Sara E. Thomas
Neighborhood Resources
Horowitz, Andy. “New Haven Oral History Project.” September 2003. http://research.yale.edu/nhohp/content/ (accessed July 22, 2008). An interesting collection of oral histories by New Haven residents. It will help students to give more of a personal voice to the neighborhood histories they are reading.
JUNTA: For Progressive Action, 2008. http://www.juntainc.org/en/about/ (accessed July 22, 2008). JUNTA’s website with a brief history of Fair Haven.
New Haven Colony Historical Society.
Inside New Haven’s Neighborhoods: A Guide to the City of New Haven
. The City of New Haven. New Haven, CT: 1982. The original book about New Haven’s neighborhoods. It gives good background information about each neighborhood and will also be the basis for the format of our work.
New Haven Colony Historical Society.
Images of America: New Haven Reshaping the City 1900 -- 1980.
Arcadia Publishing. Charleston, SC: 2002. A fantastic collection of images from the Historical Society of New Haven throughout different time periods. A great collection for use in the classroom.
New Haven Museum and Historical Society. 114 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT. A museum in New Haven which houses a variety of resources for students to access such as architectural drawing, journals, inventories of houses, scrapbooks, photograph collection, etc. We will use their resources through class visits and field trips.
Remember When
. CPTV. (1994) An interesting documentary following the changes in New Haven’s neighborhoods.
Rae, Douglas,
City Urbanism and Its End
. Yale University Press. Harrisburg, VA: 2003. A good history of New Haven.
The New Haven Preservation Trust, “State Districts.” April 15, 2008. http://www.nhpt.org/state_districts.htm (accessed July 22, 2008). A website maintained by The New Haven Preservation Trust. Good brief histories of each neighborhood.
Mapping Resources
Atlas of New Haven.
New Haven, CT: 1911. Maps of New Haven and surrounding areas.
Beer Atlases.
New Haven
. New Haven, CT: 1868. Maps of New Haven and surrounding areas.
Dolittle, Amos.
Map of New Haven
. New Haven, CT:1817/24. A map of the New Haven Green, plus a little more of the surrounding area.
Google Maps, “My Map.” July 22, 2008. http://maps.google.com/ (accessed July 22, 2008). This is a great site to get aerial maps of a variety of different places, and involves a user interface where you can create your own “places of interest” on the map.
Kensett, Thomas.
A Plan of the Town of New Haven With All the Buildings in 1748
. New Haven, CT: 1806. A map of New Haven in 1748.
Sandborn Maps.
New Haven
. New Haven, CT: 1888. These are a group of maps updated every twenty years or so (more often in times of large population increase) which show the material each building is made of and where the fire hydrants are located. Can also be accessed online at: http://www.library.yale.edu/MapColl/print_sanborn.html.
Architectural Photography Resources
Dean, Jeff.
Architectural Photography: Techniques for Architects, Preservationists, Historians, Photographers and Urban Planners
. The American Association for State and Local History: 1981. A great resource for thinking about buildings as subject matter, and for composition and design elements. It is very heavily focused on manual cameras and lenses with no mention of digital cameras.
Green, Betsy J.
Discovering the History of Your House and Your Neighborhood
. Santa Monica Press: 2002. An interesting book about becoming an architectural detective. Some good excerpts for students to think about when looking at photographs.
Howe, Barbara; Fleming, et al.
Houses and Homes: Exploring Their History
. AltaMira Press: 1987. Another book to help document the history of a home.
Lesy, Michael.
Wisconsin Death Trip.
University of Wisconsin Press: 2000. A collection of photographs taken of one Wisconsin town, paired with newpaper clippings of the same time. An interesting counterpoint to the Dana Collection scrapbooks and good resource for students to look at to think about creating a “digital” scrapbook.
Simpson, Judith W. et al.
Creating Meaning Through Art: Teacher as Choice Maker
. Prentice-Hall, Inc.: 1998. Describe different methods for analyzing artwork, including Feldman’s method.
Smolan, Rick.
24/7 Series
. A series of books about different places where photographers are given one day to go out and take as many images as they can to capture the feel of a place. A wonderful resource for students to look at capturing a neighborhood, along with composition.
Student Resources
Atlas of New Haven. New Haven, CT: 1911. Maps of New Haven and surrounding areas.
Beer Atlases.
New Haven
. New Haven, CT: 1868. Maps of New Haven and surrounding areas.
Dolittle, Amos.
Map of New Haven
. New Haven, CT: 1817/24. A map of the New Haven Green, plus a little more of the surrounding area.
Google Maps, “My Map.” July 22, 2008. http://maps.google.com/ (accessed July 22, 2008). This is a great site to get aerial maps of a variety of different places, and involves a user interface where you can create your own “places of interest” on the map.
Kensett, Thomas.
A Plan of the Town of New Haven With All the Buildings in 1748
. New Haven, CT: 1806. A map of New Haven in 1748.
New Haven Colony Historical Society.
Inside New Haven’s Neighborhoods: A Guide to the City of New Haven
. The City of New Haven. New Haven, CT: 1982. The original book about New Haven’s neighborhoods. It gives good background information about each neighborhood and will also be the basis for the format of our work.
New Haven Colony Historical Society.
Images of America: New Haven Reshaping the City 1900 -- 1980.
Arcadia Publishing. Charleston, SC: 2002. A fantastic collection of images from the Historical Society of New Haven throughout different time periods. A great collection for use in the classroom.
New Haven Museum and Historical Society. 114 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT. A museum in New Haven which houses a variety of resources for students to access such as architectural drawing, journals, inventories of houses, scrapbooks, photograph collection, etc. We will use their resources through class visits and field trips.
Sandborn Maps.
New Haven
. New Haven, CT: 1888. These are a group of maps updated every twenty years or so (more often in times of large population increase) which show the material each building is made of and where the fire hydrants are located. Can also be accessed online at: http://www.library.yale.edu/MapColl/print_sanborn.html.
Smolan, Rick.
24/7 Series
. A series of books about different places where photographers are given one day to go out and take as many images as they can to capture the feel of a place. A wonderful resource for students to look at capturing a neighborhood, along with composition.