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Malvine Cole Papers

Collection Summary

Repository

University of Vermont Libraries Special Collections Burlington, Vermont 05405-3596

Creator

Cole, Malvine

Title

Malvine Cole Papers

Dates [inclusive]

1950-1972

Quantity

5 cartons

Shelf location

Library Research Annex.

Language

English

Abstract

Principal subjects include: COPA, Daniel Webster Day (Stratton festival celebrating the anniversary of Webster's visit in 1840), Friends of Rehabilitation, Hills of Vermont (a real estate venture), Offski Theatre, and material relating to Cole's public relations work with Stratton Mountain, and the political campaigns of Luke Crispe, Henry Vail and Philip Hoff.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

University of Vermont, Bailey/Howe Library, Special Collections © 1998 

Access:

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights:

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Curator of Manuscripts.

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Biography

Malvine Cole was born in New York in 1914. She attended Cornell University where she received her B.A. in English in 1934. Malvine is a multi-faceted woman whose talents and ambitions have brought her into the fields of writing, public relations and politics. Her accomplishments are noteworthy: free-lance writer for N.Y. World Telegram, Christian Science Monitor, N.Y. Times Sunday Magazine, Vermont Life and other publications since 1934; news reporter for the Washington Post and the Washington Times Herald, 1935-37; correspondent for the Bascom Timmons News Bureau, Fairchild Publications and the New York Times Bureau, 1937-40; Fawcett Publications correspondent, 1941-45; Rutland Herald columnist, 1954-55; published articles in the Atlantic Monthly, 1965-66; wrote and produced The Drama of Lincoln, N.H. for the Lincoln bicentennial Celebration in 1964.

Malvine's love of the arts motivated her to organize the Offski Theatre in Stowe (1968), and in the same year she became the artistic director of the Community of performing Arts (COPA) in Ripton. A year earlier she had been the public relations director of the Weston Playhouse.

Following her divorce in 1952, Malvine pursued a career in public relations, and she worked for: Henry Vail's Gubernatorial Campaign (1954-55), Norwich University (1955-56), Vermont MS Society (1957), Vermont Maple Industry Council (1957-61), A. Luke Crispe Congressional (1958) and Gubernatorial (1960) campaigns, Stratton Mountain Ski Development (1956-61), and the Philip H. Hoff Gubernatorial Campaign of 1964. Her interest in politics began in 1941 when she began a war nursery in Washington, D.C. (1941-45), and in 1955 her Vermont political career began when she was elected State Representative from Stratton. She served in various elected offices on the town level, but she failed to gain the State Senate seat in 1957. In 1968 she was a delegate to the New Party (founded by Dick Gregory) convention.

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Scope and Content

The Malvine Cole papers are arranged alphabetically by topic. Principal subjects include: COPA, Daniel Webster Day (Stratton festival celebrating the anniversary of Webster's visit in 1840), Friends of Rehabilitation, Hills of Vermont (a real estate venture), Offski Theatre, and material relating to Cole's public relations work with Stratton Mountain, and the political campaigns of Luke Crispe, Henry Vail and Philip Hoff.

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Additional Information

Correspondents of Note

• Aiken, George D to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 1 Folder 3

• Aiken, George D. to  Cole, Malvine

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  Location: Box 1 Folder 19

• Arnold, Martin to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 1 Folder 10

• Alexander, Myrl to  Grady, Wes

  Note

  Location: Box 1 Folder 32

• Baget, Julien to  Korn, Richard

  Note

  Location: Box 2 Folder 4

• Bayh, Birch to  Korn, Richard.

  Note

  Location: Box 2 Folder 4

• Buckley, Garry to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 4 Folder 21

• Collins, Kenalene J. to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 1 Folder 15

• Crispe, Luke A. to  Hoff, P.

  Note

  Location: Box 1 Folder 19

• Crispe, Luke A. to  Hoff, P.

  Note

  Location: Box 1 Folder 19

• Crispe, Luke A. to  Hoff, P.

  Note

  Location: Box 1 Folder 19

• Crispe, Luke A. to  Hoff, P.

