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The Vermont Cynic
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- Creator: University of Vermont
- Date Created: 1964-02-21
- Description: This issue explores blackface, which had been recently banned, and documents the history of early opposition to Kake Walk.
- Parent Collections: Kake Walk at UVM
Library Exhibit Materials
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- Creator: Gallagher, Connell B.
- Date Created: 2004
- Description: In 2004, UVM's Bailey/Howe library held an exhibit entitled "UVM's Past: The Legacy of Kake Walk." Exhibit materials archived at UVM are presented here: draft exhibit labels, copied and redacted primary sources which may have been used in display cases, and a notebook containing visitor comments (starting on page 46).
- Parent Collections: Kake Walk at UVM
Statements by the Kake Walk Directors and President Rowell
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- Creator: University of Vermont, Rowell, Lyman S.
- Date Created: 1969-10-31
- Parent Collections: Kake Walk at UVM
Greek and Panhellenic Vote Opposing Kake Walk Revival
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- Creator: University of Vermont
- Date Created: 1977-02-24
- Parent Collections: Kake Walk at UVM
Response to Discontinuation of Kake Walk
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- Creator: University of Vermont
- Date Created: 1969-11-07
- Parent Collections: Kake Walk at UVM
William C. Holbrook to Frederick Holbrook
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- Creator: Holbrook, William Cune, 1842-1904.
- Date Created: 1862-07-29
- Description: Topics include returning to Baton Rouge and the comforts that came with this move, expresses his decided opinion on the ramifications of releasing “unlettered Negroes” (i.e. slaves), feels the blacks are well enough cared for in general, speaks against blacks as a possible fighting force, the treatment of the slaves who enter Union lines by the Union soldiers, feels politicians need to experience first hand the habits of black slaves of the south and not hold such lofty ideals, the attempted “cut off” of the Mississippi River by the Union, and the death of W. C. Holbrook’s grandfather.
- Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, William C. Holbrook Correspondence
Valentine G. Barney to Maria Barney
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- Creator: Barney, Valentine G., 1834-1889.
- Date Created: 1863-10-03
- Description: Topics include a visit to Norfolk, Virginia, where he met his brother, Lester (Rufus Lester Barney), his return to the Regiment by boat, and an aborted movement of the Regiment to Portsmouth, Virginia. He also mentions the large number of sick in the Regiment, the arrival of a colored regiment to help stand guard, though he doubts their capability, taking a horse back ride through the Negro regiment and Jewettville.
- Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Valentine G. Barney Correspondence
The History of Racism at UVM: The Vermont Paradox
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- Creator: McCrorey, H. Lawrence.
- Date Created: 2004-02-19
- Description: Larry McCrorey, professor emeritus of molecular physiology and biophysics and former dean of the School of Allied Health, was among the most vocal opponents of Kake Walk. He delivered this speech, “The History of Racism at UVM: the Vermont Paradox,” on Feb. 19 at 4 p.m. in the McCrorey Gallery of Multicultural Art at the University of Vermont's Bailey/Howe Library.
- Parent Collections: Kake Walk at UVM
Statement by President Rowell
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- Creator: Rowell, Lyman S.
- Date Created: 1969-10-31
- Parent Collections: Kake Walk at UVM
Response to October Issue of Commentary
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- Creator: University of Vermont
- Date Created: 1969-11-16
- Parent Collections: Kake Walk at UVM