Resources & Education
Juneteenth Resources
Avenues to Freedom: Exploring Wallingford's Black History Trail
Enslaved Wallingford: The Missing Chapter of our American Narrative
Women & Fashion in The Gilded Age
A selection of historic links to view
Finding Wallingford Silver Makers
Walkin' Up Main Street --Video Tour of South & North Main St.; Also, The Barker House and the Old Gungywamp House on Clintonville Rd. presented by John Watson.
Musical Accompaniment to Walking Tours
(Created by Lyman Hall Senior, Carissa Soukup)
Learn About Historic Deerfield
350 Moments Plus - Presentation #1
350 Moments Plus - Presentation #2
350 Moments Plus - Presentation #3
Evolution of Fire Services & Utilities
Is There a Gravestone at the Johnson House?
Notable & Architecturally Significant Homes of Wallingford
History of the Town of Wallingford
Wallingford Historical Society (WHS) Facebook
Connecticut History Illustrated | Wallingford
Connecticut Historical Society
Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation
National Trust for Historic Preservation
American Association for State and Local History
Connecticut State Library Digital Photos of Historic Wallingford
Wallingford: Unique ID 25702 to 25828 listed in column 1
History of Choate Rosemary Hall
On Whirlwind Hill | The Muddy River School House
History of Wallingford, Conn, From Its Settlement
Leading Businessmen of New Haven County
History of New Haven County Connecticut
MAPS OF WALLINGFORD:
Original Map of Wallingford 1670
Wallingford Map –reproduction 1868
1893 Map of Northern New Haven County
Wallingford Business District –late 1800s
View of Wallingford CT 1904 Map
(from UCONN Library Digital Collection)
Map of Wallingford 1905
(from Petersen Collection at the UCONN Digital Library)
Town of Wallingford Roads 1986
State of Connecticut – Wallingford – Highway Dept. roads and geological survey 1949
From Historic Deerfield
1. Making and Displaying you own Collections
2. Making Your Own Butter and Biscuits
3. Buds and Blossoms Make a floral display on a piece of white cloth, or on card stock
4. Making and Keeping a Journal
Download a PDF of this activity.
Today’s Maker Mondays offering will be part one of a two-week activity. Today, we will show you how to make a journal. Next Monday we will explain some methods of journal writing and share samples of journals from Historic Deerfield archives.
5. Keeping a Journal
Last week we explained how to make a journal. This Maker Monday we would like to introduce you to some ideas about journal keeping.
Download a printable version of this activity (PDF)
Please take a picture of your journal projects and send them to us at historicdeerfield@historic-deerfield.org.
6. Making Cupcakes from an 1829 Cookbook
Read about the 1829 cookbook and follow the directions to make cupcakes as in the olden days!
7. Making Stencils in a bookmark activity
Historic Deerfield’s new Maker’s Monday activity teaches the art of stenciling. Americans practiced the art of stenciling extensively during the early decades of the nineteenth century. Learn the history of stencil art, and how to make your own stencil and bookmark in this activity.
https://www.historic-deerfield.org/makers-blog
Please take a picture of your projects and send them to us at historicdeerfield@historic-deerfield.org.
8. Learn to Decoupage and create a memento box
9. Learn How to Quill
This Week the staff at Historic Deerfield will show you how to make shapes and pictures using an historic art form called quilling. Then, you can find some paper, get out your scissors and glue, and follow our directions to make your very own quilled picture!
Online Tours and Activities
Opening 12 Historic New England Landscapes
Open daily from dusk to dawn
Opening 12 New England landscapes
Podcasts for historic preservation buffs
https://savingplaces.org/stories/11-great-podcasts-for-historic-preservation-fans?utm_
Virtual Garden Tours
Historic Hartford Videos
https://www.facebook.com/HistoricHartford/videos/672399203570537/
Virtual Activities
https://www.ctvisit.com/articles/virtual-activities-for-at-home-experiences
Mystic Seaport
More Online Tours and Activities
Slater Museum in Norwich - nfaschool.org/uploaded/Virtual_Tours/tour/index.html.
New England Carousel Museum - https://www.thecarouselmuseum.org/online-content
Windsor Art Center -- The exhibit "Local Color 4: Rails, Roads & Rivers "
https://www.thecarouselmuseum.org/online-content
Yale-Peabody Museum – Collection of videos and home activities
https://peabody.yale.edu/digital-resources
Five Florence Griswold Museum Exhibitions
florencegriswoldmuseum.org/exhibitions:
A Virtual Tour of the historic home, where the legendary writer lived from 1874 to 1891. https://www.capturepics.com/3d-model/mark-twain-house-hartford-connecticut/skinned/
Exhibits at the Connecticut Historical Society chs.org/online-exhibition/
Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum – Highlights “Coming Home: Art and the Great Hunger," are at http://collections.ighm.org/Eresults.aspx?pS=*&dir=ART