COVID-19 (Disease)

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Includes archived content from social media including Twitter and Instagram, as well as image and video files.

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Includes participant agreements and approximately 30 diaries written by students and two diaries written by staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. Most diaries date from May, 2020 to July, 2020, but some extend through September, 2020.

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In this special season of Midd Moment, Laurie Patton checks in with members of the Midd community to talk about how they are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. In this first episode, Dr. Mark Peluso, Middlebury's director of health services, shares the moment he first heard the word “COVID-19,” and when he realized the College would have to take big steps to help flatten the curve.

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In this special season of Midd Moment, Laurie Patton checks in with members of the Midd community to talk about how they are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. In this episode, Sabine Poux ‘20, Editor in Chief of The Campus, discusses having her senior year cut short and what it's like to remotely manage a vibrant student journalism endeavor.

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In this special season of Midd Moment, Laurie Patton checks in with members of the Midd community to talk about how they are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. In this episode, Jaewon Oh—a 2013 graduate of Middlebury and a master's degree candidate at MIIS—discusses the challenges of leading a student government remotely and explains how she remains motivated will studying in relative isolation.

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Alex Bishop, a cook at Ross Dining, has worked at the College for the last ten years. Alex shares how dining at Middlebury has evolved to respond to COVID-19, what it's like to be an essential worker on the Vermont campus, and how routine is keeping him grounded.

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In this special season of Midd Moment, Laurie Patton checks in with members of the Midd community to talk about how they are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. In this episode, Emily Barnard, a senior economics major and cocaptain of the Middlebury women's lacrosse team, shares how she's adjusting to her final season being canceled, how she's finding meaning through the alumni lacrosse community, and gratitude planks.

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In this episode, we hear from the actor and comedian, Alyssa Limperis '12. Alyssa talks with President Patton about why her shtick has always been "pandemic humor," what it's like to make videos in quarantine, and how joining a Middlebury improv group was her turning point. We also hear from her favorite characters: Mom and an avid Patriots fan.

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Jodie Keith and Jacques Bergevin speak with President Patton about working with custodial services to keep our campus safe and clean. Jodie and Jacques share what campus has been like since the students left: what it's like to schedule hourly sanitation of buildings, how every day feels like an empty Saturday morning, and that the infamous Middlebury squirrels have lost a bit of weight.

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In this episode, Dick Clay, a student at the Bread Loaf School of English, shares his story of recovering from COVID-19. Dick discusses when the seriousness of the virus hit him, the "wilderness path to recovery," and how he will process this experience through writing.

Scope and Contents From Apple Podcasts description: "Dan O'Brien ’96, a playwright and poet, and Jessica St. Clair ’98, a comedian and writer join president Patton for our final check in with the community during COVID-19 self-isolation. Dan and Jessica are a true power couple in the arts that met in a Middlebury improv group. They discuss Dan's essay Life Shrinks: Lessons from Chemo Quarantine, how reopening the country feels a lot like remission, and how their art is evolving to reflect the pandemic....

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Includes participant agreements and approximately 30 diaries written by students and two diaries written by staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. Most diaries date from May, 2020 to July, 2020, but some extend through September, 2020.

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In this oral history interview, Katie Barton, Class of 2023, discusses the presidential and senate race in North Carolina. Barton also mentions clubs on campus, including the meditation club and a pandemic theater project, that have provided support for students, as well as hopes for the spring semester during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Scope and Contents Photographs and video submitted to Special Collections by Ben Beese, 2021.5, at the beginning of the Fall, 2020 semester during the COVID-19 pandemic. Includes one music video featuring Residential Life (ResLife) CAs (Community Assistants) about wearing masks and social distancing. Photographs in the collection include crowds of students gathered for a Student Government Association (SGA) delivery of baked goods from Haymaker Bun Company and Otter Creek Bakery, to-go food containers provided...

Scope and Contents This collection contains over 10,000 photographs taken by Benjy Renton during his time at Middlebury. Renton's photographs include on-campus events such as the Justice for Breonna Taylor protest, MiddView Orientation, scenes from the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, Evolution Dance Crew performances, the Winter Carnival Ice Show, the International Students' Organization (ISO) Food Festival, Winter Carnival, the Blackout Protest in support of higher wages for staff, the M...

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Includes participant agreements and approximately 30 diaries written by students and two diaries written by staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. Most diaries date from May, 2020 to July, 2020, but some extend through September, 2020.

