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Tag Archives: University of Vermont
College Memory Books, for Keepers of Keepsakes
On October 22, 1921, UVM student Dorothy Mayo Harvey typed a long letter to “family adorable, and adored.” She reported on her campus activities and included a paragraph about her search for a college memory book. I have a new … Continue reading
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Tagged college memories, memory books, student life, University of Vermont
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Black Caterer Managed UVM’s Hash House
The 1900 federal census recorded approximately 115 Black residents in Burlington, Vermont. Almon J. Clark, listed as colored in the 1900 census, lived with his wife Anna (54), his daughters Mary (24) and Ellen (22) and his sons John (19) … Continue reading
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Tagged Black history, college dining, Commons Hall, Hash House, University of Vermont
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Billings Library: A Most Delightful Place for Dancing
For over forty years, Commencement Week activities at the University of Vermont included what a 1912 headline called a “brilliant commencement function.” From 1894 to 1936, the evening of Class Day ended with a senior reception followed by a senior … Continue reading
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Tagged Billings Library, commencement, dance, University of Vermont
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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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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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UVM Experiments with Rubber Plant
Updated, July 2024 I’ve been on the lookout for photos of local World War II victory gardens, so this image caught my eye as I was searching through a carton of publicity photographs that Special Collections received from UVM’s Extension … Continue reading
Spring 2016 Programs–March 1 and 17
MARCHÂ 1, 5:30 In and Out of Print On March 1 at 5:30, Special Collections will host UVM art professor Steven Kostell for a discussion of his work investigating forms of mediation, production and collaboration through explorations in art, design and … Continue reading
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Tagged Book Arts, Memory, University of Vermont, War and Commemoration
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Touring Old Mill With Local School Children
I recently had the opportunity to lead a group of six Edmunds Elementary second graders on a tour of Old Mill. The students were from the classrooms of Mrs. Bellevance and Ms. McMorris, and were visiting as part of a … Continue reading
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Tagged Architecture, Edmunds Elementary, Old Mill, University of Vermont
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“She knew something about seeds” – A Tribute to Celia Thaxter
A casual conversation about favorite gardening books led us to browse a copy of Celia Thaxter’s An Island Garden from the University of Vermont’s Rare Book collection. We discovered that our copy is especially interesting for content that was added … Continue reading