New Updates In Local History Collection In The Middletown Room

Middletown CT

26 July, 2021

3:59 PM

Description

Middletown History Online NEW! They have been uploading digitized documents from the Middletown Room Collection to the Connecticut Digital Archive. Many items are now available for viewing. This includes Middletown Press Indexes and Penny Press Indexes. A Short History of the Middletown Bulletin The Middletown Bulletin on the Connecticut Digital Archives is a story almost a hundred years in the making. It also took two global disasters to make it happen. Local History Most of the local history collection is housed in the Middletown Room. The mission of the Middletown Room is to identify, collect, organize, preserve, and provide public access to the materials that document the economic, natural, political, and social history of Middletown. Resources may also be found in the reference collection and microfilm collections. Microfilm archives include Mellili church records, discontinued Middletown Newspapers, The Middletown Press, passenger lists, etc. The Middletown Room is located on the second floor. Please register to use the Middletown Room at the Information Desk. If you need help getting started or need a specific resource, please ask one of the reference librarians for assistance. NOTE: During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Middletown Room is not open to the public. For research assistance please email Information Services.