The Proctoriana Collection is research notes, photographs, and printed material on the town of Proctor, Vermont, collected by Otto T. Johnson. The collection was a bequest to the Vermont Historical Society from the Otto T. Johnson estate in 1968. Several issues of Marble Chips were added to the collection in 1993 from a donation by Sanborn Partridge. The Proctor Historical Society donated 25 more issues of Marble Chips for the period 1967-1973, in 1997 (MSA 186).
The papers are housed in fifteen boxes and several oversize folders and occupy 15 linear feet of shelf space. The collection also includes a large number of glass plate negatives which have been separated for conservation reasons and are now stored in 9 boxes occupying 5.75 linear feet of shelf space.
Biographical Sketch
Otto Johnson was born in Proctor, Vermont, April 9, 1889, the son of Erik and Christina (Olson) Johnson. He graduated form Proctor High School in 1910 and from the University of Vermont in 1914. After working for General Electric in Schenectady, New York, he moved to Washington, D.C., where he was employed by the Bureau of Standards, and worked to earn a Master of Science and Master of Arts degree from George Washington University. He also completed the courses for a Ph.D. at American University but never completed his dissertation. He was required to return to Proctor when his father became ill and spent the rest of his life there, investing in stocks and securities, and collecting Proctor related materials and history. He died in January 1968.
Scope and Contents
The Proctoriana Collection, created by Otto T. Johnson, is made up of research notes and publications Johnson used in the writing of a history of Proctor, Vermont. Although the book was incomplete at the time of his death he had organized his work into chapters and had written a partial draft, which is part of this collection (a photocopy of this work is also available in the VHS library X947.31 P942j).
A large portion of the research notes are copies of legal documents such as land transfers, incorporations, and probate records. Johnson used these to describe the activities of early settlers and trace the ownership of key properties in town, especially the marble quarries. There are lists and descriptions of some of the first marble companies and general histories of the industry written by Johnson, Fred Patch, and J. E. Manley.
In addition to the marble industry Johnson researched the establishment of the town of Proctor in 1886, and the history of local institutions such as the school, the churches, and societies and clubs. He also collected information about events such as the Blizzard of 1888, the Flood of 1927, and the marble strike in 1936. Some prominent names in the collection are Peter Sutherland, Edgar L. Ormsbee, Fred Patch, and members of the Proctor family.
Johnson was not only interested in writing the town's history but in preserving it, and made an effort to collect publications of Proctor organizations and businesses. The most extensive collection of publications is from the Vermont Marble Company and includes runs of the serial publications Vermont Marble, 1925-1927; The Memory Stone, 1927-1954; and Marble Chips, 1937-1967 (and 1967-1973 donated by the Proctor Historical Society); and copies of trade catalogs, monument designs, epitaphs and lettering; general public relations pamphlets, and some employee related material on worker safety and pension systems. Other runs of publications include the high school newspaper known as the Spotlight and the Sutherland, 1916-1956; the yearbook, Proctorian, 1840-1957 (some skips); the Union Church Yearbook, 1909-1963; the town of Proctor annual reports, 1888-1963; and a few years of the YMCA yearbook, 1903-1915. Johnson also made an effort to collect copies of periodicals that included Proctor-related articles.
A valuable source of Johnson's information on local events was the newspaper and this collection includes many references to area newspapers. There are lists of articles from several newspapers and transcripts of many articles. There are also scrapbooks, the first of which covers the years ca. 1890-1929, and then one for each year, 1930-1952. Other scrapbooks cover scattered years and there are many loose newspaper clippings.
There is an extensive collection images of Proctor including negatives, glass plate negatives, and prints. The glass plate negatives have been removed to the VHS glass plate negative collection and can be found in FGA 48-49, and FGB 10-16.
Organization of the Collection
The papers have been arranged in series to match Otto Johnson's chapter headings in his book, The History of Proctor, plus series for miscellaneous notes that do not fit easily in any one chapter, the typescript draft of the book, scrapbooks, serials and publications, and photographs. The series headings are:
