Say it Forward: Post-election pop-up oral histories
In the aftermath of a tough presidential election, the College Archives will create in-person and virtual spaces to reflect on this historical moment and what comes next.
Special Collections
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Sarah Winnemucca, an Indigenous Author and Activist You Need to Know
| by Rebekah Irwin
On the second Monday in October, Vermont recognizes Indigenous Peoples’ Day. (In other states, it’s called Columbus Day.) This year, Special Collections is stretching our celebration across the entire fall semester.
Louise Glück, winner of the Nobel Prize, reads at Bread Loaf
| by Rebekah Irwin
Louise Glück, the New York-born American poet with ties to Vermont and the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, won the Nobel Prize for literature today.
Old New Faces, or Facebook 50 Years Ago
| by Kaitlin Buerge
Have you ever wished that there was a directory - a book, perhaps, or a website - where you could search for your classmates by name in order to find out what they look like? A book of faces, maybe? Well, if you were a student between 1949 and 2008, Middlebury had your back.
Presenting: a Miniature Qur’an
| by Rebekah Irwin
Here’s another miniature book from Special Collections. Sometimes photographs alone are not enough. This book needs to be seen in action to be appreciated.
Presenting: 1ère Cigarette
| by Kaitlin Buerge and Rebekah Irwin
We love sharing images of the books in our collections. Some books, though, need to be captured in action.
Alexander Twilight Day, or Happy 225th Birthday
| by Danielle Rougeau and Rebekah Irwin
On Juneteenth—the holiday that commemorates the emancipation of the last slaves in America— Vermont state lawmakers designated Sept. 23 as Alexander Twilight Day in Vermont.
The perfect prune whip: Tastes of the Middlebury Nursery School cook book
| by Kaitlin Buerge
We were thrilled to receive this donation of the 1938-1939 Middlebury Nursery School Cook Book from Deborah West Zipf, Class of 1958.
What Angelina Weld Grimké taught me about Black authors in Special Collections
| by Kaitlin Buerge
While researching Black authors in Special Collections for Black History Month, I was inspired by Angelina Weld Grimke (of whom I knew nothing), to work on a project to make our works by Black authors more visible and accessible.
Library staff lend their hands to Special Collections
| by Kaitlin Buerge
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many of the Library’s frontline staff were forced to abandon their books and leave the circulation desk behind. While in exile from the building, collections, and people who normally keep them extremely busy, they pitched in to help Special Collections cross off items from our very long wishlist of projects.