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Catalogs & Online Resources

The catalogs and subject guides available online represent part of our vast collection and are a great introduction to the many materials available for research at the Connecticut Historical Society. Other non-electronic catalogs and resources may be searched on-site. We encourage you to contact Diana McCain, Head of the Research Center, at research_center@chs.org or (860) 236-5621 x213 for more information or help searching our collection.

To find out more about recently cataloged manuscripts, don’t forget to check out the Manuscripts Blog.

Library Catalog

A growing online catalog of books, manuscripts, broadsides, maps, serials, newspapers, and audio/visual materials in our collection.  

eMuseum

Search through over 8,000 objects from the Connecticut Historical Society collection, including clothing, furniture, weapons, needlework, tools, household objects, photographs, painting, prints, drawings, and more.

Manuscript Finding Aids

Finding aids are guides to manuscript collections. Following a common format, each finding aid provides background on the collection's creator and a description of the collection's contents. Click here for the list of finding aids that are currently available.

Connecticut History Online

A collaborative digital collection of more than 15,000 historic images, documents, maps, oral histories, and objects from partner organizations, including the Connecticut Historical Society at www.cthistoryonline.org.

Subject Guide to African American Resources

A thematic guide to artifacts, manuscripts, and books in the Connecticut Historical Society collection, created in 1994. Although incomplete, it provides a partial view of African and African American-related materials in the collection.

Civil War Manuscripts Project

An in-depth survey of the Civil War manuscript holdings of the Connecticut Historical Society compiled in the 1990s, with some later additions. Browse by name, residence, or regiment. Includes some detailed examinations consisting of transcriptions, content analysis, genealogical or biographical information, and more.

Civil War Monuments Survey

Just in time for the sesquicentennial! As the Civil War anniversary begins in 2011, the Civil War Monuments survey is back on the Connecticut Historical Society's website after a much-needed web code scrubbing (11 year-old code is hard to scrub). PLEASE NOTE: the content and the photographs have not been updated. A new Civil War Monuments website is under construction, under the guidance of Mary Donohue of the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism, and Matt Warshauer, of Central Connecticut State University, but we all decided that we would revive the old site until the new one is completed.

Woodward Genealogy Loan Collection

Connecticut Historical Society members and members of the Mayflower Descendants in the State of Connecticut may borrow up to three books per month from the Woodward Genealogy Loan Collection. Find out about how to borrow materials.