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Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, July 20, 1935

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Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962.
Description: Topics include debate on confirmation of Harry Hopkins as Secretary of Commerce.
Parent Collections: Letters Home From Congress

Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, March 8, 1939

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Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962.
Description: Topics include upcoming Republican National Convention; Governor Aiken.
Parent Collections: Letters Home From Congress

Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, March 9, 1939

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Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962.
Description: Topics include centralization of power in the Federal government; President Roosevelt's Reorganization Bill.
Parent Collections: Letters Home From Congress

Barn raising

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Date Created: 1900
Description: Barn raising. Frame of barn is pictured with people standing and sitting on various levels of the frame and in front of the barn. Barn built by Frank Valley, local carpenter.
Parent Collections: Tennie Toussaint Photographs

Barn raising dinner

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Date Created: 1910
Description: 1910 Joyce family barn raising dinner.. Photocopy of Tennie Toussaint article with this image in Folder 1 of collection. Caption reads, "Dinner at the barn raising in 1910. A few of the people are identified...dark-haired at extreme left is Ike Stanton; Lyman Morrill in white shirt beside Ike; man seated, with straw hat, Harl Ranney; woman in center with dark dress, Mrs. Richard Langmaid; man standing at right, wearing felt hat, Ben Stevens; at right of Stevens, Mrs. Horace Ward."
Parent Collections: Tennie Toussaint Photographs

Mary Jean Simpson Diary, 1927

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Creator: SimpsonMaryJean, 1888-1977.
Date Created: 1927
Description: This diary records Mary Jean’s continued work as a Bill Clerk of the Senate, helping to process the hundreds of bills passed in 1927. Mary Jean spends much of her free time going to social events, and often describes the church sermons she hears each Sunday. Mary Jean also takes a ten-day transcontinental trip through the Midwest with Senator Dale and his family after the close of Congress. Returning to Vermont for the summer and early fall, Mary Jean travels around speaking to Women’s groups, rotary clubs, attending various committee meetings, and going to town fairs. In the late fall, Mary jean returns to her work as a Bill Clerk in DC and goes to various movies, musicals, and dinners. The end of her diary is largely focused on the Great Vermont Flood of 1927 and the relief programs she is involved in aimed at supporting the state in its aftermath. 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.
Parent Collections: Diaries

Mary Jean Simpson Diary, 1942

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Creator: SimpsonMaryJean, 1888-1977.
Date Created: 1942
Description: This diary most prominently features the death of Mary Jean’s mother in late February, a hugely significant figure in her life. Much of the diary discusses the loneliness that comes with the death of a parent, especially around the holiday seasons. Topics in this diary include family death, grief and faith, UVM student affairs, University requirements during World War II, and Women’s Groups. Throughout the year Mary Jean busies herself with women’s groups and student life at UVM, dealing with a student theft incident at Allen Hall, going to Delta Kappa Gamma and YWCA events, and attending meetings on Student Aid. In the absence of her mother, Mary Jean writes about spending time with her cousin Jean and Aunt Kate and expresses misery at the distance created between her and her brother, John. Peppered throughout emotional passages are mention of going to plays and concerts, attending dinners, and in one instance a Faculty Senate meeting with the War Council on student physical education requirements. Topics in this diary include family death, grief and faith, UVM student affairs, University requirements during World War II, and Women’s Groups.
Parent Collections: Diaries

Mary Jean Simpson Diary, 1941

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Creator: SimpsonMaryJean, 1888-1977.
Date Created: 1941
Description: This diary features Mary Jean’s time as Dean of Women at UVM and details her busy work life. Visits to New York and Maine, and travel across Vermont for conferences, club meetings, and funerals are common in this diary. Mary Jean describes the busyness of UVM summer school, the convocation for UVM’s 150th year, a social work conference in Brattleboro, and attending the Women’s Student Union Association Convention. She also details the death of her Aunt Harriet, her mother’s bout with the flu, and a general sense of weariness from her constant work and travel. A note in late December marks her relief at UVM closing for winter break. Topics in this diary include automobile transportation, Women’s groups, church life including funerals and weddings, UVM’s Sesquicentennial, Social Work, and Mary Jean’s family life.
Parent Collections: Diaries

Family seated insde a house reading and knitting.

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Date Created: 1900
Description: Family seated insde a house reading and knitting.
Parent Collections: Tennie Toussaint Photographs

Village view with team of oxen on road

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Date Created: 1900
Description: Village view with a man leading a team of oxen on road, and a horse and wagon behind them. Houses on either side of the road, with a hillside rising in the background. Firewood is split and piled in two of the yards.
Parent Collections: Tennie Toussaint Photographs

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