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Ethnic Heritage Center

Ethnic Heritage Center Consortium of five local historical societies based on the campus of Southern Connecticut State University The Ethnic Heritage Center was formed in 1988.

It is a unique consortium of ethnic historical societies in the Greater New Haven area. Since 1992, the Ethnic Heritage Center has been located on the campus of Southern Connecticut State University. We have been at our present building at 270 Fitch Street since 2001. The Center's goals are:

• to foster a greater recognition, understanding and appreciation of all members of our diverse ethnic pop

ulations by promoting a more friendly, harmonious and cooperative community,
• to expand community outreach and program participation throughout the state,
• to use our archives of objects, memorabilia, manuscripts and books to develop exhibits, publications and special events, and
• to promote active use of the Ethnic Heritage Center's archival papers and collections by scholars, students and individuals of all ages. In addition to the activities undertaken by the Center as a consortium, the Center's member societies undertake individual community activities, special events and publication of their own newsletters.

Operating as usual

11/17/2022
Timeline photos
11/07/2022

Timeline photos

Director of Pequeñas Ligas Hispanas de New Haven Peter Noble visits the Fair Haven Branch to give a bilingual presentation in memory of Roberto Clemente, the first Latino and Caribbean baseball played to be inducted in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Included in the tribute to Clemente is a song written by Noble to honor the groundbreaking ball player and his untimely death 50 years ago. Open to tweens and teens.

Día De Mu***os Parade Lights Up Fair Haven
11/07/2022
Día De Mu***os Parade Lights Up Fair Haven

Día De Mu***os Parade Lights Up Fair Haven

Mill Street danced to life with jewel-painted faces, neon-colored skulls, and at least one hairless dog and its golden-spike-crowned owner, as over 100 people gathered for Fair Haven's annual Día de Mu***os parade. …

Hispanic Heritage Takes Center Stage At Career High Fest
10/24/2022
Hispanic Heritage Takes Center Stage At Career High Fest

Hispanic Heritage Takes Center Stage At Career High Fest

The sounds of salsa, bachata and merengue filled Hill Regional Career High School alongside a host of Spanish-language pride as staff and students celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month. …

"Lawyer Crawford" Remembered As Black Legal Icon
10/24/2022
"Lawyer Crawford" Remembered As Black Legal Icon

"Lawyer Crawford" Remembered As Black Legal Icon

Without him, said retired state Supreme Court Justice Flemming Norcott, Jr.,there would be no Black justices on Connecticut's highest court -- or maybe even on the Supreme Court of the United States. …

Photos from The New Haven Preservation Trust's post
10/24/2022

Photos from The New Haven Preservation Trust's post

10/24/2022
10/20/2022

We had a great time celebrating the 20th anniversary of Connecticut Explored last night in Hartford with so many other leaders and innovators in public history!

DID YOU KNOW: J. Press was founded by Latvian Jewish immigrant Jacobi Press in New Haven in 1902? Still going strong at ...
10/14/2022
120-Yr-Old Haberdashery Finds New Home On Elm St.

DID YOU KNOW: J. Press was founded by Latvian Jewish immigrant Jacobi Press in New Haven in 1902? Still going strong at 120. 👏👏👏🎉🎉🎉

Back in 1902, Richard Press’s Latvian immigrant grandfather Jacobi knocked on the doors of Yale dorm rooms to sell the students custom-made clothing. Word spread about the stylish jackets with their unpadded shoulders and snazzy…

Timeline photos
10/10/2022

Timeline photos

No section of New Haven has been untouched by the influence of Italian immigrants over the last 130 years. Backyard fig trees, saint statues, barbers, butchers, bocce courts, bakeries all the way to the stonework on Yale University’s campus- Italian American history is visible throughout New Haven.

Celebrate Italian American Heritage Month with some great titles about Italians in New Haven and beyond! Check out these titles and more or stop by our Local History room at the Ives Main Library.

