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Wesleyan University has offered a number of courses which discuss Middletown, Connecticut and its history. Since 1976, student
papers written on historical Middletown-area topics have been donated to Special Collections & Archives.
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The Student Papers About Middletown Collection featuers graduate and undergraduate papers about the history of Middletown,
Connecticut and the surrounding area. Topics include politics, labor, commerce, ethnic and racial groups, women's history,
and leisure.
The papers are arranged in alphabetical order by author's last name.
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Access Restrictions
No restrictions.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright
law.
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These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.
Middletown (Conn.) --Commerce.
Middletown (Conn.) --Emigration and immigration.
Middletown (Conn.) --History.
Middletown (Conn.) --Politics and government.
Middletown (Conn.) --Social conditions.
Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.) --Students.
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[Identification of item], Student Papers About Middletown Collection, Collection #1000-133, Special Collections & Archives,
Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, USA.
Received from faculty and students, 1976-2006.
Processed by Valerie Gillispie, November 2006
Encoded by Valerie Gillispie, November 2006
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Author unknown, "The Rich in the City of Middletown in 1860," undated |
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Albrecht, Anthony, "Like a Puzzle With All of its Pieces, Xavier is Complete With Community Help," circa 2003 |
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Allen, Elizabeth K., "Connecticut Valley Hospital," 1976 |
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Barr, Leslie, "Music and Dance in Middletown in the Late 18th and Early 19th Century," 1979 |
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Barr, Leslie, "Twas Not a Time for New England to Dance" [Music and Dance in Early Middletown], 1980 |
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Barry, John, "The Starr Family of Middletown, Ct.: A Study in Social Mobility and Social Experience," 1979 |
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Belkin, Erica, "The Colonization Societies: Middletown's Forgotten Movement," 2005 |
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Bennion, Craig and Mary Francis White, "Middletown Newspapers of the Late 19th Century," 1976 |
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Berlew, Christopher, "Middletown and the Civil War: Who Prospered?" |
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Blake, Casey, "Irish Immigrants in Middletown, Connecticut, 1830-1860," 1977 |
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Borders, Craig, "A Method of Ascertaining the Identity of Small- and Medium-size Farmers," 1977 |
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Breidenbach, Paul, "Americanization of Polish and Italian Immigrants," 1980 |
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Bruce, Phyllis, "Minds, Minstrels, and Melpomene at McDonough," 1978 |
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Bruce, Phyllis Ruth, "The Career of the Continental Vocalists and the Life of its Co-Founder, William Dwight Franklin, Middletown, Ct. Resident," 1978 |
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Campbell, John and Jessica Lacy, "A Social Analysis of Blacks in Middletown, 1850-1880" |
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Carrell, Kimberley W., "Celebration of Christmas and the 4th of July, Middletown," 1977 |
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Center, Claudia, "Urban Renewal and Citizens Groups in Middletown, Connecticut," 1987 |
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Chandler, Julia Anne, "Services and Societies in First Church of Christ, Middletown, 1870-1890," 1977 |
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Conescu, Rachel, "The Lower Washington Street Community: An Unfinished Portrait," 1980 |
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Cruse, Katherine, "William Brenton Hall: a Biography," 1978 |
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Cunningham, Jan, "The Development of American Public Education and the Midletown Experience, 1870-1920," 1976 |
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Cunningham, Jan, "The Millers of Middlefield: a Case Study in American Social History," 1977 |
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Cunningham, Jan, "The Family System in Transition: Wealth and Inheritance Practice in Middlefield, 1750-1850," 1980 |
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Dickman, Howard, "The Middletown Manufacturing Company," 1972 |
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Druker, Michele, "Weighed, Counted and Measured: Manufacturing in Middletown, 1860-1880," 1976 |
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Early, Gerry, "The Second Great Awakening in Middletown: a Paradox of Progress," 1980 |
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Edelstein, Ken, "A Survey of Middletown Nespapers in th 1820s," 1980 |
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Effron, Lucy, "Small Retail Businesses in Middletown, 1870-1900," 1976 |
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Farrell, Sheila Wrang and Annette DiMauro Grimaldi, "A Study in Depth of Italian Wedding Photos of Middletown Families," 1980 |
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Fisher, Margaret, "Immigrant Success: What Is It, and How Does One Achieve It?" 1981 |
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Frentz, Susan M., "Middletown, Connecticut, 1820: Investigations and Discoveries of Its Women and Its Social Order," 1979 |
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Frentz, Susan M., "Urbanization and the Female-headed Household, Middletown, Connecticut, 1790-1850," 1980 |
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Friedman, Howard, "The Progressive Experience in Middletown, 1900-1920," 1976 |
