Program

Public Programs: Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations

Period of Performance

9/1/1977 - 9/30/1978

Funding Totals

$24,686.00 (approved)
$24,686.00 (awarded)


Three Centuries of Connecticut Life: An Interpretation of the Collections of the Antiquarian and Landmarks Society

FAIN: GM-10913-77

Connecticut Landmarks (Hartford, CT 06106-1821)
Ronna L. Reynolds (Project Director: September 1977 to present)

To publish five thousand copies of an interpretive study of the Antiquarian and Landmarks societies permanent collection which will serve as the keystone of a "self-study" course on the three centuries of Connecticut life. The study will make the collections more accessible to the general public, will interpret them in scholarly fashion and will establish the society as a center for the study of pre-industrial Connecticut experience.