By Eileen P. Corcoran
What’s better on a summer day than digging around in the dirt? It was a joy for me this summer when my nieces and nephews, visiting from outside Vermont, wanted to do a little “archaeology” in the backyard. Not only is my degree in anthropology, but I happen to be from one of those…
By Teresa Teixeira Greene
When is a work of art or historical artifact considered a counterfeit? Is it only when the misattribution is done on purpose and succeeds? What about if it picks up a mistaken misattribution so thoroughly that it is believed correct? Or if it is purposely mislabeled but done…
By Amanda Kay Gustin
The Vermont Historical Society’s newest exhibition, “A New American Globe: James Wilson of Vermont” brings out long-hidden objects from our collections and re-examines the story of a Vermont icon. Director of Collections & Access Amanda Kay Gustin and Collections Manager Teresa…
By Marjorie Strong and Paul Carnahan
Two of the treasures in the Leahy Library are bound collections of early, hand-drawn lotting maps of northeastern Vermont towns by John W. Chandler of Peacham and another by Samuel C. Crafts of Craftsbury. Although these three volumes have long been shelved near…
By Kate Phillips
A1926 Barre Daily Times advertisement for Real Ice Cream broke down the treat’s appeal into five points, lauding the sanitary conditions of its production, the quality of its cream and fruit ingredients, its status as a “pure health food,” and most of all, the fact that “it is made…
By Victoria Hughes
Education is at the heart of our work at the Vermont Historical Society, and a goal of our school programming is to actively engage students actively as historians. We do this by using compelling primary sources, including a variety of maps that organizes large amounts of information…
