Search and browse descriptive finding aids to the State Archives' government and manuscript collections through our online system. The amount of detail provided depends on the level of processing completed for a collection.
Digitized and born digital state and local government records transferred to the Connecticut State Archives, as well as personal and organizational records, are accessible through the CTDA.
Select digitized documents, photographs, and other materials found in the State Archives including, but not limited to, the Founding Documents of Connecticut, Hurricane Diane, the state's response to 9/11, and various photograph collections.
One the most useful primary resources for understanding the evolution of Connecticut’s landscape. Originally created for infrastructure management and scientific research, among other uses, individual images and mosaic composites of them provide a factual record of how land use changed over time.
Project to enhanced public access and use of New Haven County Court records from 1666 to 1855. Funded by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) with additional funding from the Historic Documents Preservation Fund
Selected annotated transcripts of legislative acts, resolutions, and appointments from the handwritten daily register of each General Assembly session from 1776-1826. Each published volume also includes supplementary documents and a scholarly introduction. This published series is an essential resource for understanding Connecticut’s political, social, legal, and economic history.
Collaborative partnership with the Connecticut Radio Information System (CRIS) on “Voices of World War I.” The project features human-narrated audio versions of selected documents from World War I.
In 1833, the General Assembly passed a "Black Law" barring the teaching of non-resident persons of color without a town's permission. The law was passed as a result of opposition to Prudence Crandall's school for African-American women in Canton. Crandall was arrested and tried three times for violating the law.
Searchable database of individual pieces of art created by Connecticut artists during the Great Depression (1929-1941). They were hired under the Federal Art Project (FAP) of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). It includes detailed biographical information of over 150 artists.
