Museum Catalog

Ballot Box

1973.51

Wooden ballot box and voting chits. The box has a curved top with a carved handle. The front of the box has a large, circular hole. There is a drawer that sits in the base of the box and can be pulled out from the back. It is accompanied by several small white wooden balls and black wooden cubes.

Used by the Apollo Club of Montpelier, Vermont.

Baseball

1967.33

Leather baseball with a pasted-on paper label that reads, "July 14th 1867 score 75-52 / [illeg] Champlain vs [illeg] BBC". The outermost layer of the ball is formed from three wedge-shaped pieces of dark leather stitched together with a whipstitch. A split in one of the seams reveals undyed canvas and red and blue yarn on the interior.

Used during an unidentified baseball game in Vergennes, Vermont, in 1867.

Basketball Uniform

2024.16.53a-b

Green and white basketball uniform. The green tank top (a) has two white stripes down each side of the jersey and "Austine" in stylized lettering in an arc across the chest. The number "12" is stitched below the school name in white block numbers. A larger number 12 is stitched in white on the back.

The shorts (b) are the same shade of green as the top with a jersey waistband and matching pair of white vertical strips down the sides of the legs.

Daryl Wetzel wore the number 12 jersey throughout his basketball career at Austine, including when he earned his place in the 1,000 points club in January of 1978 during his junior year.

Austine School for the Deaf Brattleboro, VT
12 was the number of Daryl Wetzel who was a graduate of the Austine School for the Deaf in 1979 was inducted into the 1,000 points club in his junior year in Spring, 1978. (see photo in archives) He continued to play ay Gallaudet University and enjoyed a career with the AAAD (American Athletic Association for the Deaf) and with the USADB (United States American Deaf Basketball). In 2003 Wetzel was inducted as the first ever deaf male player in the New England Basketball Hall of Fame (R.I.).

Batchelder, Ann Maria (1881-1955)

1.1.148

Born: March 21, 1881 in Windsor, Vermont
Died: June 18, 1955 in Woodstock, Vermont

Primary Residences: Woodstock, Vermont and New York, New York

A writer, journalist, and advocate of woman suffrage, Batchelder served as corresponding secretary of the Vermont Equal Suffrage Association during Vermont’s campaign to ratify the 19th Amendment in 1919-20. She became most notable for her popular food articles in the "Ladies Home Journal" from 1934 to 1955.

Baton

2007.12a-b

Black-and-white baton and carrying case. The baton is made of ivory and ebony. Both ends and the connection point between the two materials are mounted with ornately engraved silver. The center mount is engraved, "Josephine Edna Hovey from Spaulding Glee Club". The case is covered in black leather and lined in green velvet.

Presented to Josephine Edna Hovey Perry by the Spaulding Glee Club of Spaulding High School in Barre, Vermont

Belt Buckle

1986.18.41

Rectangular brass belt buckle molded with initials "GAR" and a 6-pointed star with human figures in the center.

Owned by Charles F. Branch of Orwell, Vermont, as a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, a social club for Civil War veterans of the Union Army.

Boots

1977.28a-b

Brown leather hiking boots with rubber soles. The boots are a dark brown, with a lighter sole and laces. The top of the leather is lighter than the lower section, which is discolored. The boots reach above the wearer's ankle and lace up the center front over a fully attached tongue. The laces go though metal eyelets that reach the top of the boot, but are only laced to the base of the ankle.

Owned by Robert Hagerman in Morrisville, Vermont

Boyd, Sara Gear (1941-2008)

1.1.18

Born: April 20, 1941 in Colchester, Vermont
Died: June 10, 2008 in Williston, Vermont

Primary Residence: Burlington

First woman in the United States to be elected Majority Leader in both chambers of a state legislature. Secretary of the Republican National Committee, Republican National Committeewoman for Vermont from 1992-2008 and Vice Chairman of the 1996 Republican National Convention. Founder of the Vermont Opportunity Scholarship Fund and two Vermont businesses: Impeccable Interiors and Gear Country Designs.

Sara Anne Moreau, Sara M. Gear

Bradwell, Myra Colby (1831-1894)

1.1.106

Born: February 12, 1831 in Manchester, Vermont
Died: February 14, 1894 in Chicago, Illinois

First woman born in Vermont to become a lawyer admitted to a state bar. Had to take her battle to the United States Supreme Court, but the original ruling against her was upheld. Finally admitted to the Illinois State Bar in 1890. Founder of the Chicago Legal News, the first paper in Illinois devoted solely to legal news.

Brown, Edna Hall (1909-2000)

Born: 1909 in Baltimore, Maryland
Died: 2000 in Baltimore, Maryland

Primary Residence: Baltimore, Maryland

First Black woman to graduate from the University of Vermont in 1931. Scientist, mathematician, educator, and community leader in Baltimore.

Edna Hall

Brown, Marilyn Cochran (b. 1950)

1.1.108

Born: February 5, 1950 in Richmond, Vermont

Primary Residence: Richmond

Professional skier on the United States Ski Team from 1965-1974 and the 1972 United States Olympic Ski Team. First American woman to win both the World Cup Giant Slalom title (1969) and to medal in the combined at the World Championships in Val Gardena, Italy (1970).

Bugbee, Lucy Mallory (1887-1984)

1.1.14

Born: February 13, 1887 in Lennox, Massachusetts
Died: July 13, 1984 in Bradford, Vermont

Primary Residence: Bradford

Pioneer in Vermont wild flower conservation; saved both the Stoddard Swamp in Peacham (now called the Lucy Mallary Bugbee Wild Flower Sanctuary and Natural Area) and the Victory Bog Basin from destruction. Was a charter member of the Vermont Natural Resources Council. Also known for taking over 400 photos of Vermont flora and nature.

