In the early 1960s, Canon Clinton R. Jones, Jr. of the Episcopal Church, assigned to Christ Church Cathedral in Hartford, Connecticut, became concerned about the plight of homosexuals and transgendered people. Alarmed by stories of the...
Kane, Joseph O; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives; Connecticut -- History -- Personal narratives; Soldiers -- Connecticut -- Correspondence; United States. Army. Connecticut Infantry Regiment, 23rd (1862-1863)
Polish people -- Nazi persecution -- Personal narratives; World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons; Polish Americans -- Connecticut; Holocaust survivors -- Connecticut -- Personal narratives; Oral history -- Connecticut
The idea for the Connecticut oral history project concerning Polish gentile Holocaust Survivors came after the broadcast of the Holocaust, a miniseries televised in four parts in 1978 on NBC which portrayed Poles unfairly. Some people highly...
Silas Deane was a patriot of questionable integrity during the Revolutionary War. He lived from 1737 to 1789. He rose from humble beginnings in Connecticut to prominence within the Colonial Congress meeting in Philadelphia, rubbing elbows with...
Puritans -- Connecticut: Connecticut -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
The Puritan settlers who established England's colony in Connecticut during the period from 1630 to 1660 brought forth and nurtured the seeds of democratic ideals for America and the world. The primary document that fertilized Connecticut's rich,...
