Vermont Historical Society

Abstract

The collection contains letters from Henry Hitchcock to his friend John Norton Pomeroy in Burlington, Vermont. Hitchcock was a Vermonter who immigrated to Alabama and built a successful law and business career; he became Alabama's first Secretary of State, first Attorney General, and Chief Justice. Pomeroy was a lawyer and politician who worked with George Perkins Marsh to erect a monument to Ethan Allen in Burlington.

Scope and Content Note The Vermont Landscape Images Papers consists of materials gathered by the project coordinators, William C. Lipke and Philip Grime from 1973-1977. It includes correspondence, grant proposals, working notes from the exhibition, research materials, photographic reproductions and negatives, cassette tape recording and transcripts of interviews, and published materials. The Project Administration series contains the administrative papers, correspondence, notes on the exhibitions and...