Name/Title
1938 (and miscellaneous) Hurricane PublicationsEntry/Object ID
2017.145Scope and Content
Collection of publications (newspapers, 1938 Hurricane - Box 1, magazines and booklets, 1938 Hurricane - Box 2, newspapers, 1954 & miscellaneous hurricanes - Box 3) related to the local hurricanes:
*"The Devastation and Restoration of New England's Vital Life-Line: The New Haven R.R."
*"The Complete Historical Record of New England's Stricken Area, September 21, 1938 (more than 700 vivid views)" issued by Courier-Citizen and Evening Leader, Lowell, Mass.
*"Hurricane Views, Sepmber 21, 1938" with black and white photos of hurricane damage to eastern CT.
*"Photographic Record of the New England Hurricane and Flood: New England's Greatest Disaster" compiled by the Connecitcut Circle Magazine and published for the New England Historical Events Committee, Nov. 1938 (2 copies, 1 from teh Paffard family).
* "Hurricane '38: a 40th Anniversary Issue" published by Rhode Islander (The Providence Sunday Journal), September 17, 1978
*"The Great Hurricane and Tidal Wave - Rhode Island, Sepember 21, 1938" pulished by the Providence Journal Company, 1938 (2 copies)
*Contact, "Flood and Hurricane Issue" published by the New England Power Association, November 1938 (photos and text focused on damage caused to utilities such as power lines and gas mains caused by the '38 hurricane)
*LIFE Magazine, October 3, 1938 (2 copies) with article on the New England Hurricane pgs. 28-31
*TIME Magazine, October 3, 1938, with article on the 1938 Hurricane under "National Affairs," pg. 11-12.
*"Hurricane in Southern New England: An Analysis of the Great Storm of 1938," edited by Bernard L. Gordon, published by the Book & Tachkle Shop, Westerly, R.I., 1976 - provides an analysis of the development of the 1938 hurricane and the long-lasting effects to the R.I. shoreline (2 copies)
*"A Matter of Moments: A Photographic Record of the Damage Wrought in Stonington, Mystic and Noank, Connecticut by the Hurricane and Tidal Wave of September 21, 1938" edited by Jerome S. Anderson III, published by the Stonington Publishing Company, 1938 (2 copies)
*"The Hurricane of September 21, 1938 - Westerly, Rhode Island and Vicinity - Historical and Pictorial" by Lewis R. Greeme, printed by the Utter Company Printers, Westerly R.I., 1938 (2 copies)
*"Annual Report, The Southern New England Telephone Company, 1938"
*"Watch Hill in the Hurricane of September 21, 1938 (Including the Survivor's Stories of the Fort Road Tragedy," a special pictorial issue of SEASIDE TOPICS, published by Charles F. Hammond, November 1938 (2 copies)
*"1938 Hurricane Pictures with a Brief Story and 400 Views of Destruction in New Bedford and Vicinity (a few of New London and Martha's Vineyard)" published by Reynolds Printing, New Bedford, Mass., 1938
*"Watch Hill Hurricane, September 21, 1938" by Helen Joy Lee and daughter Marian and Eunice (personal account of surviving the hurricane in Watch Hill, R.I.) (2 copies, 1 reprinted by teh Pequot Press
*"The Bell System Meets Its Greatest Test," by Judson S. Bradley, published by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, New York, NY. An analysis of the Bell System telephone lines during the storm.
*YANKEE Magazine, "Hurricane 1938 - In Story and Pictures" pgs. 10-12, 24-25, November 1938
*Stonington Mirror/Mystic Journal, October 14, 1938 with article about Mystic telephone operators who were marooned by the Hurricane, and the recovery of Antone Travers, a victim of the tidal wave from Stonigton Borough.
*The Day, September 20, 1988 - 50th Anniversary edition of the 1938 Hurricane.
*The Compass (supplement), September 21, 1988 - "50th Anniversary: Hurricane '38"
*collection of news clippings re. 1938 Hurricane.Collection
1938 Hurricane Collection