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Mary Jean Simpson Diary, 1946
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    • Creator: SimpsonMaryJean, 1888-1977.
    • Date Created: 1946
    • Description: In this diary Mary Jean deals with some health issues including a broken ankle and a thyroid illness. She describes being very busy at work, attending meetings such as the Executive Board of the Ladies of the Faculty. She also regularly participates in church and women’s group events. This included traveling to Connecticut for a YWCA and taking part in a search group to find a chairman for the Pulpit Committee at her church. As usual, Mary Jean ends her year with a description of packing gifts and spending Christmas with friends and family. Topics in this diary include Women’s Groups, Church Organizations, injury, illness, and healthcare in the 20th century, and faculty life at UVM.
    • Parent Collections: Diaries


    Mary Jean Simpson Diary, 1940
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      • Creator: SimpsonMaryJean, 1888-1977.
      • Date Created: 1940
      • Description: This unique diary includes brief accounts from major life events between 1939 and 1943. Entries in 1939 and 1940 mention work and family life, traveling to Washington for a conference, Christmas, and some social activities such as shopping or going to the movies. The entries in 1942 detail the death of Mary Jean’s mother, and the emotions she and her brother experience over it. In 1943 she details the death of her Aunt Kate and the funeral held in her honor. Topics include death and grief, US Labor Department, family life in Vermont, and commercial life in Vermont.
      • Parent Collections: Diaries


      Winter landscape
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        • Date Created: 1900
        • Description: Winter landscape, Lottie Willey's house, married Rufus Hubbard. House built by Frank Valley.
        • Parent Collections: Tennie Toussaint Photographs


        Woman leaning against the front porch
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          • Date Created: 1900
          • Description: Portrait of a woman standing against the front porch of Elgin Gates' house.
          • Parent Collections: Tennie Toussaint Photographs


          Camp scene of men, women, and children.
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            • Date Created: 1900
            • Description: Group of men, women, and children in camp.
            • Parent Collections: Tennie Toussaint Photographs


            Mary Jean Simpson Diary, 1930
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              • Creator: SimpsonMaryJean, 1888-1977.
              • Date Created: 1930
              • Description: In this diary Mary Jean deals with some major health issues including damaged knees and a cut in her hand that landed her in the hospital for months that left much of the summer and early fall in the diary empty. Surviving a very cold winter in Washington DC, much of her daily life involves dinner parties, reading books, and visiting the movies alongside occasional visits from friends and family such as her Aunt Harriet. Mixed into descriptions of her daily life are mentions of national issues such as her brother John’s financial worries at the beginning of the Great Depression. Topics in this diary include the Great Depression, medical treatments including both home and professional remedies, and social and work life in Washington DC.
              • Parent Collections: Diaries


              Justin Smith Morrill to Matthew H. Buckham, March 27, 1883
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                • Creator: Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898.
                • Date Created: 1883-03-27
                • Description: Topics include $75,000 for a new library building and a potential site for that building.
                • Parent Collections: Justin Morrill Letters to UVM President Buckham


                Justin Smith Morrill to Matthew H. Buckham, April 25, 1884
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                  • Creator: Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898.
                  • Date Created: 1884-04-25
                  • Description: Topics include an assignment of a military officer to the University for instruction and Buckham's request for help from Morrill in obtaining copies of the Digest.
                  • Parent Collections: Justin Morrill Letters to UVM President Buckham


                  Justin Smith Morrill to Matthew H. Buckham, August 21, 1888
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                    • Creator: Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898.
                    • Date Created: 1888-08-21
                    • Description: Morrill writes about an upcoming address to the legislature in Montpelier about state support for the Agricultural College and the University of Vermont.
                    • Parent Collections: Justin Morrill Letters to UVM President Buckham


                    Village of Burlington in Vermont
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                      • Creator: Johnson, John,1771-1842
                      • Date Issued: 1833
                      • Description: City is divided into numbered lots; streets and ten buildings or sites are identified.
                      • Parent Collections: Historical Maps of Burlington and Winooski, Vermont