Collections : [Connecticut State Library, State Archives]

The General Assembly created the Permanent Commission on the Status of Women in 1973. The Commission was charged to work to eliminate sex discrimination within the state.

The Plainfield Historical Society was established in a meeting held January 8, 1916 in the Town Clerk's Office, Central Village. Judge John E. Prior was chosen chairman. The date of its last meeting was November 10, 1917.

The Post-War Planning Board, authorized by an Act of the General Assembly of June 2, 1943, was established to study problems of post-war readjustment and reconversion in the state and formulate plans to deal with them.

Two volumes of material on Private Benjamin Denslow, who was a soldier in the American Revolution. The two volumes discuss Denslow's life, family, ancestry and descendants. Included are photostats and photograph copies of original records along with photographs.

On July 1, 2001, House Bill 6568 provided for the establishment of a committee to recommend to the Joint Committee on Legislative Management an artist to sculpt a statue of Prudence Crandall, the state heroine, for the State Capitol Building, and a location in the building for the placement of the statue.

The Public Utilities Commission began on September 9, 1911. In 1975 it became the Public Utilities Control Authority.

Records of the Reorganization Task Force.

Gov. Raymond E. Baldwin's correspondence and subject files from his first administration.

Gov. Raymond E. Baldwin's correspondence, subject files, and war orders from his second administration.

The Research Commission supported and encouraged research and related activities "relevant to the interests and welfare or the economic betterment of the citizens of Connecticut."