Earlier this month, Vermont Historical Society staff ventured down to Newport, Rhode Island for the 2024 New England Museum Association (NEMA) Conference. This year's theme, "We the Museum: Toward a ‘More Perfect’ Vision for our Changing World," dovetailed with much of our ongoing work at VHS around…
If you've watched ABC 22 & Fox 44 or subscribe to our YouTube channel, you've probably seen our series This Place in History, where we travel around the state and explore the historic stories across Vermont. Since 2022, Anchor Mike Hoey has co-hosted the program, and he's recently announced that he's…
When wars come to an end, veterans in the United States have often formed fellowship organizations. In 2023, we’re familiar with groups such as the American Legion or Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), but in nineteenth century Vermont, the dominant fraternal veteran’s organization for Civil War veterans…
Vermont History Day is an annual event sponsored by the Vermont Historical Society that brings students together from across the state to showcase their history projects, websites, documentaries, and performances. This year's Vermont History Day will take place at St. Michael's College on April 5th,…
By Teresa Greene As Librarian at the Vermont Historical Society for 32 years, Paul Carnahan's guiding hand will be felt long after he departs. His professional legacy is well preserved, from the quirks of cataloging to notes that will undoubtedly be found in the backs of files decades from now. However,…
Who are these self-satisfied men? They are immigrants from Scotland who brought their enthusiasm for football to Barre, Vermont. In this photo, the Bon Accord team proudly poses after wrestling the 1905 state championship from the Rangers, another Barre team of fellow Scotsmen.
“Bon Accord” is the motto…
VHS Assistant Librarian Marjorie Strong was cataloging 1940s correspondence between a man and his niece when she realized his writing was more than just a personal perspective of his life. Said Marjorie, "he was typing on a typewriter, but he was typing phonetically. I could hear his voice; I could hear…
Our past endures because living people in the present choose to preserve it. While the social isolation of the COVID-19pandemic threatened the viability of local historical organizations and the work they do to build community connections, it also created opportunities for creative responses.
Last…
By Paul Carnahan
Cool fall breezes bring colorful foliage, ripe apples, fields of pumpkins, and chicken pie suppers to Vermont. Photographer Edmund H. Royce of St. Albans captured the hungry diners at this community supper at the Georgia Plain Baptist Church in 1945.
The Vermont chicken pie probably…
By Teresa Greene Nothing conjures feelings of coziness and comfort like sitting by a warm fire on a snowy day. This highly decorative parlor stove, made by C. & E. L. Granger around 1840 in Pittsford, Vermont, has a similarly sized firebox as a modern wood-burning stove, but with five times the style!…
