BACK ISSUES – SPRING 2010

Helping Starving Artists in the Great Depression

Becoming Connecticut’s First Female Lawyer

Twain Goes Out With Halley’s Comet

On the cover: The Gworek family of Wethersfield faced hard times during World War II.
Photo courtesy of Thomas J. Gworek

Contents Features
Pg 12 A Helping Hand for Starving Artists. By Mark H. Jones & Diane Pflugrad Foley
Pg 18 The Great Depression: Aid and Comfort, Connecticut Style. By Carl J. Schneider & Dorothy Schneider
Pg 22 Peter Paul’s Path to Sweet Success. By Gregg Pugliese
pg 28 Connecticut in the Golden Age of Smuggling. By Thomas M. Truxes
pg 34 Mary Hall: Breaking the Legal Barrier. By Elizabeth Warren
Departments
pg 8	Hog River Journal: Facing Hard Times. By Elizabeth J. Normen
pg 10	Letters, etc.
pg 12	A Helping Hand for Starving Artists. By Mark H. Jones & Diane Pflugrad Foley
pg 18	The Great Depression: Aid and Comfort, Connecticut Style. By Carl J. Schneider & Dorothy Schneider
pg 22	Peter Paul’s Path to Sweet Success. By Gregg Pugliese
pg 28	Connecticut in the Golden Age of Smuggling. By Thomas M. Truxes
pg 34	Mary Hall: Breaking the Legal Barrier. By Elizabeth Warren
pg 40	Destination: Mark Twain Comes in & Goes Out with Halley’s Comet. By Marshall S. Berdan
pg 42	re: Collections: Hard Times Tokens. By David Corrigan
pg 44	Shoebox Archives: Pulling Together, At Home. By Thomas J. Gworek with Jordyn A. Sims
pg 45	Shoebox: Archives: Pulling Together, At War. By Kjell Tollefsen with Jordyn A. Sims
pg 46	Soapbox: The Naugatuck Valley Project. By Jeremy Brecher
pg 47	Spotlight: Events & News from Partner Organizations
pg 50	Afterword