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SUMMER 2009
VOLUME 7 / NUMBER 3
IN THIS ISSUE: Ages & Stages

	Would the Founding Fathers Recognize Today’s American Dream?
	Photographer Walter Wick Finds a Riddle in the Hartford Collection
	Smithsonian Curator on Evolving Attitudes About Aging
	A Vintage Edition of The Joy of Cooking Links Generations
	An 18th-Century View of the Stages of Life

On the cover: Detail, “The Life & Age of Man,” lithograph by Kellogg and Comstock, Hartford, 1859. The Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford

Contents Features
pg 12 The Aging of the American Dream. By Eugene Leach Four Modern Perspectives on the American Dream. By Catherine Blinder
pg 21 To Work or To School? Educating children in 19th century Connecticut By Gregg Mangan
Pg 27 Can You See What I See? It’s Stories That Surround Me! Photo by Walter Wick. Introduction by Brenda J. Miller
pg 32 The Evolution of Aging. By Katherine Ott
Pg 38 Oral History: What It Is and How To Do It. By Bruce M. Stave
Departments
pg 9	From the Publisher: Our New Name & We Join Facebook By Elizabeth J. Normen
pg 14	Letters, etc.
pg 26	re: Destination…AGE. By Brenda J. Miller
pg 30	re: Collections The Collection of Alfred Atmore Pope at Hill-Stead Museum. By Cynthia Cormier
pg 36	re: Collections An 18th-Century View of the Stages of Life. By Susan P. Schoelwer
pg 44	Shoebox Archives History in a Dog-Eared Cookbook. By Rand Richards Cooper
pg 46	Soapbox Cultural Institutions Can Help Us Redefine Aging. By Diantha Dow Schull
pg 47	Spotlight Events & News from our partners
pg 51	Afterword