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Augustus Paddock Papers
Creator: Paddock, Augustus
Dates:  1862-1865
Extent:  0.8 Linear feet2 document boxes
Abstract: Collection contains family correspondence, including Civil War letters, photographs, a Civil War map, and other items and materials documenting the lives activities and Civil War service of memebers of the Paddock family, especially Augustus.
Parker Family Papers
Creator: Parker family
Dates:  1820-1952
Extent:  0.4 Linear feetOne box
Abstract: The Parker Family Papers consist largely of Civil War letters to and from Moses A. Parker. Parker's letters, many of which are to his fiance and eventual wife Eliza E. Hale Parker, offer considerable detail on the daily life of the Civil War soldier. The Parker Family was from Concord, Vermont.
Charles E. Parker Papers
Creator: Parker, Charles E., 1839-1924
Dates:  1810-1943
Extent:  10.0 Linear feetFive cartons, three boxes, two oversized folders
Abstract: Charles Edmund Parker (1839-1923) was a prominent businessman of Vergennes, Vermont, Civil War veteran, and politician. The collection covers 1810-1943 and includes family and civil war era correspondence, militia records, business records, and photographs.
Parker/Fleming Family Papers
Creator: Parker-Fleming family
Dates:  1835-1909
Extent:  1.25 Linear feet1 carton
Abstract: The Parker/Fleming Collection deals primarily with the descendants and relations of Charles Carrol Parker (1814-?), a Congregational minister who preached in various churches in Vermont and Maine, and Elizabeth Fleming Parker (1813-1979), his wife. The letters span the time period of 1835-1909, with the bulk of the collection lying between 1863-1879.
Frank C. Partridge Papers
Creator: Partridge, Frank C.
Dates:  1880-1950
Extent:  20.0 Linear feet
Abstract: Collection contains many volumes of letter books of Partridge's correspondence, his work on the Vermont claim for Civil War military expenditures, the legal papers from several large cases, papers from his unsuccessful run for the U.S. Senate in 1931, and other materials that document Partridge's life and political and legal activities.
Sanborn Partridge Papers
Creator: Partridge, Sanborn
Dates:  circa 1965
Extent:  5.6 Linear feet
Abstract: Collection consists of VT legislative commission materials related to the reapportionment of the Vermont State Legislature in 1965, including correspondence, maps, data and analysis, plans, notes, reports, and receipts.
Peake Family Papers
Creator: Peake family
Dates:  1793-1955
Extent:  7.45 Linear feet5 cartons, 3 boxes
Abstract: The Peake family arrived in the area that would become Addison County, Vermont, in 1779, when William Peake (1740-1813) moved with his family from Nantucket to the frontier town of Monkton. William's son Seth (1784-1827) settled in nearby Bristol in 1810 as a saddler and storekeeper, beginning more than a centry and a half of Peake residency in that community. The Peake Family Papers consist of approximately six linear feet of correspondence, bound manuscripts, diaries and other miscellaneous papers. The chronological span of the collection is from 1793 to 1955, with the heaviest concentration of material falling between 1840 and 1900.
Theodora Peck Papers
Creator: Peck, Theodora
Dates:  1842-1960
Extent:  5 cartons
Abstract:  The Theodora Peck collection is composed of a combination of family papers and literary manuscripts.
Perley Family Papers
Creator: Perley family
Dates:  1790-1908
Extent:  1 box
Abstract:  The Perley Family Papers consist of deeds to their property and correspondence about this property from 1790 to 1889, receipts belonging to Anson Perley between the years 1815-1871, and Anson Perley's Estate and Legal Papers from 1853 to 1908.
Samuel Pettengill Collection
Creator: Pettingill, Samuel Barrett,, b. 1886
Dates:  1939-1949
Extent:  1.0 Linear feet5 boxes
Abstract: Pettengill was a lawyer and a journalist. He served as United States Representative from Indiana. Collection includes eighteen vols. of newspaper columns entitled "Inside Your Congress" written by Pettingill, dealing chiefly with current events on the political scene, including the conduct of World War II, the establisment of the North Atlantic Tready Organization ( NATO ), and the United Nations, and the growing "red scare" over communism. Many of the pages contain annotations and other markings.
Charles Phelps Papers
Creator: Phelps, Charles
Dates:  1754/1785
Extent:  1 box
Abstract:  The Charles Phelps Papers consist of one document box of manuscripts from the 1750s to the 1780s relating to the Phelps' legal and land transactions, and to his participation in the disputes over jurisdiction over the New Hampshire Grants.
John Norton Pomeroy Papers
Creator: Pomeroy, John Norton, 1792-1881
Dates:  1792-1878
Extent:  2.0 Linear feetThree boxes
Abstract: Collection includes comittee correspondance, financial papers, subscription books, memorabilia, and other papers, relating to the erection and dedication of the Ethan Allen Monument in Burlington, together with essays, deeds, and legal papers, and local Unitarian Church material; and correspondence of Dr. John Pomeroy (1764-1844), with Medical notes and studies (1802-14) and financial accounts, of Dr. Pomeroy and Cassius F. Pomeroy. Includes materials on history of University of Vermont in the early 19th century.
Fletcher D. Proctor Papers
Creator: Proctor, Fletcher Dutton, 1860
Dates:  1904-1908
Extent:  0.4 Linear feet1 box
Abstract: Proctor served as Governor of Vermont, 1906-1908. Collection includes primarily correspondence between Proctor and the State attorney general, Clarke C. Fitts, concerning official State and Legal mattters and the legal position of the State on assorted issues.
Mortimer R. Proctor Papers
Creator: Proctor, Mortimer Robinson, 1889-1968
Dates:  1945-1946
Extent:  7.5 Linear feet6 cartons
Abstract: Proctor was a businessman who also served as state legislator and Governor of Vermont. Collection includes correspondence, notes, reports, newspapers clippings, printed matter, and other official papers from Proctor's governorships. Includes material relating to Brattleboro Retreat, flood control, Vermont-New Hampshire border dispute, and World War II domestic programs. Correspondents include U.S. Senators George D. Aiken, Warren R. Austin, Ralph E. Flanders, and U.S. Represenative Charles A. Plumley.
Prospect School and Center for Research and Education Archives
Creator: Prospect Archives and Center for Education and Research .
Dates:  Bulk, 1965-1991
Extent:  284.0 Linear feet
Abstract: The Prospect School and Center for Education and Research Archives contains the archives of the Prospect School (1965-1991) and the Prospect Archive and Center for Education and Research (1979-2010). The largest portion of the collection is comprised of the Prospect Archive of Children’s Work, which consists of visual and written work produced by more than sixty children who attended Prospect School. The collection also includes records and publications documenting Prospect’s administration, curriculum, adult educational programs, and consulting projects. The approximately 284 linear feet of materials in the collection encompasses manuscripts, artwork, photographs, and films dating between 1964 and 2011.
Winston L. Prouty Papers
Creator: Prouty, Winston Lewis, 1906-1971
Dates:  1906-1971
Extent:  272.0 Linear feet
Abstract: A Representative and a Senator from Vermont, born in Newport, Vermont in 1906. Collection includes correspondence, reports, and other papers relating to Prouty's service on House Committees on Foreign Affairs and Veterans Affairs, and Senate Committees on Labor and Public Welfare, Commerce, and Special COmmittee on Aging.

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