2021 Hartford History Lecture Series
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Capital Community College’s (CCC)’s signature Hartford Heritage Project utilizes the city's diverse cultural institutions, landmarks and neighborhoods as an interactive and integral part of student learning. The Hartford Heritage Project, the first place-based curriculum at a Connecticut college or university, underscores the importance of Hartford’s history and rich cultural resources.  CCC partners with several city organizations, including Connecticut’s Old State House, to offer students a myriad of learning opportunities. An outgrowth of this commitment to exploring Hartford’s past is the annual Hartford Studies Public Lecture Series. This year’s series features four content-rich lectures about Hartford’s  history and a special tour of Spring Grove Cemetery and Faith Congregational Church. Developed by noted local historian William Hosley, the series seeks to illuminate undiscovered stories of Hartford’s past.

The four lectures will take place in Connecticut's Old State House, located in 800 Main St, Hartford, CT 06103.

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This program presents object lessons in local stuff and stories. By revealing the narrative power of art, architecture and artifacts we celebrate the value of local knowledge and access to authentic material from the past. Close observation and an awareness that every place has great stories transforms everyday learning and living into a pathway for civic attachment. #PlaceMatters.
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The State House Connecticut built (1874-79) at the height of the Gilded Age is one of the essential landmarks in the Capital City. Designed by architect Richard Upjohn, it reflects Hartford’s remarkable prosperity, prominence, and national influence at that time. No other state has a Capitol building so saturated with art and statuary. It tells stories about Connecticut’s founding, development, and roles in the American Revolution, and the still-recent Civil War. School groups that visit the Capitol and Museum of Connecticut History (across the street) get an experience and education they’d never get in a classroom. For some it instills a sense of state pride and civic attachment. For most greater awareness and historical perspective. Unpacking the layers of meaning both inside and out is a riveting experience. This program explores many facets of this building’s allure and calls for modest reforms that will make it more accessible and, once again, a center of state and national attention.
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In 1910 after many experiments, shade tobacco supplanted broadleaf to become the dominant crop in the Connecticut River Valley. It’s aroma, texture, burn, and size help to create a boutique industry that became an important part of Connecticut lore and romance. Whether they were students recruited from historically black colleges or along the eastern seaboard, West Indians and Puerto Ricans from the Caribbean, or local day haul and summer workers, tobacco culture touched many lives. Netting, planting, weeding, harvesting, and sewing tobacco brought men and women, youth, and immigrants together in the field and the sheds. Join us for a look at what this premium brand tells us about the role of tobacco in the history of land use, labor, and immigration in the Greater Hartford region and the Connecticut River valley.
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Join us for a walking tour of Spring Grove Cemetery and Faith Congregational Church.  Meet at Spring Grove Cemetery (2035 Main Street, Hartford) at 9am on Sat. 11/13. To enjoy a live stream of the tour, visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6WB5rD5NBs
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The Hartford Grammar School, which had a long history dating back to the school started by Thomas Hooker in 1638, was the secondary school for young men in Hartford until 1847.  In that year, school leaders, influenced by the ideas of Henry Barnard, himself a graduate of the HGS, decided to bring together the English Course of the First District School and the Classical Course of the HGS and rename the school the “Hartford Public High School,” but  it was also called the “English and Classical High School.” It was “public” in the sense that both men and women could enroll. It was a bold move, preceded by much agitation, but it made Hartford stand out as urbane, cosmopolitan, and progressive. This presentation will explore what HPHS was about in the early years:  the composition of the student body, the curriculum, and its governance.  Many students attended colleges and achieved prominence and influence as adults, especially in the city of Hartford.
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