Author: Charles Bancroft GillespiePublisher:
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Category : Meriden (Conn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1247
Book Description
An Historic Record and Pictorial Description of the Town of Meriden, Connecticut and Men who Have Made it
Author: Charles Bancroft GillespiePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Meriden (Conn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1247
Book Description
Meriden
Author: Janis Leach FrancoPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439638772
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Incorporated in 1806, Meriden was once proposed as the state capital. Although the plan was not implemented, the rural village quickly burgeoned into a major manufacturing center with the advent of the industrial revolution. Meriden advanced to become renowned as the Silver City. International Silver Company and other key businesses, such as Parker Gun, Manning Bowman, Wilcox and White, and Handel Lamp, made Meriden a familiar name. Home to Gov. Abiram Chamberlain, Arctic explorer Hugh Johnson Lee, opera diva Rosa Ponselle, and baseballs Connie Mack, the city has also long been enlivened by a diverse mixture of immigrants and newcomers. Bordered on the north by dramatic traprock ridges, Meriden has a larger percentage of parklands than any other town in Connecticut, with Hubbard Park its crowning jewel.
Art and Artisans of Meriden
Author: Justin PiccirilloPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439677468
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Located between the urban centers of New York City and Boston, the city of Meriden, Connecticut, has been an important hub for art and artisans for over a century. The city's rich tradition of innovative design has long been acknowledged as an outstanding contribution to the larger development of American art. Many of America's leading artists have come from or lived in Meriden, including 19th-century sculptor Chauncey B. Ives, early-20th-century painter Ethel Easton Paxson, and, in more recent years, children's book author/ illustrator Tomie dePaola. Meriden's art scene blossomed with an abundance of artistic talent at the beginning of the 20th century. This convergence of artists and designers ultimately led to the creation of an artist colony. In late 1907, the Arts and Crafts Association of Meriden was formed and, to its acclaim, remains the second-oldest continuously active arts organization in the state. Today, Meriden's tradition as a center for art, design, and aesthetics continues.
Dividing the Faith
Author: Richard J. BolesPublisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 1479803189
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Uncovers the often overlooked participation of African Americans and Native Americans in early Protestant churches Phillis Wheatley was stolen from her family in Senegambia, and, in 1761, slave traders transported her to Boston, Massachusetts, to be sold. She was purchased by the Wheatley family who treated Phillis far better than most eighteenth-century slaves could hope, and she received a thorough education while still, of course, longing for her freedom. After four years, Wheatley began writing religious poetry. She was baptized and became a member of a predominantly white Congregational church in Boston. More than ten years after her enslavement began, some of her poetry was published in London, England, as a book titled Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral. This book is evidence that her experience of enslavement was exceptional. Wheatley remains the most famous black Christian of the colonial era. Though her experiences and accomplishments were unique, her religious affiliation with a predominantly white church was quite ordinary. Dividing the Faith argues that, contrary to the traditional scholarly consensus, a significant portion of northern Protestants worshipped in interracial contexts during the eighteenth century. Yet in another fifty years, such an affiliation would become increasingly rare as churches were by-and-large segregated. Richard Boles draws from the records of over four hundred congregations to scrutinize the factors that made different Christian traditions either accessible or inaccessible to African American and American Indian peoples. By including Indians, Afro-Indians, and black people in the study of race and religion in the North, this research breaks new ground and uses patterns of church participation to illuminate broader social histories. Overall, it explains the dynamic history of racial integration and segregation in northern colonies and states.
Hubbard Park
Author: Justin PiccirilloPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 146710583X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Nestled on the western edge of the Connecticut traprock ridge known as the Hanging Hills, Hubbard Park is an expansive 1,800-acre municipal park in the historic city of Meriden. Gifted to the city from industrialist Walter Hubbard, the park was dedicated on October 29, 1900. It is a striking tract of land that combines rugged wilderness and sylvan beauty with scenic vistas, outdoor recreation, and historic structures. High above Hubbard Park and capping the soaring East Peak is the landmark Castle Craig Tower. This stone observatory, conceived by Hubbard, provides spectacular views from the highest point within 25 miles of the coastline from Maine to Florida. Nearly 1,000 feet below, the park's centerpiece, Mirror Lake, boasts fountains and cascades that complement the picturesque mountains and woodlands. The park was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. Hubbard Park tells the remarkable story of one of New England's largest and most celebrated parks.
Bulletin ... of Books Added to the Public Library of Detroit, Mich
Author: Detroit Public LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Dictionary catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1212
Book Description
The Connecticut Historical Society Bulletin
Author: Bulletin ... of Books Added to the Public Library of Detroit, Mich
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dictionary catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1148
Book Description
Meriden
Author: Brenda J. VumbacoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Connecticut, a Bibliography of Its History
Author: Committee for a New England BibliographyPublisher: Hanover, NH : University Press of New England
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 846
Book Description