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Author Archives: Special Collections
Spring 2016 Programs–March 1 and 17
MARCH 1, 5:30 In and Out of Print On March 1 at 5:30, Special Collections will host UVM art professor Steven Kostell for a discussion of his work investigating forms of mediation, production and collaboration through explorations in art, design and … Continue reading
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Tagged Book Arts, Memory, University of Vermont, War and Commemoration
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Burlington’s First City Market
Since 2002, shoppers have been buying groceries at Onion River Co-op’s City Market on South Winooski Avenue in Burlington, Vermont. The store is very successful, with over 11,000 members/owners and thousands of shoppers every day. Prompted by a photo in … Continue reading
Posted in Vermontiana
Tagged Burlington City Market, Burlington VT, College Street, Main Street, South Winooski Avenue
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Views of Saint Helena
While preparing for a presentation on book illustrations this summer, we came across a rare volume of prints in our Rare Book collection that has special historical significance today (October 15). George Hutchins Bellasis’s Views of Saint Helena (London: printed … Continue reading
Posted in Rare Books
Tagged aquatints, George H. Bellasis, Napoleon, Saint Helena
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Our Fall Lecture Series
We are pleased to announce our fall lecture series, which will feature presentations on historical landscapes. Robert McCullough will talk about tracing bicycle history on the land, and Jeffrey Marshall will look at Burlington’s once prominent ravine. Good Roads and … Continue reading
Posted in Events, News
Tagged bicycle history, bicycle paths, bicycle tourism, Burlington VT ravine, roads
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Vermonter Henry Stevens, Jr., Joins Yale’s “Skull & Bones” Secret Society
Bookseller Henry Stevens, Jr. (1819-1886) achieved distinction as a builder of library collections in a career that took him from his home in Barnet, Vermont, to London, where he spent most of his life after graduating from Yale in 1843. … Continue reading
Posted in Manuscript Collection
Tagged David Alan Richards, Henry Stevens Jr., Skull and Bones Society
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Touring Old Mill With Local School Children
I recently had the opportunity to lead a group of six Edmunds Elementary second graders on a tour of Old Mill. The students were from the classrooms of Mrs. Bellevance and Ms. McMorris, and were visiting as part of a … Continue reading
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Tagged Architecture, Edmunds Elementary, Old Mill, University of Vermont
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Before Bernie Sanders Made History, He Sold It
Since Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders announced his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination, UVM Special Collections librarians have become much better acquainted with the diverse resources in our Vermont research collection that document Sanders’ life and political career. After receiving … Continue reading
Posted in Vermontiana
Tagged American People's Historical Society, Bernie Sanders, Eugene V. Debs, filmstrips, Vermont, Vermont history
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Longhouse Records Now Available
The records of Longhouse, Publishers and Booksellers of Guilford, Vermont are now available for research. Poet and editor Bob Arnold established Longhouse in 1971 and was joined by Susan Arnold in 1974. Specializing in poetry, they have published hundreds of … Continue reading
Posted in Manuscript Collection
Tagged Bob Arnold, Cid Corman, Guilford VT, Longhouse Publishers and Booksellers, Louise Landes Levi
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“She knew something about seeds” – A Tribute to Celia Thaxter
A casual conversation about favorite gardening books led us to browse a copy of Celia Thaxter’s An Island Garden from the University of Vermont’s Rare Book collection. We discovered that our copy is especially interesting for content that was added … Continue reading
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Tagged An Island Garden, Celia Thaxter, Childe Hassam, Isles of Shoals, University of Vermont
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Special Collections Faculty Receive Humanities Center Awards
Special Collections faculty members are involved in two initiatives supported by grants from the Humanities Center at the University of Vermont (UVM). Chris Burns, Manuscripts Curator and University Archivist, is one of five faculty members who received a Lattie F. … Continue reading
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Tagged Book studies, Humanities Center, University of Vermont, Visualization tools
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