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Category Archives: Vermontiana
Christmas Cards from the Studio of Katherine Crockett
In January 1966, T. D. Seymour Bassett, the curator of the UVM Wilbur Collection, sent a letter to Katherine Crockett in Pittsford, Vermont. Bassett wrote that he had received two of her attractive Christmas cards from friends in St. Louis … Continue reading
High License, Local Option, and the 1902 Election
As the 2022 election season draws to a close, we offer an article by graduate student Juniper Oxford about the 1902 election, when prohibition in Vermont was the central contentious issue. Juniper conducted research for the article in Special Collections … Continue reading
Rah for UVM!
When a researcher came upon this faded pennant in the papers of alumnus Richard U. Cogswell (class of 1925) last week, he noted that the 100th anniversary of a UVM football victory was at hand. On October 21, 1922, the … Continue reading
Tons of Honey: The Forbes Apiary
When Bill Mares and Ross Conrad were doing research for their 2018 book, The Land of Milk and Honey: A History of Beekeeping in Vermont, they discovered a number of helpful resources in Silver Special Collections. Unfortunately, we found few … Continue reading
Posted in New Aquisition, Vermontiana
Tagged apiary, beekeeper, honey, West Haven VT
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Special Collections Honors Women’s History Month With New Digital Collection
In celebration of Women’s History Month, we are pleased to announce the launch of our latest digital collection, Diaries. The collection provides access to more than thirty digitized and transcribed diaries from the late eighteenth to early twentieth century, with … Continue reading
Portraits of Black Vermonters: The Hazard and Mero Families
To celebrate Black History Month, we are sharing portraits of the Hazard and Mero families of Woodstock, Vermont. Both families were part of the town’s small Black community that had roots extending back to the late 1820s. The collection includes … Continue reading
Posted in Vermontiana
Tagged Black Vermonters, Hazard Family, Mero Family, Woodstock VT
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Hot Beef Tea…In Great Demand
Earlier this month, I shared a photo from our Burlington Photo Collection with Mark Bushnell for his article, Burlington’s Winter Carnival was a Smash Hit, in VTDigger. Shot from Church Street, the photo shows the Main Street coasting hill and … Continue reading
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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