August 1996
Box Inventory
I. Pioneer Days
Doc 126: 1 Explorations
2 Pioneer days
II. The Sutherlands
3 Court cases, 1806-1813
4 Genealogy, deeds, history, research notes
5 Deeds
6 Cooley, Benjamin--deeds
III. Some other Early Settlers
7 Mead family
8 Humphrey family
9 Powers family
10 Warner family
11 Stevens/Walker family
12 Crippen family
13 Pennock, Israel
14 McIntire, Benjamin
15 Tuttle, Chauncey
16 Paul, Jesse
17 Gill family
18 Whipple, Caleb
19 Whipple, Thomas
20 Chatterton family
21 Kendall
IV. Early Enterprises at the Falls and Land Transfers
22 Powers Hill
23 Flood of 1811
24 Deeds
25 Grist mill lot
26 Carding machine
27 Fulling mill lot
28 Saw mill lot
29 Machine lot, forge, etc.
30 Patch Hill
31 Pond lot (Pittsford)
32 Library lot
33 List of property owners--library lot, village park, creek
lot, pond lot
34 Creek lot
35 Deeds
36 _____
37 _____
38 _____
39 _____
40 Rutland deeds
V. The Beginning and Struggles of an Industry
41 Marble--General
42 Humphrey, Ormsbee and Co.-attachments and executions
43 Ormsbee deeds, 1850-1865
44 Ormsbee, Edgar L.
45 Temple, Robert vs. E. L. Ormsbee, foreclosure, 1866
46 Temple, Robert
47 Sutherland Falls Marble Co.
48 _____
49 Dorr and Myers
50 Center Rutland Marble Co.
51 Clement and Son
52 Dissolution of Humphrey Ormsbee and Co., 1839
53 Humphrey Ormsbee and Co.-attachments and executions
54 Taylor, Hills
55 Marble companies
56 "The Marble Industry of Vermont," by Otto T. Johnson
57 "Marble Quarrying in Vermont," by Major B. Jenks, 1932
58 Articles by Fred Patch and J. E. Manley
59 Manley, William
60 _____, foreclosure
VI. The Vermont Marble Company
Box 127: 1 General
2 Recognition dinner, 1926
3 "A History of the Vermont Marble Company," by Paul A. Gopaul,
1954 (2 copies)
4 Vermont Marble, v. 1, 1925-1926
5 _____, v. 2, 1926-1927
6 The Memory Stone, v.3, 1927-1928
7 _____, v.4, 1928-1929
8 _____, v. 5, 1929-1930
9 _____, v. 6, 1930-1931
10 _____, v. 7, 1931-1932
11 _____, v. 8, 1932-1933
12 _____, v. 9, 1933-1934
13 _____, v. 10, 1934-1935
14 _____, v. 11, 1935-1936
15 _____, v. 12, 1937-1938
16 _____, v. 13, 1938-1939
17 _____, v. 14, 1939-1940
18 _____, v. 15, 1940-1941
19 _____, v. 16, 1941-1942
20 _____, v. 17, 1942-1943
21 _____, v. 18, 1943-1944
22 _____, v. 19, 1944-1945
23 _____, v. 20, 1945-1946
24 _____, v. 21, 1947
25 _____, v. 22, 1948
26 _____, v. 23, 1949
27 _____, v. 24, 1950
28 _____, v. 25, 1951
29 _____, v. 26, 1952
30 _____, v. 27, 1954
31 Marble Chips, 1937 January-June
32 _____, _____, July-December
33 _____, 1938 January-June
34 _____, _____, July-December
35 _____, 1939 January-June
36 _____, _____, July-December
37 _____, 1940 January-June
38 _____, _____, July-December
39 _____, 1941 January-June
40 _____, _____, July-December
41 _____, 1942 January-June
42 _____, _____, July-December
43 _____, 1943 January-June
44 _____, _____, July-December
45 _____, 1944 January-June
46 _____, _____, July-December
47 _____, 1945 January-June
48 _____, _____, July-December
49 _____, 1946 January-June
50 _____, _____, July-December
51 _____, 1947 January-June
52 _____, _____, July-December
53 _____, 1948 January-June
54 _____, _____, July-December
55 _____, 1949 January-June
56 _____, _____, July-December
57 _____, 1950 January-June
58 _____, _____, July-December
Doc 128: 1 _____, 1951 January-June
2 _____, _____, July-December
3 _____, 1952 January-June
4 _____, _____, July-December
5 _____, 1953 January-June
6 _____, _____, July-December
7 _____, 1954 January-June
8 _____, _____, July-December
9 _____, 1955 January-June
10 _____, _____, July-December
11 _____, 1956 January-June
12 _____, _____, July-December
13 _____, 1957 January-June
14 _____, _____, July-December
15 _____, 1958 January-June
16 _____, _____, July-December
17 _____, 1959 January-June
18 _____, _____, July-December
19 _____, 1960 January-June
20 _____, _____, July-December
21 _____, 1961 January-June
22 _____, _____, July-December
23 _____, 1962 January-June
24 _____, _____, July-December
25 _____, 1963 January-June
26 _____, _____, July-December
27 _____, 1964 January-June
28 _____, _____, July-December
29 _____, 1965 January-June
30 _____, _____, July-December
31 _____, 1966 January-June
32 _____, _____, July-November
33 _____, 1966 December-1967 May
34 _____, 1967 June-November
MSA 186: 1 _____, 1967 December-1968 May
2 _____, 1968 June-November
3 _____, 1968 Dec-May
4 _____, 1969 June-November
5 _____, 1969 December-1970 May
6 _____, 1970 August-1971 February
7 _____, 1971 March-October
8 _____, 1971 November-1973 May
Doc 128: 35 Vermont Marble Co. Vermont Marble Company: Its Past and
Future, Addresses at a General Conference at Proctor,
Vermont, December 28-31, 1920.
36 Marble Shrines. Proctor, Vermont: Vermont Marble Company,
1931, (2 copies). Copy 3, copyright 1937
37 The Book of Vermont Marble: a Reference for Architects and
Builders. 3rd ed. Proctor, Vermont: Vermont Marble
Company, 1929
38 General Working Conditions. Proctor, Vermont: Vermont
Marble Company, 1935.
Pension System. Proctor, Vermont: Vermont Marble
Company, 1913.
Pension System. Rev. ed. Proctor, Vermont: Vermont
Marble Company, 1921.
Suggestion Plan. Rev. ed. Proctor, Vermont: Vermont
Marble Company, 1924.
39 Symbols of Service. Proctor, Vermont: Vermont Marble
Company, 1919. (Trade catalog with price list inserted).
40 Safety Rules for Workmen. Proctor, Vermont: Vermont
Marble Company, n.d. (In four languages).
Vermont Marble Co. Employees Representation Plan, Adopted
March 19, 1934. Proctor, Vermont: Vermont Marble Company,
1934. (Printed in American, Polish, Hungarian, Italian,
Swedish).
41 All That is Beautiful Shall Abide Forever. Proctor, Vermont:
Vermont Marble Company, 1927. 2 copies.
42 Miracles in Marble: a Story of Modern Methods Applied to
One of America’s Oldest Industries. Proctor,
Vermont: Vermont Marble Company, 1949. Copy 2 is not
dated and has same text but different pictures.
43 Lessons in Liberty. Proctor, Vermont:
Vermont Marble Company, 1927. Issued in connection with
the Exhibit of the Memorial Craftsmen’s Convention of
Washington, August, 1927.
44 Epitaphs. Proctor, Vermont: Vermont Marble
Company, n.d. 3 copies with slightly different covers.
45 Vermont Marble, 1768-1925: America’s Oldest Monumental
Product. Proctor, Vermont: Vermont Marble Company,
ca. 1925.
The Memory Stone, Vermont Marble, 1768-1926: America’s
Oldest Monumental Product. Proctor, Vermont: Vermont
Marble Company, ca. 1926.
The Memory Stone, Vermont Marble, 1768-1928: America’s
Oldest Monumental Product. Proctor, Vermont: Vermont
Marble Company, ca. 1928.
The Memory Stone. Public War Memorial Designs.
Proctor, Vermont: Vermont Marble Company, ca. 1945.
46 Little Pictures of a Big Industry. Proctor, Vermont:
Vermont Marble Company, 1929. 3 copies with slightly
different format, only one is dated as 1929.
Little Pictures of a Big Industry: a Series of Small
Engravings which Illustrate Certain Phases of the
Vermont Marble Industry. Proctor, Vermont:
Vermont Marble Company, n.d.
47 Sales Suggestions for the Monument Man: a Little Talk on
Matters that Concern Both the Monumental Dealer
and his Agent. Proctor, Vermont: Vermont
Marble Company, n.d.
