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An Orderly and Decent Government
was produced and funded by the Connecticut
Humanities Council with additional support from
the Joint Committee on Legislative Management.


Project Director/Writer

Bruce Fraser
Connecticut Humanities Council

Historians
Bruce Clouette
Historic Resource Consultants

Christopher Collier
Connecticut State Historian

Helen Higgins
Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation

Stuart Parnes
Mystic Seaport Museum

Matthew Roth
Historic Resource Consultants

Ann Smith
Connecticut Museum Association

Image Research

Stephen Rice

Exhibit Design
Harrison Jenkins Design

Tomolonius Design

Video Production

Martha Davidson
Connecticut Public Television

John Waterhouse
Waterhouse Productions

Website Design
Thomas Mitchell, Dorry Clay
Literae Interactive


Exhibit documents and photographs courtesy of:

Antiquarian and Landmarks Society

Bank of America, Corporate Art Collection

Boce Barlow, Jr.

Civilian Conservation Corps in Connecticut Museum

Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection

Connecticut Department of Transportation

The Connecticut Historical Society

Connecticut Public Television

Connecticut State Library

Corbis/Bettman Archives

Dodd Center, University of Connecticut

Fairfield Historical Society

Fort Griswold Monument House Museum

Harriet Beecher Stowe Center

The Hartford Courant

Hartford Public Library

Historical Society of Glastonbury

Chuck Koteen

Eugene Leach and Kathleen Frederick

Library of Congress

Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation

Mattatuck Museum

New Haven Colony Historical Society

New York Public Library

Office of Legislative Management

Quinebaug Community-Technical College

University of Connecticut

Wadsworth Atheneum

Wide World Photo/Associated Press

Yale University Art Gallery

Yale University-Sterling Memorial Library