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48 Diaries. 19 Burlington (Vt. : Town). 17 Ambassadors' spouses -- Italy -- Turin -- Diaries. 17 Ambassadors' spouses. 17 Diplomatic and consular service, American -- Italy. 17 Diplomatic and consular service, American. 17 Italy -- Turin. 17 Italy. 17 Manners and customs. 17 Marsh, Caroline Crane, 1816-1901. 17 Savoy, House of. 17 Turin (Italy) -- History -- Sources. 17 Turin (Italy) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. 16 Craftsbury (Vt. : Town). 16 Marsh, George P. (George Perkins), 1801-1882. 16 Simpson Mary Jean 1888-1977. 16 University of Vermont 9 Catholicism. 6 Garibaldi, Giuseppe, 1807-1882. 4 Women -- Diaries. 3 Italy -- Pegli. 3 Lamson, Genieve, 1887-1966. 3 Randolph (Vt. : Town). 3 Students -- Diaries. 3 Students -- Vermont -- Burlington. 3 University of Vermont -- Students. 2 Estcourt, Caroline Bucknal, Lady, 1809-1886. 2 Italy -- Como (Province). 2 Italy -- Florence. 2 Rattazzi, Urbano, 1808-1873. 2 Ricasoli, Bettino, 1809-1880. 2 United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. 2 United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons. 2 Way, Chester Murray, 1897-1973. 1 Africa. 1 Arms, Willard. 1 Aspromonte, Battle of, Italy, 1862. 1 Atlantic Ocean. 1 Blackwell, Anna, active 1875-1876. 1 Blinn Charles Henry 1843-1926. 1 Blinn, Charles Henry, 1843-1926. 1 Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861. 1 Calais (Vt. : Town). 1 Cavour, Camillo Benso, conte di, 1810-1861 1 Cavour, Camillo Benso, conte di, 1810-1861. 1 Courtship. 1 Dorset (Vt. : Town). 1 Fairlee (Vt. : Town). 1 Families of military personnel. 1 Farnham Roswell 1827-1903. 1 Farnham, Mary Elizabeth Johnson, 1828-1913. 1 Farnham, Roswell, 1827-1903. 1 Fisher, Henry Osman, 1872-1954. 1 Fishing. 1 Garibaldi, Giuseppe 1807-1882. 1 Goodenough, Eli, 1821-1860. 1 Goodenough, Mandana White, 1826-1924. 1 Hardwick (Vt. : Town). 1 Hiking. 1 Hudson, James, Sir, 1810-1885. 1 Kasson, John A. 1 Kelley, Mary Susan Davis, 1866-1917. 1 Kent, Cephas, Jr., 1754-1813. 1 Lamb, Charles, 1775-1834. 1 Maria Pia, Queen, consort of Luís I, King of Portugal, 1847-1911. 1 Marriage. 1 Marsh George P., (George Perkins), 1801-1882. 1 Medical education. 1 Merino sheep. 1 Military camps -- Virginia. 1 Novello, Clara, 1818-1908. 1 Pomeroy, John, 1764-1844. 1 Powers, Hiram, 1805-1873. 1 Root, Erastus, 1789-1829. 1 Soldiers -- Vermont -- Diaries. 1 South America. 1 Stillman, William James, 1828-1901. 1 Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896. 1 Switzerland. 1 Trent Affair, 1861. 1 United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Personal narratives. 1 University of Vermont College of Medicine. 1 Victor Emmanuel II, King of Italy 1820-1878. 1 Victor Emmanuel II, King of Italy, 1820-1878. 1 Westmore (Vt. : Town). 1 Wheeler, David Hilton, 1829-1902. 1 Wilderness, Battle of the, Va., 1864.

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Miniature of Genieve Lamson Diary, 1910-1912
Genieve Lamson Diary, 1910-1912
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    • Creator: Lamson, Genieve, 1887-1966.