48 The Old and the New: Containing a Few
Ancient Marble Structures and a Few of the
Buildings and Monuments Erected by the
Vermont Marble Company. Proctor, Vermont:
Vermont Marble Company, ca. 1912.
49 Speaking of Marble--Here are a Few of the
Reasons why Marble is Being Used Today--Even
More than in the Past--for the Best of the Nation’s
Memorials. Proctor, Vermont: Vermont
Marble Company, ca. 1920.
50 Lettering in Marble: a Few Plates and a
Few Words of Explanation--All Bearing on the
Subject of Lettering as it Applies to the Memorial
Trade. Proctor, Vermont: Vermont
Marble Company, n.d. [Coated pages are
fused together because of water damage.]
51 A Little Journey to the Home of Vermont
Marble: Pictures Taken Here and There in the
Green Mountain Regions which Show Something
of the Development of the Marble Industry,
printed and circulated by the Vermont Marble
Company as a reminder of the visit of the
Memorial Craftsmen of America,
August, 1922. Proctor, Vermont: Vermont
Marble Company, 1922.
52 Modern Marble Memorials Illustrating a Number
of New Designs and Some of the Work Already Done
in Vermont Marble. Proctor, Vermont: Vermont
Marble Company, 1920.
53 The Marble Industry of Vermont. Proctor,
Vermont: Vermont Marble Company, n.d. Brief history
and photographs. 3 copies.
54 Keeping up with Marble: Sketching the Growth of a
Great Industry and Telling Why Marble has Kept
in the Lead. Proctor, Vermont: Vermont Marble
Company, n.d.
55 Getting Acquainted with Marble: the Story of a
Great Industry Told Largely by Pictures. Proctor,
Vermont: Vermont Marble Company, 1937. 2nd copy, 1939.
1906 Supplementary Price List. This Price List
Comprises All Monumental Designs Issued Since the
Publication of Our 1904 list. Proctor, Vermont:
Vermont Marble Company, 1906.
56 Marble Goes Modern. Proctor, Vermont:
Vermont Marble Company, n.d. 2nd copy slightly
different format, 1940.
57 Proctor Vermont, Scenery and Marble Industry.
Proctor, Vermont: Vermont Marble Company, n.d.
Untitled collection of images of Vermont Marble Co., n.d.
Doc 129: 1 Memorial Art for Catholic Cemeteries.
Proctor, Vermont: Vermont Marble Company, 1933. 2 copies.
2 American Cemetery Association at Proctor, Vermont,
August 21, 1948, Visiting the Marble Industry in Quarries
and Plants of Vermont Marble Company.
Marble to Metal: The Vermont Marble Company’s
Conversion to War Work, a reprint of six articles
appearing in the Rutland Herald, September
13-18, 1943.
3 Memory in Marble to Honor a Lifetime for Lifetimes to
Come. Proctor, Vermont: Vermont Marble
Company, 1937.
4 Suggestion Plan, Report for Period from June 1,
1933 to August 15, 1936. Proctor, Vermont:
Vermont Marble Company, 1936.
Additions to Service Roll, Employees Having a Total
Service of Twenty-five or More Years, Vermont Marble
Company, August 15, 1936. Proctor, Vermont:
Vermont Marble Company, 1936.
5 Vermont Marble Co., Producers and Manufacturers of
Exterior and Interior Marble Work. Proctor,
Vermont: Vermont Marble Company, n.d.
6 Vermont Marble Company, its Size, Organization,
Product and Service. Proctor, Vermont: Vermont
Marble Company, 1927. Opening address by Frank C.
Partridge, President, at a general conference of the
managers, superintendents and other Higher employees
at Proctor, Vermont, May 23-27, 1927.
7 Vermont Marble Co., Producers and Manufacturers of
Marble Work. Proctor, Vermont: Vermont Marble
Company, 1891. 2 copies.
8 Vermont Marble, Shops, Mills and Quarries, Including
a Few Representative Marble Installations.
Proctor, Vermont: Vermont Marble Company, n.d.
Vermont Marble Color plates, n.d.
9 “Lumar” A New Marble Product Created by Scientific
Research. Reprinted from the March 1936 number of
The Architectural Record and distributed by
the Vermont Marble Company.
Army-Navy “E.” This Booklet Commemorates the
Presentation, on July 18, 1943, of the Army-Navy “E”
Award for Excellence in Production of the Materials of
War.
10 A Statement by the Vermont Marble Company, December
21st, 1935. Proctor, Vermont: Vermont Marble
Company, 1935.
Old American Buildings. Reprinted from
advertisements which have appeared in the Architectural
Magazine during 1929. Proctor, Vermont: Vermont
Marble Company.
Other Vermont Marble Company ephemera.
11 Vermont Marble Memorials Book T, The Memory
Stone. Proctor, Vermont: Vermont Marble
Company, 1931.
12 Vermont Marble Memorials, Book R. Proctor,
Vermont: Vermont Marble Company, 1926.
13 Price List of Monumental Marble, April 2, 1923.
Proctor, Vermont: Vermont Marble Company, 1923.
Doc 140: 1 Sources of Memorial Ornamentation, by
Henry Powell Hopkins. Proctor, Vermont: Vermont Marble
Company, 1924.
