This is a regular column for the one-on-one oral history interviews conducted by Sulema DePeyster, our Community History Specialist. Each article will feature the story of a Windsor resident and provide highlights from the [...]
Free admission for kids this summer! Funding provided by a grant from CT Humanities Windsor Historical Society was recently awarded a Connecticut Humanities grant to support participation in the CT Summer at the Museum initiative. [...]
Windsor Historical Society is hiring – but only for one position – the Program Director! Unfortunately, several fake jobs reportedly at Windsor Historical Society have been posted to indeed.com in a phishing effort to obtain [...]
Upon the 1921 founding of Windsor Historical Society, the very first donation to our collections came from brothers Charles and George Hoadley. When George died the next year, his will included a $5,000 bequest to the Society. But neither brother ever lived in Windsor, and they only had a tangential relationship to the town. This article attempts to tell the story of two donors whose contributions became the foundation of WHS’s collections.
Apparently, Hurricane Ida didn’t get the word that Windsor Historical Society’s 100th Anniversary was September 1, 2021. But a one-day postponement did not deter the 130 people who came out a day later on [...]
Our tagline: ‘Stepping into the Next Century Together,’ indicates our commitment to make this centennial – and our next century – about the entire Windsor community, Designed by talented local artist Sue Tait Porcaro, the logo features a notably modern look to draw attention to the Society’s new focus.