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Monthly Archives: April 2018
More old newspapers to go online
Congratulations to the Connecticut State Library for winning a third grant for its Connecticut Digital Newspaper Project. This allows the Library to digitize another 100,000 pages from the microfilm it holds from old Connecticut newspapers. Those pages will be added to the Library of Congress’ Chronicling America newspaper database. The latest selections, scheduled to be online […]
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Of cookbooks, redlining, and heels
“Grating the Nutmeg,” the podcast co-produced by State Historian Walt Woodward and “Connecticut Explored” magazine, continues to deliver the goods, proving itself as essential listening for anyone interested in Hartford history and Connecticut history in general. Hartford’s one-time prominence as a publishing center comes up in this episode, in which Woodward and co-host Brenda Miller […]
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Tagged Books, Great Depression, Newspapers & Magazines, North End, podcasts, Racial & Ethnic History, riverfront, Samuel Colt
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