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Author Archives: Special Collections
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
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Tagged cows, Dairy, Dwight D. Eisenhower, milk, Vermont Dairy Month
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J. Lamb’s Little Books for Children
Between 1820 and 1830, Burlington, Vermont experienced significant growth. The population increased dramatically, from 2111 in 1820 to 3526 in 1830, a 67% increase. Among the new residents who relocated from other Vermont communities were Jonathan Lamb (1795-1851), an educator … Continue reading
Pickens African American Collection
William Pickens III recently made a special gift that included significant books of African American history, literature, and works on civil rights and black life in America. Many of the books were passed down to Bill Pickens by his father … Continue reading
Spotlight: Billings Library Souvenir Ceramics
One of the best parts of working in a library is that there is always something to discover (or rediscover) in the collections. While preparing for our move to new quarters in the Billings Library, we came across an unassuming … Continue reading
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Tagged Billings Library, University of Vermont
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An Extraordinary Manuscript
In 2017, President Thomas Sullivan generously allocated $100,000 to the University Libraries to support acquisitions in the humanities. At the recommendation of College of Arts and Sciences faculty from the departments of History, Romance Languages, Religion, and English who specialize … Continue reading
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Fall 2017 Events
We kicked off our fall programming on October 4 with two events. Chris Burns, Manuscripts Curator and University Archivist, participated in #AskAnArchivist Day, when archivists around the country answered questions tweeted with the hashtag #AskAnArchivist. Read highlights from Chris’s tweets, … Continue reading
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Champlain Valley Fair Album
As the Champlain Valley Fair winds down for this year, we are sharing an album of fair photos from the 1940s and 1950s. Manuscripts curator Chris Burns created the album using a wonderful selection of photographs from the James Detore … Continue reading
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Tagged agricultural fairs, Champlain Valley Fair, Essex Junction, James Detore, photography, VT
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Haven in the Mountains: The Lake Mansfield Trout Club
This post was contributed by Erin Clauss, who has been working as a processing archivist in Special Collections since August 2016. Erin graduated from UVM in 2016 with a degree in history and classical civilization. In September, she will start … Continue reading
Posted in Manuscript Collection, Vermontiana
Tagged Lake Mansfield Trout Club, Stowe VT, trout fishing
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All Will Sing: Burlington’s 1918 Bastille Day Tribute
“All will sing; all will pass in solemn procession up the street where Lafayette once passed himself when he was the guest of the city of Burlington; all will lay flowers before the statue which is the symbol of freedom-loving, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bastille Day, Burlington VT, City Hall Park., General Lafayette, L. L McAllister, Mayor J. Holmes Jackson
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