Below are but a few of the resources used in collecting information for this website. Hyperlinks indicate items available for purchase at our bookstore.

The City of Hartford 1784–1984: An Illustrated History by Ellsworth Strong Grant and Marion Hepburn Grant, published by the Connecticut Historical Society, 1986.

Connecticut: A Guide to Its Roads, Lore and People by Wilbur L. Cross, Federal Writers' Project (Conn.), published in 1938 by Houghton Mifflin, Boston.

Grace, Grit and Growling by David Arcidiacono.

The Great Hartford Picture Book by Wilson H. Faude, published by The Donning Company, 1985

Hartford: An Illustrated History of Connecticut's Capital by Glenn Weaver, published by Windsor Publications, Inc., 1982

Hartford Architecture, Vols One, Two and Three by the Hartford Architecture Conservancy, 1978-1980

Hartford, Conn. as a Manufacturing, Business and Commercial Center: with Brief Sketches of its History, Attractions, Leading Industries and Institutions. By P.H. Woodward, published by the Hartford Board of Trade, 1889.

The Hartford Courant, the nation's oldest continuously-published newspaper.

Hartford History: A Series of Papers by Willis I. Twitchell, published by Press of the Plimpton Mfg. Co., 1907, c1899

Hartford; Yesterday and Today by Robert H. Arnold, printed by Wolf Color Graphics, 1985

History of Hartford Streets: Their Names with Origin and Dates of Use by Albert L. Washburn and Henry R. Buck, published in 1911 by the Municipal Arts Society of Hartford.

Images of America: Hartford, Volume I by Wilson H. Faude, published by Arcadia Publishing, 1994

Images of America: Hartford, Volume II by Wilson H. Faude, published by Arcadia Publishing, 1995

In and About Hartford – Its People & Places, by Marion Hepburn Grant, published by the Connecticut Historical Society, 1989

The Memorial History of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884 by James Hammond Trumbull and Clarence F. Jewett. Published 1886 by E.L. Osgood, Boston.

Monument: The Connecticut State Capitol edited by David Park Curry and Patricia Daws Pierce, published 1979 by the Old State House Association, Hartford.

The Travelers: 100 Years published in1964 by the Travelers Insurance Company.

Trips by Trolley Around Hartford, published by White & Warner, 1901 .