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  • 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 […]

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  • 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

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  • Clio Staff
    Dublin Core Title: Clio Staff Creator: Clio Staff Date: 2021 Description: 2 pgs
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  • About
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  • 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
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    • 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
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