Bumper Plaque

2011.41.5

251 Club car bumper plaque. The piece is is made up of a 5"h. x 4"w. piece of enameled metal that is screwed to a wooden base at the bottom two corners. The metal is green with white lettering: "Vermont / "251" / CLUB" The corners of the metal are rounded. The wooden base is made up of two stained (dark brown) pieces of wood (3 7/8" l. x 1 7/8"d. x 7/8"thick) nailed together. The lower edge of the metal is slightly bent and screwed to the edge of the top board with a flat head screw and a washer behind it. There residue paper on the bottom where it had been glued. The back right edge has a white brush mark from painting white.

Burlington Harbor, ca. 1895

2006.45.1

This painting portrays a white steamboat positioned in the water, situated near the shore adjacent to a large two-story building that extends into the water. The scene is depicted from a viewpoint on the water, looking towards the shore. The land is represented as a flat strip positioned below the center line of the composition, adorned with numerous trees and buildings painted in shades of tan, red, and white. The steamboat itself features distinctive elements, including a black smokestack and a water wheel positioned on its side. It has two deck levels. The wheel cover of the water wheel bears the label "Chateaugay," while a blue flag with the same label is seen flying from the boat. At the stern, an American flag is displayed, while the bow exhibits the Vermont flag. The sky above is depicted as a blue expanse, embellished with scattered white clouds.

Born in Albany, New York in 1927, Ernie Haas showed an early aptitude for drawing. After serving in the Navy at the end of WWII he enrolled at Paul Smith College for a year before transferring to the School of Practical Art in Boston. He was called back into service during the Korean War and was assigned to the Naval Photo Center where he produced art for training materials.

He worked for a time as an artist agent in New York before going back to school at Southern Connecticut College for a degree in history. He taught in Connecticut schools until retirement in 1984. At that time he and his wife relocated to South Burlington, Vermont.

Haas became involved as a volunteer with the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum and was encouraged to rediscover his love of painting by then director Art Cohn. Haas created original artwork for museum exhibitions and publications as well as stand-alone works of early sidewheelers and historical events.

The steamboat Chateaugay was built in 1887 at Shelburne Harbor and launched by the Champlain Transportation Company as a state-of-the-art excursion vessel. It operated for 37 years as an excursion boat before being stripped down and converted into a car ferry in 1925. The boat is depicted in its heyday departing the Lake Champlain Yacht Club in Burlington Harbor.

Burrell, Joseph Henry "Big Joe" (1924-2005)

1.2.17

Born: February 9, 1924 in Port Huron, Michigan
Died: February 2, 2005 in Burlington, Vermont

Primary Residence: Burlington

"Big Joe" Burrell was an iconic fixture in the Burlington music scene from the late 1970s to his death in 2005. He inspired an entire generation of Vermont musicians, received two keys to the city of Burlington, and is memorialized by a life-sized statue on the Church Street Marketplace.

Campaign Button

1981.42

Round metal button with a green border around a red-white-and-blue striped center printed with the words, "HOME TOWN COOLIDGE CLUB PLYMOUTH VERMONT" and a photograph of Calvin Coolidge.

Coolidge, a Republican, became President of the United States in 1923 at the death of Warren Harding and was elected to a four-year-term the following year.

Campaign Button

1989.32.1a-b

Button and Membership card. Pin has an image of Calvin Coolidge on the left, the words "Home Town" at the top in white in a red background, the words, "Coolidge Club" in green in a white background in the center right, and the words, "Plymouth, Vermont" in white on a blue background at the bottom. The pin has a green rim. The pin is accompanied by a card that said it was for a charter member of the Home Town Coolidge Club.

Coolidge, a Republican, became President of the United States in 1923 at the death of Warren Harding and was elected to a four-year-term the following year.

Casting

1995.44.2

Plaster cast of a panther print, painted dark red. On the back of the casting is a piece of masking tape with the inscription, "1934 Chester, Vt. - original is in the Bennington, Vt. museum."

Duplicate of plaster cast made from footprints at Grafton Gulf, December 1934, by Rev. William J. Ballou. The original is held in the Bennington Museum.

Casting

1995.44.3

White plaster casting of panther print, from the original in the Bennington Museum.

Duplicate of plaster cast made from footprints at Grafton Gulf, December 1934, by Rev. William J. Ballou. The original is held in the Bennington Museum.

Club

L2024.3.71

Club made from a tree root. Painted green with a rattan handle. Floral and geometric designs etched into paint on handle.

This aggressive looking green painted root club once belonged to Swanton Historian Ben Gravel and reappeared many years after his death at the 2010 Abenaki “Heritage Days” Powwow in Swanton, where Frederick Wiseman was able to purchase it.

Club

L2024.3.168

Carved root club in form of man with antlers and extended tongue.

Club

L2024.3.70

Club made from a tree root carved as a bird beak.

Oral history evidence exists of a root club of this “bird-beak” style being used by a Nulhegan Abenaki family as a healing wand to keep away disease in the sickroom. We were lucky to find this larger, stylistically identical example in nearby Northern New Hampshire (provenance says Essex?).

Commemorative Medal

2020.18.2

Silver-toned medal commemorating the two terms of Chester A. Arthur as President of the United States. The face shows a profile image of Arthur with the words, "21ST PRESIDENT, U.S.A./1881 1885/CHESTER A. ARTHUR." The reverse shows the words '"OUR CHET"/"FIRST GENTLEMAN OF THE LAND"' around the outer edge and "JOIN/CRACKER JACK/MYSTERY CLUB/SAVE THIS COIN/THE CRACKER JACK CO./CHICAGO./U.S.A." in the center.

Commemorative Medal

1998.39.32

Round silver medal. The face shows a man playing the fiddle with the words, "10TH ANNUAL OLD TIME FIDDLER'S CONTEST / JULY 28, 1972", around the edge. The reverse shows a church with a high steeple set among trees with the words, "CRAFTSBURY COMMON, VERMONT / HORSE AND BUGGY CLUB", around the edge.

