BACK ISSUES – WINTER 2011/2012

Winter 2011/2012 VOLUME 10/ NUMBER 1

Connecticans Abroad

IN THIS ISSUE: CONNECTICUT HISTORY, ONE GOOD STORY AFTER ANOTHER

Winter 2011/2012 Issue

Selling Our Products Abroad
Sailing Round the World in Style
Discovering a New Continent
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

25A Connecticut Feminist ProphetCharlotte Perkins Gilman makes her way in the world.

By Mary Ellen Ellsworth

30The Making of a HumanitarianFredrick 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 JourneyBy Carolyn B. Ivanoff with Mary J. Mycek and Marian K. O’Keefe
pg 25 A Connecticut Feminist ProphetBy Mary Ellen Ellsworth
pg 30 The Making of a HumanitarianBy Mark H. Jones
pg 35 A Godmother to Ravensbrück SurvivorsBy Kristin Peterson Havill
pg 39 The Slaters Go Round the WorldBy Vivian Zoe
pg 45 Hartford History Center: Letters Home to the Children of HartfordBy Allyson Smally
pg 46 Destination:The Discoverer of AntarcticaBy Jesse Duthrie
pg 48 Site Lines: Silas DeaneBy Linda Pagliuco  
pg 50 From the Desk of Stuart Parnes, Connecticut Humanities Council
pg 51 Spotlight: Events & news from partner organizations
pg 56 Afterword