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- Congressional Papers
- The University of Vermont (UVM) is a major repository for
Vermont Congressional papers, holding the records of over 30 Members of
Congress from 1791 to the present. The Congressional Papers collection will
provide access to digitized content from these papers. The intent is to
document selected aspects of the legislative history of Vermont's members of
Congress. In particular, we look at issues that were important for a
particular member as well as issues that have been important over time such
as support for dairy farmers, water quality, and slavery.
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- Congressional Portraits
- Individual and group portraits of Vermont members of Congress.
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- Congressional Speeches
- This collection features speeches made on the floor of the
United States House of Representatives and Senate by Vermont Congressmen.
Topics covered include the environment, education, agriculture, World War II
and selective service, the Mexican War, the tariff and international trade,
slavery, the Civil War and Reconstruction. The speeches date from 1812 to
the present and a wide variety of Congressmen are represented.
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- Dairy and the US Congress
- This collection documents legislative issues relating to dairy
such as milk pricing, subsidies, and oleomargarine. Vermont's congressional
delegation has a long and active history in matters relating to Vermont's
dairy farmers and the dairy industry. George Aiken, Elbert Brigham, James
Jeffords, and Patrick Leahy all served on Agriculture committees and their
collections document many of the agricultural issues that faced Congress in
the 20th Century.
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- Letters Home From Congress
- This collection features letters home from Warren R. Austin
(Senator, 1931-1946), Jacob Collamer (Representative, 1843-1848; Senator,
1855-1865), and Samuel C. Crafts (Representative, 1817-1824; Senator
1842-1843). The letters document travel to and from Washington by horse,
boat, train, and airplane; lodging in boarding houses, hotels, and homes;
social life in Washington; significant local and national events; and
legislative issues under consideration in Congress. Austin's letters are
particularly strong in their coverage of his frustration at being a minority
Senator during the era of Roosevelt and the New Deal; his activities on the
Judiciary Committee; and foreign affairs questions such as the Neutrality
Act. The letters of Crafts and Collamer both extensively cover the question
of slavery, discussing Missouri statehood, John Brown, the annexation of
Texas, and the Civil War. All three Congressmen frequently discuss questions
regarding appropriations and the Federal budget. Biographical information is
available from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, at:
http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp
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- Louis L. McAllister Photographs
- Louis Lloyd McAllister was born in Omaha, Nebraska on October 16, 1877, the son of Rosa (Gould) and William G. McAllister.
His father, a native of Warren VT, was a maker of tintypes in Bristol prior to the Civil War. L.L. returned to Vermont and
began photographing in Randolph in 1897. In a few years he moved to Burlington and became a well-known photographer in the
Burlington area with his business at 47 North Winooski Avenue.McAllister’s “trademark” was his panorama camera which made
him familiar to all sorts of groups ranging from graduating classes to state police to summer camp groups. In addition he
did print 8 x 10 photos, many of which document building construction and Burlington Street Department projects, as well as
group and individual portraits.McAllister died April 28, 1963, ending a sixty-year career as a Burlington area photographer.The
L.L. McAllister Collection includes portraits, construction projects, buildings, businesses and events in the Burlington area
covering the period ca. 1920-1960. The collection also includes photos of street, bridge, airport and sewer construction and
repair, as well as group portraits of clubs, schools, etc.
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- Tennie Toussaint Photographs
- The Tennie Toussaint collection includes photographs of
agricultural landscapes, logging, mills, barn raisings, and railroad bridges
from the Danville, Vermont area, circa 1900.
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