VII. Other attempts to Attain a fortune
Doc 129: 14 Marble companies--deeds
15 Marble companies--deeds
16 Marble companies--lists and news excerpts
17 Eureka Marble Co., Albion Marble Co.
18 North Rutland Marble Co.
19 Otter Creek Marble Co., Monumental Marble Co.
20 Paragon Marble Co.
21 Pocohabajac Marble Co.
22 Rutland Marble Co.
23 Spencer Marble Co.
iVIII. Roads
24 Roads at Sutherland Falls--survey reports, legal notices
IX. Schools
25 “History of the Proctor Schools,” by Otto T. Johnson
26 “History of the Proctor Schools,” by Otto T. Johnson
27 History of Proctor Schools
28 Research notes
29 Southmayd, Jonathan C. Sermon on use of liquor, 1828
30 _____, sermons, manuscript, ca. 1823-1832
31 Southmayd, Jonathan
32 _____
Doc 140: 2 Diploma of D. Jonathan Coleman Southmayd
Doc 129: 33 Annual school report, 1907-1908; 1908-1909
34 _____, 1909-1910; 1910-1911
35 _____, 1912-1913; 1913-1914
36 Proctorian (Proctor High School yearbook), 1940
37 _____, 1945
38 _____, 1946
39 _____, 1947
40 _____, 1948
41 _____, 1949
42 _____, 1950
43 _____, 1951
44 _____, 1952
45 _____, 1953
46 _____, 1954
47 _____, 1955
48 _____, 1957
49 Manual of Proctor Graded Schools, 1891, 1893, 1895, 1899
50 High School catalogue, 1913-1914; student handbook, 1954
51 Commencement programs, 1915-1954 (incomplete)
52 Athletics, 1940-1941; 1951-1952; 1953-1954
53 Parent Teacher Association, 1932-1933; 1934-1935
54 Programs for entertainment
55 Ephemera
Doc 130: 1 The Sutherland, 1916 November, 1917 February
2 _____, 1917 May, 1917 December
3 _____, 1918 May, 1918 June
4 The Spotlight, 1922 December, 1923 March
5 _____, 1923 June, 1923 December
6 The Sutherland, 1924 June, 1924 December
7 _____, 1925 April, 1925 June
8 _____, 1925 December, 1926 Easter
9 _____, 1926 June, 1926 [September]
10 _____, 1927 v. 5, nos. 2 and 3
11 _____, 1927 December, 1928 Easter
12 _____, 1928 June, 1928 December
13 _____, 1929 Easter, 1929 June
14 _____, 1929 December(2 copies)
15 _____, 1930 April, 1930 June
16 _____, November 7, 1930-June 10, 1931
17 _____, September 25, 1931-June 15, 1932
18 _____, November 2, 1934-March 1, 1935
19 _____, March 8, 1935-June 14, 1935
20 _____, [September] 1935-[June] 1936
21 _____, October 1936-April 1937
22 _____, October 7, 1937-May 13, 1938
23 School newspaper, [1938 December], 1939 February
24 The Sutherland, 1940 January, 1940 February
25 _____, 1940 March, 1940 May
26 _____, 1940 Fall, 1941 Winter
27 _____, 1941 Spring, 1941 Graduation
28 _____, 1941 Fall, 1942 Winter
29 _____, 1942 June, 1942 Fall
30 _____, 1943 February, 1943 December
31 _____, 1944 Easter, 1944 Spring
32 _____, 1944 December, 1945 February
33 _____, 1945 May, 1945 November
34 _____, 1946 February, 1946 May
35 _____, 1946 November, 1947 February
36 _____, 1947 May, 1947 November
37 _____, 1948 February, 1948 Spring
38 _____, 1948 June
39 _____, 1948 December, 1949 April
40 _____, [1949 Fall]-January 1950
41 _____, [February 1950?]-[June 1950]
42 _____, October 27, 1950-December 15, 1950
43 _____, January 1951-March 1951
44 _____, April 1951-June 1951
45 _____, October 1951-December 1951
46 _____, January 1952-May 1952
47 _____, November 1952-May 1953
48 _____, October 1953-June 1954
49 _____, November 1954-May 1955
50 _____, March 1955-June 1956
Doc 140: 3 _____, October 7, 1932-June 20, 1934
Ms Size C The Midget, 1930, April 29, published by
the Proctor Junior High School
X. Churches
Doc 131: 1 Union Church yearbook, 1909,1910
2 _____, 1911, 1912
3 _____, 1913, 1914
4 _____, 1915, 1916
5 _____, 1918
6 _____, 1919, 1920
7 _____, 1921, 1922
8 _____, 1923, 1924
9 _____, 1925, 1926
10 _____, 1927, 1928
11 _____, 1929, 1930
12 _____, 1931, 1932
13 _____, 1933, 1934
14 _____, 1935, 1936
15 _____, 1937, 1938
16 _____, 1939, 1940
17 _____, 1941, 1942
18 _____, 1943, 1944
19 _____, 1945, 1946
20 _____, 1947, 1948
21 _____, 1949, 1950
22 _____, 1951, 1952
23 _____, 1953, 1954
24 _____, 1955, 1956
25 _____, 1957, 1958
26 _____, 1959, 1960
27 _____, 1961, 1962
28 _____, 1963,
29 Union Church manual, 1891 (2 copies)
30 _____, 1916, 1920
31 Union Church cook book, 1911,
32 Union Church, printed ephemera
33 Union Church
34 Swedish Congregational Church, Sw. Ev. Lutheran Church
35 Catholic Church (St. Dominic)
36 Swedish Lutheran Church
37 Swedish Congregational Church
XI. Birth of a New Town
38 Birth of a town
39 Testimony, 1886
40 _____
41 _____
42 _____
43 _____
44 Dillingham, William P.--argument, 1886
45 Joyce, C. H.--argument, 1886
46 Spellman, John D.--abstract of argument, 1886
47 Wing, George W.--argument, 1886
48 Division, 1894
49 Incorporation
Doc 140: 4 _____
Doc 131: 50 Proctor ordinances, 1894, 1952
Doc 140: 4 _____
Doc 131: 51 Annual Report of the Board of Officers of the
Village of Proctor, 1889, 1890
52 _____, 1891, 1892
53 _____, 1893, 1894
54 _____, 1896
55 _____, 1897, 1898
56 _____, 1899, 1900
57 _____, 1901, 1902
58 _____, 1903, 1904
59 _____, 1905, 1906
60 _____, 1907, 1908
61 _____, 1909, 1910
62 _____, 1911, 1912
63 _____, 1913, 1914
64 _____, 1915, 1916
65 _____, 1917, 1918
66 _____, 1919, 1920
67 _____, 1921, 1922
68 _____, 1923, 1924
69 _____, 1925, 1926
70 _____, 1927, 1928
71 _____, 1929, 1930
72 _____, 1931, 1932
73 _____, 1933, 1934
74 _____, 1935, 1936
75 _____, 1937, 1938
76 _____, 1939, 1940
77 _____, 1941, 1942
78 _____, 1943, 1944
79 _____, 1945, 1946
80 _____, 1947, 1948
81 _____, 1949, 1950
82 _____, 1951
83 _____, 1953, 1954
84 _____, 1955, 1956
85 _____, 1957, 1958
86 _____, 1959, 1960
87 _____, 1961, 1962 February
88 _____, 1962 December, 1963
89 Annual Report of the Town of Proctor, 1888
90 _____, 1891, 1892
91 _____, 1893, 1894
92 _____, 1895, 1896
93 _____, 1897, 1898
94 _____, 1899, 1900
95 _____, 1901, 1902
96 _____, 1903, 1904
97 _____, 1905, 1906
98 _____, 1907, 1908
99 _____, 1909, 1910
100 _____, 1911, 1912
101 _____, 1913, 1914
102 _____, 1915, 1916
103 _____, 1917, 1918
104 _____, 1919, 1920
105 _____, 1921, 1922
106 _____, 1923, 1924
107 _____, 1925, 1926
108 _____, 1927, 1928
109 _____, 1929, 1930
110 _____, 1931, 1932
111 _____, 1933, 1934
112 _____, 1935, 1936
113 _____, 1937, 1938
114 _____, 1939, 1940
115 _____, 1941 January, 1941 December
116 _____, 1942, 1943
117 _____, 1944, 1945
118 _____, 1946, 1947
119 _____, 1948, 1949
120 _____, 1950, 1951
121 _____, 1952, 1953
122 _____, 1954, 1955
123 _____, 1956, 1957
124 _____, 1958, 1959
125 _____, 1960, 1961
126 _____, 1962, 1963
127 Home News, published by Village Improvement
Council, July 1920-November 1921
XII. Proctor Fires
128 Proctor fires
XIII. Benevolent Organizations
129 Scandinavian Fraternity of America
130 IOOF
131 Baptist Society
132 Verhovay Aid Association, No. 271
133 Swedish Aid Society
XIV. Mercantile Organizations
Doc 132: 1 Vermont Marble Company Cooperative Store
Doc 140: 5 _____, broadside, 2 copies.
