Twilight, Alexander Lucius, 1795-1857

Scope and Contents Photocopies of articles pertaining to the 22 sermons by Twilight discovered in 2002. Includes "A new window has opened on Alexander Twilight" by David Zimmerman (The Chronicle, July 24, 2002), "Sermons by Alexander Twilight shed new light on enigma" by Anne Wallace Allen (Times Argus, February 26, 2002), "Vermont museum gets only known writing of 1st black U.S. college grad" (Valley News, February 26, 2002), "Old sermons shed new light on preacher" by Anne Wallace Allen (Eagle Tribune,...

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Biographical materials compiled by Greg Hileman from 1973 to 1974. Contents include the general catalog entry (1950), holograph of Pearson's 1853 edition, an entry from Hemenway's Gazeteer, an article from The Vermonter (1929), an article from the Middlebury College Newsletter (Spring 1936), an article from the Newsletter (Spring 1959), and copies of Twilight's signature from church records.

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1 interview with Elbert Charles Cole (Class of 1915) by David Stameshkin. Cole discusses athletics; dances; sororities; social life; Pearsons Hall; McCullough gym; baseball field; new chapel; President Moody; old campus; student jobs; undergroud railroad at Brainerd's house; Redfield Proctor; trustees; Mrs. Moody; Alexander Twilight; World War II; alumni events; E. Pruda Wiley; commencement; and Dwanye Robinson.

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Genealogy of Ichabod Twilight, father of Alexander Twilight, researched by John M. Lovejoy. Also includes a letter from Lovejoy to Bob Buckeye, dated May 15, 1995.

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Includes pages pertaining to Middlebury College in Michael T. Hahn's children's biography of Alexander Twilight. Also includes typescript letter from Hahn to Bob Buckeye, dated September 25, 1997.

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Essay read by Associate Professor of History, Bill Hart, at the Old Stone House Museum in Brownington, Vermont on September 23, 2020. In the essay, Hart discusses Twilight's life, racial identity, and the Twilight Project at Middlebury College.

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Correspondence belonging to professor Kenneth B. Holmes regarding the race of Alexander Twilight.

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Letters read by alumni of Brownington Academy at the annual meeting of the Orleans County Historical Society, Brownington, Vermont.

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Poem entitled "Old Stone House" dedicated to the students who attended the institution, with photograph of the building.

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Includes curator Bob Buckeye's exhibition statement and exhibit case cards.