Event Archive

• October 15, 2009: Historical Society's Fall Program

  Where History Is Made: A Look at the Supreme Court Building

  Palace of Justice and Learning, Second to None Extant
  A talk and visual presentation concerning the construction of the building by Virginia Apple, IT Communications and Web Content Editor, Connecticut Judicial Branch and David J. Corrigan, Museum Curator, Museum of Connecticut History, Connecticut State Library.

  This Truly Is a 'Supreme Courtroom'
  A discussion concerning the interior decorations by James Senich, Manager of Communications, External Affairs, Connecticut Judicial Branch.

   

•  June 12, 2009: Tour of the Connecticut State Archives
  The Archives Committee has arranged for a tour of the Connecticut State Archives led by assistant State Archivist Bruce Stark Friday, June 12, 2009 at 2:00 p.m

  The tour is open to all CSCHS members and will last approximately 1-1/2 hours and will showcase early Connecticut history and court records. The group will meet at 1:45 inside the entrance to the Supreme Court Building.

  If you are interested in attending, please contact Barbara Heck (barbara.heck@yale.edu) so she may provide an accurate head count.

   
• May 14, 2009: Annual Meeting - "Origins of American Constitutionalism,"
  by Gordon Wood, Alva O. Way University Professor and Professor of History at Brown University. At the New Haven Lawn Club.
   

2008

• October 23, 2008: "The Unelected Governor: The Election of 1890"
  A presentation by the Hon. Peter T. Zarella and Attorney Wesley Horton. More details - (PDF)
   

• June 6, 2008:  200th Anniversary of our State Supreme Court

• Program of the day's activities - PDF
• Video of the 200th Anniversary of the Connecticut Supreme Court (from CT-N)
• Remarks from the 200th Anniversary of the Supreme Court by:
  Justice Norcott  |  Justice Zarella  |  Justice Peters
• The celebration culminated with a Society Dinner at the Hartford Club.
  Linda Greenhouse, correspondent and author who covers the United States Supreme Court for the New York Times addressed the Society at this dinner.

2007

• November 9, 2007: Tour the Superior Courts Records Center with the Archives Committee  More information...
   
• November 3, 2007: Conference - The Constitution of 1818 And Beyond
  Daylong conference on Connecticut constitutional and legal history. University of Connecticut School of Law. More information...
   
• October 11, 2007: Fall Meeting of Connecticut Supreme Court Historical Society
  Featuring: A Talk by the Hon. Henry Cohn on Connecticut's Early Constitutions
   

• May 15, 2007 Deadline: The Constitution of 1818 and Beyond Call for Papers
   

• May 10, 2007: Second Annual Dinner Meeting - with remarks by Seth P. Waxman, Esq.
  Attorney Waxman, who has delivered over 45 oral arguments before the United States Supreme Court, presently is a partner in the law firm of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr, and served as Solicitor General of the United States from 1997 through 2001.
  • View video of the meeting

• October 3, 2005: First Public Meeting
  • View Video from CT-N