Vermont -- Social life and custom -- 20th century

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A scrapbook marked with the college logo and seal, compiled by Clotilda Hayes, class of 1915. It contains ephemera and realia ranging from menus, sports and theater programs, room decorations, letters, Christmas cards, chemistry class notes, dance cards, Halloween decorations, and some small photographs.

Scope and Contents Memory and fellowship book published by the College Memory Book Company, compiled by Ruth A. Hesselgrave, Middlebury College class of 1918 for the years 1914-1918. Contains ephemera from her four years at Middlebury, including concert and drama programs, Valentine's day cards, photographs, letters, commencement addresses, house rules, event menus, athletics programs, and newspaper clippings. Also includes pamphlets from meetings of the Middlebury Suffrage Study Club and Young Women's...

Scope and Contents Memory and fellowship book published by the College Memory Book Company, compiled by Helen Sophia Stilphen, Middlebury College class of 1919 for the years 1915-1919. Contains ephemera from her four years at Middlebury, including a signature book, dance cards, a book of cheers for sporting events, pamphlets from the Women's Athletic Association, semester grades, and many photographs of social occasions, outdoor outings, and campus buildings. Also of note are a few newspaper clippings...

Scope and Contents Memory and fellowship book published by the College Memory Book Company, compiled by Earle E. Haskins, Middlebury College class of 1922 for the years 1918-1922. Contains ephemera from his four years at Middlebury, including letters, lyrics to popular songs, sports paraphernalia, photographs of campus buildings, and materials related to patriotism and the war effort. Some of these items pertain to Middlebury's Students' Army Training Corps, of which Haskins was a part until its...

Scope and Contents The scrapbooks covers Lavery's high school graduation and his four years at Middlebury College, 1924-1928. It includes photographs of students and campus, song lyrics, athletic records (primarily football), academic records, a high school commencement program, programs and tickets from plays (Wig and Pen), musical performances, and sporting events, as well as from Junior Week, the Parker Merrill speech competition, and Middlebury College Debate Team competitions, membership cards (Dramatic...

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This scrabook, compiled by Middlebury College student Napoleon Blanchette from 1924 to 1928, contains paraphernalia from the Chi Psi fraternity house, football and sports memorabilia, campus photographs, as well as autograph sections, dance cards, letters, and other ephemera. Notably, it also includes a photograph of Middlebury students dressed as members of the Ku Klux Klan, with another student in blackface and posing as a slave.

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This scrapbook contains an extensive collection of photographs depicting sports, buildings, fraternities, the Middlebury College campus, student life, and traditions and customs such as the Freshmen Parade.

Scope and Contents This scrapbook comprises material from Sanders' four years at Middlebury College, 1938-1942, including admissions materials, academic records, photographs of Middlebury's students and campus, rules and regulations (handbook), a copy of the Student Union constitution, programs from plays, athletic events, musical performances, lectures, Winter Carnival, and other events, membership cards (Middlebury Mountain Club and Middlebury Women's Forum), newspaper clippings, holiday cards, book reports,...

Scope and Contents This scrapbook documents Wisotzkey's college years, from 1941 to 1945. It contains, photographs, letters, programs from sporting events as well as musical and theatre performances, dance cards, academic records, receipts, newspaper clippings, and commencement materials. The scrapbook also contains documents pertaining to the second World War at Middlebury College, including political cartoons and instructions for air raid drills. Of particular note is a mock war ration book, given to...

Scope and Contents This scrapbook documents the final portion of Walker's Senior year at Plainview High School in Plainview, NJ (1950/51), and the beginning of her first year at Middlebury College (1951/52). It contains an extensive collection of ephemera including newspaper clippings, Middlebury College application materials, programs from church services, plays (Wig and Pen, Broadway), and musical performances, birthday and other holiday cards, high school commencement materials, rules and regulations for...

Scope and Contents This scrapbook documents the middle portion of Walker's first year at Middlebury College. It contains an extensive collection of ephemera including newspaper clippings, programs from plays, church services, musical performances, films, and sporting events, napkins, valentines, memorabilia from the 1952 Winter Carnival, and greek letter society rush materials. The scrapbook also contains documents pertaining to the tenth annual Middlebury Conference, and a complete and intact copy of the...

Scope and Contents This scrapbook documents the latter portion of Walker's first year at Middlebury College and much of her sophomore year. It contains an extensive collection of ephemera including newspaper clippings (primarily concerning weddings and engagements), programs from plays, musical performances, church services, and sporting events, memorabilia from the 1953 Winter Carnival, dance cards, song lyrics, birthday cards and valentines, academic records, personal letters, menus, matchbooks, and...

Scope and Contents This scrapbook is dated 1953 and appears to document a portion of Walker's junior year at Middlebury College. It contains an extensive collection of ephemera including newspaper clippings (primarily concerning engagements and weddings), programs and tickets from plays and sporting events, napkins, wedding invitations, photographs of the Middlebury football team, college bulletins for both Middlebury and Tufts University, matchbooks, and memorabilia from the 1953 Yale/Harvard weekend. The...

Scope and Contents This scrapbook appears to document a portion of Walker's junior year at Middlebury College. It contains a small of ephemera including newspaper clippings (primarily concerning engagements and weddings), programs and tickets from plays and sporting events, dance cards, wedding invitations, and memorabilia from the 1954 Winter Carnival. A majority of the scrabook's contents are accompanied by handwritten notes and/or brief journal entries. The binding is removed from this...

Abstract

Letters of three generations of the Coolidge family, poor folks with little education and less fluency with pen and ink. Business and legal documents and letters present a picture of marginal success as well as perennial failure. The earliest letters portray family life, cares and problems, including hazards of travel and weather in rural New England in the 19th century.

Scope and Contents Compiled by Elizabeth Burditt Parker, Middlebury College Class of 1930. Daughter of J. Earle Parker, Middlebury College Class of 1901, and Caroline Mason Burditt [Parker], Middlebury College Class of 1903. Elizabeth B. Parker married John T. Andrews, Professor of Philosophy at Middlebury College. The scrapbook covers Parker's college years, 1926-1930. The scrapbook is particularly well appointed, containing an extensive collection of letters, photographs, and ephemera, including...

Abstract A collection of 52 letters written to Helen S. Stilphen during her undergraduate years at Middlebury College, 1915-1919. The letters come from her immediate family and friends from her hometown of Swanton, VT, from fellow students at Middlebury College, and boyfriends associated with both locales, most of whom served in the military during WWI, including Stilphen’s future husband, Homer W. Hungerford, of Swanton, Vermont. Contents of the letters provide insights on college and country...