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Author Archives: Special Collections
Hygge* in My Vermont Kitchen
Hygge: a Danish word meaning a quality of coziness and comfortable conviviality. For the next year, Silver Special Collections staff will share their adventures cooking with recipes from our Vermont cookbook collection. Sharon Thayer starts the series with this post … Continue reading
Racing to Ratify
In July 1920, Vermont had the chance to be the final state to ratify the 19th Amendment and guarantee women the right to vote. Congress passed the amendment in June 1919 and sent it to the states for ratification. By … Continue reading
Posted in Vermontiana
Tagged 19th amendment, Mason Stone, political cartoon, suffrage, Vermont
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Traveling with Caroline Crane Marsh
Although our transcription team has been working from home, they simultaneously have been traveling in Italy with Caroline Crane Marsh. Team members Ingrid Bower, Chris Burns, Erin Doyle, Hannah Johnson and Sharon Thayer are transcribing the diaries Caroline kept from … Continue reading
Posted in Manuscript Collection
Tagged Caroline Crane Marsh, diaries, George Perkins Marsh, Monte Rosa, Pegli, Piobesi, Turin
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Billings Library: A Most Delightful Place for Dancing
For over forty years, Commencement Week activities at the University of Vermont included what a 1912 headline called a “brilliant commencement function.” From 1894 to 1936, the evening of Class Day ended with a senior reception followed by a senior … Continue reading
Posted in Archives, University Archives
Tagged Billings Library, commencement, dance, University of Vermont
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Twisting the Night Away
Beginning in the summer of 2019, Special Collections worked with the Department of Theatre and Dance to plan an outreach program for this semester that included an exhibit, a lecture, a panel discussion, and a student performance. This is the … Continue reading
Work of Art: Dancing Together in Vermont
In February, we mounted a new exhibit in our small gallery, “Work of Art: Dancing Together in Vermont.” The exhibit examines the process involved in creating diverse dance communities, from groups of girls and boys in clever costumes tap dancing … Continue reading
Posted in Archives, Events, Exhibits, Vermontiana
Tagged Burlington VT dance studios, L. L McAllister, Lorette Sousie, Polly Nulty
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George Washington’s Bold, Clear Signature
In his 1902 book on the art of bookbinding, William Loring Andrews describes George Washington’s beautifully bound copy of The Contrast as “a book made doubly valuable by having the great chieftain’s bold, clear signature upon the title page.” That … Continue reading
Medieval Manuscripts in the Green Mountains
This article was adapted from the presentation that Silver Special Collections Director Jeffrey Marshall delivered to open our November 2019 colloquium, “Interpreting the Handwritten Book: Medieval Manuscripts at UVM.” Our Rare Book Collection includes sixteen medieval manuscript books. We can … Continue reading
Summer Session at UVM, 100 Years Ago
Note: This post was inspired by archival material that we shared with UVM Continuing and Distance Education staff during a great tour of Special Collections earlier this summer. In 1919, the UVM summer session, which ran from July 7 to … Continue reading
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Tagged summer school, University of Vermont, Vermont
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President Eisenhower at the Vermont Dairy Festival
The summer of 1955 was an especially busy time for Vermonters engaged in dairy farming. June was declared Dairy Month and a series of public events, including a parade, square dance displays, and dairy exhibits, culminated in President Dwight D. … Continue reading
Posted in Manuscript Collection, Vermontiana
Tagged cows, Dairy, Dwight D. Eisenhower, milk, Vermont Dairy Month
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