List of historical societies in Connecticut

The following is a list of historical societies in the state of Connecticut, United States.[1][2]

Organizations

  • Amity & Woodbridge Historical Society[4]
  • Andover Historical Society[5]
  • Ashford Historical Society
  • Aspinock Historical Society of Putnam
  • Avon Historical Society
  • Bantam Historical Society
  • Barkhamsted Historical Society
  • Beacon Falls Historical Society
  • Berlin Historical Society
  • Bethany Historical Society
  • Bethel Historical Society
  • Old Bethlem Historical Society in Bethlehem, CT
  • Bolton Historical Society[5]
  • Branford Historical Society
  • Bridgeport Community Historical Society
  • Bridgewater Historical Society
  • Bristol Historical Society
  • Brookfield Historical Society
  • Brooklyn Historical Society, Connecticut
  • Burlington Historical Society
  • Canterbury Historical Society
  • Canton Historical Society[6]
  • Chatham Historical Society
  • Cheshire Historical Society[6]
  • Chester Historical Society
  • Clinton Historical Society, Connecticut[4]
  • Colchester Historical Society
  • Colebrook Historical Society
  • Columbia Historical Society, Connecticut[5]
  • Connecticut Electric Railway Association
  • Connecticut Museum of Culture and History (formerly Connecticut Historical Society)
  • Cornwall Historical Society[6]
  • Coventry Historical Society Incorpporated[5][6]
  • Cromwell Historical Society
  • Crystal Lake Historical Society
  • Danbury Museum and Historical Society
  • Darien Historical Society
  • Deep River Historical Society
  • Derby Historical Society
  • Dorothy Whitfield Historic Society
  • Durham Historical Society
  • East Granby Historical Society
  • East Haddam Historical Society
  • Historical Society of East Hartford
  • East Haven Historical Society
  • East Lyme Historical Society[6]
  • East Windsor Historical Society[5]
  • Eastford Historical Society
  • Historical Society of Easton[7]
  • Ellington Historical Society[5][6]
  • Enfield Historical Society[5]
  • Essex Historical Society
  • African American Historical Association of Fairfield County
  • Fairfield Historical Society[8][9]
  • Falls Village Canaan Historical Society
  • Farmington Historical Society[5]
  • Franklin Historical Society
  • Gaylordsville Historical Society
  • Historical Society of Glastonbury[5]
  • Goshen Historical Society
  • Greater New Haven African American Historical Society
  • Greater New Haven Labor History Association
  • Greenwich Historical Society[7]
  • Griswold Historical Society
  • Groton Historical Society, Connecticut
  • Guilford Keeping Society
  • Haddam Historical Society
  • Hamden Historical Society[6]
  • Hampton Antiquarian and Historical Society
  • Hartland Historical Society
  • Harwinton Historical Society
  • Hebron Historical Society[5]
  • Kent Historical Society
  • Killingly Historical and Genealogical Society
  • Killingworth Historical Society
  • Kosciuszko Historical Society of Ansonia
  • Lebanon Historical Society[6]
  • Ledyard Historical Society
  • Lisbon Historical Society
  • Litchfield Historical Society[10][9]
  • Madison Historical Society
  • Manchester Historical Society, Connecticut[5]
  • Mansfield Historical Society[5]
  • Marlborough Historical Society[5]
  • Mattatuck Museum (formerly Mattatuck Historical Society) in Waterbury CT[7][8][11]
  • Meriden Historical Society
  • Middlebury Historical Society
  • Middlefield Historical Society
  • Middlesex County Historical Society[4]
  • Milford Historical Society Trust
  • Monroe Historical Society
  • Montville Historical Society
  • Morris Historical Society
  • Mystic River Historical Society[6]
  • Naugatuck Historical Society
  • New Canaan Historical Society
  • New Fairfield Historical Society
  • New Hartford Historical Society
  • New Haven Colony Historical Society[8]
  • New London County Historical Society[9][12]
  • New Milford Historical Society
  • Newington Historical Society and Trust
  • Newtown Historical Society[13]
  • Noank Historical Society[6]
  • Norfolk Historical Society
  • North Haven Historical Society
  • North Stonington Historical Society
  • Northfield Historical Society
  • Norwalk Historical Society
  • Norwich Historical Society
  • Old Lyme Historical Society
  • Old Saybrook Historical Society[9]
  • Orange Historical Society