Owned by Forrest "Strad" Gray of East Calais, Vermont.

Coutts, Flora Jane (1897-1983)

1.1.20

Born: September 25, 1897 in West Charleston, Vermont
Died: March 13, 1983 in Newport, Vermont

Primary Residence: West Charleston

Taught in Vermont and Korea. Served as a Vermont State Representative and Vermont State Senator. Volunteered with the American Red Cross in India and China during WWII. Worked with the Vermont Extension Service and was the first Executive Secretary of the Northeastern Vermont Development Association. Extensive collection of diaries, letters, postcards and photographs is located at the Vermont Historical Society.

Cream Pitcher

2016.51.8

Heavy white ceramic cream (or syrup) pitcher with red striping around the top edge. Just below the striping is the logo of the Lake Morey Club, which consists of a small, circular lake scene with tall evergreens and the inscription, "LAKE MOREY CLUB FAIRLEE VERMONT".

Used at the Lake Morey Resort in Fairlee, Vermont

Cribbage Board

1999.23.6

Rectangular wooden cribbage board hinged at the center. When closed, the board forms a box with the cribbage board on the outside. The board consists of 12 light-colored rectangles of inlaid wood, each drilled with 2 rows of 10 holes. In the center of the board, between the 2 rows of inlay, is an oval formed from 30 drilled holes. The inside of the box, or back of the board, islined with paper printed in red and black with the symbols of standard playing card suites (heart, diamond, club, spade) in a repeating tiled pattern. There is a pointed wooden divider at one end. When closed, the box secures with a metal hook.

Used by Louis Peck of Montpelier, Vermont, during World War II.

Decorative Plate

2005.21.95

Decorative plate printed in blue with five scenes framed like postcards. The scenes show the Memphremagog Yacht Club House, the boundary line between Canada and Vermont, an aerial view of Newport, Lady Lake Ferry, and Owl's Head and Round Island. The plate is marked illegibly on the bottom.

Dodge, Bertha Sanford (1902-1995)

1.1.29

Born: March 23, 1902 in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Died: March 5, 1995 in South Burlington, Vermont

Primary Residence: Burlington

Well-known for her accomplishments as a writer and teacher of science. Was an International Institute Board Member. Member of the National Writers' Club and the Society of Technical Writers. Some of her most famous works are "Plants that Changed the World" and "Hands that Help."

Doll

2004.32.1a-c

Porcelain "Frozen Charlotte" doll. The doll has white skin, with molded and painted face and hair. The face has black eyes and brows, a red mouth, and large pink circles on the cheeks. The hair is yellow and molded into a bun. The feet are painted with black shoes. There is a stamp on the lower back of the doll that reads, "Fair, Charlotte, VT 1983". The doll is wearing a yellow dress and brown cloak.

Fair Charlotte, or Frozen Charlotte, is from a moralizing tale about a young woman who freezes to death on her way to ball.

Doll

2004.32.2a-b

Porcelain "Frozen Charlie" doll. The doll has white skin, with molded and painted face and hair. His eyes, brows, hair and shoes are painted in black. He is wearing a grey suite, white ascot, and black top hat. There is a stamp on the doll's back that reads, "Charlie, VT, 1983".

Frozen Charlie is adapted from a moralizing tale about a young woman who freezes to death on her way to ball. Charlie was her escort.

Doll Sleigh

2004.32.3a-b

Doll-sized toy sleigh made of black-painted plywood. The sleigh is constructed out of 5 pieces: 2 sides, the back, the front, and the bottom. The interior is covered with yellow looped pile carpeting, and there is a blanket made from green felt and faux fur.

Part of a set illustrating the story of Frozen Charlotte, a moralizing tale about a young woman who freezes to death on her way to ball.

Dorr, Julia Caroline Ripley (1825-1913)

1.1.31

Born: February 13, 1825 in Charleston, South Carolina
Died: January 18, 1913 in Rutland, Vermont

Primary Residence: Rutland

Vermont's unofficial poet laureate. Honored with the task of composing the "Centennial Poem" for the Vermont Centennial in 1877. Accomplished author and poet.

Dress

1976.9.1

Rust-colored silk crepe dress with chiffon sleeves. The dress is embroidered in black chain stitches with an Egyptian revival pattern around the neckline, over-sleeve cuffs, and hem. The neckline and sleeve embroidery is a simple key style design. The design is echoed at the bottom of the hem embroidery, but the hem embroidery also includes large-format stylized palm leaves and lyres, reaching to the wearer's upper thigh. The dress is straight waisted with a V-shaped neckline. There is an attached, self-fabric bow at the center front neckline with tails that reach almost to the hem. The sleeves are constructed in two parts: the over sleeves are cut as one with the body of the dress, and the rest of the sleeves are chiffon.

Farr, Shirley (1881-1955)

1.1.33

Born: June 11, 1881 in Columbus, Ohio
Died: August 25, 1955 in Brandon, Vermont

Primary Residence: Brandon

Civic leader in the town of Brandon for many years. National president of the Women's Overseas Service League in Paris during WWI. National vice-president of the AAUW and a member of the Rutland branch. Gifted Branbury Beach to the state, as well as supporting scholarship monies at UVM and through AAUW.

Fisher, Dorothy Canfield (1879-1958)

1.1.35

Born: February 17, 1879 in Lawrence, Kansas
Died: November 9, 1958 in Arlington, Vermont

Primary Residence: Arlington

Author of many novels and short stories. Dedicated humanitarian during WWII, helping many children's causes in Europe through her writing and activism in the U.S. Brought the Montessori method of child rearing to America. Named by Eleanor Roosevelt as one of the ten most influential women in the United States.

