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Religion -- Vermont

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Asa Lyon Papers

 Collection
Identifier: mss-064
Abstract Asa Lyon was born in Pomfret, Connecticut, on December 31, 1763, the son of Jonathan and Rebecca Maxley Lyon. After graduating from Dartmouth College in 1790, Asa studied religion under Rev. Charles Backus of Somers, CT, and was ordained pastor of the Congregational church in Sunderland, Massachusetts, on October 4, 1792. Lyon moved soon thereafter to South Hero, Vermont. He helped organize the South Hero-Grand Isle Congregationalists in 1795 and, although never officially installed, served...
Dates: 1754-1840

Clarence P. Cowles Papers

 Collection
Identifier: mss-092
Abstract

Clarence P. Cowles was born in Albany, Vermont on August 30th, 1875, and continued to practice law in Burlington until his death in 1963. The collection contains correspondence, writings of C.P. Cowles, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks and memorabilia.

Dates: 1915-1963

First Unitarian Church Records

 Collection
Identifier: mss-104
Abstract

The collection consists of three cartons containing documents which range from April 17, 1810 to January 1981.

Dates: 1810-1981

Hopkins and Canfield Families Papers

 Collection
Identifier: mss-679
Abstract The Hopkins and Canfield Families Papers contain correspondence, John Henry Hopkins Sr. materials, Charles Jerome Hopkins materials, Hopkinsfolk genealogical materials, family legal records, memorabilia, music, newspaper clippings, photographs, materials about the family and church property at Rock Point in Burlington, VT, writings by various family members, and books owned by family members. These materials range in date from around 1790 to around 1960, and they document the church and...
Dates: 1790s-1940s

Stanley Calef Wilson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: mss-012
Abstract

Stanley Calef Wilson was a lawyer in Vermont and Governor, 1931-1935. Collection includes correspondence, diary (1918), speeches, school essays, desk calendars, campaign material, printed matter, and newspaper clippings. Includes folders on the Vermont Copper Company (1942-57), of which Wilson was secretary, and the Vermont "Little Hoover" Commission to study state Government (1957), and material on banking, farming, insurance, politics, religion, and road building.

Dates: 1879-1962