    • Date Created: 1910-1912
    • Description: Genieve Amelia Lamson was born in Randolph, Vt. to Whitcomb Elisha and Hannah Amelia (Philbrick) Lamson on April 29, 1887. Lamson graduated from Randolph High School in 1905. After graduation, she taught for four terms in Vermont district schools and for five years (until 1915) in high schools in Roselle Park, NJ and Springfield, Mass. Lamson completed her undergraduate and graduate studies at the University of Chicago, receiving her B.S. degree in 1920 and an M.S. in geography in 1922. She accepted a professorship at Vassar College in 1922 and taught in the geography department until her retirement in 1952. Lamson traveled extensively during her 20s. In 1909, she visited family and friends in the Pacific Northwest and went on several sightseeing excursions in California, Oregon, and Washington. She and her sister Gail traveled through Britain, France, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy in 1912, and the pair took a trip to Bermuda in 1915. Lamson was an active suffragist and was appointed by the Vermont Suffragist Association to chair the suffragist convention in Orange County in 1919. Lamson remained an active member of her community throughout her life, donating her time and money to a number of social and professional organizations. She was also a historian and choir member of Bethany Congregational Church, a sponsor of Vermont Symphony Orchestra concerts in Randolph, a member of the Randolph Woman’s Club, and a member of the Randolph Garden Club. Lamson died on September 22, 1966. Topics in Lamson’s diaries include teaching (as well as the process for becoming a certified teacher in Vermont circa 1910), major cities of the West Coast, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, and Seattle; turn-of-the-century fashion and home clothes-making, the sinking of the Titanic, turn-of-the-century slang, and the local history of Randolph, Vt.
    • Parent Collections: Diaries
    Miniature of Caroline Crane Marsh Diary, September 23 - December 21, 1864
    Caroline Crane Marsh Diary, September 23 - December 21, 1864
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      • Creator: Marsh, Caroline Crane, 1816-1901.
      • Date Created: 1864
      • Description: The Italian ministry dissolves and reforms in this diary amid countrywide protests against the September Convention treaty and debates over proposed bills for the suppression of monasteries and tax hikes on salt and other goods. The Marshes acquire the lower floors of the Casa d’Angennes during this period and the offices of the American Legation move into those rooms shortly after. Caroline Crane Marsh continues collecting items for the U.S. Sanitary Fairs and has an audience with the Duchess of Genoa. Topics in this diary include Italian law enforcement, slavery in the United States, differences between Turin and Florence, Italian art, Italian grief and funerary practices, convents, Italian medicine, relations between the Italian social classes, crime in Italy, political relations between Italy, France, and Rome; Catholicism, marriage, traveling and tourism in Russia, the Greek War of Independence, and the royal family of Savoy.
      • Parent Collections: Caroline Crane Marsh Diaries, Vermont Diaries
      Miniature of Caroline Crane Marsh Diary, March 8 - May 14, 1862
      Caroline Crane Marsh Diary, March 8 - May 14, 1862
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        • Creator: Marsh, Caroline Crane, 1816-1901.
        • Date Created: 1862
        • Description: The threat of war between Italy and Austria, increasing opposition to Urbano Rattazzi and the new ministry, and new negotiations between France, Rome, and the Italian government regarding the “Roman Question” serve as the backdrop for the events in this diary. The Marshes receive a visit from sculptor Hiram Powers and his family, and Green Clay arrives to replace Romaine Dillon as Secretary of the U.S. Legation, serving George Perkins Marsh alongside Marsh’s Italian secretary, Giuseppe Artoni. George Perkins Marsh completes the manuscript for his latest book, The Origin and History of the English Language, and resumes working on Man and Nature: or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action. Throughout this diary, the Marshes take sightseeing drives in and around Turin, visiting Moncalieri, the gardens at Valentino Palace, Stupenigi, Franchetti Villa, Madonna di Campagna, and Venaria Reale, among other places. Topics in this diary include Rome and the Pope, Catholicism and the prejudice against Protestantism in Italy, Princess Maria Pia, the behavior and politics of Italian royalty and elites, court etiquette in Italy and the Ottoman Empire, labor practices in Italian agriculture, education and health in rural Italy, diplomatic relations between Italians and “Northern” countries, the role of women in marriage and society in the 19th century, spiritualism, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Bettino Ricasoli, and Harriet Beecher Stowe.
