Brainerd, Ezra, 1844-1924

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Letter from Aldace Freeman Walker to President Ezra Brainerd declining an offer to speak at Middlebury

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Letter from Aldace Freeman Walker to President Ezra Brainerd concerning a trip to Princeton

Scope and Contents The Brainerd Family Papers includes the writings, research, and correspondence of Ezra Brainerd - scientist, botanist, surveyor, published researcher, and former president and trustee of Middlebury College - and papers associated with his children, their work, family homesteads, towns of interest (St. Albans and Belmont, VT), and family genealogy. There are also photographs and ephemera representing the town of Middlebury, particularly the Middlebury Union High School and Middlebury...

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Letter from Brainerd Kellogg to President Ezra Brainerd regarding a financial contribution.

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Letter from Brainerd Kellogg to President Ezra Brainerd regarding candidates for the D. D. honorary degree.

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Four manuscript letters written by Calvin B. Moody (Class of 1877) to President Ezra Brainerd

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Letter from David Judson Newland to President Ezra Brainerd requesting that an honorary degree be bestowed upon A. Barton Hepburn.

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Letter from David Judson Newland to President Ezra Brainerd thanking him for bestowing an honorary degree upon A. Barton Hepburn

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Brainerd Family Papers includes the writings, research, and correspondence of Ezra Brainerd - scientist, botanist, surveyor, published researcher, and former president and trustee of Middlebury College - and papers associated with his children, their work, family homesteads, towns of interest (St. Albans and Belmont, VT), and family genealogy. There are also photographs and ephemera representing the town of Middlebury, particularly the Middlebury Union High School and Middlebury...

Scope and Contents Subjects, activities and documents included in Brainerd's correspondence include: the expansion of the Middlebury campus and specifically correspondence with archivtects and trustees for the building of Starr Library and Warner Science Hall, supporting co-education at Middlebury by establishing Battell Hall and anticipating the building of a dedicated facility on land allocated for the Women's campus, the Centennial Celebration and various arrnagements for speakers and awards of honorary...

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Two microscopes with accompanying lenses belonging to Ezra Brainerd in original wooden boxes.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Subjects, activities and documents included in Brainerd's correspondence include: the expansion of the Middlebury campus and specifically correspondence with archivtects and trustees for the building of Starr Library and Warner Science Hall, supporting co-education at Middlebury by establishing Battell Hall and anticipating the building of a dedicated facility on land allocated for the Women's campus, the Centennial Celebration and various arrnagements for speakers and awards of honorary...

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Letter from Frank A. Walker to President Ezra Brainerd recommending W. A. Davison for an honorary degree.

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Letter from George Edwin Lawrence to President Ezra Brainerd about a doctor seeking a Master of Arts degree

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Letter from George Williams Ellis to President Ezra Brainerd regarding the return of Emma Willard address

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Letter from George W. Ellis to President Ezra Brainerd about copying an Emma Willard essay

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Letter from George Williams Ellis to President Ezra Brainerd about sending copies of an Emma Willard article

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Letter from George Williams Ellis to President Ezra Brainerd regarding a paper by Emma Willard

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Letter from George Williams Ellis to President Ezra Brainerd about sending copies of a paper by Emma Willard to suggested readers

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1 90 minute interview with Egbert Charles Hadley by David Stameshkin. Interview references Marjorie (Finch) Hadley, and Deborah Clifford. Hadley discusses managing the baseball team; dorm life; compulsory chapel; senior theatre; Middlebury as the "poor man's college"; Harvard; prohibition; drinking around campus; Brainerd; Kellogg; how Middlebury has changed; commencement speakers; Armstrong; comparing presidents; facilities; McCullough gym; athletics; and working on the Kaleidoscope.

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Letter from Harlan Sylvester Perrigo to President Ezra Brainerd recommending a teacher

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Two manuscript letters written by Hazan Merrill Parker to President Ezra Brainerd

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Letter from Henry F. Severens to President Ezra Brainerd regarding Middlebury's Alumni Association

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Letter from Henry Franklin Severens to President Ezra Brainerd regarding Middlebury's centennial commencement and accomodations.

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Letter from Henry Freeman Walker to President Ezra Brainerd regarding Middlebury's centennial

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Letter from James Davie Butler to President Ezra Brainerd regarding Middlebury's centennial

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Letter from James F. McNaboe (Class of 1882) to President Ezra Brainerd regarding an invitation to an alumni dinner and a meeting in New York City.

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Letter from John Wight Chapman to President Ezra Brainerd offering congratulations on the centennial anniversary celebration

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Letter from John Williams Bradshaw to President Ezra Brainerd expressing regret on being unable to attend Middlebury's centennial