XV. Civic Institutions
Doc 132: 2 Post office
3 Proctor Public Library
4 _____, bulletins, ca. 1915-1918
5 _____, bulletin of Vermont Library Commission, 1908-1916
(scattered)
6 _____, Proctor Country Fair bulletin, 1915
7 _____, report of library commissioners, 1906, 1914
Doc 140: 6 _____, Mock Court Trial, broadside
Doc 132: 8 YMCA, ca. 1908-1922
9 _____
10 _____, yearbook, 1903-1906
11 _____, _____, 1907-1908
12 _____, _____, 1909-1911
13 _____, _____, 1912-1915
14 _____, “Man efficiency: the prime factor in industry--how
to increase it.”
15 _____, Vermont Association Notes, 1909-1913
(scattered)
16 _____, _____, 1914, 1920
17 _____, Entertainment course, 1903-1904
18 _____, _____, 1904-1905
19 _____, _____, 1905-1906
20 _____, _____, 1906-1907
21 _____, correspondence, etc., 1911-1918
22 _____, minutes, 1908-1919
23 Woman’s club, constitution, 1930; yearbook, 1935-1936
24 Boy Scouts
25 Railroad station
26 Girl Scouts
27 Hospital
28 Sutherland Club
29 Sutherland Falls Hotel
30 University Club, Proctor Hose Co., Proctor Golf Club
31 Research notes
XVI. Other Organizations
32 C&P Railroad
33 Rutland and Tidewater Railroad Co.
34 Proctor Players Club
35 Proctor Cornet Band
36 Proctor Band
XVII. Accidents and disasters
37 Research notes
XVIII. Blizzard of 1888
38 Blizzard of 1888
XVIX. Power development at the Falls
39 Power development at the Falls
XX. Swedish Settlement
40 Swedish Settlement
XXI. “Johnson’s Castle”
41 “Johnson’s Castle”
XXII. Presidential Visits
42 Presidential Visits
XXIII. Redfield Proctor
43 Proctor, Redfield
44 _____
XXIV. Fletcher D. Proctor
45 Proctor, Fletcher D.
XXV. Redfield Proctor, Jr.
46 Proctor, Redfield Jr.
47 _____, address, 1929
XXVI. Frank C. Partridge
48 Partridge, Frank C.
XXVII. Other Prominent Citizens
49 Doctors
50 Newspaper excerpts
51 Proctor, Mortimer R.
52 Williams, Benjamin
Doc 140: 7 _____, political broadside for governor’s race
XXVIII. Proctor and the World War
Doc 132: 53 Proctor War Echo, 1918
54 Research notes and newspaper excerpts
XXIX. Flood of 1927
55 Flood of 1927
XXX. Geologic features
56 Geologic features
57 Commercial Marbles of Western Vermont; Report of the
State Geologist for 1939-1940.
58 Sutherland Falls Quarry
XXXI. Red-letter Days
59 Red-letter Days
XXXII. Industrial & Society conditions
60 Stone Cutters Journal excerpts, 1899, 1906, 1914
61 Proctor Labor conditions
62 Vermont Marble Strike, 1936-1937
63 _____
64 _____
65 _____
66 “Model Settlement for Marble Crews,” by William E. Curtis
67 Vermont Marble Strike, 1936 excerpts from Barre Daily Times
XXXIII. March of Progress
68 “An Old-time Funeral,” by Otto T. Johnson
XXXIV. Here and there
69 Village Park
Doc 133: 1 Municipal building
2 Senator’s place
XXXV. Development of Marble machinery
3 “Development of Marble Machinery,” by Fred R. Patch
XXXVI. Miscellaneous
4 Sutherland Falls info: list of Proctor politicians;
list of marble companies; newspapers excerpts re
Proctor including several copies of “Proctor on the
Otter Creek,” by M. Elizabeth Kingsbury, Braintree
Observer, July 11, 1914, and “Matters and Things
at the Falls,” by K., Herald, May 22, 1878,
5 List of presidents of Proctor; list of soldiers in Civil War
6 Research notes
7 Miscellaneous (letter from Emily Dutton Proctor re:
Proctor/Clement house; Pericles Funeral Oration;
research notes; cc of letter to Dept. of buildings
of City of Chicago re: Selma Larson house (sister of
letter writer, Otto Johnson?); press release re: Vermont
Works Progress Administration; circular of American Red
Cross, 1945 War Fund; directory of Sutherland Falls
1881-1882.
