Connecticut History Review

Editor: Thomas J. Balcerski

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Current Volume: 64 (2025)
Issued biannually (Spring and Fall)
ISSN: 0884-7177
eISSN: 2639-5991
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About

The only academic journal devoted to the history of Connecticut.

The Connecticut History Review is a publication of the Association for the Study of Connecticut History (ASCH). The journal publishes twice annually, in the spring and fall. The journal serves many different constituencies: museum and historical society professionals, academic scholars, history buffs, graduate students, and educators. Each issue of the Connecticut History Review contains original research articles, book reviews, and research notes on the history and culture of Connecticut.

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ISSN: 0884-7177 | eISSN: 2639-5991

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Editors

Editor
Thomas J. Balcerski

Associate Editor - Book Reviews
Peter C. Baldwin, University of Connecticut

Editorial Office
The Center for Connecticut Studies,
Eastern Connecticut State University,
83 Windham St,
Willimantic, CT 06226

Editorial Board

  • Daisha Brahbm, Yale University
  • Cecelia Bucki, Fairfield University
  • Peter C. Baldwin, University of Connecticut 
  • Katherine A. Hermes, Connecticut Explored 
  • Andy Horowitz, University of Connecticut
  • Eugene Leach, Trinity College 
  • Kelly Marino, Sacred Heart University
  • Marie Basile McDaniel, Southern Connecticut State University
  • Fiona Vernal, University of Connecticut
  • Christina Volpe, The Barnes Museum
  • Jonathan L. Wharton, Southern Connecticut State University
  • Walter Woodward, University of Connecticut


The Association for the Study of Connecticut History

    President
    Allison Norrie, Fairfield Warde High School (2023)

    Vice President and Treasurer
    Jeffrey O’Leary, Mitchell College (2023)

    Directors

    • Carl Antonucci, Central Connecticut State University (2023)
    • Eugene Leach, Trinity College (2023)
    • Nancy Steenburg, University of Connecticut (2023)
    • Sally Whipple, Connecticut’s Old State House (2023)
    • Stephen Armstrong, Connecticut Department of Education (Past President)

     

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    Below are the permissions policies for PDFs, preprints, and postprints of articles printed in the Connecticut History Review

    PDFs are permitted and issued for the following:

    • Tenure dossier.
    • Special workshops the author is moderating.
    • Other requests to be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
    • All PDFs will include a statement of copyright and a provision that the articles will not be photocopied, distributed, or used for purposes other than the terms agreed to by UIP.

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    Preprints are permitted only for:

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    • Personal use (not including any online posting or pr).

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    • Personal use (not including any online posting).

    Please contact the Intellectual Property Manager for more information.

    Please send all requests to:

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    Submissions

    SUBMISSION TO CONNECTICUT HISTORY REVIEW

    Connecticut History Review, a continuation of Connecticut History, is a publication of the Association for the Study of Connecticut History (ASCH), and appears twice annually, in the spring and fall. The journal is produced in cooperation with the University of Connecticut and receives financial support from the University of Connecticut. All authors desiring to submit original articles for publication consideration in Connecticut History Review may send an electronic copy of the proposed article (in .doc or .docx format) to the editor-in-chief. The author’s name should not appear on the submission itself. All articles and other submissions should conform to the Chicago Manual of Style, 17th ed., utilizing footnotes; seethe Style Sheet posted on the ASCH website [www.asch-cthistory.org]. Please provide both email and USPS mail addresses so that the editorial office may contact you regarding the receipt and possible acceptance of the proposed article. Articles and essays submitted to Connecticut History Review should not be submitted to any other publication while under consideration.

    Thomas J. Balcerski, Editor

    balcerskit@easternct.edu


    BOOK REVIEWS

    Publishers and individual authors may submit a copy of relevant books to:

    Professor Peter Baldwin, Book Review Editor

    History Department

    University of Connecticut

    241 Glenbrook Rd., U-4103

    Storrs, CT 06269

    peter.baldwin@uconn.edu


    Peer Review Policy 

    Any submitted manuscript is immediately recorded in a database and then stripped of identifying markers. It is then read internally (by the editor and the editorial assistant) for its potential suitability for the journal and to make judgements on good peer reviewers. If it is potentially suitable it goes to two peer reviewers. Those peer reviewers do not know any identifying information about the author, nor do they know the other reviewer. All articles have at least one reviewer who is external to the journal (not involved in the journal's editorial management). Reviewers are asked to give constructive feedback and make a suggestion of accept, accept with minor revisions, revise and resubmit, reject. Book and exhibit reviews do not have additionally reviews outside of editorial staff and From the Archives/Research Notes pieces are usually only assigned one reviewer.


