Meet Our Newest Staff Member!

2022-10-12T13:48:46-04:00October 7th, 2022|Tags: |

Hello! I’m Melanie Stringer, an interdisciplinary historian, museum specialist, living history interpreter, former customer service manager, and a lifelong New Englander. Taking every opportunity for continuous learning, I have a penchant for long-distance research [...]

Join our Board of Directors

2022-03-28T13:30:48-04:00March 24th, 2022|

Help us fulfill our vision for our next century Join our Board of Directors! Windsor Historical Society aspires to tell the whole story of Windsor’s long and diverse history. We have made significant progress since [...]

The Librarian’s Brother, Part I

2022-04-15T11:38:02-04:00January 4th, 2022|

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.

WHS Turns 100!

2021-08-10T10:08:08-04:00August 6th, 2021|

Thanks to our wonderful Centennial Celebration Committee, the Society’s 100th anniversary will be a celebration of the whole Windsor community! Led by co-chairs Agnes Pier and Florence Barlow, the committee (see sidebar) is planning [...]

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