2011 CHLO Award of Merit

Post date: Jun 12, 2011 8:37:16 PM

Liz Shapiro, Executive Director, CHLO presents a 2011 Award of Merit to Carolyn Ivanoff at the June 6, 2011 Annual Conference at the Connecticut Historical Society.

Each year the Connecticut League of History Organizations presents awards of Merit in recognition of outstanding institutional and individual contributions, in keeping with current professional standards, that enhance and further the knowledge and understanding of Connecticut history. The purpose of the Awards of Merit is to recognize the care, thought and effort invested in these contributions and to inspire and encourage others by acknowledging exceptional contributions to state and local history. Carolyn Ivanoff, Shelton Intermediate School Housemaster and board member on the Shelton, Derby and Seymour Historical Societies received an 2011 Award of Merit at the June 6, 2011 CHLO Annual Conference at the Connecticut Historical Society for her Educational Program: A Hard Road to Travel: From Connecticut To Gettysburg, 1863. A Hard Road to Travel consists of two education programs that began with forty-two Civil War letters. Presented in various venues around the State, the programs combine compelling visual images with a rich narrative. Through the program, 21^st Century citizens experience the 19^th century and the local and national events of the Civil War though the words and eyes of four Connecticut men who served as members of the 17^th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry. It also preserves in electronic format artifacts, words, and images that would have otherwise remained covered and obscured by time, eventually becoming lost.