Giudici, Lena M. (1898-1995)

1.1.116

Born: November 7, 1898 in Barre, Vermont
Died: January 8, 1995 in Barre, Vermont

Primary Residence: Barre

Third woman to be admitted to Vermont Bar Asscoiation (1921). First recording secretary for the Vermont Chapter of the Business and Professional Women's Club. President of the Barre branch of the Vermont Federation of Professional and Business Women's Clubs. First woman admitted to the Bar in Massachussetts (1920). Served on Board of the Office of Price Administration, an agency that monitored the prices of goods at the end of WWII.

Golf Suit

2021.22.2a-b

Linen golfing outfit consisting of a vest and knickers. The vest secures at the center front with an interior tab and has two patch pockets. The knickers are cut wide with a tight cuff that sits below the wearer's knees. The waist secures at either side with vertical rows of buttons.

Worn by Gertrude Mackie Kirk at Barre County Club

Golf Tee

2009.1.4

White-painted wooden golf tee printed in black with the inscription, "VERMONT NATIONAL VNCCGOLF.COM".

Distributed as promotional material for Vermont National Country Club in South Burlington, Vermont

Hair Receiver

2005.21.163ab

Two-piece hair receiver consisting of a small pot or jar and lid. The lid has a round hole in the center. The jar is printed with three images of buildings. The images are labeled, "New Hartford High School", "Gates Building" and "the Wilder Club and Library". The lid is labeled, "Souvenir of WHITE RIVER JUNC, VT."

Hat

1976.9.9

Brown felt hat with a brim all the way around. It has a low crown that is decorated with a brown velvet ribbon. Remnants of brown netting are attached to the back. There is a black elastic loop attached to the interior to secure the hat to the wearer's head. A label inside reads, "Elizabeth G. Cross MONTPELIER, VT."

Sold by Elizabeth Cross Millinery Store in Montpelier, Vermont

Hatbox

1976.9.10

Shaped leather travel case for a hat. The case has a round base, and the sides flare outward to the concave lid. A leather strap forms a handle across the width of the top. Another leather strap lays across the lid perpendicular to the handle and hangs over the front side to insert into a brass clasp.

Ice Skates

1966.17.15a-b

Metal clamp-on style ice skates. The skates consist of a toe plate, heel plate, and blade. The toe plate has a quatrefoil punched out of the center. It is marked, "PECK & SNYDER'S 11 COLUMBIA CLUB." There is a metal bracket on either side of the toe plate even with the ball of the foot. Each bracket can be adjusted outward or inward with a bolt under the toe plate, making the fit wider or narrower. The heel plate is upturned at three corners--two in the back and one in the front--to clamp onto the heel of the wearer's shoe. The clamp is set and released with a lever at the center of the skate. The toe and heel plates are connected to the blade at their centers, and the toe plate has an additional hinged connection point at the front. The length is adjustable via a bolt at the center connecting the two plates. The blade is narrow, but no longer sharp.

No VT connection; duplicate.

Identification Holder

2010.19.14

ID tag holder, clear on one side (to view the ID) and dark green on the other side. The green side has white printing that reads: "Vermont / Transit Tours / 345 Pine Street / Burlington, VT 05401 / 802-651-4739" There is a plastic 'zipper' (like on sandwich bags) on the clear side to keep the ID securely in the holder. There is a punched, sealed hole in the lower corner to allow the holder to be worn.

From the Vermont Historical Society Library:

On February 16, 1926, the first local bus route in Burlington, the “Country Club
Loop”, was established by William S. Appleyard, who owned an automobile dealership
on South Winooski Avenue. Calling his company the Burlington Rapid Transit Company
(BRT), he received permission from the Public Service Commission (PSC) to operate a
non-competitive (with BTC) bus route in the Hill Section of Burlington. Soon, when
BTC failed to comply with PSC orders to expand their lines, the commission granted
Appleyard permission to operate his buses in places directly in competition with the
BTC.
Over the next few years, Appleyard received permission to expand to seven
competitive yet successful bus routes in the Burlington area. His success, combined with
the devastating flood in November of 1927 (that damaged trolley tracks and collapsed the
Winooski Bridge, a main BTC route), proved to be the undoing of the BTC. In 1929,
Appleyard bought the BTC in order to acquire its routes and eliminate competition. BTC
trolleys operated until August 4, 1929, when, at 4 p.m., a crowd gathered at City Hall
Park to witness the famous and symbolic torching of Car #5, their oldest trolley. The
trolley era had ended.

Meanwhile, in 1927, Appleyard established the Vermont Transit Company
(VTC), under which he operated out-of-town buses. Over the next decade and a half,
Appleyard purchased existing bus lines throughout Vermont, connecting Burlington via
bus to the other towns and cities of Vermont (and beyond). Towns accessed by VTC
buses included Barre (1927), Rutland and Vergennes (1928), Bennington and Pittsfield,
MA (1929), Portland, ME (1932), Bellows Falls, White River Junction and Claremont,
NH (1935), Albany, NY (1936), St. Johnsbury and Littleton, NH (1937), Newport
(1938), Chester and Springfield (1939), and Concord and Manchester, NH (1941). By
1945, VTC buses were connecting Vermonters to New York City, Boston and Montreal.

In 1975, Greyhound bought Vermont Transit Company, though they continued to
operate it as the Vermont Transit Company until 2008.
As of 2010, all of Greyhound’s Vermont bus service is based out of its White
River Junction hub; service in the Burlington area is now operating out of the Burlington
airport. Due to declining ridership, bus service down the western side of Vermont has
been terminated.