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Fuller, Elaine Xenelis, "From the Greek-American Fruit and Candy Company, 1901 to the Middlesex Fruitery, 1981: The Assimilation of a Greek-American
Family," 1981
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Furrer, Tom, "The Rise and Decline of Welfare Capitalism and the Emergence of a Union in Ivoryton, Connecticut, 1900-1941," 1980 |
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Gaebe, John, "The Great Depression and Its Impact on the City of Middletown," 1976 |
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Garin, Nickolas Atteraas, "Policing a New Middletown: Updating the Force at the Turn of the 20th Century," 2005 |
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Giardina, James A., "Swedish Immigration to Cromwell, Connecticut," 1976 |
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Golec, Josephine Barry, "The Founding of the Middlesex Hospital, 1895-1905," 1980 |
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Gray, Brenda Ellen, "The Relationship Between Social History and Historical Archaeology: The Mercantile Community of Middletown, Connecticut," 1978 |
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Gross, R. Barrett and David Engstrom, "The Development of Industry in Middletown, Connecticut: With An Emphasis on the Post Civil War Economic Boom," 1978 |
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Grucan, Sally P., "The Printer-Publishers of the Middlesex Gazette from 1785 to 1820: an Examination of their Position in the Middletown Community," 1986
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Hanley, Ben, "The Irish in Middletown: The Pre Famine Generations," undated |
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Head, Patricia, "The Social Condition of Women in Early Nineteenth Century Middletown and America," 1980 |
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Hechtkopf, Quinn, "Two Years of Protest: Divestment at Wesleyan University, 1988-1990," 2005 |
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Helfer, Rachel, "Voluntary Associations and the Y.M.C.A. in Middletown, 1885-1911," 1977 |
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Hennigan, Anne F., "Railroads and Economic Development in Middletown, 1865-1880," 1977 |
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Hetorilla, Ann, "Marriage and the Chauncey Name," circa 1982 |
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Hobby, Matt, "Blacks in Middletown Around the 1790s: a summary of information obtained primarily from land records," 1992 |
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Hollister, Timothy S., "A Prosopographical Study of State Legislators from Middletown, 1860-1910," 1977 |
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Houseley, Kathleen, "'Who Can Blot Out the North Star?' The Bemans -- Four Generations of Black Abolitionists," 1990 |
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Houston, John and Alex Kotlowitz, "Class Conflict in Middletown: the Remington-Rand Strike of 1936," 1976 |
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James, Charles, "Middletown: The Promised Land?" 1976 |
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Joachim, Alan, "The Interrelationships of the Merchant Careers of Five Alsops and Economic Changes, 1750-1878," 1977 |
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Klingher, Michael, "The Connecticut State Hospital for the Insane, 1866-1920 and the Transformation of Modern America," 1976 |
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Krakaur, Keith Douglas, "The Ideology of Mobility: a Study of Irish Economic and Group Assimilation in Late Nineteenth Century Middletown, Connecticut," 1980 |
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Lansky, Madeleine, "A Comparative Study of the Ethnic Identity of Italian-Americans in Middletown, Connecticut Before and After World War II," 1992 |
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Laurent, Bret, "Lumber, Shipbuilding and the Early Connecticut River Trade," 1980 |
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Loether, J. Paul, "A Preliminary Study of the Brownstone Quarrying Industry in the Town of Portland, Connecticut," undated |
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Loether, J. Paul, "Middletown, Connecticut: Ethnic Composition and Residential Distribution, 1850-1880," 1981 |
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Mac Lean, Diane, "Quiltmaking in Connecticut, 1750-1850," 1980 |
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Masback, Becca, "Middletown, Connecticut: Summer of 1969, Civil Disturbances and Community Relations in an American City," 2001 |
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Meranze, M., "The Social Characteristics of the Middletown Political Elite, 1900-1920," undated |
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Milano, Marche, "The Famine Generation: the Middletown Irish in the 1850s," 1980 |
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Morales, Jawn, "George Aylward as Middletown Police Chief," 2002 |
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Morton, Peg, "The Hall Family: a Study in the Patriarchal System, 1650-1850," undated |
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Mothes, Nancy, "A Survey of Employment Opportunities Offered in Middletown Newspapers, 1850-1890: Sampling from Newspapers at Five Year Intervals
During the First Week of Each Quarter," 1976
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Myrow, Susan, "Journalism of Middletown, Connecticut Between 1870-1920," 1976 |
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Nasta, Jesse, "Local Relief in Middletown During the Great Depression, 1930-1933," 2002 |
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Neuman, Patricia, "Working Mens' Societies in Middletown Connecticut: the Franklin Society of 1829-1931 and the Mechanics Society of 1832-1836," 1979 |
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Norment, Katie, "Middletown Artisans, 1810," 1978 |
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Norwood, Dael, "A Constant and Formidable Foe: Josual Stow and the Fight for Religious Freedom in Connecticut," 2001 |