        • Parent Collections: Vermont Diaries, Caroline Crane Marsh Diaries
        Miniature of Henry Osman Fisher Diary, 1894-1895
        Henry Osman Fisher Diary, 1894-1895
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          • Creator: Fisher, Henry Osman, 1872-1954.
          • Date Created: 1894-1895
          • Description: Henry Osman Fisher was born on October 23, 1872 in Addison, Vt. to Osman and Emma (Smith) Fisher. In 1894, Fisher was hired to sell Merino sheep and left Vermont for New York City. In November of that year, he and his brother-in-law, Carlton Watson Sprague, sailed to South Africa with 35 sheep. Fisher and Sprague landed in Cape Town and sold the sheep in Bloemfontein, before returning to the U.S. in April 1895. Fisher returned to South Africa the following year, selling sheep in Port Elizabeth and Molteno on behalf of C.W. Mason. Fisher made a third trip overseas in 1897, this time selling sheep in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Eventually, Fisher left the sheep exporting business and returned to Vermont to run a farm in Panton, where he married Jessie May Field (1879-1967) on August 3, 1906. The couple had two children, Osman Field Fisher (1910-1993) and Ellen Bigelow (1907-1987). Fisher was a Freemason (Union Lodge No. 2, Middlebury) and was a charter member of Otter Creek Chapter No. 74 of the Order of the Eastern Star in Vergennes. Topics in this diary include the international Merino sheep trade, selling livestock in Africa and South America, the perils of turn-of-the-century sea travel, and meteorological phenomena on the Atlantic Ocean.
          • Parent Collections: Diaries
          Miniature of Mary Jean Simpson Diary, 1939
          Mary Jean Simpson Diary, 1939
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            • Creator: SimpsonMaryJean, 1888-1977.
            • Date Created: 1939
            • Description: In this diary Mary Jean spends the spring semester at UVM attending YWCA meetings, a Committee on the Worlds Fair, traveling to a Dean’s convention in Cleveland Ohio, visiting John in NYC, going to Phi Beta Kappa events, sorority luncheons, faculty meetings, and attending various student life events. Due to the busy nature of her life, some weeks in this diary are akin to a daily planner for Mary Jean. During the summer months, Mary Jean regularly goes to church, has dinner with friends, works on the Fletcher Farm, and occasionally goes out to see movies. Returning to work at UVM in the fall leaves her with a busy schedule involved in student social affairs and faculty business, once again attending regular meetings and conferences including the Ladies of Faculty, Phi Beta Kappa, and the YWCA. Ending out her year is a lively description of time spent with family around the Christmas holiday. Topics in this diary include student and faculty life at UVM, with a focus on Pan-Hellenic life, church and social life in Vermont, and brief mentions of locomotive transportation.
            • Parent Collections: Diaries
            Miniature of Erastus Root Diary, 1815-1818
            Erastus Root Diary, 1815-1818
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              • Creator: Root, Erastus, 1789-1829.
              • Date Created: 1815-1818
              • Description: Erastus Root was born on January 9, 1789 to Timothy and Patience (Gleason) Barber Root in Guilford, Vt. After two years of study under the tutelage of Rev. Jason Chamberlain, Root enrolled at Williams College in 1809, before transferring to the University of Vermont in 1811 to continue studying with Chamberlain, who had been elected UVM’s Professor of Learned Languages in the interim. Root graduated from UVM with a bachelor’s degree in 1814 and spent the next three years studying medicine: he began his studies with Dr. Willard Arms of Brattleboro for a year and a half, then returned to UVM in the fall of 1815 to attend their medical lectures and continue his studies with Dr. John Pomeroy, and finally completed his studies at Dartmouth College, receiving his medical license in 1817. Root eventually moved to Boston, where he married Lucinda Jacobs on February 1, 1821. The couple had one daughter before Lucinda’s death in 1822 and Root’s death in New York on February 24, 1829. Topics in Root’s diary include UVM’s medical program in early nineteenth century, John Pomeroy, early nineteenth-century medical practices, teaching in Vermont in early nineteenth century, and modes of travel in the early nineteenth century.
              • Parent Collections: Diaries
              Miniature of Cephas Kent, Jr. Diary, Undated
              Cephas Kent, Jr. Diary, Undated
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                • Creator: Kent, Cephas, Jr., 1754-1813.
