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Description
Join us on Thurs., Jan. 29, 2026, at 5:30 p.m. (snow date Feb. 5, 2026, 5:30 p.m.) as we debut the Whitney Literary Society, an informal, bimonthly book discussion delving into the colorful history of New Haven. Each Whitney Literary Society event will cover a new book. For details click here: https://www.newhavenmuseum.org/52580-2/
The first discussion will include several chapters from “The Case of the Piglet's Paternity: Trials from the New Haven Colony, 1619-1963” by Jon C. Blue on, which explores judicial trials in the early New Haven Colony.
You may opt to have the Whitney library reserve for you a copy of any of the books at the New Haven Free Public Library. To do so, please email Emma Norden at library@newhavenmuseum.org. A copy will be reserved at the main branch of the New Haven Public Library for each person who opts in for a book reservation. Pick up of the books is the responsibility of the registrant.
Registration for each Whitney Literary Society event will open approximately one month prior to the meeting date.
Full list of books/dates for 2026:
January 29: The Case of the Piglet's Paternity, Trials from the New Haven Colony, 1639-1663 by Jon C. Blue
March 26: Homegrown Terror: Benedict Arnold and the Burning of New Haven by Eric D. Lehman
May 28: Captive of the Labyrinth: Sarah L. Winchester Heiress to the Rifle Fortune by Mary Jo Ignoffo
July 30: Pizza in New Haven by Colin M. Caplan
September 24: Griswold v. Connecticut: Contraception and the Right of Privacy by Susan C. Wawrose
November 19: Murder in the Model City: The Black Panthers, Yale and the Redemption of a Killer by Paul Bass and Douglas W. Rae
For questions and additional details email library@newhavenmuseum.org
Date & Time
Jan 29 - Nov 19, 2026
Venue Details
New Haven Museum
114 Whitney AvenueNew Haven, Connecticut 06510
