{"id":21330,"date":"2023-06-22T09:00:24","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T13:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh\/calendar\/the-states-filing-cabinet-3\/"},"modified":"2023-06-22T12:02:03","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T16:02:03","slug":"the-states-filing-cabinet-3","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh\/calendar\/the-states-filing-cabinet-3\/","title":{"rendered":"The State&#8217;s Filing Cabinet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In collaboration with the Connecticut State Library<br \/>In-person or online<\/p>\n<p>Featuring:<br \/><b>Mel Smith<\/b>, History &amp; Genealogy<br \/><b>Susan Bigelow<\/b>, Government Information <br \/><b>Stephen Mirsky<\/b>, Law and Legislation.<\/p>\n<p>There is so much rich history preserved in the government&#8217;s paperwork. Studying the state records and publications illustrates how our government evolved into what we know it as today.<span>\u00a0 Government resources also shed light on other hidden stories. From petitions on social issues like voting rights, to lost family histories, there are countless clues and pieces of evidence waiting to be discovered in the state and local records in the State Library. How can citizens unlock the secrets found in these records, the histories of so many people, events and places in Connecticut, including the Old State House.<\/span><br \/><span><br \/><\/span><br \/>The last installment of The State\u2019s Filing Cabinet series will examine the variety of state and local government resources found at the Connecticut State Library and how to access the material in-person and on-line. Reference staff from the three core areas of the State Library: History &amp; Genealogy, Government Information, and Law and Legislation will discuss what researchers can find within their collections.<\/p>\n<p>This event is free and open to the public. To register, click here:\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/OSH2023StatesFilingCabinet\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/OSH2023StatesFilingCabinet<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In collaboration with the Connecticut State LibraryIn-person or online Featuring:Mel Smith, History &amp; GenealogySusan Bigelow, Government Information Stephen Mirsky, Law and Legislation. There is so much rich history preserved in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[],"class_list":["post-21330","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry"],"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Connecticut&#039;s Old State House","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/21330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/21330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21366,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/21330\/revisions\/21366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21330"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=21330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}