BACK ISSUES – WINTER 2011/2012

By Matt Boucher on February 19, 2012 Back Issues

Winter 2011/2012 VOLUME 10/ NUMBER 1

IN THIS ISSUE: Connecticans Abroad

SUBSCRIBE NOW ORDER ONLINE			Selling Our Products Abroad
			Sailing Round the World in Style
			Discovering a New Continent
			The Undoing of Silas Deane
			The Undoing of Silas Deane

On the Cover: Trade card (detail), Wheeler & Wilson Mfg. Co., Bridgeport, c 1890. Museum of Connecticut History

Features
14 Selling Connecticut Products Abroad. Our photo essay goes global By David Corrigan and Briann Greenfield
20 Ebenezer Bassett’s Historic Journey Our first black diplomat serves the first black republic. By Carolyn B. Ivanoff with Mary J. Mycek and Marian K. O’Keefe
25 A Connecticut Feminist Prophet Charlotte Perkins Gilman makes her way in the world. By Mary Ellen Ellsworth
30 The Making of a Humanitarian Fredrick Walcott responds to Poland’s plight. By Mark H. Jones
Contents
pg 9	Hog River Journal
pg 10	Letters, etc
g 13	From the State Historian: Discovering the Explorer Hiram Bingham III By Walter W. Woodward
pg 14	Selling Connecticut Products Abroad. By David Corrigan and Briann Greenfield
pg 20	Ebenezer Bassett’s Historic Journey By Carolyn B. Ivanoff with Mary J. Mycek and Marian K. O’Keefe
pg 25	A Connecticut Feminist Prophet By Mary Ellen Ellsworth
pg 30	The Making of a Humanitarian By Mark H. Jones
pg 35	A Godmother to Ravensbrück Survivors By Kristin Peterson Havill
pg 39	The Slaters Go Round the World By Vivian Zoe
pg 45	Hartford History Center: Letters Home to the Children of Hartford By Allyson Smally
pg 46	Destination:The Discoverer of Antarctica By Jesse Duthrie
pg 48	Site Lines: Silas Deane By Linda Pagliuco
pg 50	From the Desk of Stuart Parnes, Connecticut Humanities Council
pg 51	Spotlight: Events & news from partner organizations
pg 56	Afterword

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