Jersey

2024.16.54

White and green sleeveless jersey with white background and green striping. In the center bearing inscription: "Arrows" in green fabric with green topstitching and the number "12" in same green fabric with green topstitching. Back has another "12" in same green fabric with green topstitching. Unlined interior with tag saying: "Champion (within logo blue, white and red) SMALL (in red) 100% NYLON FOR CARE SEE REVERSE (on Verso of tag) CHAMPION PRODUCTS INC ROCHESTER N.Y. MACHINE WASH TUMBLE DRY LOW TEMPS MILD DETERGENT AVOID CHLORINE BLEACH DO NOT IRON DESIGN RH 26094 MADE IN USA" all in light blue.

Worn by Daryl Wetzel Austine alumnus class of 1979 who in 1978 won the 1,000 points for the basketball team.

Austine School for the Deaf Brattleboro, VT
12 was the number of Daryl Wetzel who was a graduate of the Austine School for the Deaf in 1979 was inducted into the 1,000 points club in his junior year in Spring, 1978. (see photo in archives) He continued to play ay Gallaudet University and enjoyed a career with the AAAD (American Athletic Association for the Deaf) and with the USADB (United States American Deaf Basketball). In 2003 Wetzel was inducted as the first ever deaf male player in the New England Basketball Hall of Fame (R.I.).

Luse, Eleanor Merrifield (1904-1997)

1.1.120

Born: December 31, 1904 in Chicago, Illinois
Died: November 19, 1997 in San Diego, California

Primary Residence: Burlington

Founded the Speech and Hearing Clinic at the University of Vermont in 1953, which was renamed the Eleanor M. Luse Center for Communication Disorders in 1973. Professor at the University of Vermont whose community speeches led to the establishment of speech and hearing services at all schools in Vermont.

Mallory, Gertrude Robinson (1902-2002)

1.1.57

Born: August 19, 1902 in Springfield, Massachusetts
Died: March 2, 2002 in Fairlee, Vermont

Primary Residence: Fairlee

Founder and editor of the New England Holstein Bulletin. Served in the Vermont State Legislature as both Representative (1953)and Senator(1955). Premier collector of Vermont manuscripts and histories.

Mandolin

2020.13.1

Mandolin with 8 strings and decorative inlay. The instrument consists of a deep resonance box and lachryform harmonic cover over which the strings are stretched. The guard is inlaid with a decorative pattern of stylized floral scrollwork.

Used by Alva Eastman, a member of the Barre, Vermont, Mandolin-Guitar Club, who regularly performed at the Barre Opera House

Mandolin-Guitar Club

2020.13.2

Photograph showing 7 people with instruments. The image shows 4 women, each of whom are dressed in white, long-sleeved and high-collared blouses with dark-colored, gored skirts. The two central women are holding mandolins. The three men in the image are all shown wearing suits and holding mandolins. Two guitars rest on piece of fur in front of the group. The oval photograph is mounted on top of a black, paperboard mat with the impressed inscription, "C. Bau's Studio/BARRE, VT."

Inked on the back is the note: "Mandolin-Guitar Club/Ina Harrington Eastman (mother) - Dr. Steele - Mrs. Watt - and ?/Alvah W. Eastman (Father) - Mrs. Steele - Dr. Watt./Barre, Vermont 19-? (08?)"

Matchbook

1991.19.14

Matchbook, purple with white lettering and graphics. On front cover, the Elks Club emblem and printed below, "MONTPELIER/ VERMONT LODGE/ #924" On back cover, a cartoon of an elk wrapped around a tree and below, "THAT'S FUNNY - I THOUGHT/ I KNEW EVERY ELK IN TOWN" Printed on fold at top, "B.P.O.E." Printed along bottom edge, "Lion Match Co., Made in U.S.A." Matches have been removed.

Produced for members of the Elk's Lodge in Montpelier, Vermont

Matchbook

2004.64.2

This is an unused matchbook from Basin Harbor Club. On the front cover of the matchbook, there are two olive branches with a shield in the middle that reads "BHC". The outlines of the olive branches are in green. The back cover of the matchbook reads "Basin Harbor Club On Lake Champlain Vergennes, Vermont". In the upper right corner of the back cover, there is an outline of a spiral shell.

Inside the cover of the matchbook, the text is written in white on a dark green background. It reads "Basin Harbor Club On Lake Champlain P.O., Vergennes, Vermont TRinity 7-2961 For over 50 years, Vermont's most distinguished resort Accommodations for over 275 members and guests in main lodge and homestead, and 65 modern lake-side cottages All sports including private 18 hole golf course Plus active social program Famous for fine food Excellent facilities for business conferences and group meetings".

Produced to advertise Basin Harbor Club in Vergennes, Vermont

Matchbook

1992.10.24

A blue matchbook with gold lettering and an eagle logo on the front cover. Over the eagle is the name, "Sugarbush Inn," and under is the telephone number, 802-583-2301. At the bottom is a warning to "Be safe, Close cover before striking." On the back is an advertisement for a resort in Bermuda. The message says, "Lantana Colony Club at Somerset Bridge, Bermuda, 809-294-0141. Inside the matchbook cover are the offerings at "Club Sugarbush, excellent lodging & dining, luxury townhouses, ski touring center, 13 tennis courts, conference center, indoor/outdoor pools, 18 hole golf course. Young Family Management." The flap securing the light gray matches with blue tips lists the location, Warren, Vermont 05674. The manufacturer is listed as Atlas/Diamond, Hartford.

Produced as an advertisement for Sugarbush Inn in Warren, Vermont

Matthews, William Clarence (1877-1928)

1.2.23

Born: January 7, 1877 in Selma, Alabama
Died: April 9, 1928 in Washington, DC

On July 4, 1905, William Matthews started at second base for the Burlington Baseball Team of the Northern League. This assignment made him the only black player in all of professional baseball, with later historians calling him "the Jackie Robinson of his age." Matthews went on to a successful law career, eventually serving as an assistant U.S. Attorney General in the Coolidge administration.

