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Repository: UVM Special Collections; UVM Archives; All Finding Aids

Topic: University of Vermont. -- Administration [12]; University of Vermont. -- History [11]; Religion--Vermont [7]; Vermont --History --Civil War, 1861-1865 [7]; View all topics

Coverage: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 [13]; Vermont--Politics and government [10]; Burlington (Vt.) [7]; Champlain, Lake [6]; View all places

Genre: Correspondence [92]; Photographs [44]; Clippings [29]; Financial records [24]; View all genre

Caledonia Association records: Creator: Caledonia Association; Dates: 1829-1910; Extent: 1 linear ft. (1 box); Abstract: Includes minutes, correspondence, clippings, resolutions, invitations, and notes documenting the work of the Caledonian Association. The association's main activity seems to have been to foster theological discussion and debate.
Caledonia County Sunday School records: Creator: Caledonia County Sunday School Society.; Dates: 1835-1847; Extent: 1 linear ft. (1 box); Abstract: Includes correspondence, reports, speeches, petitions, and lists created by Rev. John H. Worcester in the course of his involvement with the Caledonia County Sunday School.
Harriet Pope and Charles Walter Carpenter papers: Creator: Carpenter, Harriet (Harriet Pope Carpenter), 1875-1962.; Dates: 1895-1902; Extent: .25 linear feet (8 folders); Abstract: The collection is primarily comprised of letters exchanged by Harriet Pope and Charles Walter Carpenter during the period of their courtship.
George C. Cary Papers: Creator: Cary, George C. 1864-1931.; Dates: 1898-1986; Extent: 2.25 linear feet (2 boxes) 1 oversized folder; Abstract: George Clinton Cary (1864-1931) founded the Cary Maple Sugar Company, which eventually grew to a million-dollar business, in St. Johnsbury in 1904. Cary had to file for bankruptcy in 1931, but the bankruptcy did not affect his company since the liabilities were mainly due to accommodation endorsements on notes and papers of business concerns. The collection consists mainly of correspondence and financial and legal records relating to Cary's bankruptcy and estate.
Cray family home movies: Creator: Cray Family; Dates: 1942-1956; Extent: 1 linear foot (41 reels); Abstract: The collection includes black and white and color 8 mm. movies of family and friends, vacations in Maine, and films with Vermont backgrounds, such as the Tunbridge and Rutland Fairs; Joe's Pond in Danville, Miles Pond in East Concord, and Harvey's Lake in Barnet; the St. Johnsbury pet and circus parades; and the Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe.
Earl Cross covered bridge photograph collection: Creator: Cross, Earl, 1892-1979.; Dates: 1940's; Extent: 1.5 linear feet; Abstract: The collection primarily consists of negatives taken by Earl Cross depicting Vermont covered bridges ca. 1940.

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Records of the Northern New England Weather Center: Creator: Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium; Dates: 1894-1997; Abstract: The Northern New England Weather Center is a program of the Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium. Collection includes weather observations and recordings documenting meteorological conditions in St. Johnsbury and other sites in northern Vermont from 1894 to the present.
The Collection of Dispatches to and from Governor Fairbanks: Creator: Fairbanks, Erastus, 1792-1864.; Dates: 05/1860 - 10/1861; Extent: .25 linear feet (14 folders) 8 oversize folders; Abstract: This collection is made up of a large number of telegraphic dispatches and some letters to and from Governor Erastus Fairbanks primarily during the period of April 1861 through October 1861.
Carlton R. Felch diaries: Creator: Felch, Carlton R., 1836-1922.; Dates: 1862-1918; Extent: 2 linear feet (40 folders); Abstract: The collection consists of rather brief daily entries in yearly diaries from 1862 through 1918 with the years 1866-1867, 1879-1877, and 1912-1917 missing. At the end of some diaries are records of accounts and/or listings of some local news items, local events, and local deaths, marriages, etc.
George Felch papers: Creator: Felch, George Carlton 1870-1939.; Dates: 1880-1937; Extent: 2 linear feet (33 volumes); Abstract: George Felch was born of February 24, 1870 and died on March 20, 1939 in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. The collection is primarily comprised of diaries, which begin in George's young adulthood and continue up until two years prior to his death.

