Connecticut State Library and State Archives

The Connecticut State Library and State Archives seeks to preserve and allow access to the state's history and heritage, while advancing the development of library services throughout the state. Items may be borrowed from the library by state employees, state residents and college and university students. If items are requested through the Interlibrary Loan procedure at an official participant in the program, other people may be able to borrow items. The collection at the library includes aerial photographs, archives, maps, newspapers, autographs, broadsides, city directories, history and genealogical materials, law and legislation materials, legislative archives, a library for the blind, coats of arms, Connecticut digital archives, Connecticut documents, local government materials, manuscripts, pamphlets, clippings, pictorial archives, federal documents and a variety of electronic resources and special collections. Most of the materials published after 1955 are in circulation, but there are exceptions. Ten items may be borrowed from the library at any given time. The library is unique in that it does not charger overdue fines, but if an item goes a months beyond its due date, a minimum charge of $25 will be levied toward replacement cost of the item. A variety of special events, seminars and lectures are held at the library throughout the year.