Vermont History: The Proceedings of the Vermont Historical Society
From time to time patrons ask the librarians of the Vermont Historical Society to create electronic files of articles that were published in Vermont Historyprior to 2000. In the belief that these articles may be of interest to a broader audience, we are making these articles available through this web site. This section will grow over time to include the most popular articles published in Vermont History as determined by requests from the public.
Selected Articles, 1961-1999
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Lewis Robinson Entrepreneur
Geroge R. Dalphin and Marcus A. McCorison, vol. 30, no. 4 (October 1962): 297-313.
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The Vermont Democratic-Republican Societies and the French Revolution
Judah Adelson, vol. 32, no. 1 (January 1964): 3-23.
The Indian Occupation Of Vermont
Gordon M. Day, vol. 33, no. 3 (July 1965): 365-374.
Emerson Lectures In Vermont
Ralph Waldo Emerson, vol. 33, no. 3 (July 1965): 395-399.
Hand's Cove: Rendezvous of Ethan Allen and The Green Mountain Boys for the Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
J. Robert Maguire, vol. 33, no. 4 (October 1965): 416-437.
A Vermont Republican Urges War: Royall Tyler, 1812, and the Safety of Republican Government
Roger H. Brown, vol. 36, no. 1 (Winter 1968): 13-18.
Jonathan Carpenter and the American Revolution: The Journal of an American Naval Prisoner of War and Vermont Indian Fighter
John K. Alexander, vol. 36, no. 2 (Spring 1968): 74-90.
The Contest for Isle aux Noix, 1759-1760: A Case Study in the Fall of New France
David Lee, vol. 37, no. 2 (Spring 1969): 96-107.
Smuggling into Canada: How the Champlain Valley Defied Jefferson's Embargo
H. N. Muller, vol. 38, no. 1 (Winter 1970): 5-21.
Exciting Times in Orleans County ... Smuggling in 1813-1814: A Personal Reminiscence
vol. 38, no. 1 (Winter 1970): 22-26.
Chautauqua Week in Lyndonville: A Description Written in 1915
Dorothy C. Walter, vol. 38, no. 3 (Summer 1970): 200-203.
John Wolcott Phelps: The Civil War General Who Became a Forgotten Presidential Candidate in 1880
John McClaughry, vol. 38, no. 4 (Autumn 1970): 263-290.
The Mystery of Chester Alan Arthur's Birthplace
Thomas C. Reeves, vol. 38, no. 4 (Autumn 1970): 291-304.
Edmunds' Contrivance: Senator George Edmunds of Vermont and the Electoral Compromise of 1877
Norbert Kuntz, vol. 38, no. 4 (Autumn 1970): 305-315.
William A. Howard and the Nomination of Rutherford B. Hayes for the Presidency
Dorothy L. Moore, vol. 38, no. 4 (Autumn 1970): 316-319.
Coolidge's Delivery: Everybody Liked It
Arthur F. Fleser, vol. 38, no. 4 (Autumn 1970): 320-325.
Reprinted from Southern Speech Journal (Winter 1966)
The World is Becoming a Single Room: Sho Nemoto's Years in Vermont and Japan
Betty Bandel, vol. 39, no. 1 (winter 1971): 72-76.
Excerpts from John Howe's "Smuggler's Journal"
Introduction by Neil R. Stout, vol. 40, no. 4 (Autumn 1972): 262-270.
George White – Vermont's "Unknown Artist"
Carl Taylor, Jr., vol. 42, no. 1 (Winter 1974): 3-11.
An Invasion of Strong-Minded Women: The Newspapers and the Woman Suffrage Campaign in Vermont in 1870
Deborah P. Clifford, vol. 43, no. 1, (Winter 1975): 1-19
Benning Wentworth's Claims in the New Hampshire-New York Border Congroversy: A Case of Twenty-Twenty Hindsight?
Allan R. Raymond, vol. 43, no. 1, (Winter 1975): 20-32
John Godfrey Saxe: The Poet as Politician, 1859
John Buechler, vol. 43, no. 1, (Winter 1975): 33-43
Calvin Coolidge and the Advent of Radio Politics
John L. Blair, vol. 44, no. 1 (Winter 1976): 28-37.
