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Brief Descriptions of Connecticut State Agencies

State Geological and Natural History Survey of Connecticut

Agency Web page | Statutory Authority |Agency History |
Published histories/articles | State Library Collections | List of Commissioners

Agency Web page

Statutory Authority :
Public Acts 1903, Chap. 133.

Agency History :

1903, June 3, established per Public Acts chpt. 133.
1971, becomes a section of the new Dept. of Environmental Protection

Published Histories/Articles :
Altamura, Robert J. A History of the State Geological and Natural History Survey of Connecticut. [Hartford, Conn.?] : State Geological and Natural History Survey of Connecticut, Natural Resources Center, Dept. of Environmental Protection. 1969. [CSL Call Number ConnDoc G292 hist]

Agency Documents in the State Library Collections :
Check the State Library catalog, CONSULS, under these author headings for publications by the agency available in the State Library :

State Geological and Natural History Survey of Connecticut.

Biennial Reports are located in :

1903-1971, [CSL Call Number ConnDoc G292r]

State Archives Record Group :
Not available

List of Heads :

Name

Years of Service

Superintendent  
William North Rice 1903-July 1, 1916
Herbert E. Gregory July 1, 1916-1920
H.H. Robinson 1921-Oct. 1925
W.E. Britton 1925-Feb. 1939
William Lorenzo Slate (Acting) 1939
Edward Leffingwell Troxell 1940-1944
Director  
Edward Leffingwell Troxell 1945-1952
John B. Lucke 1953-1960
Joe Webb Peoples June 1, 1960-1972

Prepared by the Government Information and Reference Services Unit, page revised 7/2008.