Scope and Contents This collection contains underground or alternative publications and ephemera regarding various social issues within and beyond the Middlebury College campus. The materials in this collection are not tied to specific events but rather represent ongoing trends and reflect campus climate and social movements generally.Some of the issues covered include: women's rights; civil rights; mental health; and counter-culture. Formats include: newspapers; zines; notes posted to bulletin...

Scope and Contents From the mid-1920s until Frost's death in 1963, Reginald L. Cook, Middlebury College graduate, professor, head of the American Literature department, and long-time director of the Bread Loaf School of English, kept detailed notes of all meetings with Robert Frost. The resulting journals include records of private conversations, intimate information about Frost, and transcriptions of Frost's formal lectures. The diary entries are presented with accuracy rather than style, by the author's own...

Scope and Contents Collection contains the handwritten journals (1943-1955) of Reginald L. Cook, notes from his early years teaching at Middlebury, unpublished typescript drafts of various novels and other writings, newspaper clippings, typescript draft of 1951 "Frost Book," typescript draft of Henry Thoreau: A Problem in Tactic, Frost research materials, Frost lectures and talks on cassette and reel-to-reel tapes, various literary publications, books belonging to Cook, as well...

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This record group contains registrar and admissions records for regular terms (i.e. not summer term), as well as promotional materials and other miscellaneous admissions-related papers.

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Retention contains materials acquired by Middlebury College Special Collections that typically have yet to be processed. Note that some materials in retention are restricted and cannot be accessed by researchers until a specified date.

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The Richard Jackson Papers include material from each of his five books of poetry and four chapbook adaptations, including some complete drafts and setting copies, as well as many incomplete drafts and alternate versions of poems. He also has several boxes of notebooks that record his ideas as well as his research. The collection also includes correspondences, literary projects, lectures, articles, essays, reviews, unpublished works, and personal memorabilia.

Abstract Letters from Leigh Updike, Middlebury College Class of 1956, to her boyfriend, Richard Jewett ’55, while he attended graduate school at MIT. From 1955 to 1956, through almost daily correspondence that reads like a diary, Ms. Updike describes the details of her life as a councilor at a summer camp for disabled children and as a college senior during the 1950s. Updike was involved in the Student Educational Policy Committee during a period of curricular change and the formative years of the...

Scope and Contents Collection contains manuscript family letters and related papers, 1844-1875, documenting the lives of Abijah Richardson, Jr., and his wife, Frances M. Manning Richardson of Medway and (later) Lawrence, Mass. Letters are often loving and informative, written by Abijah to his wife and parents in Medway, while he and his brother-in-law, Alvan W. Manning, sought their fortunes in California during the Gold Rush, 1852-1856. In total, there are ten letters concerning the Gold Rush, in which...

Abstract This collection is mostly compromised of letters from Charles Richmond to his brother Lorenzo Richmond. As Charles traveled west in search of opportunity and wealth he related his adventures to his brother back home in Vermont. Charles does a lot of travelling among the western cities of the time period including Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland, and Buffalo. He talks about opportunity and loss during the Jacksonian Era. The Panic of 1837 caused by the specie circular had detrimental effects...

Scope and Contents The correspondence in this collection between Buckeye and various authors was typically started by Buckeye when he invited them to speak at the Middlebury College library as a part of the speaker series he implemented during his time at the College. In several cases, communication developed into friendly correspondence. Authors with whom Buckeye corresponded with frequently include Bob Arnold, Carol Berge, Nicholas Delbanco, Lyle Glazier, and Mitchell Goodman. Box 1 contains 47 folders for...

Scope and Contents The collection of Robert Keren digital photographs documents Middlebury's physical plant, its faculty, staff and administrators, and a wide range of campus events and performances. The collection comprises 365 folders identified by date and subject. Each folder contains anywhere from 10-50 image files identified with a number. There is no additional metadata or identification. The image files are saved on the Digital Halcyon server: Z:\Archives and Special Collections\Manuscripts and...

Abstract The Pack Manuscripts document the creative genesis of one of a major American poet long-associated with Middlebury College. Harold Bloom described Robert Pack as a “humane and eloquent poet who follows Robert Frost and Edwin Arlington Robinson in a major American tradition.” Pack was also a highly regarded teacher of American literature at Middlebury College who served as Director of the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference from 1972 to 1995. His poems take inspiration from the landscape of...

