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Manuscript Transcriptions

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This page contains links to transcriptions of manuscripts or manuscript collections at the Leahy Library of the Vermont Historical Society in Barre, Vermont. We intend to add materials to this electronic collection as time allows.

These electronic resources are provided as a convenience to researchers who want to access primary source materials without making a trip to the library. A larger selection of materials are listed in our online catalog, and an even larger number of collections have been cataloged only with a card indexing system at the library. Be sure to visit our library to explore the broadest possible collection of resources.

Visit our Civil War Transcriptions page for transcriptions of items from the Civil War or our Genealogy Transcriptions page for transcriptions of primary source material of interet to genealogists.

  • James & Julia Hope letters, 1854-1874, Vermont artist living in New York City corresponding with wife in Castleton
  • Erastus P. Williams diaries, 1830-1843, Vermont farmer from Royalton
  • Stephen O. Lane letter, 1860, Vermonter in California, with additions from his wife
  • 1927 Flood
    • Peter Guiliani, Montpelier
    • Lawrence Ladd, Montpelier
    • Ruth Estelle Slack, Montpelier
  • "Our Friendly Road," 12-day hiking trip along the roads of Vermont taken by Doris Ward and unnamed companion/author.
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    • Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
    • Green Mountain Chronicles
      • Dewey Day: A Century Ends, 1899/1900
      • The Age of Trolleys, 1901
      • Early Autos in Vermont, 1902
      • Dorothy Canfield Fisher, 1907
      • “Number Please”: The Telephone Comes to Vermont, 1910
      • The Long Trail, 1910
      • Early Aviation, 1910
      • The 4-H in Vermont, 1914
      • Traveling Entertainment: The Chautauquas, 1915
      • World War I: Camp Vail, 1916
      • The 1918 Flu Epidemic, 1918
      • The Co-op Movement, 1919
      • Early Days of Radio, 1920
      • Prohibition, 1920
      • Women Get the Vote, 1920
      • The Anarchist Movement in Barre, 1920
      • Edna Beard: Vermont’s First Woman Legislator, 1921
      • The K.K.K. in Vermont, 1924
      • Walter Hard, Sr.: Vermont’s Storekeeper—Writer, 1924
      • Vermont Country Fairs, 1924
      • Memories of Silent Cal
      • The Flood of ‘27, 1927
      • Vermont in the Great Depression, 1929
      • Collecting Old Songs: Helen Hartness Flanders, 1930
      • Fighting the Depression: The C.C.C., 1933
      • The Green Mountain Parkway, 1933
      • A Symphony is Born: The VSO, 1934
      • The Early Days of Skiing, 1934
      • The WPA, 1935
      • The OWLS: Vermont’s Women Legislators, 1936
      • Fighting Silicosis: Dust Control in the Granite Industry, 1937
      • Robert Frost: Poet Laureate, 1938
      • World War II at Home, 1942
      • Turning on the Lights: Electricity Comes to Rural Vermont, 1943
      • Senator Ralph Flanders, 1946
      • Town Bands, 1946
      • Maple Sugaring, 1947
      • The Case of Alex B. Novikoff, 1953
      • The Coming of the Bulk Tanks, 1954
      • Consuela Northrop Bailey, 1954
      • Hi-Tech Comes to Vermont, 1957
      • Democrats Rising, 1958
      • Dowsing in Danville, 1961
      • Legislative Reapportionment, 1965
      • The Aiken Formula, Myth and Reality, 1966
      • The VT/NY Youth Project, 1968
      • Back to the Land: Communes in Vermont, 1968
      • Act 250, 1970
      • The First Vermonters: The Abenakis, 1976
      • School Consolidation: Farewell to the One-Room Schoolhouse, 1986
      • Railroads, 1989
      • Overview, 1900-1989
    • Manuscript Transcriptions
      • James & Julia Hope Letters
      • Erastus P. Williams Diaries
      • Teddy Roosevelt Re-enactment
    • Civil War Transcriptions
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      • Martha Johnson
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      • Charles Buxton Diary
      • William P. Calvert letter
      • Charles Chapin diary
      • George R. Crosby diaries
      • Charles Cummings letters
      • Alonzo C. Farmer letter
      • George Oscar French letters
      • Walter Graham diary
      • Walter Graham letters
      • William Hogan letters
      • Edwin Horton letters
      • George W. Humphrey letter
      • Alfred Horton Keith letters
      • Dan Mason letters
      • George E. Parker letters
      • John W. Phelps requisition
      • William "The Sleeping Sentinel" Scott letters
      • Orlando S. Turner letters
      • Daniel S. White letters
      • William White letters
      • James Willson letters
    • Civil War Research Resources
    • Vermont History Journal
      • Selected Articles, 1921 - 1960
      • Selected Articles, 1961 - 1999
      • Civil War Articles
      • Volume 68 (2000)
      • Volume 69 (2001)
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  • Mary Paul Letters
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