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Research & Archival Resources

Research Policy and Fee Schedule

Research Policy and Fee Schedule

Research Policy and Fee Schedule

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Please note: The Danbury Museum will not be accommodating onsite research for the foreseeable future due to the Covid-19 pandemic. If you wish to email us a research request, please know that it is unlikely we can answer your query while we are closed. Once you have paid the research fee, your request will be handled on a first come, first served basis when we are back. 

 Our research fee is $25 per hour (this fee includes 25 photocopies), and the first hour must be paid for in advance—via check by mail, or using the PayPal link below. Each obituary or other research inquiry is treated as a separate request and subject to the $25 charge. If research cannot be completed within the first hour, we will contact you before proceeding further. Please scroll down for a downloadable request form.

Photo Archives

Research Policy and Fee Schedule

Research Policy and Fee Schedule

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Our extensive photo collection offers a rare look at everything from historic buildings and prominent people to precious class photos, early business and industry, clubs, and organizations.

Photo reproduction rights are subject to licensing agreements and usage fees. Download a copy of the fee schedule, reproduction and usage agreement, permission and order forms at the bottom of this page. Volunteers are busy indexing the collection of images from the Shea Photography Studio in Danbury. A searchable database will be ready soon. Perhaps you'll find yourself or a family member in the archives.

Danbury News-Times Microfilm

Danbury News-Times Microfilm

Danbury News-Times Microfilm

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Please note: The Danbury Museum will not be accommodating onsite research for the foreseeable future due to the Covid-19 pandemic and we do not have remote access to the microfilm. We will resume research requests that involve microfilm when we return. We apologize for any inconvenience.


Download a list of all resources on microfilm at the bottom of this page.  You may use your phone or digital camera to photograph microfilm articles. Printed microfilm pages using our copier are .25¢ each. 




The Archives

Danbury News-Times Microfilm

Danbury News-Times Microfilm

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 A few of the items available to genealogists, historians, students, educators, authors, film & television productions and anyone interested in local history include: 

  • Danbury newspapers on microfilm
  • Annual Reports of the City
  • Minutes of The Common Council
  • Early City Directories
  • Family Surname Files
  • Vital Statistics and Census Information
  • Grand Tax Lists
  • Cemetery and Burial Records
  • Military Service Records
  • School Yearbooks
  • Journals, Diaries, Letters, and Scrapbooks
  • Business Ledgers
  • Early Deeds and Land Records

Memorabilia and artifacts of all kinds are part of our archival collections.  We look forward to welcoming you to the archives of the Danbury Museum and kindly request advance notice so that we may prepare for your visit! 

You'll find a full and ever-growing list of archive subject files at the bottom of this page.

Downloads

Research Policy (pdf)Download
Photo Registration Form (pdf)Download
Research Request Form (pdf)Download
Microfilm Inventory (pdf)Download
Danbury Museum Archival Subject Files (August 2017) (pdf)Download
Digital Reproduction Fee Schedule (pdf)Download
Digital Reproduction Order Form (pdf)Download
Permission to Reproduce Archival Materials Fee Schedule (pdf)Download
Conditions under which reproduction rights are granted for images (pdf)Download

Research

Please click here if you wish to pay for your obituary lookup or other research requests via PayPal. Thank you!

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We are closed per guidance from the City of Danbury and the

State of Connecticut. We apologize for any inconvenience.


Danbury Museum & Historical Society

43 Main Street

Danbury, CT 06810

203.743.5200


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