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Grand Army of the Republic: Creator: Grand Army of the Republic. George Chamberlain Post No. 1 (Saint Johnsbury, Vt.); Dates: 1865-1941; Extent: 7.25 linear ft. (6 boxes); Abstract: This collection contains a reasonably complete view of the Chamberlain Post No. 1, after its resurgence in 1880. It contains governing documents, minutes, ledgers, and secret ritual and service books, which show the form and working of internal GAR meetings.
Arthur Graves Home Movies: Creator: Graves, Arthur; Dates: 1946-1960; Extent: 1 linear foot (15 reels); Abstract: Includes 18 reels of 8mm films, depicting Graves' home and family, the St. Johnsbury and New England region, Canada, and trips taken by the Graves family to the American West, Florida, and England and Scotland.

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Horace Locklin papers: Creator: Locklin, Horace; Dates: 1826-1945; Extent: 0.25 linear feet (6 folders); Abstract: Includes a single volume diary and financial records authored by or addressed to Horace Locklin.

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Passumpsic Valley Craft Guild records: Creator: Passumpsic Valley Craft Guild; Dates: 1953-1974; Extent: .25 linear feet (13 folders); Abstract: The Passumpsic Valley Craft Guild was part of the Vermont Society of Craftsmen, which was founded in 1938 and incorporated in 1947. Includes histories and by-laws, treasurers' reports, correspondence, check statement books, membership lists, newsletters, and fair consignors' lists.
William Henry Preston papers: Creator: Preston, William Henry.; Dates: 1861-1908; Extent: .25 linear feet (23 folders) 3 oversized folders; Abstract: The collection is made up primarily of letters to William Henry Preston from family and friends between 1861 and 1864. This correspondence includes letters from his mother, Mary Preston and two sisters Juliette and Mary.
William Henry Proctor papers: Creator: Proctor, William Henry, 1840-; Dates: 1855-1908; Extent: .5 linear feet (27 folders) 1 oversized folder; Abstract: Includes diaries, correspondence, government documents, land deeds, newspaper clippings, photographs, and a personal account documenting William Henry Proctor's Civil War experiences and his life following the War up until 1908.

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Town of St. Johnsbury records: Creator: St. Johnsbury (Vt.: Town); Dates: 1790-1920; Extent: 4 linear feet (5 boxes); Abstract: Includes financial records, correspondence, minutes, ledgers, pay vouchers, and related materials created and maintained by the Town of St. Johnsbury from 1790 to 1920.
Art Gallery Activity Records: Creator: St. Johnsbury Athenaeum (Saint Johnsbury, Vt.); Dates: 1873-2002; Extent: 1 1/2 linear feet (3 boxes); Abstract: These records reflect curatorial and educational activities, as well as management of the collections of the Art Gallery, including appraisals (1873,1956-2001), fundraising, conservation, loans, rights and reproductions, and publicity. Also included in this record group are files relating to the entire gallery, as opposed to individual artworks, such as rights and reproductions for photographing the gallery, and records of in situ conservation work not attributable to individual artworks.
Librarians' program records: Creator: St. Johnsbury Athenaeum (Saint Johnsbury, Vt.); Dates: 1981-1994; Extent: .5 linear ft.; Abstract: Includes correspondence, promotional materials, and notes documenting the development and execution of programs at the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum between 1981 and 1994.
Art gallery object records: Creator: St. Johnsbury Athenaeum (Saint Johnsbury, Vt.); Dates: 1873-2002; Extent: 8 linear feet; Abstract: Includes records relating to the interpretation and conservation of individual paintings, works on paper, furnishings, rare books, photograph collections, and other objects in the collection of the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum .
Librarians' reports: Creator: St. Johnsbury Athenaeum (Saint Johnsbury, Vt.); Dates: 1926-1991; Extent: .75 linear ft. (2 volumes, 1/4 box); Abstract: Includes formal reports made by Cornelia Fairbanks (Librarian, 1920-1952), Aurilla H. Gladding (Librarian, 1952-1973), Jean F. Madden Marcy (Librarian 1973-1987),and Gael B. Stein (Librarian 1987-1993) to the Athenaeum's Board of Trustees on an annual basis.
Jean Marcy's and Gael Stein's records: Creator: St. Johnsbury Athenaeum (Saint Johnsbury, Vt.); Dates: 1966-1993; Extent: .75 linear ft.; Abstract: Comprised of the subject and correspondence files of Librarian Gael Stein and her predecessor Jean Marcy.
Stone family papers: Creator: Stone family..; Dates: 1849-1998; Extent: 3.75 linear ft. (4 boxes); Abstract: The Stone family papers include correspondence, personal papers, photographs, and publications belonging to several generations of Laura Stone's antecedents. The work of Arthur Stone, in the form of correspondence, notes, speeches, and writings, takes up the bulk of the collection.

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