Library to host historian's talk on 'Lost and Found Treasures of Seymour'

SEYMOUR - In the depth of the Depression Franklin D. Roosevelt set up the Works Progress Administration, giving work to many of the unemployed. 

A survey of historic buildings dating prior to 1810 was one of the WPA projects - out of that project, the Federal Writers’ Project produced a series of books promoting historic sites in all 48 states (as of 1938).

The Connecticut survey is now available online at the State Library website. 

Marion O’Keefe, Seymour Town Historian, will present a program at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 27 with photographs and stories about the 32 entries from Seymour including what was found, lost, and what the survey missed.

For information call the Library, 203-888-3903. The Library is at 46 Church St.

This information is shared from an online community calendar sponsored by The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven and The New Haven Independent.