8 “Memories of the Early Days of Proctor,” by Hamilton Ormsbee
9 Incorporations--copies of acts to incorporate various
marble companies and other Proctor entities including
the Village of Proctor
10 Proctor news--newspaper excerpts about Proctor
11 Temperance
12 Poetry
13 Research on Politics
14 Clement Literary Bureau booklets--3 political publications of
Percival W. Clement, 1906
15 List of articles in Rutland Herald
16 Fred Patch correspondence
17 Maps
Ms Size C Sketch of Sutherland Falls, by Fred Patch (original sketch
and blueprint)
Ms Size B Blueprint map of the “South Part of Social borough As Run
into Lots, 1771,” by Will Cockburn
Sketch of lots in Sutherland Falls with list of
owners, 1806-1814
Ms Size A “Plan copied from Original Plan of Rutland with Additional
data which are enclosed in brackets, O.P.S.”
Doc 133: 18 Index to land records
19 Correspondence
20 Lists of publications
21 Copy of agreement between Otto Johnson and Vermont Historical
Society
XXXVII. History of Proctor typescripts
22 History of Proctor, Vermont, by Otto T. Johnson,
AM, photocopied from the Proctoriana Collection, Vermont
Historical Society, Montpelier, 1991 (complete set of
photocopies with title sheet, introduction, etc., from
which copies were made to be bound for library).
23 Front matter
24 Chapter 1
25 _____ 2
26 _____ 3
27 _____ 4
28 _____ 5
29 _____ 7
30 _____ 8
31 _____ 9
32 _____ 10
33 _____ 11
34 _____ 12
35 _____ 13
36 _____ 15
37 _____ 16
38 _____ 17
39 _____ 18
40 _____ 19
41 _____ 20
42 _____ 21
43 _____ 22
44 _____ 23
45 _____ 24
46 _____ 25
47 _____ 26
48 _____ 27
49 _____ 28
50 _____ 29
51 _____ 30
52 _____ 31
53 _____ 32
54 _____ 33
55 _____ 34
56 _____ 35
57 Appendix
58 Bibliography 1
59 Bibliography 2
60 Miscellaneous
61 Carbon copy of typescript bound in scrapbook
XXXVIII. Scrapbooks
Doc 134: 1 Scrapbook, 1930
2 _____, 1931
3 _____, 1932
4 _____, 1933
5 _____, 1934
6 _____, 1935
7 _____, 1936
8 _____, 1937
9 _____, 1938
10 _____, 1939
Doc 135: 1 _____, 1940
2 _____, 1941
3 _____, 1942
4 _____, 1943
5 _____, 1944
6 _____, 1945
7 _____, 1946
8 _____, 1947
9 _____, 1948
10 _____, 1949
11 _____, 1950
12 _____, 1951
13 _____, 1956
Doc 136: 1 _____, scattered years, ca. 1890-1929
2 _____, 1922
3 _____, 1952
4 _____, 1953
5 _____, 1954
6 Proctor newspaper clippings, 1954
7 _____, 1955
8 _____, 1958
9 _____, n.d.
10 Newspapers clippings on strike
11 “Government and ‘isms,’” by Carl M. Chapin
12 Loose-leaf book of research notes, newspaper excerpts, etc.
about Proctor
13 Loose-leaf collection of legal records including
incorporations, probate records and deeds
14 _____
XXXIX. Serials
15 The Vermonter: A State Magazine, 1897 March
16 _____, 1897 May
17 _____, _____, October
18 _____, _____, November
19 _____, 1898 April
20 _____, 1900 April
21 _____, _____, November
22 _____, 1901 October
23 _____, 1902 February
24 _____, _____, May
25 _____, _____, October
26 _____, _____, November
27 _____, 1903 February
28 _____, _____, May
29 _____, _____, August
30 _____, _____, September
31 _____, 1904 January
32 _____, _____, March
33 _____, _____, June
34 _____, _____, August
35 _____, _____, October
36 _____, 1905 May
37 _____, _____, September
38 _____, 1906 April
39 _____, _____, June
40 _____, _____, October
41 _____, 1907 January
42 _____, _____, September
43 _____, _____, October
44 _____, _____, December
45 _____, 1908 January
46 _____, _____, March
47 _____, _____, April
48 _____, _____, September
49 _____, 1909 August-September
50 _____, 1910 February
51 _____, 1911 February
52 _____, _____, June
53 _____, _____, September-October
54 _____, _____, November
55 _____, 1914 January
56 _____, 1915 October
57 _____, _____, November
58 _____, 1920 November
Doc 137: 1 _____, 1924, v. 29, 1926, v. 31,
2 _____, 1931 January; 1933 March
3 _____, 1934 February; 1935 January
4 _____, 1936 July; 1936 August-September
5 _____, 1937 October; 1938 December
6 Allsvensk Samling, 1932
7 The American Architect and the Architectural
Review, v. 126, 1924 October 8. “Dignifying a
By-Product: Office Building of Vermont Marble Company,”
by S. Winthrop St. Clair.
8 Bulletin American=Swedish Institute, v. 12,
1957 Summer. “The Swedes at Proctor, Vermont,” by Otto
T. Johnson.
9 Cassier’s Magazine, 1904 August, v. 26. “Marble
Quarrying in America, a New Field for Electric Power
Service,” by Day Allen Willey.
Cassier’s Magazine, v. 40, 1911 June. “Methods
of Stone Quarrying,” by Albert Wilhelm.
10 The Century Magazine, v. 40, 1890 September.
“In the Marble Hills,” by Rowland E. Robinson.
11 The Christian Century: an Undenominational Journal
of Religion, v. 53, 1936 March 18. “Marble Strike
Stirs Vermont.”
12 Compressed Air Magazine, v. 31, 1926 July.
“Vermont’s Varied Marbles: Origin of these Age-Old
Deposits and the Splendid Industry that has Developed in
Exploiting Them,” by Robert G. Skerrett. (plus 2nd copy
excerpt)
13 The Congregationalist and Christian World, v. 88,
1903 February 28. “Vermont. A Working Men’s University.”
14 The Delaware and Hudson Railroad Corporation
Bulletin, 1935 January 1. “Vermont Marble: Its
Formation, Preparation and Uses; Reasons for its Great
Durability.”
_____, 1935 February 1. “Vermont Marble,” (continued from
last issue).
15 The Edison Monthly, v. 6, 1914 March. “Quarrying
Vermont Marble.”
16 The Electric Journal, v. 9, 1912 March. “A Visit
to a Marble Co.,” by N. L. Rea, p. 243.
17 Electrical World, v. 47, 1906 February 3.
“Electric Power Plant of Vermont Marble Co.,” by N. L. Rea,
p. 243.