A "Traitorous and Diabolical Traffic:" The Commerce of the Champlain-Richelieu Corridor During the War of 1812
H. N. Muller III, vol. 44, no. 2 (Spring 1976): 78-96.
What Did He Really Say? The "Aiken Formula" for Vietnam Revisited
Mark A. Stoler, vol. 46, no. 2 (Spring 1978): 100-108.
Vermont's Stone Chambers: Their Myth and Their History
Giovanna Neudorfer, vol. 47, no. 2 (Spring 1979): 79-148.
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The Drive For Women's Municipal Suffrage In Vermont
Deborah P. Clifford, vol. 47, no. 3 (Summer 1979): 173-190.
In Italy With Mr. and Mrs. George Perkins Marsh
Tom Daniels, vol. 47, no. 3 (Summer 1979): 191-195.
Zadock Thompson and the Story of Vermont
J. Kevin Graffagnino, vol. 47, no. 4 (Fall 1979): 237-257.
The Liberty Party in Vermont, 1840-1848: The Forgotten Abolitionists
Reinhard O. Johnson, vol. 47, no. 4 (Fall 1979): 258-275.
The Vermont Education of Taraknath Das: An Episode in British-American-Indian Relations
Ronald Spector, vol. 48, no. 2 (Spring 1980): 89-95.
Republican Vermont: An Eroding Tradition
Edited by D. Gregory Sanford, vol. 48, no. 4 (Fall 1980): 197-224.
You Can't Get There from Here: The Presidential Boomlet for Governor George D. Aiken, 1937-1939
D. Gregory Sanford, vol. 49, no. 4 (Fall 1981): 197-208.
Broadside Illustrations of the Jeffersonian-Federalist Conflict in Vermont, 1809-1816
John J. Duffy, vol. 49, no. 4 (Fall 1981): 209-222.
"The 3rd Vermont has won a name:" Corporal George Q. French's Account of the Battle of Lee's Mills, Virginia
Albert C. Eisenberg, vol. 49, no. 4 (Fall 1981): 223-231.
The Plank Framed House in Northeastern Vermont
Jan Leo Lewandoski, vol. 53, no. 2 (Spring 1985): 104-121.
Middlebury's Marble Fireplaces
Glenn M. Andres, vol. 55, no. 4 (Fall 1987): 197-211.
The Intellectual Legacy of Justice Thomas Hayes
Samuel B. Hand, vol. 56, no. 3 (Summer 1988): 141-146.
Clio in the Courtroom
Thomas L. Hayes, vol. 56, no. 3 (Summer 1988): 147-154.
Espionage in Windsor: Clarence H. Waldron and Patriotism in World War I
Gene Sessions, vol. 61, no. 3 (Summer 1993): 133-155.
From Degeneration to Regeneration: The Eugenics Survey of Vermont, 1925-1936
Kevin Dann, vol. 59, no. 1 (Winter 1991): 5-29.
With Banner, Gun, and Sword: Marshall Harvey Twitchell and the 4th Vermont Regiment Go to War
Ted Tunnell, vol. 59, no. 2 (Spring 1991): 69-84
Migrants and Millworkers: The French Canadian Population of Burlington and Colchester, 1860-1870
Betsy Beattie, vol. 60, no. 2 (Spring 1992): 95-117.
Green Mountain Insurgency: Transformation of New York's Forty-Year Land War
Donald A. Smith, vol. 64, no. 4 (Fall1996): 197-231.
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"A Desirable Class of People": The Leadership of the Green Mountain Club and Social Exclusivity, 1920-1936.
Hal Goldman, vol. 65, no. 3&4 (Summer/Fall 1997): 131-152.
A Vermonter on the Trail of Tears, 1830-1837.
Brett E. Whalen, vol. 66, no. 1&2 (Winter/Spring 1998): 31-38.
"Will's Panther Club": Reverend William J. Ballou, The Irrepressible and Uncompromising Order of Pantherites, and Chester Vermont, Catamount-Sighting Controversy, 1934-1936
Thomas L. Altherr, vol. 66, no. 1&2 (Winter/Spring 1998): 5-31
