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William Devlin's Danbury History Columns

 Collection
Identifier: MS 069

1917 strike ended the closed shop in hat industry

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Identifier: b7fa0a8b-8b94-4760-80d8-48c1c319f54a
Found in: Western Connecticut State University Archives and Special Collections / William Devlin's Danbury History Columns / Inventory / 1917 strike ended the closed shop in hat industry, September 05, 1999

1918 flu shut down Danbury

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Identifier: 3178e013-e8bd-425e-9a81-c3a9d81b0c05
Found in: Western Connecticut State University Archives and Special Collections / William Devlin's Danbury History Columns / Inventory / 1918 flu shut down Danbury, February 13, 1994

A 19th-century black family in Danbury

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Identifier: b9373d3d-6f87-488b-b64a-f94248c77d24
Found in: Western Connecticut State University Archives and Special Collections / William Devlin's Danbury History Columns / Inventory / A 19th-century black family in Danbury, January 20, 1986

A century of blizzards!

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Identifier: 3b387048-50c3-46f5-963a-2500a6e6865a
Found in: Western Connecticut State University Archives and Special Collections / William Devlin's Danbury History Columns / Inventory / A century of blizzards!, February 27, 1988

A hero and a gentleman

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Identifier: fef33316-050f-4cd8-bd9a-1ef0f8d769f7
Found in: Western Connecticut State University Archives and Special Collections / William Devlin's Danbury History Columns / Inventory / A hero and a gentleman, March 12, 1995

A lake is born

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Identifier: 2f5ad7e8-ed17-42a0-ab34-d733fe04adb0
Found in: Western Connecticut State University Archives and Special Collections / William Devlin's Danbury History Columns / Inventory / A lake is born, October 24, 1999

A look back at Danbury in the final days of 1899, by Forrest Palmer

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Identifier: b35f3e33-a31a-4a6f-8f19-9ffff3f6c7b0
Found in: Western Connecticut State University Archives and Special Collections / William Devlin's Danbury History Columns / Inventory / A look back at Danbury in the final days of 1899, by Forrest Palmer, June 16, 1999

A new image in an old town

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Identifier: 2b1ee72b-475b-4272-8bad-bc3f3055e8b0
Found in: Western Connecticut State University Archives and Special Collections / William Devlin's Danbury History Columns / Inventory / A new image in an old town, August 19, 1990

A timeline for the future

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Identifier: e1b906d6-8054-4116-bf4d-4fb1085e5b50
Found in: Western Connecticut State University Archives and Special Collections / William Devlin's Danbury History Columns / Inventory / A timeline for the future, October 29, 1995

An Ethnic festival for the community

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Identifier: f2fd1b10-13cf-4850-a81f-277eb4048022
Found in: Western Connecticut State University Archives and Special Collections / William Devlin's Danbury History Columns / Inventory / An Ethnic festival for the community, September 22, 1983

Antique maps traced to old Newtown family

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Identifier: 9361475e-6686-41f7-a150-830f51de4dc5
Found in: Western Connecticut State University Archives and Special Collections / William Devlin's Danbury History Columns / Inventory / Antique maps traced to old Newtown family, October 20, 1998

Bailey's ghost: Aaron B. Hull

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Identifier: 12270ec5-14a7-48ef-b167-c28f051b1401
Found in: Western Connecticut State University Archives and Special Collections / William Devlin's Danbury History Columns / Inventory / Bailey's ghost: Aaron B. Hull, September 13, 1984

Bridgewater keeps green pristine

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Identifier: b28b2534-69b2-486a-871e-67820abb02f5
Found in: Western Connecticut State University Archives and Special Collections / William Devlin's Danbury History Columns / Inventory / Bridgewater keeps green pristine, August 30, 1999

Champion shooter writes book about keeping ahead of target

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Identifier: afe430f9-7d9f-4bab-8863-426d4d78907f
Found in: Western Connecticut State University Archives and Special Collections / William Devlin's Danbury History Columns / Inventory / Champion shooter writes book about keeping ahead of target, November 12, 2005

City's women flocked to exercise a new right

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Identifier: 30c82e2b-6bd7-4fe0-a83c-16f184888520
Found in: Western Connecticut State University Archives and Special Collections / William Devlin's Danbury History Columns / Inventory / City's women flocked to exercise a new right, August 20, 1995

Committee of 100 women gave life to rose garden

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Identifier: 4f0a2637-361a-414d-815e-d3dbb1a9433c
Found in: Western Connecticut State University Archives and Special Collections / William Devlin's Danbury History Columns / Inventory / Committee of 100 women gave life to rose garden, August 25, 1998

Danbury area continues population growth

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Identifier: e62a9482-d69d-443f-a92b-0aaa0e1ed239
Found in: Western Connecticut State University Archives and Special Collections / William Devlin's Danbury History Columns / Inventory / Danbury area continues population growth, January 07, 2007

