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Category Archives: Vermontiana
Wild Salad, Nettle Beer and the Mysterious Aristene Pixley
The fourth post in our series on cooking with recipes from our Vermont cookbook collection was contributed by Richard Witting, a UVM History graduate student as well as a chef, caterer and avid wildcrafter (forager). He joined Special Collections staff … Continue reading
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Tagged foraging, nettle beer, Vermont cookbooks, wild salad, wildcrafting
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Consuelo Northrop Bailey, UVM ’21: A Political Trailblazer
Consuelo Northrop Bailey helped paved the way for Vermont women in politics. Her list of political firsts is impressive. Here we outline her long career and bring it to life with photographs from UVM’s Consuelo Northrop Bailey Papers. Born in … Continue reading
Posted in Manuscript Collection, Vermontiana
Tagged election, politician, Republican
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Sweet and Rich: Maple Pie
When we developed an outline for a series of blog posts on making recipes from Vermont cookbooks, we quickly agreed that we should feature maple recipes in March, and more specifically, we should bake pies to celebrate Pi Day on … Continue reading
Baking with Substitute Flours: A Patriotic Sacrifice
When I encountered the 1918 UVM Extension Circular No. 13, “Substitute” Breads, Biscuits and Muffins, I knew I had found the topic for my first post in our year-long Vermont cookbook series. I started substituting whole wheat flour for white … Continue reading
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Tagged Bertha M. Terrill, bread substitutes, wheat conservation, wheatless, World War 1
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Pullin’ in the New Year!
Ingrid Bower continues our cookbook series with a post about making molasses taffy. December is generally known as a time to gather and celebrate with friends and family. It is a time when even mageirocophobes (those with a fear of … Continue reading
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Tagged candy pull, Genieve Lamson, taffy, Vermont cookbooks
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Hygge* in My Vermont Kitchen
Hygge: a Danish word meaning a quality of coziness and comfortable conviviality. For the next year, Silver Special Collections staff will share their adventures cooking with recipes from our Vermont cookbook collection. Sharon Thayer starts the series with this post … Continue reading
Racing to Ratify
In July 1920, Vermont had the chance to be the final state to ratify the 19th Amendment and guarantee women the right to vote. Congress passed the amendment in June 1919 and sent it to the states for ratification. By … Continue reading
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Tagged 19th amendment, Mason Stone, political cartoon, suffrage, Vermont
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Twisting the Night Away
Beginning in the summer of 2019, Special Collections worked with the Department of Theatre and Dance to plan an outreach program for this semester that included an exhibit, a lecture, a panel discussion, and a student performance. This is the … Continue reading
Work of Art: Dancing Together in Vermont
In February, we mounted a new exhibit in our small gallery, “Work of Art: Dancing Together in Vermont.” The exhibit examines the process involved in creating diverse dance communities, from groups of girls and boys in clever costumes tap dancing … Continue reading
Posted in Archives, Events, Exhibits, Vermontiana
Tagged Burlington VT dance studios, L. L McAllister, Lorette Sousie, Polly Nulty
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George Washington’s Bold, Clear Signature
In his 1902 book on the art of bookbinding, William Loring Andrews describes George Washington’s beautifully bound copy of The Contrast as “a book made doubly valuable by having the great chieftain’s bold, clear signature upon the title page.” That … Continue reading