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Caroline Crane Marsh Diary, June 7 - September 30, 1861

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Creator: Marsh, Caroline Crane, 1816-1901.
Date Created: 1861
Description: This diary covers the Marshes’ first months in Italy and describes their first impressions of the country and its people. During this period, the Marshes befriend the Abbe Giuseppe Filippo Baruffi, astronomer Barone Giovanni Plana, and the Tottenham family, among others. They also meet the rest of the diplomatic corps in Turin, as well as many preeminent Italians, including King Victor Emmanuel II, Bettino Ricasoli, and Urbano Rattazzi. They learn much about Italy’s most recent prime minister, the Count of Cavour, who dies the day before the Marshes arrive in Turin. After the Marshes settle into the Casa d’Angennes (their home in Turin), they go on several sightseeing trips, hiking in the Alps and visiting Lago Maggiore and Villarbasse. Topics in this diary include the “Roman Question,” the Pope, and Catholicism; negotiations between Italy, the United States, and Giuseppe Garibaldi; the treatment of Garibaldi and Garibaldian soldiers by Italian government, the Torinese elites and their customs, rural life and rural industries, such as winemaking; the American Civil War, especially slavery and foreign enlistment; Ottoman politics, Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s death, and the Great Comet of 1861.
Parent Collections: Caroline Crane Marsh Diaries, Vermont Diaries

Caroline Crane Marsh Diary, March 1 - May 6, 1864

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Creator: Marsh, Caroline Crane, 1816-1901.
Date Created: 1864
Description: European political relations remain tense in this diary, while rumors of an imminent rapprochement between Garibaldi and the Italian government precede Garibaldi’s departure for England. In Turin, the Marshes receive a visit from Lady Caroline Estcourt and her sisters and continue to attend lectures and sightsee in and around the city. Topics in this diary include charity in Italy, relations between the Italian social classes, etiquette in Italy, Italian royalty and nobility, death, grief, and memorialization in Italy; Italy’s literary circle, Italian art, spiritualism, democracy, slavery in the United States, and Catholicism.
Parent Collections: Caroline Crane Marsh Diaries, Vermont Diaries

Mary Jean Simpson Diary, 1927

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Creator: Simpson, Mary Jean, 1888-1977.
Date Created: 1927
Description: This diary records Mary Jean’s continued work as a Bill Clerk of the Senate, helping to process the hundreds of bills passed in 1927. Mary Jean spends much of her free time going to social events, and often describes the church sermons she hears each Sunday. Mary Jean also takes a ten-day transcontinental trip through the Midwest with Senator Dale and his family after the close of Congress. Returning to Vermont for the summer and early fall, Mary Jean travels around speaking to Women’s groups, rotary clubs, attending various committee meetings, and going to town fairs. In the late fall, Mary jean returns to her work as a Bill Clerk in DC and goes to various movies, musicals, and dinners. The end of her diary is largely focused on the Great Vermont Flood of 1927 and the relief programs she is involved in aimed at supporting the state in its aftermath. The common topics of daily life include church events and sermons; entertainment activities like attending plays, movies, VT town fairs, dinner parties, and learning to golf; and spending time with family and friends. Topics of wider interest include American politics specifically, the Great Vermont Flood of 1927 and Charles Lindbergh’s Goodwill Tour; women's groups’ meetings, and automobile and train travel.
Parent Collections: Diaries

Mary Jean Simpson Diary, 1941

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Creator: Simpson, Mary Jean, 1888-1977.
Date Created: 1941
Description: This diary features Mary Jean’s time as Dean of Women at UVM and details her busy work life. Visits to New York and Maine, and travel across Vermont for conferences, club meetings, and funerals are common in this diary. Mary Jean describes the busyness of UVM summer school, the convocation for UVM’s 150th year, a social work conference in Brattleboro, and attending the Women’s Student Union Association Convention. She also details the death of her Aunt Harriet, her mother’s bout with the flu, and a general sense of weariness from her constant work and travel. A note in late December marks her relief at UVM closing for winter break. Topics in this diary include automobile transportation, Women’s groups, church life including funerals and weddings, UVM’s Sesquicentennial, Social Work, and Mary Jean’s family life.
Parent Collections: Diaries

Mary Jean Simpson Diary, 1942

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Creator: Simpson, Mary Jean, 1888-1977.
Date Created: 1942
Description: This diary most prominently features the death of Mary Jean’s mother in late February, a hugely significant figure in her life. Much of the diary discusses the loneliness that comes with the death of a parent, especially around the holiday seasons. Topics in this diary include family death, grief and faith, UVM student affairs, University requirements during World War II, and Women’s Groups. Throughout the year Mary Jean busies herself with women’s groups and student life at UVM, dealing with a student theft incident at Allen Hall, going to Delta Kappa Gamma and YWCA events, and attending meetings on Student Aid. In the absence of her mother, Mary Jean writes about spending time with her cousin Jean and Aunt Kate and expresses misery at the distance created between her and her brother, John. Peppered throughout emotional passages are mention of going to plays and concerts, attending dinners, and in one instance a Faculty Senate meeting with the War Council on student physical education requirements. Topics in this diary include family death, grief and faith, UVM student affairs, University requirements during World War II, and Women’s Groups.
Parent Collections: Diaries

Justin Smith Morrill to Matthew H. Buckham, November 4, 1882

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Creator: Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898.
Date Created: 1882-11-04
Description: Topics include Buckham's interest in getting Frederick Billings to serve as a trustee of the University, Morrill's thoughts on the design of a new library building, and Morrill's thoughts on the Charles J. Folger's candidacy for Governor of New York and President Chester Arthur's role in getting Floger to run.
Parent Collections: Justin Morrill Letters to UVM President Buckham

Justin Smith Morrill to Matthew H. Buckham, June 11, 1887

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Creator: Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898.
Date Created: 1887-06-11
Description: Topics include a $50 donation from Morrill to the University and his thoughts on his upcoming commencement speech on Land Grant Colleges.
Parent Collections: Justin Morrill Letters to UVM President Buckham

Justin Smith Morrill to Matthew H. Buckham, May 22, 1893

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Creator: Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898.
Date Created: 1893-05-22
Description: Morrill writes about the state of agricultural colleges in New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, as well as the idea of having him make an address in support of keeping the Agricultural College at the University of Vermont.
Parent Collections: Justin Morrill Letters to UVM President Buckham

Justin Smith Morrill to Matthew H. Buckham, June 14, 1873

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Creator: Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898.
Date Created: 1873-06-14
Description: Morrill writes with interest about Buckham's recent discourse on history and with a few thoughts on Milton's work on Latin history.
Parent Collections: Justin Morrill Letters to UVM President Buckham

Justin Smith Morrill to Matthew H. Buckham, October 7, 1873

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Creator: Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898.
Date Created: 1873-10-07
Description: Morrill writes about a former supporter of the University named Harry and Senator George Boutwell's changed opinion on agricultural colleges.
Parent Collections: Justin Morrill Letters to UVM President Buckham

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