Town directories
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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
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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”
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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”
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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
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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 […]