See also guides and boxes below for specific events and/or agencies involved.
Much of these resources are not online.
The Connecticut State Library has quite a bit on the Hurricane of 1938 in several different collections.
Researching the clean up efforts - see also the WPA and the CCC.
While some historic sources use the term "tidal wave", it was actually a storm surge.
Some are online.
Taken by Storm 1938 : A Social and Meteorological History of the Great New England Hurricane by 
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