Membership Badge

1994.53.34

Portion of a membership medal consisting of 4 metal plates attached at both ends with eye rings. The plates read, "CO. G / 10 / VERMONT / VOL. INF." from top to bottom.

Owned by Edwin C. Hall as a member of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), a fraternal club for veterans of the Union Army.

Membership Button

1992.87.19

Green and cream pin with a black silhouette of a skier in the center and the number 475 in a box at the bottom. Around the edge in green lettering are the words, "Barre Ski Club, Barre, Vt., 1939-40".

Worn by either a member of the Barre Ski Club or show admission to The Skyline, operated by the ski club.

Membership Button

2011.68.10

Round yellow button printed in black with an image of a turkey and the inscription, "BARRE FISH & GAME CLUB, Inc." around the edge. The date 1967 is above the turkey, and the words, "BARRE, VT." are below the turkey. There is a pin on the reverse.

Worn by a member of the Barre Fish & Game Club, founded in 1919.

Membership Button

1992.87.20

Green pin with black lettering and pictures of a fish, rabbit, grouse, fishing rod and rifle. Around the outside are the word, "Barton-Glover Fish & Game Club 1969-70."

Worn by a member of the Barton-Glover Fish & Game Club

Membership Button

2020.8.5

Round, light green metal button with dark green printing. The inscription "BARRE FISH & GAME CLUB, INC./BARRE, VT. 1983" circles around the edge with an illustration of three ducks in flight and a hunting rifle.

Worn by a member of the Barre Fish & Game Club of Barre, Vermont

Membership Button

1992.87.21

A white pin with the blue and black image of a cabin in the woods on a pond with a fish jumping and geese flying overhead. Around the edge in red letters are the words, "Barton-Glover fish & Game Club, Barton, Vt. 1962."

Worn by a member of the Barton-Glover Fish & Game Club

Membership Button

2004.72.6

Small blue pin: "School Bank Club of America" in white lettering and "MEMBER" printed across center on a red band. Maker information printed on paper insert in back: "The Whitehead & Hoag Co./ Buttons/ Badges/ Novelties/ and Signs/ Newark, N.J." Pin attached to back.

No information was found about this organization or about which Vermont school was associated with this pin. It came from the estate of A. Fern Souther (1907-2004), who was born in Orleans, VT, grew up in Lowell, VT, was an elementary school teacher in Burlington, VT.

Membership Button

2013.27.1

Round green metal button with the inscription, "BARRE FISH & GAME CLUB, INC. BARRE, VERMONT" around the edge. The center is printed with a long gun crossing a fishing rod. In the spaces between (clockwise from top) are "Member 1955"; an image of a dog carrying a bird in its mount; an image of a deer with small antlers; an image of a man in a boat catching a large fish.

The Barre Fish & Game Club, Inc. was founded in 1919 to promote recreational hunting, shooting, fishing, and wildlife conservation.

Membership Button

2013.27.3

Round orange metal button with the black inscription, "BARRE FISH & GAME CLUB, Inc. BARRE, VERMONT-1966" around the edge. The center is printed in black and grey with an illustration of a cabin beside a pond. Three geese are flying above the cabin and a fish is jumping from the pond.

The Barre Fish & Game Club, Inc. was founded in 1919 to promote recreational hunting, shooting, fishing, and wildlife conservation.

Membership Button

2013.27.4

Round white metal button with the red inscription, "GUNNER BROOK FISHING DERBY BARRE FISH & GAME CLUB, INC." around the edge. The center is printed in green with an image of a young boy and a puppy. The boy is wearing rolled up pants, a plaid collard shirt, and a straw hat. He is holding a fishing rod in one hand and string of fish in the other.

The Gunner Brook Fishing Derby was a fishing competition for children sponsored by the Barre Fish and Game Club.

Membership Button

2013.27.5

Round orange metal button with the black inscription, "BARRE FISH & GAME CLUB INC. BARRE, VT." around the edge. The center is printed with an image of a stag's head in front of crossed long gun and fishing rod and the words, "Member 1973".

The Barre Fish & Game Club, Inc. was founded in 1919 to promote recreational hunting, shooting, fishing, and wildlife conservation.

Membership Button

2020.8.7

Round metal button with green border that bears the inscription "BARRE / FISH & GAME CLUB, INC. - 1963" around the edge, and images of a fishing rod, a rifle, a quail, a rabbit, and a fish in the center.

Worn by a member of the Barre Fish & Game Club of Barre, Vermont

Membership Pin

2021.3.6

Round, enameled pin with an image of a light-blue lightning bolt and white star on a blue ground. The inscription, "DEM CLUB MEMBER / VERMONT DEMOCRATIC PARTY", is molded into a narrow, white border.

Given to members of the Vermont Democratic Party's monthly giving program, the DEM Club.

Membership Pin

2006.65.1

Gold plated lapel pin in an art deco fan shape with the initials "SCC" vertically in the center. At the very bottom is the date 1940 within a diamond shape.

Owned by Ado P. Tomat to indicate his membership in the Spaulding Commercial Club at Spaulding High School in Barre, Vermont, 1940

Membership Ribbon

1962.12.1

Cream-colored satin-woven ribbon printed in silver with the inscription, "BANQUET / YOUNG MEN'S REPUBLICAN CLUB OF VERMONT, Feb. 12th, 1895." A design of two flag poles crossing over a spread eagle is printed at the center. Two small ribbons woven to look like small United States flags are appliqued onto the ribbon attached to the flag poles. They are appliqued with permanent wrinkles to look like they're waving in the wind. The top edge of the ribbon is folded down over a long stickpin. Attached to the bottom of the ribbon is a round medallion printed with a photograph of a bald man with sideburns (Chauncey M. Depew).