  Note

  Location: Box 1 Folder 27

• Cowles, William to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 2 Folder 6

• Duffy, Clinton T. to  Grady, Wes

  Note

  Location: Box 1 Folder 19

• D'Amore, Kristin to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 2 Folder 1

• Davis, Deane C. to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 2 Folder 3

• Dellmus, Ronald V. to  Reagan, R.

  Note

  Location: Box 2 Folder 4

• Forrest, Arnold to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 2 Folder 10

• Forrest, Arnold to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 2 Folder 10

• Gourdine, Meredith C. to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 1 Folder 10

• Galligan, Arthur J. to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 1 Folder 1

• Grady, Wes to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 1 Folder 19

• Grady, Wes to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 1 Folder 28

• Grady, Wes to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 1 Folder 30

• Grady, Wes to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 1 Folder 30

• Grady, Wes to  Alexamder, Myrl

  Note

  Location: Box 1 Folder 32

• Grady, Wes to  Governor Davis

  Note

  Location: Box 2 Folder 3

• Grady, Wes to  Sands, B.

  Note

  Location: Box 2 Folder 3

• Grady, Wes to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 2 Folder 3

• Gill, Howard E. to  Conlin, E.

  Note

  Location: Box 1 Folder 20

• Gibson, Ernest W. to  Stafford, R.

  Note

  Location: Box 1 Folder 20

• Gibson, Ernest W. to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 2 Folder 21

• Gushing, Gertrude to  Grady, Wes

  Note

  Location: Box 1 Folder 24

• Harrison, Alfred C. to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 1 Folder 29

• Harmon, Ernest N. to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 2 Folder 7

• Hoff, Philip to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 2 Folder 31

• Ireland, Russell to  Stafford, R.

  Note

  Location: Box 1 Folder 15

• Korn, Richard to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 1 Folder 19

• Korn, Richard to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 2 Folder 4

• Kilpatrick, Bill to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 1 Folder 25

• Keysar, Steven E. to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 2 Folder 13

• Keysar, F. Ray to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 5 Folder 21

• Lamb, Arthur to  Stafford, R.

  Note

  Location: Box 1 Folder 15

• Meachem, Sydney J. to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 2 Folder 23

• McLaughlin, [unknown] to Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 4 Folder 21

• Morrison, Leonard to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 4 Folder 21

• Murtagh, Reverend George to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 1 Folder 19

• Murtagh, Reverend George to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 1 Folder 20

• Mahar, Fred to  Com. Woodhull

  Note

  Location: Box 1 Folder 30

• Pilnick, Saul to  Korn, Richard

  Note

  Location: Box 1 Folder 28

• Pringle, Val to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 4 Folder 10

• Pillon, Charles to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 2 Folder 26

• Rogers, Mrs. William P. to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 1 Folder 10

• Robertson, William R. to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 1 Folder 10

• Ross, Sid to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 1 Folder 25

• Reginbald, Richard to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 2 Folder 6

• Rugg, William C. to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 2 Folder 15

• Rugg, William C. to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 2 Folder 19

• Sheridan, William H. to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 1 Folder 19

• Sheridan, William H. to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 1 Folder 20

• Sandor, Frank E. to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 1 Folder 30

• Stevens, Rick to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 2 Folder 10

• Salmon, Thomas P. to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 2 Folder 13

• Salmon, Thomas P. to  Parker, A.

  Note

  Location: Box 2 Folder 13

• Sprague, Sherman to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 2 Folder 28

• Spencer, John M. to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 2 Folder 31

• Sobers, Jean to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 3 Folder 25

• Snyder, F. V. to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 4 Folder 23

• Smith, John A. to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 5 Folder 16

• Smith, Mary to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 5 Folder 16

• Taft, Elsie to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 2 Folder 14

• Taylor, Edwin to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 3 Folder 14

• Tead, Ordway to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 5 Folder 29

• Wilson, Kenneth to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 1 Folder 3

• Wilson, Douglas to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 1 Folder 19

• Wilson, Douglas to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 1 Folder 21

• Wilcock, Reverend Fred to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 1 Folder 21

• Wright, Mary to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 2 Folder 7

• Williams, Henry B. to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 2 Folder 38

• Williams, Clyde to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 4 Folder 10

• Watson, Thomas to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 4 Folder 8

• Wright, Bob to  Cole, Malvine

  Note

  Location: Box 4 Folder 23

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