18 Electrical World, v. 58, 1911 July 29.
“Hydroelectric Transmission System for Quarry and Mill
Work: Generating Stations and Substations of the
Vermont Marble Company,” by C. T. Maynard.
_____, v. 61, 1913 May 31. [Damaged--can’t tell which article
is relevant to Proctor].
19 The Engineering Magazine, v. 2, 1891 October.
"Marble Quarrying in the United States," by E. R. Morse, p.
42.
20 Friends Magazine, 1951 November. "Vermont
Marble," p. 16.
21 General Electric Review, v. 28, 1915 November.
"Electrical Equipment of the Vermont Marble Company," by
John Liston, p. 1015.
22 Granite Marble and Bronze, v. 37, 1927 August.
"Vermont Marble Salesmen have Week's Conference."
23 Grits and Grinds, v. 21, 1930 January.
"Abrasives Play Essential Part in Marble and Stone
Industries," by George W. Nelson.
24 The Kurn Hattin Bulletin, v. 53, 1948
October. "The Reverend Clifford H. Smith," memorial
for minister who lived in Proctor.
25 The Literary Digest, v. 43, 1911 September 16.
"An Example of Church Union," p. 448.
26 Mine and Quarry, v. 4, 1909 June. "Vermont
Marble, Part II," by H. J. Markolf and D. J. O'Rourke,
p. 287.
27 Monumental News, v. 34, 1922 June. "Firm
Changes and Other News: New Vermont Design Book," p.
381; and "Proctor Runs for Governor."
_____, v. 34, 1922 September. “Vermont Marble Co.
Entertains,” p. 562.
28 _____, v. 37, 1925 July. "Captain Morse Passes on,"
[Captain E. R. Morse, treasurer Vermont marble Co.,
d. May 26].
29 The Nation, v. 142, 1936 April 1. "Struggle
in Marble," by Anita Marbury.
_____, v. 142, 1936 April 15. “Marble Strike,” [letter to
editor] by Charles J. Post.
30 _____, v. 142, 1936 May 20. "Vermonters Still on Strike,"
p. 659.
_____, v. 142, 1936 May 27. "Vermont: State of Anarchy," by
a Special Correspondent, p. 675.
31 National Magazine, v. 25, 1907 February.
“Nature’s Marble Halls in Vermont,” by Mitchell Mannering.
_____, v. 38, 1913 September. "Vermont: The Green Mountain
State."
32 New England Construction, v. 1, 1936 December.
"We Build a Bridge," by Frank J. Olney, p. 12.
33 The New England Magazine, v. 29, 1903 September.
"The Carrara of America," by Orin Edson Crooker, p. 97.
_____, v. 37, 1907 September. "Vermont, Thrifty and
Incorruptible, a Model State," by Frank Putnam.
34 _____, v. 39, 1908 December. “What New England Says on
Deferred Forestry,” a symposium including ex-Governor
Fletcher D. Proctor.
35 News and Notes, Vermont Historical Society,
v. 9, no. 5, 1958 January.
36 Oil-Power, v. 14, 1939 December. "Marble."
37 Park and Cemetery and Landscape Gardening,
v. 34, 1924 October. "Cemetery Association Department.
Echoes of Portland Convention," [includes photos of
Proctor], p. 230.
38 Popular Electricity Magazine, v. 5, 1912 July.
"An Ancient Industry Electrified," by Orin Edson Crooker,
p. 209.
39 Popular Mechanics Magazine, v. 22, 1914
October. "In the Marble Quarries of Vermont," p. 562.
40 Power, v. 84, 1940 November. "Vermont Marble's
Four-Station, Interconnected Hydro System," by Francis A.
Westbrook.
41 Power and the Engineer, 1908 October 13.
"Electric Power for Quarrying Marble," by C. T. Maynard.
42 Public Health Nursing, v. 37, 1945 March.
"Industrial Nursing Begins in Vermont," by Ada Stewart
Markolf, p. 125.
43 Scandinavia, v. 1, 1924 June. "History of the
Swedish Settlement at Proctor, Vermont," by Otto T.
Johnson, p.22.
44 Scientific American, 1930 February. "Quarrying
Marble, the Token of Eternity," by A. E. Holden, p. 118.
45 Steelways, v. 5, 1949 March. "Vermont's Marble
Village," by Richard Wilcox, p. 20.
46 Stone, v. 29, November, [no year]. "The Vermont
Marble Company and the Village of Proctor," by Marcus
Gardiner.
_____, v. 7, 1893 September. "Vermont Marble Deposits," by
George C. Underhill.
47 _____, v. 14, 1897 January. "The Vermont Marble Hills," p.
165.
48 Through the Ages, v. 2, 1924 August. "The Old
and New in Marble Quarrying," p. 33.
_____, v. 5, 1927 July. "A Village Church in Marble," p. 3.
49 The Travelers Standard, v. 5, 1917 June.
"Quarrying Hazards: Second Paper."
50 Vasastjarnan: The Vasa Star, v. 50, 1957
February. "What My Scandinavian Ancestry Means to Me,"
by Sonja C. Nelson [of Proctor, Vermont], p. 3.
51 The Vermont Review, v. 1, 1907 January.
[Picture of Gov. Proctor.]
52 Vermont History, v. 28, 1960 January. “The
Swedes in Vermont,” by Dorothy Mayo Harvey, p. 39.
Proceedings of the Vermont Historical Society for the
years 1913-1914. “Redfield Proctor, His Public Life
and Services: Address before the Vermont Historical
Society, January 19, 1915,” by Frank C. Partridge, p. 59.
53 The Village, v. 1, 1907 March. “The Town of
Proctor, Vermont,” by W. S. Allen, p. 143.
54 Yankee, v. 5, 1939 February. “From Proctorsville
to Proctor,” by David C. Gale, p. 40.
Doc 140.8 Fortune, v. 6, 1932 October. "The Marble
of Vermont."
Ms Size C Harper's Weekly: A Journal of Civilization,
v. 34, 1890 November 15. "The Marble Quarries of Vermont,"
p. 898.
Ms Size C Leslie's Illustrated Weekly, v. 113, 1911
September 7. "Church Unity in a Vermont Town," by Rev.
F. E. Davison, of Rutland, Vermont.
Ms Size C Scientific American, v. 91, 1904 November 5.
