This is a guide to materials available at the Connecticut State Library (CSL) about Connecticut’s Governors, past and present. Here you will find information about Executive Orders, Official Statements, Press Releases, Proclamations, Archival Records, and Biographical Sources. See also the Museum of Connecticut History’s web page.
This guide is meant to be a starting point to help discover information across the different divisions of the agency. While detailed, it is not meant to be comprehensive.
See also pages in this guide on specific governors. These are not meant to be comprehensive.
This Connecticut State Library research guide leads to online and print resources about Connecticut's Governors, past and present.
Prepared jointly by the Government Information Reference Services Unit and the History and Genealogy Unit, January 2009. Revised January 2011. Revised January 2019. Revised December 2019. Updated March 2021. Revised August 2022. Revised January-May 2024.