    View our Publications Ethics and Malpractice Statement

     

    Featured Articles



    From the Editor's Desk
    Robert J. Imholt
    https://doi.org/10.5406/connhistrevi.59.2.0001
    https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/connhistrevi.59.2.0001?refreqid=excelsior%3A37e8dd6e661662889099b6008c68e062

    The Association for the Study of Connecticut History: A Memoir
    John F. Malsbenden
    https://doi.org/10.5406/connhistrevi.59.2.0003
    https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/connhistrevi.59.2.0003?refreqid=excelsior%3Ad284d2d0ee6ac9efb9eee42eaf430337

    New Haven's Sacrifice: Regional Politics and the Anatomy of Restoration New England
    Neal Dugre
    https://doi.org/10.5406/connhistrevi.59.2.0005
    https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/connhistrevi.59.2.0005?refreqid=excelsior%3A16e8447f6bdae9392140ce347c38d18d

    Isaac Doolittle: The First Yankee
    Neil C. Olsen
    https://doi.org/10.5406/connhistrevi.59.2.0038
    https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/connhistrevi.59.2.0038?refreqid=excelsior%3Abe44ec5613e0b87b7d07e736202c3831

    Alyse Gregory: Finding her “Voice” through Woman's Suffrage
    Kathleen Motes Bennewitz
    https://doi.org/10.5406/connhistrevi.59.2.0072
    https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/connhistrevi.59.2.0072?refreqid=excelsior%3A4d5e1b3ed998e2df43a869f3cd0ea290

    From the State Archives
    Lizette Pelletier
    https://doi.org/10.5406/connhistrevi.59.2.0109
    https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/connhistrevi.59.2.0109?refreqid=excelsior%3A6694f8f2025c8401dff10463826de3e8

    The Year in Review
    Rebecca Taber-Conover
    https://doi.org/10.5406/connhistrevi.59.2.0113
    https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/connhistrevi.59.2.0113?refreqid=excelsior%3Ab6ff2754691e99a24731ea422d474d97

    He Lived History Every Day: Christopher “Kit” Collier (1930–2020)
    Walter W. Woodward
    https://doi.org/10.5406/connhistrevi.60.1.0003
    https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/connhistrevi.60.1.0003?refreqid=excelsior%3Ab05e0cb2911e74b00994a9087d2c9948

    The Genius of Connecticut: A Mistaken History
    Matthew Warshauer
    https://doi.org/10.5406/connhistrevi.60.1.0008
    https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/connhistrevi.60.1.0008?refreqid=excelsior%3A07ae783f71fde2fe195fd629c1992dc5

    New Deal Labor Militancy in a Connecticut Industrial Village: The Somersville Manufacturing Company 1934–1942
    Alan J. Simon
    https://doi.org/10.5406/connhistrevi.60.1.0037
    https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/connhistrevi.60.1.0037?refreqid=excelsior%3A6c68092c5a58aaa8652afbf1ee366207

    The 1948 Letters to Italy Campaign: International Politics, Local Politics and the Catholic Church in Connecticut
    Carl A. Antonucci
    https://doi.org/10.5406/connhistrevi.60.1.0063
    https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/connhistrevi.60.1.0063?refreqid=excelsior%3Ab0f7e5582a1a3cf9e41a9085ee022a66

    Urban Renewal in a New England Mill Town: Willimantic's Puerto Rican Community and Redevelopment
    Anna D. Jaroszyńska-Kirchmann
    https://doi.org/10.5406/connhistrevi.60.1.0082
    https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/connhistrevi.60.1.0082?refreqid=excelsior%3Ae1c8fdeb5698421bf23fbecd9d35ec8d

    John Hyde Preston: Lost Writer of 1930s Connecticut
    Richard Lenzi
    https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/chr/article/62/1/3/380894/John-Hyde-Preston-Lost-Writer-of-1930s-Connecticut

    Attention to Place: Fundamentals and Practices for Place-Conscious Teaching in Higher Education
    Jeffrey F. L. Partridge
    https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/chr/article/62/1/37/380892/Attention-to-Place-Fundamentals-and-Practices-for

    Lucy Sheldon's Music Books and Student Artifacts: A Cultural Glance at Litchfield Female Academy and Nineteenth-Century Litchfield, Connecticut
    Jewel A. Smith
    https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/chr/article/62/2/3/384492/Lucy-Sheldon-s-Music-Books-and-Student-Artifacts-A

    General Affections: Griffin Alexander Stedman and Romantic Friendships During the Civil War
    Stephen Arel-Klein
    https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/chr/article/62/2/31/384487/General-Affections-Griffin-Alexander-Stedman-and

    Congressman Kopplemann's Constituents and the Spanish Civil War
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    The Veterans History Project at Central Connecticut State University
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