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Author Archives: Special Collections
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
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
Posted in Events, University Archives, Vermontiana
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
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
“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
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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Unexpected Gifts
People periodically contact Special Collections to ask if we would be interested in acquiring some old Vermont books that they found in an attic or received from an elderly relative. One recent box contained a collection of home economics textbooks … Continue reading
Posted in Manuscript Collection, Vermontiana
Tagged Ellen H. Richards Clubs, home economics, recipes, Vermont
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