Books Available at Capital
History
The Colonial History of Hartford : Gathered from the Original Records by
Call Number: Special Collections SPC F104.H3.L9 1914
Hartford : An Illustrated History of Connecticut's Capital by Call Number: SPC F104.H3 W43; additional copies in reference and stacksISBN: 089781052X
Hartford in the Olden Time; Its First Thirty Years by Call Number: Special Collections SPC F104.H3 S88 1853- History of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1833-1928 byCall Number: Special Collections SPC F102 .H3 B8 v. 2
The Story of the Charter Oak by
Call Number: Special Collections - SPC F97.S5x 1938- 19th Century
Hartford, Conn., as a Manufacturing, Business and Commercial Center by Call Number: Special Collections - SPC HC108.H4.A3
Mad Yankees : The Hartford Retreat for the Insane and Nineteenth-Century Psychiatry by Call Number: RC439 .G66 2003ISBN: 1558494057
My Hartford of the Nineteenth Century by Call Number: Special Collections SPC F104.H3.C483 1928
The Nineteenth Century Parks of Hartford : A Legacy of the Nation by Call Number: Ref. F104.H3 A33 1983
Nook Farm : Mark Twain's Hartford Circle by Call Number: PS1334.A6 1969- 20th Century
Organizing in Hard Times : Labor and Neighborhoods in Hartford by Call Number: HD6490.O72 U68 1994ISBN: 1566391555- Ethnic Studies
- Black women of Connecticut : Achievements against the odds. byCall Number: E185.93.C7B63 1984
- "Getting their share" : Irish and Italian immigrants in Hartford, Connecticut, 1850-1940 byCall Number: F104.H39 A25 1992
Greater Hartford : Celebrating Cultural Diversity by Call Number: Special Collections SPC F104.H3 S54 1996ISBN: 1563522675
Identity and Power : Puerto Rican Politics and the Challenge of Ethnicity by Call Number: F104.H3 C78 1998ISBN: 1566396042
Making a Life, Building a Community : A History of the Jews of Hartford by Call Number: F104.H3 D15 1997ISBN: 0841913749- Business
The Connecticut River Banking Company, 1825 : One Hundred Years of Service by Call Number: Special Collections - SPC HG2613.H24 C6 1925
The Hartford of Hartford: An Insurance Company's Part in a Century and a Half of American History. by Call Number: HG9780.H3.D2 1960
Older than the Nation: The Story of the Hartford Courant by Call Number: PN 4899.H35.H3 1964
One Hundred Years of Hartford's Courant, from Colonial Times through the Civil War. by Call Number: PN4899.H35.C6 1949
Passbook to a Proud Past and a Promising Future; 1819-1969, 150th AnniversaryPublication Date: HG2613.H24 S6 1960
A Woman in Business: The Life of Beatrice Fox Auerbach by Call Number: F104 .H353 A94 2008ISBN: 9781436366137- Architecture
Hartford Architecture : Hartford Architecture Conservancy SurveyCall Number: N735.H37 H37 1978 / 3 Volumes
Structures and Styles: Guided Tours of Hartford's Architecture by Call Number: REF NA108.A5x 1984ISBN: 0940748959
E-books
Crossing the Connecticut by Call Number: Special Collections - SPC F104.H3.W8 1907Publication Date: 1908Full-text available online through Internet Archive
The Friendly Club and Other Portraits by Call Number: Special Collections - SPC F104.H3.P3Full-Text Available Online through Internet Archive
The Memorial History of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884 by Call Number: Special Collections SPC F102.H3 T8 v. 2Also available at https://archive.org/details/memorialhistoryo02trum
Water for Hartford : The Story of the Hartford Water Works and the Metropolitan District Commission by Call Number: HD4464.H37 M87 2010ISBN: 9780819570802Note: This book is available in both hard copy and e-book formats.
Internet Sources: Hartford-Based Centers for Learning & Research
Amistad Center for Art & Culture
Connecticut Historical Society
Connecticut History.org (CTHumanities Program)
Hartford Black History Project
Hartford History Center at the Hartford Public Library
Hartford Institute for Religion Research
Hartford Studies Project, Trinity College
Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford
Online Government Resources: Facts & Figures
Official Website of the State of Connecticut
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Bureau of Labor Statistics: Economy at a Glance
Local and State Online News Sources
Videos
- Connecticut Collection byCall Number: CIRC DESK F94 .C66 2006 DVD 1-10Individual DVD Titles:
1. When disaster struck Connecticut (64 min.)
2. The circus fire (60 min.)
3. The flood of '55 (60 min.)
4. Colt : legend & legacy (60 min.)
5. New England and the Civil War (90 min.)
6. Mark Twain's neighborhood Nook Farm (60 min.)
7. UConn men's basketball : an illustrated history (90 min.)
8. You're on the air! The early years of Connecticut television (68 min.)
9. Remember when (60 min.)
10. Legends bonus DVD : The real Bob Steele (30 min.) ; Mr. Kennedy comes to Connecticut (30 min.) ; Ella Grasso (30 min.).