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Nyman, Brenda and Mark Swartz, "Crime in Middletown and Middlesex County in 1880-1910," 1976 |
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O'Connell, Brendan, "From Labor Leader to Police Chief: A Biography of Charles Anderson, 1912-1936," 2005 |
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Odim, Carlton, "The Black Population of Middletown, 1790-1850," 1977 |
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Ostlund, Rachel, "Revolutions in Agriculture in Middlesex County, Connecticut During the Mid-19th Century," 2005 |
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Paffrath, Ronald A., "Port of Call: An Examination of Aspects of Maritime Commerce in Middletown, Connecticut During the Period 1790 Through 1820," 1986 |
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Peretz, Steven, "A Demographic Profile of Early 19th Century Middletown, Connecticut: a Statistical Analysis," 1978 |
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Perlstein, Daniel, "The House that Isaac [Warner] Built," 1981 |
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Pena, Ted, "The Short and Obscure Historical Geography of Maromas," undated |
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Pitterman, Bernard, "A Speculative Study of the Middlesex Theatre," 1981 |
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Porteus, Gail Linskey, "A Profile of Two Irish Families: the Larkins and the Linskeys," 1981 |
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Poss, Robert M., "Middletown Research: The Care of the Poor, 1750-1790" |
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Post, Stephen E., "The Courageous Captain and the Rise and Fall of Middletown's Military Academy," 1978 |
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Potter, Lucy, "Yellow Fever in Middle Haddam, 1796," 1980 |
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Potts, Betsy H., "'A Flourishing College Will . . . Build Up a Town:' the Twelve Local Trustees of Wesleyan University, 1830-1840," 1986 |
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Riklin, Matthew, "The Evolution of Food Retailing in the 20th Century," 1976 |
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Savas, Stephanie, "The War That Came Home: The Individuals That Personalized the 1918 Influenza Epidemic in Middletown, Connecticut," 2004 |
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Schneider, Judith, "Amusements and Leisure Time Activities in Middletown, 1828-1838," 1981 |
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Schorr, Brian, "A Narrative History of Prohibition in Middletown, Connecticut," 1976 |
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Schultz, Carol D., "Joshua Stow: a Nineteenth Century Rebel," undated |
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Shaner, Laurie, "Trials and Triumphs: True Stories of Slavery in Connecticut," 2001 |
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Shea, Jonathan, "The Polish Community of New Britain, 1900-1925," 1981 |
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Sherrow, Doris, "The Corner of Main and Court . . . a Turning Point," 1981 |
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Sherrow, Doris, "Jews in Portland--the Eastern Tinware Community," 1981 |
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Sherrow, Doris, "Murder in Middletown: Lower Class Life in 1815," 1988 |
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Sonnenblick, Charlotte, "Printers, Publishers and Booksellers in Middletown, Connecticut: the Demise of the Independent Craftsman, 1800-1850," 1982 |
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Staley, Ellen, "The Connecticut Industrial School for Girls, 1870-1920: Legal Assumptions and Social Class Expectations," 1978 |
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Sternberg, Corinne, "Joshua Stow: Local Scapegoat," 1979 |
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Svonkin, Stuart, "The Creation of a Pluralistic Religious Orientation: The Integration of Jews and Judiasm at Wesleyan University," 1987 |
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Sweeney, Bob, "Middletown Temperance, 1816-1846," 1980 |
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Tarallo, Frank J., "A Biography of Richard Alsop the 3rd of Middletown, Connecticut, born 1789, died May 29, 1842," 1978 |
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Terzini, Carol, "The Frothingham House," 1986 |
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Tillinghast, Joel, "Wesleyan History," undated |
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Torczon, Virginia, "The Professionalization of Middletown's Physicians, 1868-1918," 1978 |
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Vanacore, Brad M., "The Brownstone Quarries of Portland Connecticut: Their Contribution to the Development of the United States," 1976 |
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VanGraafeiland, Daria D'Arienzo, "Elizabeth Bigelow," 1978 |
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VanGraafeiland, Daria D'Arienzo, "Hartford's Italians," 1980 |
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Veroff, Daniel, "Middletown's Blacks, 1800-1840," 1980 |
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Vinci, Leon F., "A Middletown-American in Show Business: Tony Pastor, 1909-1969," 1980 |
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White, Mary Francis, "Introduction to 'The Producers' of Middletown, and a Major Product--the Newspapers, 1820-1833," undated |
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Wilder, Barry, "Middletown Masons, 1796-1826: a Study of the Role Played by a Voluntary Organization in a Traditional Community Experiencing
Rapid Dissolution," 1980
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Wilder, Barry, "Different Shades of Green: a Study of Irish-American Institutions in Middletown, Connecticut, 1880-1915," 1980 |
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Wrubel, Regina, "The Mortimer Cemetery in Middletown's Transition, 1815," 1980 |
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