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    • Creator: Prospect Archives and Center for Education and Research
    • Description: The records consist of Prospect School teachers‚Äô weekly notes and semi-annual reports to parents about (Sean), plus, as available, notes of Descriptive Reviews about him and his work.
    • Parent Collections: Prospect Archive of Children's Work, (Sean)
    Part of: (Sean)


    Mary Jean Simpson Diary, 1928
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      • Creator: Simpson, Mary Jean, 1888-1977.
      • Date Created: 1928
      • Description: 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. Topics in this diary include early 20th century health and treatment systems; social life in Washington DC including movies, theater, and operas; American politics; and women’s groups meetings.
      • Parent Collections: Diaries
      Part of: Diaries


      Cephas Kent, Jr. Diary, Undated
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        • Creator: Kent, Cephas, Jr., 1754-1813.
        • Date Created: undated
        • Description: Cephas Kent Jr. was born on April 2, 1754 in Suffield, CT (Colony) to Cephas and Hannah (Spencer) Kent. In 1773, Kent moved with his family to what later became Dorset, Vt., where his father, a deacon as well as a tavern owner, took an active role in the American and Vermont independence movements. Kent enlisted in the Continental Army during the summer of 1775 and served as an aide-de-camp on General Montgomery’s staff. His primary responsibilities included cooking and caring for the officers’ baggage, but he also participated in several skirmishes, taking up arms at decisive moments during the Siege of Fort St. Jean. On January 30, 1779, Kent married Lydia Sheldon and the couple had several children. Kent died in Dorset on January 9, 1813. The first part of Kent’s diary details his religious experiences between the ages of 12 and 21, while the remainder describes his participation in the Continental Army’s campaign into Canada in 1775, especially the Siege of Fort St. Jean (“St. Johns”).
        • Parent Collections: Diaries
        Part of: Diaries


        Erastus Root Diary, 1815-1818
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          • Creator: Root, Erastus, 1789-1829.
          • Date Created: 1815-1818
          • Description: Erastus Root was born on January 9, 1789 to Timothy and Patience (Gleason) Barber Root in Guilford, Vt. After two years of study under the tutelage of Rev. Jason Chamberlain, Root enrolled at Williams College in 1809, before transferring to the University of Vermont in 1811 to continue studying with Chamberlain, who had been elected UVM’s Professor of Learned Languages in the interim. Root graduated from UVM with a bachelor’s degree in 1814 and spent the next three years studying medicine: he began his studies with Dr. Willard Arms of Brattleboro for a year and a half, then returned to UVM in the fall of 1815 to attend their medical lectures and continue his studies with Dr. John Pomeroy, and finally completed his studies at Dartmouth College, receiving his medical license in 1817. Root eventually moved to Boston, where he married Lucinda Jacobs on February 1, 1821. The couple had one daughter before Lucinda’s death in 1822 and Root’s death in New York on February 24, 1829. Topics in Root’s diary include UVM’s medical program in early nineteenth century, John Pomeroy, early nineteenth-century medical practices, teaching in Vermont in early nineteenth century, and modes of travel in the early nineteenth century.
          • Parent Collections: Diaries
          Part of: Diaries


          Mary Jean Simpson Diary, 1945
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            • Creator: Simpson, Mary Jean, 1888-1977.
            • Date Created: 1945
            • Description: This short diary most directly was used for schedule keeping by Mary Jean, with various women’s club meetings, Pan-Hellenic dinners, and concerts being penciled in. The summer months contain some detail on visiting friends, going to church, dinner parties, and typical yard and house chores. In May Mary Jean mentions celebrating Victory in Europe Day, and in August she describes the thrilling and sobering experience of listening to President Truman announce Japan’s surrender. This diary ends shortly after Mary Jean experiences injury from a car accident. Topics in this diary include the end of World War II, Women’s groups, social and religious life in Vermont, and Automobile accidents.
            • Parent Collections: Diaries
            Part of: Diaries


            Vermont Cynic, 1986, October
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              • Creator: University of Vermont
              • Date Issued: 1986, October
              Part of: Vermont Cynic


              Vermont Cynic, 1986, September
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                • Creator: University of Vermont
                • Date Issued: 1986, September
                Part of: Vermont Cynic


                Vermont Cynic, 1986, April
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                  • Creator: University of Vermont
                  • Date Issued: 1986, April
                  Part of: Vermont Cynic


                  Vermont Cynic, 1986, March
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                    • Creator: University of Vermont
                    • Date Issued: 1986, March
                    Part of: Vermont Cynic


                    Vermont Alumni Weekly vol. 03 no. 12
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                      • Creator: University of Vermont
                      • Date Created: 1924
                      • Parent Collections: University of Vermont Alumni Publications, Vermont Alumni Weekly