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    The Institute Library Goes to Kansas?: A Special Event at the Institute Library

    The Institute LIbrary 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT

    A free, open to the public talk about one of the most unlikely-sounding chapters in the history of The Institute Library: the chapter in which a group of members of this place, then known as The Young Mens’ Institute Library, decamped for Kansas to do their part to support the abolitionist movement in the developing American Midwest.

    A man named Baldwin deeded land in Wabaunsee, Kansas, to the Library. Yes, for real. And then a bunch of Library members went out to settle the land and… yeah. History happened.

  • Listen Here! — April 21

    The Institute LIbrary 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT

    Every month, Listen Here! features two short stories read aloud by members of the New Haven Theater Company, followed by talkback session led by Bennett Lovett-Graff. More Info

  • Listen Here! — May 19, 2026

    The Institute LIbrary 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT

    Every month, Listen Here! features two short stories read aloud by members of the New Haven Theater Company, followed by talkback session led by Bennett Lovett-Graff. More Info

  • Listen Here! — June 16, 2026

    The Institute LIbrary 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT

    Every month, Listen Here! features two short stories read aloud by members of the New Haven Theater Company, followed by talkback session led by Bennett Lovett-Graff. More Info