Scope and Contents Letters of several generations of a number of related Quaker families in Vermont: principally the Robinsons, who were early settlers in Ferrisburgh, Vt., and the Stevens family, who were early settlers in East Montpelier, Vt. Letters include the Hoag and Jewell family of Charlotte, Vt., the Byrds of Vergennes, Vt., and the Rogers family of Ferrisburgh. Additional letters are from the Donaghy family, who came to Vergennes from Ireland during the Potato Famine and apparently changed their name...

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Collection of a wide variety of material relating to the Rutland Railroad, its predecessor the Rutland & Burlington Railroad, and the Central Vermont Railroad and New York Central Railroad, both of which had controlling interest in the Rutland Railroad at different times. Material types include annual reports, blueprints, correspondence, financial records, legal proceedings, ledgers, manuscript material, photographs, and valuation records.

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Collection contains the personal NASA papers of Sanders Rosenberg, including research materials, various publications, NASA Space Engineering Research Center for Utilization of Local Planetary Resources annual progress reports, binders containing research materials, papers, presentation materials, books, symposium materials and more.

Scope and Contents Collection contains materials primarily related to the family of Marjorie Holbrook Scott. It includes family photo albums, scrapbooks containing clippings from magazines and newspapers, photographs, photographic negatives, correspondence, Marjorie Holbrook Scott's school work, and other family documents. Most of the older photographs in the collection are portraits of family members, while the photographic negatives (dating from the early mid 1900s) appear to depict boating and family trips,...

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Includes 16 VHS tapes pertaining to Stafford's life and career, as well as five DVDs (reproduction) and one flash drive (reproduction) containing the same.

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Collection of eight letters totaling thirty-two quarto pages, three of which are cross-written in contrasting ink. Each letter incorporates an integral address panel with the Alton, Illinois cancellation. The letters are in good condition, clean and mostly legible, except for a small number of missing edges. The correspondence is written by Seth Sawyer to his nephew, James Ashton Hall.

Scope and Contents Collection contains promotional materials related to performances of the opera, Akhnaten (including performances at Emory in 2009, at ENO in London in 2016, and at the LA Opera in 2016), newspaper articles and clippings about composer Philip Glass and his work, and published materials about the opera, Akhnaten. Collection also contains recordings of lectures and talks about the opera, Akhnaten. These recordings take the form of online videos as well as audio cassettes. Please contact Special...

Scope and Contents This collection comprises 180 3-ring binders and 19 boxes. Contained in them are materials related to six different TV Shows on which Shawn Ryan has worked, The Shield, The Unit, The Oaks, Lie to Me, Terriers, and The Chicago Code, as well as materials related to other proposed projects. The majority of the collection consists of scripts with pen changes, budget information, preliminary research notes, and various media such as maps, photographs, and clippings related to Ryan's projects and...

Scope and Contents Collection contains approximately 20 handwritten letters exchanged between the Shepardson family between 1892 and 1901. During this time, Shepardson's wife and son appear to have been traveling, writing from such destinations as Spain, Italy, Belgium and Germany. Letters to Shepardson from his wife and son describe their daily activities abroad. Shepardson's missives often express how much he misses his family, and describe his activities, such as lecturing and working on theses. A final...

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Collection contains 26 holograph and typescript letters from Lewis to Guthrie, from 1926 to 1933. Letters are personal and professional, touching on subjects from Lewis's marriages to his writing process. See index for details about individual letters.

Abstract The collection includes 207 letters, written by members of the Charles Porter Spencer family of Brattleboro, Vermont. The majority of the letters are written by his wife Rosamond V. Mann Spencer, and the bulk of those are to their son Porter Newton Spencer during his stateside training and then active duty in France during WWI while he served in The American Expeditionary Forces (U.S. Army). The letters describe daily social and family life in Brattleboro, Vermont, and also the progress...

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The Staff records contain records and minutes for the Middlebury College Staff Council (MCSC), and its committees. Staff program records are contained in A15.II. Files on college staff members comprise the lion's share of the Staff files, and include especially large amounts of information on W. Storrs Lee and Elizabeth Baker Kelly.

Abstract A collection of letters and other memorabilia from an antebellum family. Edward Stevens, a merchant sailor, wrote many letters home to his wife and children. Often love letters or news of life aboard ship and at various ports throughout the world. Also included are letters from other relatives relating family news and loving support to Edward's wife during her time at home. The letters detail a loving family doing their best to stay in touch in a time of limited communication....