Category Archives: Manuscript Collection

Vermont Statehood: A Dissenting Opinion from the Allen Family

Posted on March 3, 2016 by Special Collections

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 →

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Vermonter Henry Stevens, Jr., Joins Yale’s “Skull & Bones” Secret Society

Posted on August 19, 2015 by Special Collections

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 →

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Longhouse Records Now Available

Posted on May 5, 2015 by Special Collections

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 →

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Unexpected Gifts

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Special Collections

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 →

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