Category: Secrets of Russell Library
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Join The Russell Library For Our Very First Library Card Crawl!
By: Briana G Join the Russell Library for our very first Library Card Crawl! September is Library Card Sign Up Month and what better way to celebrate than with a Library Card Crawl at The Russell Library. A Library Card Crawl is a celebration of library card holders and encourages them to explore all their…
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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…
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What Did the Paranormal Investigators find at Russell Library?
Part One – The Virginia Hatch Room Not everyone was able to make the December presentation by the Eastern Connecticut Paranormal Society at Russell Library about their 2023 findings. For those who have been asking what happened, this post is the first in a series of what you missed — plus more information from your…
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A Haunting Experience
Secrets of Russell Library is over for another year. On three Fridays in October, staff led after-hours tours in the dark, telling visitors about the history of our old building and adding a few ghost stories. And with each tour I led, I secretly yearned to see some sign of the paranormal activity that staff…
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Eastern Connecticut Paranormal Society: The Second Investigation
This time it was a dark and stormy night. I stood in the bay window of the old white house next door to the library that serves as extra office space and stared over at the library. I could see lights moving around the upper level of the tower. Thunder rumbled and lightning lit up…
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