SGC-CT067-067 · Research edition September 12, 2026
A selected, source-based research collection for New Haven and Fairfield counties. Includes credited photographs where reusable images were located, historical interpretation and links to supporting records. It is a growing inventory, not an exhaustive survey. A reusable site photograph has not yet been located; the linked documents are the evidence in this edition.
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Collection history
Laurel Heights was a Connecticut tuberculosis sanatorium in Shelton. The Connecticut State Library holds a patient-information booklet that describes the institution and its approach to treatment. A booklet written by an institution reveals its official presentation; it does not speak for every patient. [CT067-S01][CT067-S02]
A Connecticut College finding aid also identifies Laurel Heights material dated 1957–1960. Those dates describe the archival file, not the institution’s full operating period. This edition links the records while leaving the exact closure chronology and a reusable photographic record open for further research. [CT067-S01][CT067-S02]
The patient-information booklet at the Connecticut State Library gives Laurel Heights a surviving institutional voice. Such a booklet was designed to explain the institution and its approach to care to a particular audience. It can establish what officials wanted readers to know, while leaving open whether every patient's experience matched that presentation. [CT067-S01][CT067-S02]
The separate archival material dated 1957–1960 provides a time-bounded lead. A file's date range is not the same as the hospital's opening and closing dates. Following that distinction keeps the history accurate while further records are sought. Photographs, annual reports and state administrative files may eventually connect the booklet to buildings, staffing and changes in service. Until then, the story should make its documentary foundation and its missing photographic and chronological evidence equally visible. [CT067-S01][CT067-S02]
Key dates
1957–1960 — Dates assigned to a Laurel Heights archival file CT067-S02
Site status: Former sanatorium; document-led research collection
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CT067-S01 · Sources & research leads · Source reviewed September 2026
Connecticut State Library: Laurel Heights patient booklet
Supporting source for the collection’s history, chronology and research notes. A patient booklet and archival finding aid open a path into Shelton’s institutional health history.
External source; the full publication remains with its publisher. The archive provides an original educational summary and a link. See the collection history for the claims supported by this record.
Credit: Connecticut State Library. Cite SGC SGC-CT067-067, CT067-S01, source title, page and URL; accessed 2026-09-12.
CT067-S02 · Sources & research leads · Source reviewed September 2026
Connecticut College Archives: Laurel Heights Sanatorium, 1957–1960
Supporting source for the collection’s history, chronology and research notes. A patient booklet and archival finding aid open a path into Shelton’s institutional health history.
External source; the full publication remains with its publisher. The archive provides an original educational summary and a link. See the collection history for the claims supported by this record.
The patient welcome booklet includes a photograph of the hospital building. Its precise publication and exposure dates remain unestablished.
Available at the linked repository; image or full record is not included in this download. Page3; photo visually inspected in viewer. These are new individually selected scans within the whole booklet already linked in existing inventory; OCLC36834074, parent201464. Do not date as 2012. Reuse: Rights review: no open license established; link only pending date/rights review.
The booklet cover names Laurel Heights Sanatorium in Shelton and carries a State Tuberculosis Commission stamp.
Available at the linked repository; image or full record is not included in this download. Page1; cover visually inspected. These are new individually selected scans within the whole booklet already linked in existing inventory; OCLC36834074, parent201464. Do not date as 2012. Reuse: Rights review: no open license established; link only pending date/rights review.