"The Carrara of America," by Day Allen Willey.
Doc 140.8 Suburban Life, v. 11, 1910 November.
"Church Unity in One Town," by Rev. R. E. Davison.
MS Size B Rutland Daily Herald, December 24, 1962, p. 12.
Holiday greetings from the Vermont Marble Company.
Rutland Daily Herald, August 9, 1944, “Proctor
State GOP Choice for Governor Over Simpson”
Rutland Daily Herald, “Activities of Proctor,
The Marble Center of the World,” September 18, 1929
_____, _____, September 25, 1929
_____, _____, October 2, 1929
_____, _____, October 9, 1929
_____, _____, October 16, 1929
_____, _____, October 23, 1929
_____, _____, October 30, 1929
_____, _____, November 6, 1929
_____, _____, November 13, 1929
_____, _____, November 27, 1929
_____, _____, December 11, 1929
Worcester Sunday Telegram, January 31, 1932,
Section 5, “New England’s Buried Treasure: the Story of
the Building of the Vermont Marble Co., now the largest
white marble industry in the world, and a picture of the
colorful part played by Redfield Proctor, its founder and
inspiration,” by Frederick L. Rushton (3 copies, 1
incomplete)
The CIO News, December 11, 1939, “Vermont Marble
Grants Demands of CIO Quarry Union”
Hometown Pictorial, Boston Sunday Advertiser,
March 2, 1952, “Vermont Marble Co. Operates Own Hospital”
SVEA Svensk-Amerikansk Veckotidning,
Jubileums-Nummer, 1936
People’s Press, Vermont Edition, February 22,
1936
_____, February 29, 1936
_____, March 7, 1936
_____, March 14, 1936
_____, March 21, 1936
_____, March 28, 1936
_____, April 4, 1936
_____, April 11, 1936
_____, April 18, 1936
_____, April 25, 1936
_____, May 2, 1936
_____, May 9, 1936
_____, May 16, 1936
_____, May 23, 1936
Doc 138: 1 Journal of the House of Representatives of the
State of Vermont, Biennial Session, 1886.
Montpelier, Vermont: Vermont Watchman and State Journal
Press, 1886.
A Genealogy of the Descendants of Robert Proctor of
Concord and Chelmsford, Mass. with Notes of Some Connected
Families, by William Lawrence Proctor and Mrs. W. L.
Proctor. Ogdensburg, New York: Republican and Journal
Print, 1898.
2 Vermont: Its Resources and Industries. Embracing
Historical and Descriptive Sketches of the Green Mountain
State, and the Principal Cities and Towns Therein.
Glens Falls, New York: C. H. Possons, 1889.
Report of the Twenty-second Annual Lake Mohonk Conference
on International Arbitration, May 17th, 18th and 19th,
1916. Mohonk Lake, New York: Lake Mohonk Conference
on International Arbitration, 1916.
3 Otter Creek, Vt. Letter from the Secretary of War
Transmitting Report from the Chief of Engineers on Otter
Creek, Vt., Covering Navigation, Flood Control, Power
Development and Irrigation. Washington: United
States Government Printing Office, 1932.
Old Rutland: Side Lights on Her Honorable and Notable
Story During One Hundred and Sixty Years. A.D. 1761 --
A.D. 1922, by Edward Lowe Temple, M.A.
Rutland, Vermont: Edward Lowe Temple, 1923.
4 Vermont-New Hampshire Retail Monument Dealers’
Association Yearbook, 1916, issued in connection
with the summer meeting at The Weirs, Weirs, N.H.,
July 26th and 27th.
Vermont-New Hampshire Retail Monument Dealers’
Association Yearbook, 1917, issued in connection
with the summer meeting at Hotel Weirs, Weirs, N. H. July
19th and 20th.
The Green Mountain Tour Through Vermont: The unspoiled
land, by the Vermont Bureau of Publicity.
5 Broadsides
XL. Photographs
6 Animals
7 Art and artists
8 Artifacts
9 Bridges
10 Carriages
11 Cemeteries
12 Children
13 Churches
Doc 140: 9 _____
Doc 138:14 Communications
15 Eclipses
16 Entertainment
17 Exhibitions
18 Floods (1)
19 Floods (2)
20 Health
Doc 140: 9 _____
Doc 138:21 Historic buildings
Doc 140: 9 _____
Doc 140: 9 History--Civil War
Doc 138:22 Holidays
23 Hotels
24 Indians
25 Lakes
26 Libraries
27 Maple sugaring
28 Military--WWII
29 Mills and factories
30 Monuments
31 Mountains
32 Museums
33 Music
34 Organizations
35 Politics
36 Portraits, A-Z (1)
37 Portraits, unknown (2)
38 Portraits-Group
Doc 140: 9 Portraits
Doc 138:39 Power
40 Quarries-Proctor (1)
41 _____, (2)
42 _____, (3)
43 _____, (4)
Doc 139: 1 _____, (5)
2 _____, (6)
Doc 140:10 _____
Doc 139: 3 Quarries-Other
4 Railroads
5 Rivers, Otter Creek (1)
6 Rivers, Otters Creek (2)
7 Rivers, Other
8 Schools
Doc 140: 9 _____
Doc 140:12 Shops and mills
Doc 139: 9 Skills, stonecutting
10 Skills, all other
11 Social life and customs
12 Sports
Doc 140: 9 _____
Doc 139:13 Stores
14 Theater, Proctor
15 Towns-Proctor
16 _____
17 _____
Doc 140:11 _____
Doc 139:18 Towns-Other
19 Art and artists (dups)
20 Artifacts (dups)
21 Bridges (dups)
22 Cemeteries (dups)
23 Churches (dups)
24 Entertainment (dups)
25 Exhibitions (dups)
26 Floods (dups)
27 Health (dups)
28 Historic buildings (dups)
29 History (dups)
30 Hotels (dups)
31 Holidays (dups)
32 Lakes (dups)
33 Libraries (dups)
34 Mills and factories (dups)
35 Monuments (dups)
36 Music (dups)
37 Organizations (dups)
38 Portraits (dups)
39 Portraits-Group (dups)
40 Quarries (dups)
41 Rivers (dups)
42 Schools (dups)
43 Skills-Stonecutting (dups)
44 Sports (dups)
45 Stores (dups)
46 Towns Proctor (dups)
47 Towns-Other (dups)
48 Negatives
49 _____
50 _____
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