Photos from Mayor Joseph A. Carfora's post
10/10/2022

Photos from Mayor Joseph A. Carfora's post

10/07/2022
Freddy Fixer Focuses On Its Future
10/04/2022
Freddy Fixer Focuses On Its Future

Freddy Fixer Focuses On Its Future

Welcome to a community effort to rehabilitate the Elm City Freddy Fixer Parade, scheduled for a full weekend of events in early June of next year.

We had a great time tabling at the SCSU Career Day Fair and enjoyed many interesting conversations with students and sta...
10/01/2022

We had a great time tabling at the SCSU Career Day Fair and enjoyed many interesting conversations with students and staff.

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09/27/2022
Gala Celebrates 202 Years Of Dixwell UCC

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Jana Russo-Priestly arrived at the Omni ballroom remembering the role that Dixwell Avenue Congregational United Church of Christ (UCC) has played in three generations of her family's history -- as well as in two centuries…

09/24/2022
Upcoming event by our member society GNHAAHS -- looks fascinating!
09/22/2022

Upcoming event by our member society GNHAAHS -- looks fascinating!

Great turnout for the Jewish Historical Society of Greater New Haven brunch -- wonderful to see such strong community su...
09/18/2022

Great turnout for the Jewish Historical Society of Greater New Haven brunch -- wonderful to see such strong community support for our oldest member society.

09/13/2022

Join us tomorrow at 6 p.m. as we commemorate on with a virtual presentation, “Uncovering Their History: African, African American, and Native American Burials in Hartford’s Ancient Burying Ground, 1640-1815,” by historian, educator, author, and publisher of Connecticut Explored magazine, Dr. Katherine A. Hermes: fb.me/e/21OBX69P4

Illustrations by Cora Marshall

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Freddy Fixer Gala "Uplifts Community"
09/13/2022
Freddy Fixer Gala "Uplifts Community"

Freddy Fixer Gala "Uplifts Community"

Petisia M. Adger of the Elm City Freddy Fixer Parade contributed this write-up and these photos from the organization's Saturday night gala. …

Elm City Crossword: Canal's 200th
09/12/2022
Elm City Crossword: Canal's 200th

Elm City Crossword: Canal's 200th

New Haven thus year is celebrating the 200th anniversary of the incorporation of the Farmington Canal Company, and the canal's rebirth as a pedestrian and cycling trail. Celebrate along with Aaron Goode by taking a…

09/07/2022

CT Explored is highlighting our 20 For 20 featured in our Fall issue!

Today is the Ethnic Heritage Center & Walk New Haven: Comprised of Jewish, Italian-American, Ukranian-American, Irish-American, and African-American historical societies, the center works collaboratively to preserve and share histories of ethnic groups that have contributed to the vitality of the Greater New Haven community.

See the list & more: www.ctexplored.org/game-changers/

"Clark founded and served as executive director of the Greater New Haven Business & Professional Organization, a group d...
09/05/2022
Gerald Clark, 93

"Clark founded and served as executive director of the Greater New Haven Business & Professional Organization, a group dedicate to helping Black-owned small companies succeed. He was a founding director of the Dixwell Plaza Merchants Association, among many other civic responsibilities.

One of the most influential figures in the Greater New Haven community for over 50 years, Clark helped many new businesses and grow throughout the state."

Gerald Clark, a leading force for business development in New Haven’s Black community for a half century, died Sunday at the age of 93. …

Ukrainian Day Festival 🇺🇦🇺🇦
08/23/2022

Ukrainian Day Festival 🇺🇦🇺🇦

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270 Fitch Street
New Haven, CT
06515

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The Ethnic Heritage Center is open Tuesday through Thursday from 9 am to 3 pm, Friday from 9 am to 12 pm, and other times by appointment.

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(203) 392-6126

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Services for Marjorie Mills will be held on Friday, June 2, 2017 at 5:00 p.m. at the Bethel Church located on the corner of Goffe and County Streets in New Haven, CT. For those of us who know Marjorie, it would be a wonderful tribute to come out to celebrate her life and life long service to others. She will be missed.
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