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| June 20, 2013 |
Connecticut Historical Society unveils its Amistad letters By Jim Shelton | New Haven Register "The Amistad captives have come alive again, thanks to a bundle of letters that went public..." Read more... |
| June 2, 2013 |
Pain-Relief Exhibit At CHS By Susan Dunne | Hartford Courant "Looking at the crude tools early American doctors used — without benefit of anesthesia — will make a person squirm." Read more... |
| May 16, 2013 |
Chloroform, Whiskey, and Morphine By Kerri Provost | Real Hartford "It’s easy to judge those who practiced these dangerous procedures or administered habit-forming, and likewise, dangerous substances…to think of them as terribly archaic, but the presence of equipment that only recently went out of vogue, or in some cases, continues to be used, shows that the industry has not made leaps and bounds across the board." Read more... |
| April 2013 |
Stories related to the
Cowles-Amistad-Farmington Letters:
Pre-Auction:
Farmington Woman's Abolitionist Correspondence To Be Auctioned By Susan Dunne | Hartford Courant | Read here... Amistad items to be auctioned; letters, engravings draw attention of historians By Jim Shelton | The New Haven Register | Read here... Post-Auction:
Conn. Historical Society wins Amistad letters in
auction
CT Historical Society Pays $66,000 For Abolitionist
Letters
Trove of Amistad letters will stay in
Connecticut
Historical Letters Are Acquired By Connecticut Historical
Society
Connecticut Historical Society buys Amistad
letters
Connecticut Historical Society purchases Amistad letters for $66,000 |
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April 2013 |
Stories related to the CHS Community Cook-Off:
We're Making Top Hat Burgers with Jenny
Steadman.
In the Kitchen: CHS Community Cook-Off.
Community Cook-Off Benefits At Connecticut Historical
Society. Additional coverage in Hartford Magazine here and CT.com here and here
Aspic "The Winner" At the CHS Community Cook-Off. Pictures, Hartford Courant, view here... |
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January 18, 2013 |
Cooking by the Book: Amelia Simmons to Martha Stewart |
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January 14, 2013 |
Cooking by the Book at the Connecticut Historical Society |
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November 2012 |
Stories related to the return of stolen documents to the CHS:
Stolen Letters From George Washington, Napoleon, Coming Back To Connecticut
Stolen artifacts returned to Connecticut Historical Society
Connecticut Historical Society recovering stolen documents
Connecticut Historical Society Gets Back Dozens Of Stolen Items |
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November 9, 2012 |
Thank Goodness It's Connecticut: CT Historical Museum |
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November 9, 2012 |
Connecticut Historical Society's Executive Director to Retire
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September 2012 |
Arts at Work |
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August 14, 2012 |
The State of CT Has an Array of Valuable and Strange Artifacts |
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May 30, 2012 |
CT Historical Society Unveils "New" Resources
for Historians & Genealogists |
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May 28, 2012 |
'Revolutionary' ads drawing industry praise |
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April 20, 2012 |
Historical Society Exhibit Features Vintage Furnishings From Connecticut Homes |
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April 16, 2012 |
Contemporary woodworkers show off historical techniques at the Connecticut Historical Society in Hartford |
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April 12, 2012 |
The Junior League Of Hartford Donates Archives To Connecticut Historical Society |
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April 2, 2012 |
A Tradition of Craft: Original, Reproduction, and Adaptation Furniture |
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April 1, 2012 |
A Tradition of Craft |
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February 9, 2012 |
Rare "behind the scenes" tours now offered at CT Historical Society Museum |
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January 29, 2012 |
City Bench works with gifts provided by nature |
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January 23, 2012 |
Trees Transformed At Connecticut Historical Society |
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May 22, 2011 |
'Making Connecticut' Explores State's History |