Maple Research Collection
Collection Overview
This collection documents the history of maple research at the University of Vermont. Included in the collection is a selection of photographs from the archives of the Proctor Maple Research Center (PMRC), a field station of the Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of Vermont (UVM), and the first permanent maple research facility in the United States. The photographs, taken between 1948-1957, document the construction of the field station’s first sugarhouse, as well as the PMRC sugar bush and early maple experiments. Also included in the collection are the published University of Vermont Agricultural Extension bulletins on maple research (1890-1988), taken from both the Proctor Maple Research Center archive and the University of Vermont Libraries Department of Special Collections.
Maple research in Vermont has a long history, dating back to the early 1890s, when C. H. (Charles Howard) Jones, head of the UVM Agricultural Experiment Station and a prominent early maple sugar chemist, conducted seminal research on the biology of maple trees to better understand the sap flow mechanism and its dependence on meteorological changes, as well as the considerable variance in sap sugar content.
In 1946, James Marvin and Fred Taylor founded the Proctor Maple Research Center with a donation by Governor Mortimer Proctor of the former “Harvey Farm” in Underhill Center, Vermont, to UVM. For the first year of operation, research on sap flow, maple tree physiology, and the economics of maple production were conducted in an 8’ x 12’ shed. In 1948, the first sugarhouse was constructed to allow research on syrup production techniques, followed several years later by the C.H. Jones Laboratory (which served as the primary research laboratory until it burned down in 1998).
Through the years, the PMRC has had its fair share of prominent maple researchers, scientists and educators, including Frederick Laing, whose research helped develop and improve methods of installing plastic tubing and directed improvements in using vacuum pumps to increase sap yields, and Mariafranca Morselli, who brought a greater understanding to the role of microorganisms in determining syrup grade, as well as developing methods to detect adulteration of maple syrup by adding other sugars.
In 1999, the PMRC was named to the National Register of Historic Places, and today houses facilities that include an 8,000 square foot laboratory and a demonstration and research sugarhouse, as well as the original research shed.
Time Period Covered: 1890 - 1988
Published: February 10, 2010, University of Vermont, Bailey/Howe Library, Special Collections
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Creator(s)
- Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station [4]
- Green Mountain Packing Co. [2]
- Maple Grove Candy, Inc. [2]
- Barbieri, Christopher G. (Christopher George), 1941- [1]
- Eli Camp (Firm) [1]
- H. M. Hicks (Firm) [1]
- Hills, Joseph Lawrence, 1861-1954 [1]
- L. E. & G. R. Squier (Firm) [1]
- McKay, A. W. (Andrew William), 1883- [1]
- Munn Brothers (Firm) [1]
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- text [15]
Genre(s)
- labels [9]
- bulletins [3]
- pamphlets [2]
- technical reports [2]
Topic(s)
- Maple products [15]
- Maple syrup [10]
- Agriculture Research [4]
- Maple sugar [3]
- Maple syrup industry [2]
- n-us-vt [1]
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Title: A new maple product
Creator: Smith, Richard W. (Richard Watson), 1898-1935; Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station
Date: September 1933
Resource type: technical reports
Resource type: bulletins
Title: Brier Rose Brand Syrup
Creator: Green Mountain Packing Co.
Resource type: labels
Label for "Brier Rose Brand Syrup," produced by Green Mountain Packing Company, St. Albans, Vermont.
Title: Eli Camp Maple Syrup
Creator: Eli Camp (Firm)
Resource type: labels
Label reading "Maple Syrup, made in Vermont, home of the finest maple goods in the world." Made by Eli Camp, East Randolph, Vermont.
Title: Green Mountain Brand
Creator: Green Mountain Packing Co.
Resource type: labels
Label for "Green Mountain Brand Pure Vermont Maple Syrup," packed by the Green Mountain Packing Co., St. Albans, Vermont.
Title: H.M. Hicks
Creator: H. M. Hicks (Firm)
Resource type: labels
Label for "Maple Syrup," produced by H.M. Hicks, Brattleboro, Vermont.
Title: How to lessen the content of lead in maple product (progress report)
Creator: Hills, Joseph Lawrence, 1861-1954; Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station
Date: February 1938
Resource type: technical reports
Title: Maple Cream
Creator: L. E. & G. R. Squier (Firm)
Resource type: labels
Label for "Maple Cream, made from 100% Pure Maple Syrup," packed for L.E. & G.R. Squier, Waterbury, Vermont.
Title: Maple Grove Candiers
Creator: Maple Grove Candy, Inc.
Resource type: pamphlets
Pamphlet for "Maple Grove Candiers," St. Johnsbury, Vermont.
Title: Maple Grove Candies
Creator: Maple Grove Candy, Inc.
Resource type: pamphlets
Pamphlet for "Maple Grove Candies," St. Johnsbury, Vermont.
Title: Maple marketing in department stores (a sales test)
Creator: Webster, Fred C., 1923-; Barbieri, Christopher G. (Christopher George), 1941-; Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station
Date: July 1964
Resource type: bulletins
Title: Marketing Vermont maple-sap products
Creator: McKay, A. W. (Andrew William), 1883-; Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station
Date: July 1922
Resource type: bulletins
Title: Mr. Mansfield brand Sugar Compote
Resource type: labels
Label for "Mt. Mansfield Brand Sugar Compote," produced by Bay State Maple Syrup Company, Boston, Massachusetts.
Title: Munn Brothers
Creator: Munn Brothers (Firm)
Resource type: labels
Label for "Guaranteed Pure Vermont Maple Sugar and Syrup," produced by Munn Brothers, Saranac Lake, New York.
Title: P.B.B. Northrop Maple Syrup
Creator: P. B. B. Northrop (Firm)
Resource type: labels
Label for "Pure Vermont Maple Syrup, guaranteed standard quality by the Vermont Maple Sugar Maker's Association." Produced by P.B.B. Northrop in Sheldon, Vermont.
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