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Archivists scramble after men accused of stealing historic documents
On an invitingly bright summer day, the reading room at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania starts filling up nonetheless as soon as the doors open: professors, Ph.D. candidates and amateur genealogists alike stream in to spend hours perusing the...Tags: History, Benjamin Franklin, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Missouri, Interior Policy
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Disgraced collector pleads guilty to stealing historical documents
Barry H. Landau, the once-esteemed collector of presidential memorabilia, admitted in federal court Tuesday that he stole thousands of documents regarded as cultural treasures from historical societies and libraries in Baltimore and up the East Coast....Tags: Karl Marx, Trials, Central Park, Judges, Lipitor (drug)
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Home, Sweet Home: Picking Your Spots
Diana's Pool One of the must-see attractions in eastern Connecticut is Diana's Pool in Chaplin, along the beautiful Natchaug River. This fishing, kayaking and hiking spot is also popular as a destination because of its sheer beauty. An almost rite of...
Tags: Little Theatre of Manchester, Wallace Stevens, Forestry and Timber, Goodspeed Opera House, Canoeing and Kayaking
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Connecticut Arts Groups Get $1.15 Million From NEA Grants
Hartford CourantNational Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Chairman Rocco Landesman announced today that the NEA plans to award 928 grants totaling $77.17 million to not-for-profit organizations nationwide. These grants support exemplary projects in arts education, dance,...Tags: Connecticut College, Arts, Artists, Opera (genre), Middletown
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Connecticut Historical Society offering Veeder House tours
There's a vast and unknown world of goods and secret cubbyholes at the CHS's 1928 house on Elizabeth Street in Hartford, where inventor Curtis H. Veeder once lived. Beginning Jan. 14, and every second Saturday thereafter, they'll be inviting people in...Tags: Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut)
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Tracking Extremists: A new study shows a rise in "Patriot Groups" here in Connecticut
The good news: Connecticut's "hate group" index appears to be holding fairly steady. The bad news: the number of far-right wing, anti-federal-government-conspiracy "Patriot groups" in Connecticut more than doubled last year.
That's the word from the...Tags: Philosophy, Stratford, Lobbying, Immigration, Quinnipiac University
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'A Tradition Of Craft' At Connecticut Historical Society In Hartford
There's a beautiful new exhibit at Connecticut Historical Society, "A Tradition of Craft," which shows antique furniture, and the work of contemporary furniture makers who try to preserve the old styles. Read my story here.
Tags: Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Customs and Tradition, Arts and Culture
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Contemporary woodworkers show off historical techniques at the Connecticut Historical Society in Hartford
Who said furniture isn't sexy? Check out these two chairs, one from the present day (left, made in 2009 by John Rexroad) and one from the past (right, crafted in 1781 by Eliphalet Chapin). All summer long, the Connecticut Historical Society pairs the work...
Tags: Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Arts and Culture
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Alleged document thief pleads not guilty
Barry H. Landau, whom authorities call the mastermind behind a scheme to swipe American treasures from museums throughout the Mid-Atlantic, pleaded not guilty Thursday to federal theft and conspiracy charges that prosecutors now characterize as the...Tags: Judges, Charity, History, Crimes, Lawyers
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About Bob Englehart
The Hartford CourantBob Englehart was born November 7, 1945 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Influenced by children's book illustrators Tibor Gergely and H.A. Rey, he determined early in life to be an artist. Later, as a teenager, Bill Mauldin, Norman Rockwell, and the illustrators...Tags: Philosophy, Bill Mauldin, Middletown, Purdue University, Newspaper and Magazine
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Two Exhibitions Highlight Historic Connecticut Needlework
The history of visual art in Connecticut usually is traced to the first professional painter, William Johnston of Boston, who began working in the region around 1762.
But, as Susan P. Schoelwer notes in the introduction to a new scholarly catalog, "at...Tags: Florence Griswold, Arts, Middletown, Trumbull, Long Island
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CIGNA, Spare Those Buildings
Editorial"An act of barbarism" is how Hartford architect Tyler Smith describes plans to destroy landmark buildings on CIGNA's campus in Bloomfield. In a persuasive Commentary article on Sunday, Mr. Smith pleads for the preservation of what he calls ``perhaps the...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Golf, Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Travel, Sports
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