Welcome
to the Naugatuck Historical Society
and Museum Web Site
Founded in 1959, The Naugatuck Historical Society is a membership
supported nonprofit organization bringing together people who are
interested in history, and especially in the history of Naugatuck,
Connecticut, and environs.
Upcoming
Events and Important Dates
(more info on Events
page)
(events
at the NHS Museum unless otherwise noted)
Now
Open!
Rubber
Industry Exhibit in the Ebersole Room of the Museum
Pictures
from "A Day in Emerald City" (4/18/09),
Wine Tasting (3/21/09),
Lincoln's Birthday celebration (2/21/09),
12/13/08 Holiday Program "I"ll be Home For
Christmas", and from the 11/15/08 talk on "Dam
Removal on the Naugatuck River"
Historical
info on Naugatuck's Mayors and Wardens, and past Presidents
of the NHS
New
NHS Officers and Board Members
At
the Annual Meeting October 15, 2008, the following NHS
officers were elected:
President: Charles Marino
Treasurer: Stephanie Aviz
Board of Directors: Chitta Lahiri
Sandra Clark will continue as NHS Vice President and
Wendy Murphy as Secretary. Members of the Board of Directors
who will continue to serve are: Shari Carda, Mary Conseur,
Mary DiMaira, Pat Kennis, Kevin Knowles, and Russ Mazzeo.
“Naugatuck
has a very illustrious history. Researching has led me to uncover
many little known facts and firsts about our community.”
-Sandra Clark
CONGRATULATIONS
to our new TOWN HISTORIAN! On
August 5, 2008,the Naugatuck Board of Mayor and Burgesses appointed
Sandra Clark as Naugatuck’s Municipal Historian. Congratulations
to Sandy! This is a fitting recognition and tribute to Sandy’s
constant work of researching, reading, and writing about our
town’s history.
Our new Town Historian’s deep sense of how knowledge of history
enriches life shows through her active membership in area organizations:
the Daughters of the American Revolution, Naugatuck Women’s
Club, Naugatuck Readers Theater, the American Legion Auxiliary,
Friends of the Library, Connecticut Genealogist, Inc., the Naugatuck
Valley Genealogy Club, St. Mary Church Legion of Mary, the Mattatuck
Museum, The Women’s Study Club, and the Southern Connecticut
State University Alumni Association. Sandra generously shares
her love for learning about the town’s past.
CONGRATULATIONS
to
our2008
Dana
J. and Verna A. Blackwell Award winner Timothy Monahan.
Further details are here.
Seepictures from
Holiday Program "I'll
Be Home For Christmas" (12/13/08), "Dam Removal
on the Naugatuck River" talk (11/15/08), Crafts
Workshop (11/8/08), 2008 Hillside Cemetery Walk
(10/4-5/08), Period Fashion Show (6/8/08), Very
Victorian Christmas
(12/15/07), and older ones of
our Grand Re-Opening(4/14/07) and many others
in our Photo Gallery
2006
Holiday ornaments
are still available; see them on the Museum
Store page. Also, see items recently put on SALE!
Colonial
Tea and Dance
On
May 21, 2006, the Society held a Colonial Tea and Dance at the
Museum. Click here to go to our
photo gallery where you can view pictures from that event.
Naugatuck
Hall of Fame
At the right is one of the old photographs from the Naugatuck
Hall of Fame exhibit which was previously featured in the
Ebersole Room of the Museum (now it features the Rubber Industry
Exhibit). It's a picture of a 1900 basketball team (double-click
the picture for a larger version.
For a
history of the Naugatuck Hall of Fame, click here.
Wish
List . . .
The research
part of our activities is always increasing, and the requests come
from all over. We have a need for some reference books for our reference
room. Below is a partial list of our needs. If you can donate any
of these books to the Society, please
. Thank You!
Wish
List
Rockey,
J. L. (editor)
The
History of New Haven County, published in 1892 in two
volumes
Anderson,
Joseph:
The
Town and City Of Waterbury, Connecticut. Three Volumes
Bronson,
Henry:
The
History of Waterbury, Connecticut
We have also
started a fund for purchasing books for the reference room. Our
first donation was for $50 from Marilyn Nichols. Please consider
contributing to this fund.
Museum
store
Do your
Shopping in our Museum Store!
Buy a Naugatuck ornament, an afghan of Naugatuck landmarks, a NHS
sweatshirt or a Naugatuck History book. Copies of Ron Gagliardi's
book "Naugatuck Revisited" and Charles Slack's
book "A Noble Obsession: Charles Goodyear, Thomas Hancock
and the race to unlock the Greatest Industrial Secret of the Nineteenth
Century" are still available. Many more items are available
than are shown on the Museum Store
page. Come and take a look!
Please
Sign Our Guestbook --->>
Thanks
to our Corporate Members
* New England Realty Group
* Buckmiller
Funeral Homes
* Naugatuck Elks Lodge 967
Membership It's time to renew your Membership for 2009.
If
you're not a member, why not? Membership dues support this web site
and other activities of the NHS.
Click here for our membership
application.
Please
consider remembering the NHS in your last will and testament.