  • Oxford Historical Society, Connecticut
  • Plainfield Historical Society
  • Plainville Historical Society
  • Plymouth Historical Society
  • Pomfret Historical Society[5]
  • Portland Historical Society
  • Preston Historical Society
  • Prospect Historical Society
  • Redding Historical Society
  • Ridgefield Historical Society[7]
  • Rocky-Hill Historical Society
  • Rowayton Historical Society
  • Roxbury Historical Society
  • Salem Historical Society
  • Salisbury Association
  • Salmon Brook Historical Society
  • Saugatuck Historical Society (in Westport)[8]
  • Scotland Historical Society
  • Seymour Historical Society
  • Sharon Historical Society[5][6]
  • Shelton Historical Society
  • Sherman Historical Society
  • Simsbury Historical Society
  • Somers Historical Society
  • South Windsor Historical Society[5]
  • Southbury Historical Society
  • Southington Historical Society
  • Sprague Historical Society
  • Stafford Historical Society
  • Stamford Historical Society[4]
  • Stonington Historical Society[7]
  • Stratford Historical Society
  • Suffield Historical Society[7][5]
  • Thomaston Historical Society
  • Thompson Historical Society
  • Tolland Historical Society[5]
  • Torrington Historical Society
  • Totoket Historical Society
  • Trumbull Historical Society
  • Union Historical Society[5]
  • Vernon Historical Society[7][5][6]
  • Voluntown Historical Society
  • Wallingford Historical Society
  • Warren Historical Society[6]
  • Waterford Historical Society
  • Watertown Historical Society
  • West Hartford Historical Society[7]
  • West Haven Historical Society
  • Westbrook Historical Society
  • Weston Historical Society
  • Westport Historical Society
  • Wethersfield Historical Society[5][6]
  • Willington Historical Society
  • Wilton Historical Society[6]
  • Winchester Center Historical Association
  • Winchester Historical Society
  • Windham Historical Society[5]
  • Windsor Historical Society[6]
  • Windsor Locks Historical Society
  • Wintonbury Historical Society
  • Wolcott Historical Society
  • Old Woodbury Historical Society
  • Woodstock Historical Society[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Historical Societies", ct.gov, Connecticut Secretary of the State, archived from the original on February 7, 2022 – via Wayback Machine
  2. ^ American Association for State and Local History (2002), Directory of historical organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.), AltaMira Press – via Internet Archive
  3. ^ "To Open Old Package: Containing Early Documents of New Haven High School", The New Haven Union, CT, April 21, 1909 – via Library of Congress' Chronicling America
  4. ^ a b c d American Association for State and Local History (1944), "Connecticut", Historical societies in the United States and Canada: a handbook, Washington, D.C, p. 21+ – via HathiTrust{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w "CT historical societies", willingtonhistoricalsocietyct.org, Connecticut: Willington Historical Society, retrieved July 13, 2025
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Participating Repositories", Connecticut's Archives Online, Western Connecticut State University, retrieved July 13, 2025
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h "CTDA Members", ctdigitalarchive.org, Connecticut Digital Archive, archived from the original on May 31, 2025 – via Wayback Machine
  8. ^ a b c d "Historical societies in the United States", Officers, Act of incorporation, Constitution, List of members, Historical societies in the United States, 1896, Baltimore, MD: American Historical Association, 1896, p. 42+ – via HathiTrust
  9. ^ a b c d Terry Abraham, ed. (2015), "Eastern United States and Canada", Repositories of Primary Sources, 1995-2015, United States: University of Idaho Library
  10. ^ Social Networks and Archival Context, United States: SNAC Cooperative, retrieved July 13, 2025
  11. ^ "First annual soap contest: at Mattatuck Historical Society during month of June", Waterbury Democrat, CT, May 18, 1933 – via Chronicling America
  12. ^ "Presented to Historical Society", Norwich Bulletin, Connecticut, February 13, 1913 – via Chronicling America
  13. ^ "Purposes of a Historical Society", The Newtown Bee, Newtown, Conn., February 15, 1907 – via Chronicling America

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