                • Date Created: undated
                • Description: Cephas Kent Jr. was born on April 2, 1754 in Suffield, CT (Colony) to Cephas and Hannah (Spencer) Kent. In 1773, Kent moved with his family to what later became Dorset, Vt., where his father, a deacon as well as a tavern owner, took an active role in the American and Vermont independence movements. Kent enlisted in the Continental Army during the summer of 1775 and served as an aide-de-camp on General Montgomery’s staff. His primary responsibilities included cooking and caring for the officers’ baggage, but he also participated in several skirmishes, taking up arms at decisive moments during the Siege of Fort St. Jean. On January 30, 1779, Kent married Lydia Sheldon and the couple had several children. Kent died in Dorset on January 9, 1813. The first part of Kent’s diary details his religious experiences between the ages of 12 and 21, while the remainder describes his participation in the Continental Army’s campaign into Canada in 1775, especially the Siege of Fort St. Jean (“St. Johns”).
                • Parent Collections: Diaries
                Miniature of Caroline Crane Marsh Diary, January 1 - April 7, 1863
                Caroline Crane Marsh Diary, January 1 - April 7, 1863
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                  • Creator: Marsh, Caroline Crane, 1816-1901.
                  • Date Created: 1863
                  • Description: Troubles within the Church of England, the Polish Revolution, and widespread dissatisfaction with the Italian government and King Victor Emmanuel serve as the backdrop for the events in this diary. After a little more sightseeing in and around Pegli, the Marshes head to Piobesi and move into the Castello di Piobesi Torinese for the summer. Topics in this diary include Protestantism in Italy, crime in Italy, acquiring and occupying real estate in Italy, music and performance in Italy, the climate and culture in Piobesi, Italian elite’s attitudes towards liberalism, Italian social etiquette, tourism and hospitality in Italy, women’s education and occupations in the 19th century, and Italian and international attitudes towards the United States and the American Civil War.
                  • Parent Collections: Caroline Crane Marsh Diaries, Vermont Diaries
                  Miniature of Caroline Crane Marsh Diary, January 1 - March 7, 1862
                  Caroline Crane Marsh Diary, January 1 - March 7, 1862
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                    • Creator: Marsh, Caroline Crane, 1816-1901.
                    • Date Created: 1862
                    • Description: The international political climate remains unsettled in this diary: political unrest continues across Europe and war seems imminent between England and the United States in the wake of the Trent Affair. The Italian political scene, however, becomes quite turbulent during the period: demonstrations in favor of national unification break out across Italy, the Italian ministry is dissolved, Bettino Ricasoli steps down, and Urbano Rattazzi becomes the new prime minister. Throughout all of this, the Marshes stay in Turin and continue to meet Italian elites and foreign nationals, including Rosa Arbesser, governess to Princess Margherita of Savoy. They also renew their acquaintance with Hungarian exile Lajos Kossuth and his family. The Marshes attend several political and social gatherings during this period and play their part in the Doria-Benedetti feud, “the social revolt against France” by the Torinese elites. Topics in this diary include the status and problems of Italian women, the role of women in marriage and society in the 19th century, Italian marriages and the influence of the Catholic church on marriage, education in Italy, the etiquette of Italian royalty and elites, Catholicism, and the celebration of Carnival in Italy.
                    • Parent Collections: Caroline Crane Marsh Diaries, Vermont Diaries
                    Miniature of Mary Jean Simpson Diary, 1928
                    Mary Jean Simpson Diary, 1928
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                      • Creator: SimpsonMaryJean, 1888-1977.
                      • Date Created: 1928
                      • Description: The common topics of daily life include church events and sermons; entertainment activities like attending plays, movies, VT town fairs, dinner parties, and learning to golf; and spending time with family and friends. Topics of wider interest include American politics specifically, the Great Vermont Flood of 1927 and Charles Lindbergh’s Goodwill Tour; women's groups’ meetings, and automobile and train travel. Topics in this diary include early 20th century health and treatment systems; social life in Washington DC including movies, theater, and operas; American politics; and women’s groups meetings.
                      • Parent Collections: Diaries