Gregg Mangan's Publications

- PUBLICATIONS -

- BOOKS -

- On This Day in Connecticut History. Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2015.

- CONTRIBUTIONS TO MULTI-AUTHOR WORKS -

- “The History of Pineapple Cheese.” In The Oxford Companion to Cheese, edited by Catherine Donnelly. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016.

- Winner of the James Beard Award in Reference and Scholarship

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- JOURNAL AND MAGAZINE ARTICLES -

- “Glider Pilot Rolling Fowler's Daring Escape,” Connecticut Explored 18, no.4 (Fall 2020).

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- “The Baseball Playograph,” Connecticut Explored 11, no.3 (Summer 2013).

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- “Newgate in 1825: A Nursery of Crime,” Connecticut History Review 47, no.1 (Spring 2008).

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- CONNECTICUTHISTORY.ORG -

- "Amelia Simmons Adds a Uniquely American Flavor to Cooking"

- "A New Source of Farm Labor Crops Up in Wartime"

- "Benedict Arnold: America’s Most Famous Traitor"

- "Connecticut’s Christmas Town"

- "Connecticut Poor Law Aimed to Care for the Needy"

- "East Haven’s Revolutionary Salt Works"

- "Guilford’s One-Man Fire Department"

- "Henry Ward Beecher, a Preacher with Political Clout"

- "John H. Trumbull: Connecticut’s 'Flying Governor'"

- "The Shoe Box Murder Mystery"

(and many more!)

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- CONFERENCE PANELS AND PRESENTATIONS -

- “Connecticut's Digital History Resources.” Connecticut League of History Organizations Conference, Wethersfield, Connecticut, June 6, 2022.

- “Exploring Teaching Resources and the Essence of Connecticut.” Connecticut State Department of Education's Conference on Inquiry, New Britain, Connecticut, March 17, 2017.

- “Teach It: What Is It? Why Use It? Help Build It.” Connecticut Council for the Social Studies Conference, Cromwell, Connecticut, October 27, 2015.

- “History, Libraries, and the Humanities.” Connecticut Library Association Conference, Mystic, Connecticut, April 27, 2015.

- “Connecticut History” Field Service Alliance of the American Association for State and Local History, Hartford, Connecticut, March 23, 2015.

- “No Man’s Land: The Role of the Surveyor General in the Case of Baca Float No.3.” Rocky Mountain Interdisciplinary Conference, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, September 11, 2010.

- A FEW MEDIA PIECES -

- An Interview on WNPR Radio. “'Citizen Historian' Project Asks: Did Local U.S. Newspapers Cover the Holocaust?" January 27, 2017.

- A Mention of On This Day in Connecticut History in Connecticut Magazine. “CT Files: Connecticut, Birthplace of the Can Opener.” January 5, 2017.

- An article by the New England Historical Society inspired by an entry from On This Day in Connecticut History, "The King Tut Ticket Scam of 1979."

- Testimony on "The Value of the Humanities in Connecticut" Given before the Appropriations Committee of the Connecticut General Assembly, February 16, 2016.

GREGG MANGAN