Liefe Loves Libraries
| by Liefe Temple
Super senior feb Liefe Temple has held virtually every library position available to students during her four years at Middlebury. Learn more about her experiences working in the library!
Special Collections
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The Chateau: Celebrating 100 Years
| by Tulip Larson
Middlebury’s most iconic building turns 100 this year! Visit the Davis Family Library atrium to view a bilingual exhibition of Chateau archives, curated by Tulip Larson, class of 2025, with translation assistance by Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies Julien Weber.
Special Collections, MiddPoints
Student projects: Gaza Solidarity Encampment anonymous interview transcripts
Last spring, four students completed oral history projects to help illuminate areas of Middlebury’s past and present. Special Collections Oral Historians chose their own projects and conducted interviews with Middlebury students, staff, and alums. Check out this project by an anonymous Special Collections Oral Historian.
Special Collections, MiddPoints
Student projects: Middlebury College Choir oral histories
Last spring, four students completed oral history projects to help illuminate areas of Middlebury’s past and present. Special Collections Oral Historians chose their own projects and conducted interviews with Middlebury students, staff, and alums. Check out this project by Samantha-Grey Solomon ‘25!
Special Collections, MiddPoints
Beyond the Green Mountains: The reach of Special Collections' digital holdings
| by Mikaela Taylor
Users from around the world access digital materials from Special Collections available in the Internet Archive in growing (and impressive) numbers.
Special Collections, MiddPoints
Student projects: The international student experience through oral histories
| by Sajia Yaqouby and Shloka Raghavan
This spring, four students completed oral history projects to help illuminate areas of Middlebury’s past and present. Special Collections Oral Historians chose their own projects and conducted interviews with Middlebury students, staff, and alums. Check out this project by Sajia Yaqouby ‘25.5 and Shloka Raghavan ‘27!
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The First Car in Morocco: Visual Representations During the French Conquest
| by Erik Budo Uerkwitz
In the second installment in a series of posts about student academic projects in Special Collections, Erik Budo Uerkwitz ‘26 reflects on the representations of colonial Morocco in French photo albums.
Two is Company, Three’s a Crowd: A Brief Bibliographic Study of Middlebury College’s "The New Testament, The Booke of Common Prayer, and The Whole Book of Psalms"
| by Liefe Temple
In the first installment in a series of posts about student academic projects in Special Collections, Liefe Temple ‘25.5 shares her research on a very particular book.
"Scrapped!" A century of Middlebury scrapbooks on display in Davis Family Library
Come see the new Special Collections exhibition, curated by Ambar Vasquez-Mitra ‘25 and Yvette Fordjour ‘26, in the Davis Family Library atrium and in Special Collections.