1862 and had in its ranks many men from Fairfield County. One of those men was Joseph Bishop of Danbury. The regiment was attached the defenses of New Orleans and District of La Fourche, Department of the Gulf under General Nathaniel Banks. The regiment lost a total of 59 men during during the war, 46 of those died of disease, including Bishop.
Thanks to a gift from WCSU Alum Carol Lieto, Bishops letters are now housed at the WCSU Archives. Among his letters is also his music notebook. Thanks to Ann Victor (a former member of our staff), one can now hear what the 23rd’s band was playing while in camp in far away Louisiana.