Tag Archives: Burlington VT

A Tale of Two Burlington Women’s Clubs

Posted on August 21, 2023 by Special Collections

During the 2023 spring semester, Special Collections intern and History graduate student Brooke Talbott processed the records of two Burlington, Vermont women’s clubs. Drawing on correspondence, reports, minutes, scrapbooks, account books, ephemera and publications in the collections, Brooke tells the … Continue reading →

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Hot Beef Tea…In Great Demand

Posted on January 20, 2022 by Special Collections

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 →

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All Will Sing: Burlington’s 1918 Bastille Day Tribute

Posted on July 14, 2017 by Special Collections

“All will sing; all will pass in solemn procession up the street where Lafayette once passed himself when he was the guest of the city of Burlington; all will lay flowers before the statue which is the symbol of freedom-loving, … Continue reading →

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Burlington’s First City Market

Posted on December 22, 2015 by Special Collections

Since 2002, shoppers have been buying groceries at Onion River Co-op’s City Market on South Winooski Avenue in Burlington, Vermont. The store is very successful, with over 11,000 members/owners and thousands of shoppers every day. Prompted by a photo in … Continue reading →

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