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Category Archives: Vermontiana
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
Posted in Vermontiana
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
Summer Session at UVM, 100 Years Ago
Note: This post was inspired by archival material that we shared with UVM Continuing and Distance Education staff during a great tour of Special Collections earlier this summer. In 1919, the UVM summer session, which ran from July 7 to … Continue reading
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Tagged summer school, University of Vermont, Vermont
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President Eisenhower at the Vermont Dairy Festival
The summer of 1955 was an especially busy time for Vermonters engaged in dairy farming. June was declared Dairy Month and a series of public events, including a parade, square dance displays, and dairy exhibits, culminated in President Dwight D. … Continue reading
Posted in Manuscript Collection, Vermontiana
Tagged cows, Dairy, Dwight D. Eisenhower, milk, Vermont Dairy Month
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J. Lamb’s Little Books for Children
Between 1820 and 1830, Burlington, Vermont experienced significant growth. The population increased dramatically, from 2111 in 1820 to 3526 in 1830, a 67% increase. Among the new residents who relocated from other Vermont communities were Jonathan Lamb (1795-1851), an educator … Continue reading
Spotlight: Billings Library Souvenir Ceramics
One of the best parts of working in a library is that there is always something to discover (or rediscover) in the collections. While preparing for our move to new quarters in the Billings Library, we came across an unassuming … Continue reading
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Tagged Billings Library, University of Vermont
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Champlain Valley Fair Album
As the Champlain Valley Fair winds down for this year, we are sharing an album of fair photos from the 1940s and 1950s. Manuscripts curator Chris Burns created the album using a wonderful selection of photographs from the James Detore … Continue reading
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Tagged agricultural fairs, Champlain Valley Fair, Essex Junction, James Detore, photography, VT
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