Skip to content

Western Connecticut State University Archives and Special Collections

Documenting the history of WestConn and its surrounding area

Western Connecticut State University Archives and Special Collections Face fragment from the lid of an Egyptian sarcophagus, ca 100 AD
  • About
  • Collections List
  • Digital Collections
    • Digital exhibits and objects
    • WestD – Student digital exhibition space
  • Forms/Policies
    • Request copies
    • Collections Policy
  • Contact us
  • Search
    • Search the WCSU Archives
    • Search the CT’s Archives Online (CAO)
    • Search across the U.S.+ with ArchiveGrid
  • Visit/Staff/Resources/Tutorials
    • Visiting the WCSU Archives
    • Staff
    • Research guides
      • How to search the WCSU Archives
      • History Research Tutorial
      • Information literacy
    • Resource Links
    • Janick Fellowship in Archives
    • Helpful links for Archivists

Forms and Policies

Forms and Policies

  • Collections Policy
  • Records Transfer Form
  • Deed of Gift
  • Request Copies

Past posts

News

  • New Archives Exhibits! Many of the doctors in 1890s Danbury were women… and Menus and Cookbooks.
  • The life, times, and sounds of the Civil War in the camp of the 23rd Connecticut
  • Keynotes of Change: Kyera Singleton, Northern Slavery and the Preservation of Memory (16 June 2021)
  • Greater Danbury’s Housatonic Valley Council of Elected Officials – still available from the Wayback Machine

RSS Recently digitized items added to the collection

  • Ruth Haas' 1936 Brownies Prepared
    Dublin Core Title: Ruth Haas' 1936 Brownies Prepared Creator: Western Connecticut State University. Libraries Kenausis, Veronica Description: ~8 mins Abstract: A Ruth Haas brownie recipe from the "Rural Cookbook" published in 1936 by the Rural Club at the Danbury Normal School prepared by the Haas Library's dean, Veronica Kenausis Date: 2022 Subject: Baking Identifier: rg8_menuExhibit_ruthHaasBrownies […]
  • The Public Works Administration in a Small Community
    Dublin Core Title: The Public Works Administration in a Small Community Creator: Weber, George Description: 26 pgs Date: 1970 Subject: Public Works Administration Identifier: ms026_42_77
  • Public Works Administration and New Deal Era Danbury (proposed article)
    Dublin Core Title: Public Works Administration and New Deal Era Danbury (proposed article) Creator: Janick, Herbert F. Description: 20 pgs, typescript Abstract: A discussion of Depression Era fiscal challenges in Danbury and the use of Federal Funds to alleviate them. Mentioned is the building of F.C.I Danbury, sewer and reservoir improvements. Date: 1970 Subject: Danbury […]

Navigation

  • CAO CAO
  • Library Home Library Home
  • WCSU Home WCSU Home

RSS CT History.org’s ” today in history”

  • New Britain’s Yankee Peddlers Boost 18th-century Economy January 17, 2022
  • Patents – Bozrah’s Inventive Minds January 17, 2022
  • Hidden Nearby: Henry Obookiah’s Cornwall Grave January 16, 2022
  • Andrus Field 1831–1911: Athletics and the Environment January 15, 2022

Search site

RSS Recent student-created digital content

  • Clio Staff
    Dublin Core Title: Clio Staff Creator: Clio Staff Date: 2021 Description: 2 pgs
  • Contributors
    Dublin Core Title: Contributors Creator: Clio Staff Date: 2021 Description: 2 pgs
  • About
  • Collections List
  • Digital Collections
    • Digital exhibits and objects
    • WestD – Student digital exhibition space
  • Forms/Policies
    • Request copies
    • Collections Policy
  • Contact us
  • Search
    • Search the WCSU Archives
    • Search the CT’s Archives Online (CAO)
    • Search across the U.S.+ with ArchiveGrid
  • Visit/Staff/Resources/Tutorials
    • Visiting the WCSU Archives
    • Staff
    • Research guides
      • How to search the WCSU Archives
      • History Research Tutorial
      • Information literacy
    • Resource Links
    • Janick Fellowship in Archives
    • Helpful links for Archivists
Western Connecticut State University Archives and Special Collections