Digitization Project

	The Watertown Historical Society has begun a very exciting project that will digitize the entire document collection at the museum. The Digitization Project is a groundbreaking endeavor that will bring the museum into the technology age. The first phase of this project involved the digitization of our Watertown newspaper collection and is being fully funded by grants from the Woodward Foundation, the American Savings Bank Foundation, and the Naugatuck Savings Bank Foundation. We thank them for their generosity.
	Our extensive newspaper collection spans the 19th and 20th centuries and is now easily accessible to the public online, and on our research computer at the museum. The digitized collection includes 53 years of the Town Times (1947-2000), an issue of the Watertown Argus from 1937, many issues of the Watertown News from 1913-1929, and several issues of the Watertown Post, the Watertown Journal, and The Post Boy from the 19th century. Stop in and spend some time exploring this great collection. We would also like to thank the Watertown Library, the Connecticut State Library and the Buckingham Family for allowing us to borrow their Watertown newspapers. However, we are still missing a few issues of the Town Times and many more issues from the other newspapers. Please contact the museum at (860) 274-1050 if you have any old Watertown newspapers that you would like to donate or let us borrow, scan, and then return to you.