Danbury goes to the great Exposition

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Identifier: 6b19ab8f-9be0-49e2-934f-27a30fc8b85e
Found in: Western Connecticut State University Archives and Special Collections / William Devlin's Danbury History Columns / Inventory / Danbury goes to the great Exposition, May 02, 1993

Danbury News Man

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Identifier: c4e961da-357d-423a-a385-1303d08896dc
Found in: Western Connecticut State University Archives and Special Collections / William Devlin's Danbury History Columns / Inventory / Danbury News Man, August 13, 1987

Danbury police officers get new uniforms and regulations

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Identifier: ca9062e3-408e-4acd-ba9e-223f1fcaf9f9
Found in: Western Connecticut State University Archives and Special Collections / William Devlin's Danbury History Columns / Inventory / Danbury police officers get new uniforms and regulations, September 01, 2002

Danbury Square Box: repackaging an image

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Identifier: 038d5184-697d-46d1-a232-dd5190c0efa9
Found in: Western Connecticut State University Archives and Special Collections / William Devlin's Danbury History Columns / Inventory / Danbury Square Box: repackaging an image, May 01, 1985

Danbury: the birth of a city

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Identifier: a0b17c4b-76c1-4c27-a39d-eeecdaf095b6
Found in: Western Connecticut State University Archives and Special Collections / William Devlin's Danbury History Columns / Inventory / Danbury: the birth of a city, April 16, 1989

Danbury's Forgotten Founder: Did you know? about Joseph Platt Cooke

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Identifier: 044226f2-01f7-46d6-809a-263206250190
Found in: Western Connecticut State University Archives and Special Collections / William Devlin's Danbury History Columns / Inventory / Danbury's Forgotten Founder: Did you know? about Joseph Platt Cooke, July 11, 1998

Danbury's humble beginnings

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Identifier: 313cb745-6aed-4a7e-8182-55c0e22afbfc
Found in: Western Connecticut State University Archives and Special Collections / William Devlin's Danbury History Columns / Inventory / Danbury's humble beginnings, August 01, 1999

Danbury's not-so-roaring '20s

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Identifier: 134603b0-cc5e-4949-a20c-1a77f7e488c4
Found in: Western Connecticut State University Archives and Special Collections / William Devlin's Danbury History Columns / Inventory / Danbury's not-so-roaring '20s, September 26, 1999

Dear old golden rule days

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Identifier: 16d5d612-31cd-4951-81df-3497982216e2
Found in: Western Connecticut State University Archives and Special Collections / William Devlin's Danbury History Columns / Inventory / Dear old golden rule days, March 29, 1988

DHS' First Black Graduate Left Mark

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Identifier: 4e2ebf6e-2c19-43df-a18c-5c2af44a4ab9
Found in: Western Connecticut State University Archives and Special Collections / William Devlin's Danbury History Columns / Inventory / DHS' First Black Graduate Left Mark, February 28, 2000

Did you know? about Hermit's Rocks

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Identifier: b2d40e2b-0eed-4f37-8420-7abd4c152cea
Found in: Western Connecticut State University Archives and Special Collections / William Devlin's Danbury History Columns / Inventory / Did you know? about Hermit's Rocks, August 25, 1997

Did you know? about Newtown's castle?

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Identifier: da777e1b-b0b0-49ef-b463-2327d3dd3d16
Found in: Western Connecticut State University Archives and Special Collections / William Devlin's Danbury History Columns / Inventory / Did you know? about Newtown's castle?, March 24, 1998

Did you know? about the Common in Danbury

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Identifier: c2039999-6a1b-4844-9e2d-9c87beadcaec
Found in: Western Connecticut State University Archives and Special Collections / William Devlin's Danbury History Columns / Inventory / Did you know? about the Common in Danbury, August 11, 1997

Did you know? About the Schoolhouse in Redding

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Identifier: 1bec2323-6305-4c1a-974f-9721f0ce6704
Found in: Western Connecticut State University Archives and Special Collections / William Devlin's Danbury History Columns / Inventory / Did you know? About the Schoolhouse in Redding, October 20, 1997

Did you know? about the Upper Burying Ground

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Identifier: b36597da-65bf-48d4-a47f-2ab20897a5bb
Found in: Western Connecticut State University Archives and Special Collections / William Devlin's Danbury History Columns / Inventory / Did you know? about the Upper Burying Ground, December 03, 1997

Do You Remember? The Rev. Moon Begins Serving Time at FCI

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Identifier: 62cf5e3b-5e22-418a-ac0c-151bc5eddde4
Found in: Western Connecticut State University Archives and Special Collections / William Devlin's Danbury History Columns / Inventory / Do You Remember? The Rev. Moon Begins Serving Time at FCI, July 26, 2009

