Aldrich Public LibraryThe Archives of Barre History at the Aldrich Public Library holds papers concerning Barre history. Approximately 20% of the Archives of Barre History manuscript holdings are cataloged on ArcCat. Cataloged records include personal, family, and business papers of residents of Barre City and Barre Town, as well as papers relating to the granite industry in general. Among them are papers relating to the granite industry in general. Among them are papers relating to different ethnic groups, such as the Italians and Scots who worked in the granite industry, records of women's and men's organizations and social clubs, and letters and diaries from those who participated in conflicts such as the Civil War, the Spanish American War, and WWI and WWII.
6 Washington Street
Barre, VT 05641
Contact person: Karen Lane
Telephone: (802) 476-7550
e-mail: barre@dol.state.vt.us
Web site: http://www.aldrich.lib.vt.us/museum_&_archives.htm
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Fairbanks Museum and PlanetariumThe Fairbanks Museum Archives Center is open to the public by appointment. The Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium has served as a repository for local historical records since its opening in 1891. The holdings include the records of the museum itself and local historical material including personal, family, and business papers from St. Johnsbury and other Northeast Kingdom area towns dating from the 19th century to the present. About 10% of the holdings have been processed as of March 2000.
1302 Main Street
St. Johnsbury Vermont 05819
Contact person: Pat Swartz
Telephone: 802-748-2372
email: Radon.Fairbanks@ConnRiver.net
Web site: http://www.fairbanksmuseum.com/htm/collections_archives.shtml
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Route 7
Ferrisburgh, VT 05456
Contact person: Jane Williamson
Telephone: (802) 877-3406
From the 1790's to 1961 Rokeby was the home of four generations of the Robinson family, who were farmers, reformers, writers, and artists. The museum holds their personal and business papers, along with the papers of a few family related to the Robinsons by marriage. Approximately 20 linear feet of Robinson family letters are housed at the Sheldon Museum Research Center in Middlebury for more convenient researcher access. Approximately 5% of Rokeby's papers are cataloged in ArcCat as of July, 1996.
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The Sheldon Museum has collections relating to Addison County. Approximately 90% of the Sheldon Museum Research Center's manuscript holdings are cataloged on ArcCat, including personal, family, and business papers of Addison County residents mainly dating from the late 18th century to the mid-20th. Among them are records of school districts, agricultural organizations, and social clubs; account books of farmers, lawyers, doctors, housewives, laborers and merchants; time books of local industries; personal diaries; and letters from Civil War soldiers, mill girls, businessmen, railroad lawyers, ordinary working people, and Western emigrants.
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The Special Collections Department of the University of Vermont Libraries holds the Wilbur Collection of Vermontiana. The Wilbur Collection includes some 80,000 books and pamphlets, approximately 200,000 photographs and other pictures, upwards of 7,500 printed and manuscript maps, and more than 8,000 linear feet of Vermont manuscripts, of which a sample appear here. Contemporary Vermont materials, such as legislative records and state agency documents, are acquired on a continuous basis. The department also maintains an extensive reference file of news
articles and pamphlets on issues pertaining to Vermont and Vermonters. Thus researchers have access to a wide range of materials documenting both historical and
current Vermont topics.
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The Vermont Historical Society holds papers of Vermont people, organizations, and businesses. A very small percentage of the VHS manuscript collection is cataloged on ArcCat. There are three groups of materials included on ArcCat: (1) large and significant collections cataloged under a grant from the National Historic Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC); (2) Civil War manuscript collections (the VHS has other Civil War materials not in ArcCat); and (3) recent manuscript acquisitions.
The VHS now maintains its own online catalog which includes manuscript collections: see also http://catalog.vermonthistory.org.
There are many historically important manuscript collections at the VHS which have not been cataloged on computers. These collections can be identified through paper catalogs at the VHS. The manuscript collection contains unique hand and typewritten letters, diaries, account books, records of organizations and businesses, and research notes. The collection is particularly strong in family history, agriculture, railroads, personal accounts of military conflicts, religion, emigration, government and politics, and early crafts and trades.
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The Vermont State Archives holds Vermont state government records with enduring value. Approximately 20% of the State Archives collections are cataloged on ArcCat. Among them are Governor's records from 1977-1991, Secretary of State records from 1945-1993, and the records of various public officials including Lieutenant Governor Peter Smith (1983-1987), and State Senator John Finn (1989-1993). Some election records included within this catalog are Nominations (1892-1976), Town Meeting Material (1954-1991), and the Vermont Board of Elections (1974-1977). There are catalog records of a number of Commissions such as the Lake Champlain Bridge Commission (1920-1987), Vermont Governor's Commission on the Status of Women (1964-1985), Vermont Special Commission on Public School. Governance (1987), and the Vermont Statehood Bicentennial Commission (1986-1992).
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SHELDON MUSEUM
1 Park St.
Middlebury, Vt 05753
Contact person: Orson Kingsley
Telephone: (802) 388-2117
e-mail: okingsley@HenrySheldonMuseum.org
web site: http://www.henrysheldonmuseum.org
UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT, SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
Bailey/Howe Library
University of Vermont
Burlington, Vt. 05405
Contact person: Chris Burns
Telephone: (802) 656-2138
Fax: (802) 656-4038
e-mail: chris.burns@uvm.edu
Web site: http://library.uvm.edu/sc/
VERMONT HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Vermont Historical Society
60 Washington Street
Barre, VT 05641-4209
Contact person: Paul Carnahan, Librarian
Telephone: (802) 479-8509
Fax: (802) 479-8510
e-mail: vhs-library@state.vt.us
Web site: http://vermonthistory.org
VERMONT STATE ARCHIVES & RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
Office of the Secretary of State
1078 Route 2, Middlesex (physical location)
Montpelier, Vt. 05633-7701(mailing address)
Contact person: Christie Carter
Telephone: (802) 828-2397
Fax: (802) 828-2496
e-mail: ccarter@sec.state.vt.us
Web site: http://vermont-archives.org