Atwater, Edward E. “History Of The City Of New Haven To Present.” New York: W. W. Munsell & Co. 1887.
Excellent text over a thousand pages, you take your time to search out what you need from the text.
Beats, Carleton. “Our Yankee Heritaqe. The Makina Of Greater New Haven.” New Haven: Bradley & Scoville, Inc., 1951.
This history is told in story form, complete with dialoaue between characters. The approach is interesting and easy reading.
Black, Mary, and Jean Lipman. “American Folk Painting.” New York: Bramhall House, 1987.
This text spends most of time with the early artists. Its pictures are good, but printed on an off color paper that darkens them.
Brown, Elizabeth Mills. “New Haven, A Guide to Architecture and Urban Desian.” New Haven: Yale University Press, 1976.
The book informs us of the colonial era buildings that still remain. It has a most informative introduction.
Calder, Isabel MacBeath. “The New Haven Colony.” New Haven: Yale University Press, 1970.
This is a thorough study of the constitutional and legislative history of the colony.
Floyd, Candace. “The History of New England.” England: Colour Library Boks Ltd., 1990.
This is an illustrated history of New England that give us an interesting look at the Colonial period.
La Farge, Oliver. “The American Indian.” New York: Golden Press, 1965.
It’s nice to learn what things were like prior to our invasion.
Levermore, Charles H. “The Republic of New Haven, A History of Municipal Evolution.” New York: Kennikat Press, 1966.
This is a reprint of an 1886 text that is extremely detailed and involved.
Lipman, Jean, and Tom Armstrong. “American Folk Painters Of Three Centuries.” New York: Arch Cape Press, 1988.
Good studies of the early limners. The pictures are clear allowing for the study of details.
Osterweis, Rollin G. “Three Centuries Of New Haven, 16381938.” New Haven: Yale University Press, 1964.
This text is a wonderful resource. Everything and more than you wanted to know about New Haven is in this volume.
Sandier, Martin W. “This Was Connectiuct, Images Of A Vanished World.” Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1977.
Pictures start about 1880, the photos give an idea of the styles and changes.
Shumway, Floyd, and Richard Hegel. “New Haven, An Illustrated History.” California: Windsor Publications, Inc., 1981.
A good illustrated history of New Haven. This is a good text to leave out for the students to peruse.
Sledge, Betsy, and Eugenia Fayen. “Enjoying New Haven; A Guide To The Area.” New Haven: East Rock Press Ltd., 1985.
A good reference walking guide to our city.
Tiernan, Mae F. (1938). “Selected Eposodes In The Development Of Manufactures In New Haven.” In Marie Campbell Gavin (Ed.), “1638 New Haven 1938.” (pp. 24-32). New Haven: Boardman Trade School Printers.
This short piece gives a good view of some of the businesses as well as the people who started them.
Townshend, Doris B. “Fair Haven, A Journey Through Time.” Hew Haven: Eastern Press Inc., 1976.
This is a narrative based on facts that tries to bring the history of Fair Haven alive for todays readers.