Douglass Day Transcribe-a-thon
Do you believe that history should be accessible to everyone? Can you read cursive? Then come to Windsor Historical Society Friday, February 13th from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. to take part in the nationwide Douglass Day [...]
Douglass Day Transcribe-a-thon
Do you believe that history should be accessible to everyone? Can you read cursive? Then join us February 14th from 10 AM to 3 PM at the Windsor Senior Center to take part in the [...]
Paper Freedom Trail: The Life of George Turrer
Windsor's George Turrer is remarkably well-represented in our archives. This rare collection of documentary footprints allows us to envision the activities of a Black man who was well-integrated into his primarily white hometown in the post-Revolutionary War period.
History Detective
When we receive donations for our museum and archives collections, one of the first tasks we undertake is to determine the importance of the objects and figure out if and how they fit into the history of our town. While that is simple enough to say, the process can be painstaking, alternating between fulfilling and frustrating, but always fascinating.
Unseasonable Night Walking
In 1711, Connecticut outlawed walking “in the night season” to discourage people from being out at night drunk and making a commotion. The following 1770 document from our collection reflects this law in action. It's a detailed and vivid formal complaint about some late-night shenanigans, unappreciated by the victim of those shenanigans.