{"id":8511,"date":"2012-04-05T19:11:01","date_gmt":"2012-04-05T19:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bportlibrary.org\/hc\/?page_id=8511"},"modified":"2012-04-05T19:11:01","modified_gmt":"2012-04-05T19:11:01","slug":"selected-bibliographies-bridgeport","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bportlibrary.org\/hc\/selected-bibliographies-bridgeport\/","title":{"rendered":"Bibliography:  Bridgeport Histories"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Story of Bridgeport<\/span>, by Elsie Nicholas Danenberg; illustrations by Jesse Benton.\u00a0 Bridgeport, Conn.:\u00a0 Bridgeport Centennial, Inc., 1936\u00a0[974.691 85d]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Bridgeport:\u00a0 a Pictorial History<\/span>, by David W. Palmquist; design by Jamie Backus Raynor.\u00a0 Norfolk, VA:\u00a0 Donning, 1981; 1985\u00a0[974.691 B85p]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Bridgeport on the Sound<\/span>, by Mary K. Witkowski and Bruce Williams.\u00a0 Charleston, S.C.:\u00a0 Arcadia Publishing, 2001\u00a0[974.691 B85wi]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Bridgeport at Work<\/span>, by Mary K. Witkowski.\u00a0 Charleston, S.C.:\u00a0 \u00a0Arcadia Publishing, 2002.\u00a0[974.691 B85wi2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Wicked Bridgeport<\/span>, by Michael Bielawa. \u00a0Charleston, S.C.: \u00a0History Press, 2012<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Bridgeport: \u00a0Tales from the Park City<\/span>. \u00a0Charleston, S.C.: \u00a0History Press, 2009<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut<\/span>, by Rev. Samuel Orcutt; published under the auspices of the Fairfield county historical society.\u00a0 New Haven, CT:\u00a0 Tuttle, Morehouse &amp; Taylor; published under the auspices of the Fairfield County Historical Society, 1886.Description\u00a0 2 v. (viii, 1393 p.) : ill., plates, ports., folded maps ; 26 cm.\u00a0 Notes\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=uvMLAAAAYAAJ&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;dq=inauthor:%22Samuel+Orcutt%22&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=0PyCVZG8J4zdsAS6j4vYDA&amp;ved=0CCsQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false\">Vol. 2 contains also histories of Huntington, Trumbull and Monroe, towns incorporated from old Stratford. Epitaphs from the various cemeteries are included.\u00a0Genealogies : v. 2, p. 1113-1358. \u00a0[974.691 B85O2]<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Illustrated review of Bridgeport, Connecticut,: \u00a0historical, biographical, commercial; a record of the development of the city and its progress in commerce, manufactures, revenue and municipal life, with sketches of its leading officials, professional and business men<\/span>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 New York:\u00a0 Acme Publishing and Engraving Co., 1889.\u00a0 122 p. illus., ports. 30 cm. [HC974.691 B85i]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Bridgeport: \u00a0illustrated<\/span>.\u00a0 [S.l.], : H.R. Page Co., 1891. 1 v. : illus. ; 34 cm. [HC917.4691 B85]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Centennial illustrated history of the city of Bridgeport, Conn. and the Central Labor Union of Bridgeport and Vicinity and its affiliated organizations, commercial history of the city of Bridgeport, sketches of industries and institutions, photographs and biographies of officers, directory of all unions in the\u00a0 state, labor laws of the state of Connecticut, miscellaneous statistics, etc., etc. &#8230; to fittingly perpetuate the history of the founding, growth and prosperity of the city of Bridgeport, its vast industries, institutions, societies, organizations, etc., etc., etc.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0Bridgeport, Conn.: \u00a0Central Labor Union, 1900.\u00a0\u00a0 435 p. : \u00a0ill., ports. ; 24 cm.\u00a0 Notes:\u00a0\u00a0 At head of title: 1800, 1900. Cover title: Centennial illustrated history of the Central Labor Union of Bridgeport.\u00a0\u00a0 Includes \u00a0index.\u00a0\u00a0[HC331 C397c]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">History of Bridgeport and vicinity<\/span>\u00a0\/ ed. by George C. Waldo, Jr.;\u00a0\u00a0 New York; Chicago : S.J. Clarke Pub., 1917.\u00a0 2 v., plates : ill., ports. 28 cm.\u00a0 Notes:\u00a0 Vol. 2 contains biographical sketches.\u00a0\u00a0 Includes one chapter each on the towns of Stratford and Fairfield. [HC974.691 B85w]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Tales from Bohemia Land<\/span>,\u00a0 by Richard Howell &#8220;The Old Sportsman&#8221; by Richard Howell.\u00a0 Bridgeport : The Bridgeport Herald, 1928.\u00a0 127 p. ; 22 x 28 cm. Notes:\u00a0 Essays originally published in: The Bridgeport Herald. [HC974.691 H859t]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Selected chapters on the history of Bridgeport<\/span>, compiled by the staff of the Bridgeport Public Library and Reading Room.\u00a0 Bridgeport Public Library (Bridgeport, Conn.)\u00a0 Bridgeport, Conn.:\u00a0 [The Library], 1935.\u00a0 27 p.; 28 cm. [HC974.691 B85br2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Golden Jubilee Book: \u00a050th anniversary, 1888 &#8211; 1938<\/span>, by the Rakoczi Aid Association.\u00a0 Bridgeport:\u00a0 The Association, 1938. 194 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. Note:\u00a0 Text mainly in Hungarian. No title page. [HC974.691 R162g]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Bridgeport&#8217;s first bank: \u00a0the story of the Connecticut National Bank, 1806-1956<\/span>.\u00a0 Connecticut National Bank, Bridgeport. Bridgeport, CT:\u00a0 The Bank, [1956].