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Author Archives: Special Collections
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
Posted in Vermontiana
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
Posted in Vermontiana
Tagged Bastille Day, Burlington VT, City Hall Park., General Lafayette, L. L McAllister, Mayor J. Holmes Jackson
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Literary Archives at UVM: Kinsey, Mosher, and Budbill
Vermont lost three literary giants in the last year: Leland Kinsey, Howard Frank Mosher, and David Budbill. Special Collections is fortunate to house the papers of all three of these authors, and their collections serve as a rich source for … Continue reading
UVM Experiments with Rubber Plant
Updated, July 2024 I’ve been on the lookout for photos of local World War II victory gardens, so this image caught my eye as I was searching through a carton of publicity photographs that Special Collections received from UVM’s Extension … Continue reading
Posted in Manuscript Collection, Vermontiana
Tagged Extension Service, natural rubber, Russian dandelions, Taraxacum-koz-saghyz, University of Vermont, World War II
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Spring Semester Events and Exhibits
The Spring 2017 semester is off to a busy start. In addition to teaching classes, building collections and supporting researchers, we have been planning some exciting outreach events and installing exhibits. We hope to see you this spring at one … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Exhibits
Tagged broadsides, diaries, herbals, manuscript, patent medicines, Shakespeare, Vermont
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A Desirable Gift Book
In 1857 UVM graduate (1839, 1845) Rev. John Henry Hopkins, Jr. wrote a hymn that became a beloved Christmas carol. Some accounts say he wrote “The Three Kings of Orient” (now known as “We Three Kings of Orient Are”) for … Continue reading
Posted in Rare Books, Vermontiana
Tagged Christmas carol, Christmas gift book, John Henry Hopkins Jr., We Three Kings
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First Fall Presentation: Breaking the Deckle*
Please join us on October 11 at 5:30 pm for “Breaking the Deckle: Using the Paper Arts for Social Justice,” a presentation by Peace Paper Project’s Drew Matott. Matott is a master papermaker with an expertise using traditional papermaking as … Continue reading
Posted in Artists' Books, Events
Tagged hand papermaking, Peace Paper Project
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Arbor Day Proclamations
It’s the first Friday in May, so that means it’s Arbor Day in Vermont. For 130 years, Vermonters have joined the nation-wide effort to plant trees. Special Collections intern Perri Moreno looks at the history of Arbor Day in Vermont using … Continue reading
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Tagged Arbor Day, Proclamations, Vermont
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Vermont Statehood: A Dissenting Opinion from the Allen Family
Vermont celebrates 225 years of statehood in 2016, having formally entered the Union as the fourteenth state on March 4, 1791. There was a great deal of popular support for joining the United States at the time, but it was … Continue reading
Posted in Manuscript Collection, Vermontiana
Tagged Allen Family Papers, Ethan Allen, Levi Allen, Vermont statehood
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