Miscellaneous Articles

A number of miscellaneous but often useful articles about diverse aspects of education in Connecticut are listed here:

Boatner, Marine T. Voice of the Deaf: Biography of Edward Miner Gallaudet. Washington, D.C.: Public Affairs Press, 1957. Gallaudet (1837-1917), who founded what became Gallaudet College in Washington, was born and educated in Hartford and began teaching deaf children there.

Cogswell, Alice W. "Art Education in the 'Rose of New England."' Connecticut Quarterly 4(1898)2:201-07. An illustrated account of the art school at the Slater Memorial Museum in Norwich in 1898.

Kao, Timothy T. "An American Sojourn: Young Chinese Students in the United States, 1872-1881." CHS Bulletin 46(July, 1981)3:65-77. The story of the Chinese Educational Mission and of Yung Wing (Yale, 1954) and his work in Massachusetts and Connecticut.

Peek, Ellen Brainerd. "Early Textbooks in Connecticut," Connecticut Quarterly 4(1898)1:61-72. Connecticut had a near monopoly of textbook authors in the early national period. Noah Webster, Jedidiah Morse, and Peter Parley (Samuel Goodrich) are only the best known. This article discusses their books and those that preceded them in the colonial period. Comes down to about 1820.

Stone, George M. "Work for the Blind in Connecticut." Connecticut Magazine 5(April, 1899)9:171-82. Describes, with many photos, training at the Connecticut Institute for the Blind. Orchestra, knitting, industrial arts, and academic classes.

Trumbull, H. Clay. "The Evangelization of the World: First School for Foreign Missions." Connecticut Magazine 8(1903)2:505-11. Gives brief sketches of founders and missionaries, but does not deal with foreign students. This is about the famous Cornwall Mission School.