Town directories
Town directories, about one per decade. For more, stop at the History Center. 1888 “Hanks’ Manchester Directory” 140-page reference book, listing businesses and residents and containing advertisements. Takes a moment […]
The Cheney Silk Mills
THE CHENEY SILK MILLS By Susan Barlow, Manchester Historical Society Beginning in 1838, Cheney Brothers built the silk mills that made Manchester famous and drew workers from throughout the United […]
Bon Ami – “Hasn’t Scratched Yet”
Compiled by Jim Hall from various sources noted below Excerpted from: “The History of Manchester, Connecticut” by Mathias Spiess and Percy Bidwell, 1924 The Orford Soap Company. The most widely […]
The Loom Exhibit
The Manchester Historical Society has obtained two large Jacquard looms, a dobby loom, a narrow-fabric loom, and other textile equipment, and is in the process of creating its Loom Exhibit […]
Volunteer’s School Tours Evaluation
Volunteers, Docents, Helpers – School Tours SurveyManchester Historical Society175 Pine Street Manchester, CT 06040Email: info@manchesterhistory.org Telephone: 860-647-9983 Thank you for volunteering at the school tours this year. We […]
School Tours Evaluation
Teacher Evaluation of Historic District School ToursManchester Historical Society175 Pine Street Manchester, CT 06040Email: info@manchesterhistory.org Telephone: 860-647-9983 The Manchester Historical Society volunteers and staff hope you and your […]
House/Property Research
House/Property Research FormManchester Historical Society175 Pine Street Manchester, CT 06040Email: info@manchesterhistory.org Telephone: 860-647-9983 In order to assist the Manchester Historical Society in performing this House/Property Research effort, the […]
Honoring Joe McCluskey
By Rick Dyer, archivist of the Manchester Road Race Committee Spoken at a reception celebrating Joe on Friday, May 19, 2017 Twelve-year-old Joe McCluskey bounds out the front door and […]
Joe McCluskey, “Manchester’s Greatest Runner”
Compiled by webmaster Susan Barlow Running legend Joseph Paul McCluskey was born in Manchester, Connecticut, on June 2, 1911, one of six children of John and Catherine (née McStea) McCluskey, […]
Friendship: He was Dick and I was Johnnie
by John H. McHughoriginally from the Manchester Herald, 5/3/1988reprinted from Old Manchester II … The Storytellers, published 1995 by the Manchester Historical Society To the editor: Dick Cobb and I went […]