Worn to a member of the Young Men's Republican Club of Vermont's banquet. Chauncey Depew was the guest orator.

Membership Ribbon

1962.12.2

Grey, satin-woven silk ribbon printed in black with the inscription, "Young Men's REPUBLICAN CLUB OF ST. ALBANS, FEB. 12th, 1895".

Worn by a member of the St. Alban's chapter of the Young Men's Republican Club of Vermont's to the 1895 banquet. Chauncey Depew was the guest orator.

Merit Badge

1992.72.3

Shield-shaped patch of white felt appliqued with green felt in a four-leaved clover design. The clover has the letter H in every petal (the logo for 4-H club).

Awarded to Marcus A. McCorison at Camp Waupanong in Brattleboro, Vermont

Morse, Gretchen (b. 1943)

1.1.125

Born: November 17, 1943 in Hyannis, Massachusetts

Primary Residence: Charlotte

Served as Secretary of the Vermont Agency of Human Services under Governor Madeleine Kunin. Representative to Vermont Legislature 1977-1985. Executive Director of the United Way of Chittenden County.

Mount Tom

2024.6.3

Oil on canvas painting of Mount Tom by Charles Franklin Pierce. The painting features a blue sky with wisps of darkened clouds that lighten as they pass over the peak towards the river. The landscape shows a fall scene, with scattered orange and brown leaves on the trees and a pale green field on the far bank of the river. The painting is set into a carved gilt gesso frame.

Charles Franklin Pierce was born on April 26th, 1844 in Sharon, New Hampshire to John A. and Phila W. Pierce. He was the third of six children who were raised in the nearby rural community of Peterborough. His early years were spent working on the family farm where the pastoral environment and a multitude of livestock made a deep impression on the future artist. Many of the works of art he would create later on in his life would stem from his familiarity with the farming way of life in the mid 1800s. Cows were one of his favorite subjects.

In the early 1860s his creative energies started to emerge and the drudgery of farm work was certainly no outlet for them, so in 1864 he decided to move to Boston to attend art school. Over the next few years he developed his skills at school and in the latter 1860s took his sketchbooks and went to England, Scotland and Wales to sketch the countryside there. This was his first of two prolonged stays in Europe during his lifetime and he honed his craft through his acute attention to detail.

The Early 1870s found Pierce back in Boston where he was a leader in the Boston Art Club and as the country celebrated the centennial of its founding, Pierce married his first wife Luena Wilder of Peterborough who was also an artist of note. They both returned to Europe in the late 1870s and sketched and painted and toured for over a year. They continued to paint both European and New England scenes in a Boston studio and at an estate in Peterborough and after 30 years of marriage Luena died in 1906.

Pierce continued to paint and draw and in 1912, he married Sarah Katherine Plimpton of Massachusetts. They lived on his estate in Peterborough and in Brookline Massachusetts where he died in 1920 on March 5th. In his studio upon his death were found numerous unfinished canvases, which attest to his liveliness right up to his final breath at the age of 67.

Mug

2001.5.1a-b

A cylindrical, insulated travel mug with a cover that snaps on. Gray mug with dark green top, lid/cover and handle. Two sides of the mug have the following images: side 1) pair of hiking boots with writing surrounding "THE LONG TRAIL Vermont's Footpath in the Wilderness" with a much smaller "Green Mountain Club" side 2) "The Green Mountain Club/ Founder and Protector of the Long Trail Since 1910" / "Vermont's Long Trail---445 Miles of/ Backcountry Adventures!/ (a vertical map showing the trail thru VT.)/ The Green Mountain Club/ Route 100. Waterbury Center, Vt. 05677.(802)244-7037"
gray/dark green/black

Nametag

2016.17.5

Nametag encased in plastic holder. The nametag is in two parts: a piece bearing a logo, and a smaller piece with perforated edges printed with the name, "MAURICE JONES" and the group, "CENTRAL VERMONT SQUARE". The logo, printed onto the top portion, is in the shape of a shield that is blue at the top and red-and-white striped on the bottom. The Vermont state seal is printed onto the striped portion of the shield, and the inscription, "BICENTENNIAL 1776 - 1976 V S D A" is at the top. There is a safety pin back at the center top on the reverse, and the maker's label, "Wester Plastic Products / 1701 Magnolia Avenue P.O. Box 1429 / Long Beach, Calif. 90801 (213) 435-4881 / Patent No. 2.364.870."

Worn by Maurice Jones while attending a square dance in celebration of the 200th anniversary of the American Revolutionary War.

About Maurice T. Jones from his obituary in the Times Argus (link at https://www.timesargus.com/obituaries/maurice-t-jones/article_740cc173-1a2a-5fd2-a555-9e1865a30b3f.html

"BARRE TOWN — Maurice Taylor Jones, 93, of Osborne Road, died Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016, at the Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin with his family at his side. He was admitted Friday, Jan. 15. He was very independent and had remained comfortable in his home until that time.

Born May 25, 1922, in Northfield Falls, he was the son of Ward and Ella (Calef) Jones. He attended Lincoln Elementary School in Barre and graduated from Spaulding High School in 1940.

On Sept. 25, 1949, he married the love of his life, Jean Newton, of Moretown, in the Barre Congregational Church. Following their marriage they made their home in St. Johnsbury, West Burke, Montpelier and, since 1957, at their present residence where they joined the “Jones Compound.” Jean died Aug. 9, 2013.

In 1946, he began employment with the New England Telegraph and Telephone Company in Bellows Falls as a lineman. He moved to St. Johnsbury and worked as central office repairman and remained with the company, retiring as district manager in the Montpelier office in 1981.

Maurice enjoyed gardening, especially raising asparagus, blueberries, raspberries and apples, both cross-country and downhill skiing, fishing, square dancing, and was very instrumental in building the home that he and Jean lived in. He was also interested in genealogy and the history of Northfield. One of the maps that he worked on is in the library.

