Browse the IdeaStore for books and documentaries produced by the Connecticut Humanities Council that explore the stories of people, events and places that lend our state its unique character. Many of our documentaries are produced in collaboration with Connecticut Public Television and maintain the same high production standards you've come to expect from CPTV. CHC books, written by experts in Connecticut history, are well illustrated and professionally edited.

Connecticut Cultures Series:Histories of Connecticut's many cultural communities
African Americans in Connecticut: Colonial Era to the Civil War (Part I)
African Americans in Connecticut: Civil War to Civil Rights (Part II)
Aqui Me Quedo
As We Tell Our Stories
Puerto Rican Passages

Connecticut Heritage Series: Stories from our past
Colt: Legend and Legacy
Connecticut and The Sea
Connecticut Observed: Three Centuries of Visitors' Impressions
Connecticut Speaks for Itself
Connecticut's Tobacco Valley
Home Front: Connecticut During WWII
Working the Land

The Rise and Fall of Newgate Prison: A story of Crime and Punishment in Connecticut

Connecticut Identity Series: Explorations of our state's unique character
Between Boston and New York
East of the River
Imagining Connecticut
Suburbia: The Good Life in Connecticut?
The Green

Connecticut Issues Series: Studies of the challenges we face as a state
Connecticut and Its Cities: Three Centuries of Change (Part I)
Connecticut and Its Cities: The Challenge of Renewal (Part II)
From Here to There
Roots of Roe
Schools Good Enough for All

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