\u00a0 unpaged : ill. ; 25 cm. [HC332.1 C752b]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The immigration of Eastern European Jews to Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1890-1914<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">: a survey<\/span>, by Sallie Kraus. [Bridgeport?: \u00a0The Author, 1976. 1 v. (various pagings) : maps ; 28 cm. Notes:\u00a0 Paper written by Sallie Kraus for History 241, Professor B. Stave, November 23, 1976. [HC974.691 K91i]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/historyofblackro00just\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Black Rock: \u00a0a bicentennial picture book : a visual history of the old seaport of Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1644 to 1976<\/span><\/a>, by editor and designer, Dick Jones; associate editors, Charles Brilvitch, Denis Lorenz, Rose Rodrigues; researchers and writers, Charles Brilvitch &#8230; [et al.];foreword,\u00a0 Gary Paul Gates; ill., Don Almquist. Limited ed. [Bridgeport, CT]: Black Rock Civic and Business Men&#8217;s Club, [1976] 140 p. : ill.; 31 cm. [HC974.691 B627r]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Seth Legrand Stratton: one carpenter&#8217;s changing times<\/span>, by Mollie Keller. 1978.\u00a0 116 leaves, bound : ill., maps (some fold out), ports. ; 29 cm.\u00a0 A thesis submitted to the Faculty of the University of Bridgeport in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts.\u00a0 [Hc694.092 S911k]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Bridgeport, the ethnic city, by Herbert F. Geller<\/span>. [Bridgeport?]: \u00a0Bridgeport Board of Education, 1981-\u00a0 v.:\u00a0 \u00a0ill., ports. ; 28 cm. Notes: \u00a0Cover title.\u00a0\u00a0Summary: &#8220;Reprinted from the Ethnic History Series which appeared in \u2018THE SUNDAY POST\u2019 from October, 1977 to February, 1980, through the courtesy of the Post Publishing Company.&#8221;\u00a0 [HC325.7469 G318b v.2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Only in Bridgeport : \u00a0an illustrated history of the Park City<\/span>\u00a0\/ Lennie Grimaldi ; picture research by Neil S. Swanson ; &#8220;Partners in progress&#8221; by Sharon L. Cohen.\u00a0 1st ed. Northridge, CA: Windsor Publications, various editions.: ill. (some col.), ports.; 29 cm.\u00a0 Notes\u00a0 &#8220;Produced in cooperation with the Business\/Industry Council of Fairfield County.&#8221;&#8211;Prelim. p. 2. \u00a0Includes index. Bibliography: p. 299.\u00a0 [HC974.691 B85g]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Resources and family power: \u00a0Portuguese adolescents in a New England city<\/span>, by Lynne Owen Penczer. New Haven, Conn.: 1986. xviii, 343 l. ; 29 cm.\u00a0 Bibliography: l. 338-343. Abstract.\u00a0 Thesis (Ph.D.)&#8211;Yale University, 1986.\u00a0 [HC974.691 B85pe]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Bridgeport by the Sea<\/span>. \u00a0People&#8217;s Bank. Westport, Conn.: C\/MS Video, 1987. 1 videocassette (ca. 29 min.): sd., stereo, col.; 1\/2 in. VHS format\u00a0 [HC974.691 P419b BPL-VC 7417]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Greater Bridgeport Italian style: \u00a0an illustrated history<\/span>, by Lennie Grimaldi. Bridgeport, CT : Harbor Publications, 1992. 116 p.: ill., ports. ; 28 cm. \u00a0Notes:\u00a0 Includes index. Cover illustration by Milton Bond. Bibliography: p. 112.\u00a0 [HC974.691 B85g2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Dolly Curtis interviews: Mary Witkowski, Historical Collections Bridgeport Public Library<\/span>.\u00a0 Easton, Conn.: Curtis\/Cromwell Productions, c2001. 1 video cassette: \u00a0sd., col. ; 1\/2 in. VHS. Dolly Curtis, Morgan Kaolian.\u00a0 Summary:\u00a0 Video recording of the television interview program aired over public access television in Bridgeport, Connecticut.\u00a0 [HC974.6 C978ma BPL-VC 11479]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Bridgeport<\/span>, by Andrew Pehanick.\u00a0 Charleston, S.C.:\u00a0 Arcadia Publishing, 2005. 128 p. :\u00a0 ill. ; 24 cm.\u00a0 Postcard history series.\u00a0 The golden age of postcards, which took place between 1900 and 1940, was also the golden age of Bridgeport. Local and national publishers printed scenes of the city&#8217;s beautiful and renowned parks, magnificent mansions, palatial theaters, and sprawling factories, as well as its busy streets and unique architecture.\u00a0 [HC974.691 B85peh]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"line-height: 21px;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000; font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Story of Bridgeport, by Elsie Nicholas Danenberg; illustrations by Jesse Benton.\u00a0 Bridgeport, Conn.:\u00a0 Bridgeport Centennial, Inc., 1936\u00a0[974.691 85d] Bridgeport:\u00a0 a Pictorial History, by David W. Palmquist; design by Jamie Backus Raynor.\u00a0 Norfolk, VA:\u00a0 Donning, 1981; 1985\u00a0[974.691 B85p] Bridgeport on the Sound, by Mary K. Witkowski and Bruce Williams.\u00a0 Charleston, S.C.:\u00a0 Arcadia Publishing, 2001\u00a0[974.691 B85wi] [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-8511","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bportlibrary.org\/hc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bportlibrary.org\/hc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bportlibrary.org\/hc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bportlibrary.org\/hc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bportlibrary.org\/hc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8511"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bportlibrary.org\/hc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14628,"href":"https:\/\/bportlibrary.org\/hc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8511\/revisions\/14628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bportlibrary.org\/hc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}