Category: History of Russell Library

• Thank You For Being a Friend!

  by Ramona Burkey October 20-26, 2024 is National Friends of Libraries Week. Have you ever attended a free concert at the Russell Library?  Have you checked out a pass for free or reduced admission to one of Connecticut’s fantastic museums?  Have you logged on to one of our popular online author talks with best-selling authors…

  Amy S.

  October 14, 2024

  History of Russell Library, Inside Stories, Library Services

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• Discover the Secrets of Russell Library

  Are you brave enough to visit the most haunted library in Connecticut? To be honest, it’s not really very spooky here. Russell was labeled “the most haunted library in Connecticut” by the Eastern Connecticut Paranormal Society when they were giving a presentation about the findings of their two investigations here at Russell. They gave the…

  Mary

  October 7, 2024

  Events, History of Russell Library, Inside Stories, Libraries, Library Services, Middletown, CT, Secrets of Russell Library

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• Dear Laura and Dear Edna

  Letters to the first two female library directors in honor of Women’s History Month Dear Laura, You were the first female director of Russell Library. The first director, George Winchester, resigned after 8 years. The library struggled financially during its first years and Winchester resigned partly because of his disinclination of dealing anymore with the…

  Mary

  March 25, 2024

  History of Russell Library, Inside Stories, Kids and Teens, Library Services, Middletown, CT, Secrets of Russell Library

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