Documents illuminate history

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Identifier: 96af6b42-24b9-4be1-9401-c0b813c64172
Found in: Western Connecticut State University Archives and Special Collections / William Devlin's Danbury History Columns / Inventory / Documents illuminate history, September 13, 1984

Early merchant amassed fortune

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Identifier: 33de3c23-d20c-4f18-9155-49040ecaa6ad
Found in: Western Connecticut State University Archives and Special Collections / William Devlin's Danbury History Columns / Inventory / Early merchant amassed fortune, September 13, 1984

Fair Re-play

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Identifier: efecc4d2-52a7-4d10-9bc1-1089c372dcd7
Found in: Western Connecticut State University Archives and Special Collections / William Devlin's Danbury History Columns / Inventory / Fair Re-play, October 04, 1987

Filmmakers shoot Ives homestead

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Identifier: f6ff63e8-a081-463d-a1ff-85e420ecb961
Found in: Western Connecticut State University Archives and Special Collections / William Devlin's Danbury History Columns / Inventory / Filmmakers shoot Ives homestead, October 31, 1999

General Grant's right-hand man slept here

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Identifier: fa18d7b9-0a5c-4c56-9685-28c2aec1104b
Found in: Western Connecticut State University Archives and Special Collections / William Devlin's Danbury History Columns / Inventory / General Grant's right-hand man slept here, July 24, 1994

Greeting the new century

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Identifier: 2e2f0eaa-f085-4f26-82f1-9c6ec2fded0a
Found in: Western Connecticut State University Archives and Special Collections / William Devlin's Danbury History Columns / Inventory / Greeting the new century, August 01, 1999

Harry Gurski Remembers The Farm

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Identifier: 1164e16b-afec-43be-ac4b-9fd38094a859
Found in: Western Connecticut State University Archives and Special Collections / William Devlin's Danbury History Columns / Inventory / Harry Gurski Remembers The Farm, September 22, 1983

Hat industry's decline, I-84 changed area

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Identifier: 7c8e545c-5279-4265-b665-5567068e4111
Found in: Western Connecticut State University Archives and Special Collections / William Devlin's Danbury History Columns / Inventory / Hat industry's decline, I-84 changed area, December 28, 1999

Hats off to history

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Identifier: 7a59413b-69a5-49f2-9c5c-961b4bd3ad07
Found in: Western Connecticut State University Archives and Special Collections / William Devlin's Danbury History Columns / Inventory / Hats off to history, September 07, 1993

Hermits seen as mysterious, tragic men

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Identifier: 787f4b89-b4d8-477a-a76e-10f5220c5b45
Found in: Western Connecticut State University Archives and Special Collections / William Devlin's Danbury History Columns / Inventory / Hermits seen as mysterious, tragic men, August 21, 1994

Horsewhipped: A naughty student gets his revenge

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Identifier: ced9dbc4-bb63-4a83-8f2a-ddc8c37ababc
Found in: Western Connecticut State University Archives and Special Collections / William Devlin's Danbury History Columns / Inventory / Horsewhipped: A naughty student gets his revenge, July 03, 1994

Hubble mirror's reflective coating applied at Wooster Heights plan

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Identifier: b3d64111-f721-4ef5-9184-e075e3968af4
Found in: Western Connecticut State University Archives and Special Collections / William Devlin's Danbury History Columns / Inventory / Hubble mirror's reflective coating applied at Wooster Heights plan, December 31, 2006

Images of vanishing farms

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Identifier: 1faead6a-d94c-4fe8-bfbb-cf05185407f3
Found in: Western Connecticut State University Archives and Special Collections / William Devlin's Danbury History Columns / Inventory / Images of vanishing farms, September 22, 1985

Immigration played prominent role in history of Danbury

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Identifier: 1b5a2890-79f9-43f9-adab-4ac7523af0b4
Found in: Western Connecticut State University Archives and Special Collections / William Devlin's Danbury History Columns / Inventory / Immigration played prominent role in history of Danbury, December 31, 2006

In a flash, the world changed forever: a father worked on trust alone.

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Identifier: c8d62c6b-83ed-4271-b325-c5290b24f465
Found in: Western Connecticut State University Archives and Special Collections / William Devlin's Danbury History Columns / Inventory / In a flash, the world changed forever: a father worked on trust alone., July 23, 1995

Ives' house ready for weekend opening

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Identifier: e6e6e134-f17a-42c4-931f-db7f1bcd8ff4
Found in: Western Connecticut State University Archives and Special Collections / William Devlin's Danbury History Columns / Inventory / Ives' house ready for weekend opening, September 17, 1992

Jefferson's letter talk on individual freedom

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Identifier: 7eb5bf76-c95b-489c-b923-e864cfe3c921
Found in: Western Connecticut State University Archives and Special Collections / William Devlin's Danbury History Columns / Inventory / Jefferson's letter talk on individual freedom, April 09, 1995

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