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Includes participant agreements and approximately 30 diaries written by students and two diaries written by staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. Most diaries date from May, 2020 to July, 2020, but some extend through September, 2020.

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Includes participant agreements and approximately 30 diaries written by students and two diaries written by staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. Most diaries date from May, 2020 to July, 2020, but some extend through September, 2020.

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Includes participant agreements and approximately 30 diaries written by students and two diaries written by staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. Most diaries date from May, 2020 to July, 2020, but some extend through September, 2020.

Scope and Contents Photographs taken and used by the Office of Communications and Marketing, dating from 2018 onward. Subjects include Middlebury College students, faculty, and staff; portraits; McCullough murals; Makerspace; lectures and talks; Interfaith House; Ward Prize; Phi Beta Kappa ceremonies; Quadball (formerly Quidditch); Student symposia; campus construction; the Knoll; awards ceremonies; faculty authors receptions; student protests; campus scenes; International Students' Organization...

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Includes born-digital Web content created by Middlebury students and collected by Special Collections during the COVID-19 pandemic. Also includes photographs taken by Ben Beese, Class of 2021.5, at the beginning of the Fall 2020 semester during the pandemic.

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1 sign entitled "Campus Visitor Policy," detailing the policy for visitors to the Davis Family Library in April 2022, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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COVID-19 cotton and flannel fabric masks hand-sewn by the Middlebury College Theatre Department Costume Shop. Three fabric designs sewn in a pattern suggested by Dartmouth/Hitchcock. One cotton string ties, two elastic ear loops. The article "Behind the Masks" by Jesse Raymond '90 accompanies the masks.

Scope and Contents Includes social media harvests from Instagram and Twitter during the COVID-19 pandemic. Also includes photographs taken of signs posted by local businesses in Middlebury, Vermont during the COVID-19 pandemic. One polyester backpack distributed in September 2020 at the Virtue testing center as students arrived on campus for mandatory COVID tests. The backpack included a Middlebury t-shirt with a masked Panther, bottle of hand sanitizer, and two face masks. In January 2020,...

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Three staff training videos created by Jen Kazmierczak of the Office of Environmental Health and Safety. Staff members were required to complete a training course on the Safe Colleges website prior to returning to work on campus for the Spring 2021 semester during the COVID-19 pandemic. Topics discussed in the videos include: masks and face coverings, social distancing, events on campus, hand washing, and more.

Scope and Contents 1 .wav file containing oral history interview with Brandon Cuatlatl, Class of 2023, and Damaris Neaves, Class of 2024, conducted by Special Collections Oral History Intern, Ambar Vasquez-Mitra, Class of 2025.Introduction. (0:20); Juntos Org. Student-Migrant Solidarity Network. Local spanish speaking migrant community. COMPANEROS Program. English Language tutoring. Community Branch. External connections. Open Door Clinic. Migrant Justice. Milk With Dignity. Promoting local...

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Includes participant agreements and approximately 30 diaries written by students and two diaries written by staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. Most diaries date from May, 2020 to July, 2020, but some extend through September, 2020.

Scope and Contents Six digital files containing letters written by students in Karin Gottshall's First Year Seminar to Emily Dickinson during the COVID-19 pandemic, and one file containing the text of Gottshall's email to Special Collections. The letters were written by Kate Sadoff, William Reed, Beck Barsanti, Lance Zhang, Emma Johnson, and Joe Hanlon, all of the Class of 2023.5. The assignment prompt reads: "I’d like you each to write a letter addressed to Emily Dickinson. In your letter, see if...

Scope and Contents Includes 10 videos produced by the Office of Health and Wellness Education in preparation for the end of the Fall, 2020 semester. The titles of the videos are as follows: "End of Semester Course Fall 2020," "Preparing for Transitions," "Preparing for Departure," "Travel Safety," "How to Continue Reducing Your Exposure," "Know Your Resources," "What to Expect for Remote Finals," "Tending to Social and Emotional Health," "Emergency and Illness Planning," and "Looking Back and Moving...

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Head Coach Kate Livesay (Class of 2003) interview Liza Humes (Class of 2007). Humes discusses her time at Middlebury College and her current position as a Physician's Assistant in neurosurgery at the University of Colorado Hospital. Humes speaks about helping on the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) floor at her hospital during COVID-19.