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John Spargo Papers

 Collection
Identifier: mss-037
Abstract John Spargo was a historian and reformer. The founder of the Bennington Museum, president of the Bennington Battle Monument and the Vermont Historical Society. Collection includes correspondence, notes, writings, newspaper clippings, and other papers, relating to Spargo’s activities as a Socialists (1901-16), and subsequently as political analyst, historian, and anti-communist; together with letters, deeds, court records, government documents, and other autograph and ms. material relating to...
Dates: 1750-1966

Lee E. Emerson Papers

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Identifier: mss-101
Abstract

Emerson was elected as a Republican to the Vermont House of Representatives in 1939, the Vermont State Senate in 1943, served two terms as lieutenant governor, 1945-47, before he was elected governor in 1951-53 and 1953-55. The collection covers the years 1941-(1951-1955)-1962.

Dates: 1941-1962

William H. Wills Papers

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Identifier: mss-017
Abstract William H. Wills was the Lieutenant Governor of Vermont between 1937 and 1941, then Governor between 1941-1945. Collection includes primarily notes for text of Wills' speeches while Governor, together with a few letters, scrapbook of newspaper clippings about Wills' support for Wendell Wilkie in the 1944 Presidential campaign, notebook of materials of Vermont state war committees (1942-44), family photos, and other papers. Speeches relate to World War II as well as Vermont's domestic issues...
Dates: 1941-1946

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