This guide was created in conjunction with the Haas Library exhibit, From Normal School to State University.  It outlines the growth of Western Connecticut State University, founded as a Normal School in 1904, from a basic teacher education school to a university offering advanced education in many disciplines.

Sources for additional information on the development of WCSU:

Charlotte H. Isham, A History of Western Connecticut State College, Danbury CT, 1903 -1978.  Western Connecticut State College, Fall 1978.

Herbert F. Janick, A People's University: the centennial history of Western Connecticut State University 1903 -2003, Western Connecticut State University, 2002.   LD 5941.W38 J36 2002   or digitally:  https://archives.library.wcsu.edu/omeka/items/show/5544

Western Connecticut Archives and Special Collections, Ruth Haas Library   https://archives-library.wcsu.edu/

Background on the White family:
Narratively memories.  Of ministers and Merchants, sinners and saints by Alexander Henry, photos by Nicholas Pollack. 27 Feb. 2013. https://narratively.com/of-ministers-and-merchants-sinners-saints/

Danbury Museum and Historical Society, Main Street, Danbury https://danburymuseum.org/

Normal Schools

Harper, Charles A.  A Century of Public Teacher Education: the story of the state teachers colleges as they evolved from the normal schools.  Washington, D. C.: National Education Association, Hugh Birch-Horace Mann Fund for the American Association of Teachers Colleges Department.

Ogren, Christine. The American State Normal School: "an instrument of great good."  New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.