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University of Vermont

 Organization

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

B. Benton Barker Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: mss-086
Abstract

B. Benton Barker was an early 20th Century photographer in Burlington, Vermont. The collection contains glass negatives and prints of photos taken around Burlington by B. Benton Barker around the turn of the century.

Dates: circa 1900 - 1920

John Norton Pomeroy Papers

 Collection
Identifier: mss-082
Abstract Collection includes comittee correspondence, financial papers, subscription books, memorabilia, and other papers, relating to the erection and dedication of the Ethan Allen Monument in Burlington, together with essays, deeds, and legal papers, and local Unitarian Church material; and correspondence of Dr. John Pomeroy (1764-1844), with Medical notes and studies (1802-14) and financial accounts, of Dr. Pomeroy and Cassius F. Pomeroy. Includes materials on history of University of Vermont in...
Dates: 1792-1878

Office of the President (Calvin Pease) Records

 Series
Identifier: RG-002-005
Abstract

The first alumnus of the university to be elected president, Pease served as president from 1855 to 1861. The collection contains a small amount of correspondence, as well as UVM receipts and his resignation to the Corporation, Dec. 2, 1861. It also contains a number of addresses, sermons, and essays written by Pease. The bulk of the collection, however, is personal and family correspondence, family documents, and personal journals and notes.

Dates: 1829-1866

Office of the President (Daniel Clark Sanders) Records

 Series
Identifier: RG-002-001
Abstract

Daniel Clark Sanders (1768-1850) was the first President of the University of Vermont, 1800-1814. The collection consists of early records of the University of Vermont, including accounts, subscriptions, correspondence to individuals and members of the Corporation.

Dates: 1791-1953

Office of the President (Guy Bailey) Records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-002-010
Abstract Guy Winfred Bailey (1876-1940), born in Hardwick, Vermont, attended UVM, graduating in 1900 and was admitted to the Vermont bar in 1904. A member of the Vermont Legislature from 1904 to 1906, he was elected Vermont Secretary of State in 1908 until he resigned in 1917 to join the university administration as comptroller. Already a Trustee since 1914 and acting president from August 1919, he was elected in 1920 to the presidency and remained in office until his death in 1940. Most of the...
Dates: 1920-1940

Office of the President (James B. Angell) Records

 Series
Identifier: RG-002-007
Abstract

James B. Angell served as president of the University of Vermont from 1866-1871. Angell's papers contain a small amount of correspondence relating to his presidency at UVM, including his acceptance and resignation and his inaugural address, August 1, 1866. The collection also includes personal correspondence, lecture notes, published writings, a memorial to his wife Sarah Swoope Casell Angell, and his obituary.

Dates: 1866-1916

Office of the President (James Marsh) Records

 Record Group
Identifier: RG-002-003
Abstract

James Marsh was President of the University of Vermont from 1826-1833. The collection contains correspondence relating to university business, Marsh's inaugural address, reports to the Trustees, Marsh's accounts with the university, a copy of "An Exposition of the System of Instruction and Discipline Pursued in the University of Vermont," by the Faculty; and of UVM faculty views on reforming instruction at the university.

Dates: 1806-1883

Office of the President (Matthew Buckham) Records

 Series
Identifier: RG-002-008
Abstract Matthew Buckham, a UVM graduate, taught Greek, rhetoric, and English literature at UVM, before becoming president in 1871, he would serve until 1910, the longest tenure of any president. The collection consists of University of Vermont related correspondence dealing with such matters as the Agricultural Experimental Station, faculty appointments, and the donation of the Rush Hawkins Civil War book collection and sale of the Marsh book collection to the University of Vermont. Also included in...
Dates: 1808-1910

Office of the President (Shannon McCune) Records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-002-015
Abstract

McCune served as president of the University of Vermont from 1965-1966. The collection consists of two alpha series of files, one for 1965 and one for 1966, which included correspondence, articles, memos, etc., as well as a box of correspondence of congratulations on the occasion of his inauguration.

Dates: 1965-1966

Office of the President (Willard Preston) Records

 Sub-Group
Identifier: RG-002-025
Abstract

Preston served as president of the University of Vermont from 1825-1826. The collection includes a farewell sermon at St. Albans, VT, September 10, 1815; an acceptance letter, appointment as president, July 6, 1825; and an 1825 letter from future president Worthington Smith, declining the presidency at that time.

Dates: 1815-1825

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