When a library patron approaches the reference desk for assistance he/she does not have to give their name. Most prefer to be anonymous. Likewise, many chat reference patrons just give their first name or pick a handle some of which are quite silly. Today someone gave the handle "Your Eyeballs". At least the topic was sensible - this individual was looking for information on housing in colonial Connecticut. The transcript:
Patron:09:26:46 2009/12/03 (GMT-5)
Chat Transcript: What was housing like in colonial Connecticut?
Librarian 1:09:26:46 2009/12/03 (GMT-5)
Note: Patron's screen name: Your eyeballs
Librarian 1:09:27:36 2009/12/03 (GMT-5)
Librarian 'NJ INSTofTECH Bruce' has joined the session.
Librarian 1:09:28:08 2009/12/03 (GMT-5)
Hello, this is Bruce from the library at NJIT. Please give me a few minutes to answer your question
Librarian 1:09:30:01 2009/12/03 (GMT-5)
Here is a site about colonial connecticut in general http://www.usahistory.info/New-England/Connecticut.html
Patron:09:31:38 2009/12/03 (GMT-5)
can you find anything about the housing?
Librarian 1:09:32:12 2009/12/03 (GMT-5)
Here is an article about housing in colonial New England which would include CT. http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1978/4/78.04.03.x.html
Librarian 1:09:34:33 2009/12/03 (GMT-5)
Here is a short article from the NY Times
Librarian 1:09:34:39 2009/12/03 (GMT-5)
Dig Gives New View of Colonial Housing. Authors:SUSAN PEARSALL Source:New York Times; 12/24/2000, p9, 0p Document Type:Article Abstract:AN archaeological dig in Andover has found remains of a medieval-style long house, the first one ever discovered in Connecticut. Until now, no long houses like this one, 15 feet wide and 60 feet long, had been found in New England dating from much past 1650; the Andover house was built in 1705. Historians say this long house challenges assumptions about traditional New England housing. ''People think the typical New England house was a hall-and-parlor house with a central chimney, but the archaeological evidence is showing us that we had a wide range of different types of houses, including long houses,'' said Emerson W. Baker, a history professor at Salem State College in Massachusetts. Dr. Baker, an archaeologist, lives in Maine and is familiar with the half-dozen long houses found there.
Librarian 1:09:37:41 2009/12/03 (GMT-5)
I found reference to this book `War and Society in Colonial Connecticut,` by Harold E. Selesky which may discuss housing.
Librarian 1:09:39:37 2009/12/03 (GMT-5)
Here is an article from the ARchitectural Record published in 1915 which may be of interest
Librarian 1:09:39:46 2009/12/03 (GMT-5)
Colonial architecture in Connecticut ... / Source: Architectural record 1915 Apr., v. 37, p. 360-369 ; 1915 May, p. 445-452 ; 1915 June, p. 547-556 Details: ill. Language: In English. SUBJECT(S) Descriptor: Colonial architecture -- United States -- Connecticut.
Librarian 1:09:40:13 2009/12/03 (GMT-5)
You may have to go to your local library and order it through interlibrary loan
Librarian 1:09:41:27 2009/12/03 (GMT-5)
Are you still there?
Patron:09:42:07 2009/12/03 (GMT-5)
Patron is no longer connected.
I think the article from the Architectural Record answers the question. I always hate it when a chat reference session ends abruptly. You never know if the customer is satisfied.
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