As a veteran of World War II, he served as a radio and advanced radar technician in the Army Air Corps in Boca Raton, Florida, Wisconsin, and Illinois from 1943 to 1946. He was discharged as a sergeant.

His memberships included the Barre Congregational Church, Barre American Legion Post #10, the Telephone Pioneers of America and the “251” Club.

Maurice is survived by three nieces: Nancy Audet and her husband, Alonzo, of Milan, Ohio, Jody Jones, of Newark, Delaware, and Elizabeth Jones, of Burlington; and his nephew, Christopher Jones and his wife, Stephanie, of Granville, Vermont; and numerous other nieces and nephews.

Besides his parents and his wife, Jean, he was predeceased by his brother, Loren Jones, and his sister, Lorene Jones Armstrong."

Nightstick

2018.19

Wooden nightstick decoratively burnt with scenes from the 1935-36 strike at the Vermont Marble Company. Decorations include the initials "HLH", and the label "Vermont Marble Co./Strike of 35/36/Battles at Barrett Hill N. W. Rutland" inside a scroll with scenes of rioting and violence above and beneath. The club shows trains and bridges being dynamited, participants from various factions beating each other, illustrations of the types of clubs used, a man mourning at a large headstone, a detailed drawing a muscular man beating an elderly man, a pig with a man's head, and a man smoking a pipe and looking through a hand-held telescope. There is a list of names of the participants of the strike from both sides, and a summary of events: "power lines blasted/RR track blasted/bridge blasted/windows stoned/property damaged/street fights/heads cracked/a good time had by all".
There is a leather strap around the stick.

Owned and embellished by Harry L. Hall (1878-1956), night watchman for Vermont Marble Company during the 1935-1936 strike. He decorated the nightstick with events from the strike.

Nightstick

2006.57

Nightstick, or billy club. The club is made of turned wood covered in leather. The weapon side of the club is wider than the handle side, and the leather covering the handle side is braided. The end has a brass fitting to which a leather strap is attached. There is a mend of brown tape on the handle.

Used during the Civil War by Suel Taylor Howard of Andover, Vermont

No. 9 Lonely Hearts Club

1984.11.8

Pin and ink drawing showing a man standing in front of a commercial building near a car. The car is a Model T. The building appears to be built into a hillside with a brick or stone facade. There is an awning extending from the center front over a door and window. A sign by the building shows a house between two trees above the inscription, "ICE CREAM SODA / A GET ACQUAINTED CLUB FOR THOSE WHO ARE LONELY". There is another building behind and above the first, the front door of which appears to open onto the roof of the first building. Another peaked roof is visible behind the first building. The background is covered by thick foliage. The drawing is signed in the lower right corner, "H. Cowles".

Olzendam, Lilian Herrick (1868-1958)

1.1.149

Born: November 7, 1868 in Woodstock, Vermont
Death: July 22, 1958 in Tacoma, Washington

Primary Residence: Woodstock, Vermont and New York, New York

An advocate of woman suffrage, Lilian H. Olzendam was most notable for leading Vermont’s campaign to ratify the 19th Amendment. In addition to gaining support from legislators, prominent state and national politicians, and newspaper editors throughout the state, she organized the “March of 400” women to the Vermont State House to urge anti-suffrage governor, Percival W. Clement, to call a special session of the legislature.

Pack Basket

1987.18.1

Large basket with webbing straps for carrying on a person's back. The basket is a rounded rectangle shape with one side concave. Khaki webbing is wrapped around the top of the basket and hung with two long straps that stretch from front to back around the bottom of the pack in order to be worn over a person's shoulders, like a backpack. The straps are adjustable at the front of the pack via metal buckles.

Used by Fred Mould, a founding member of the Sterling Section of the Green Mountain Club.

Parka

1994.30.2

Red nylon ski parka with red, green, white floral tape trim on front and back, near the neck. The neckline zips open to mid-chest, creating a high collar when closed. There is an attached hood. There is a small, zippered pouch on the center front at the bustline. The right sleeve bears a shield-shaped patch with an image of a skier and the inscription, "USEASA 1955 JUNIOR". The cuffs of the sleeves encase elastic. The bottom of the coat is hemmed, but does not encase elastic. A tag at the neck reads, "Lot 1488".

Worn by Elizabeth Nuquist Raby as a member of the Burlington High School Ski Club, 1955.

Patch

2008.77

"Mt. Mansfield Ski Patrol / America's Oldest Ski Patrol" patch. Round red, white and blue embroidered. Large red cross in center imprinted: "EST. 1934" See Worksheet file for history

From the Vermont Historical Society library introduction to documents on the Mt. Mansfield Ski Patrol:

"One of the first organized ski patrols in the nation, the Mount Mansfield Ski
Patrol was organized in 1934 through the auspices of the Mount Mansfield Ski Club. The
Club formed a committee to establish a patrol to cover the mountains and hills
surrounding Stowe, Vermont. The driving force behind the formation of the patrol was
Roland Palmedo, president of the Amateur Ski Club of New York. In 1935 the patrol
instituted a rule that all members must pass the Red Cross first aid course. After a skiing
fatality in 1936, the committee felt it needed to strengthen the rescue system and chose a
ski patrol director, Al Gottlieb, to coordinate the effort. One of his innovations was
building a series of nearly 40 caches of toboggans and first aid supplies on the mountains.
In 1938 Stowe hosted the U. S. National Downhill and Slalom races where the Ski Patrol
demonstrated its professionalism. As a result, the Mount Mansfield Ski Patrol was used
as the model for the National Ski Patrol."

Patch

2024.16.43

Shield-shaped patch with bright red top-stitched edging. The patch depicts white mountains with gray peaks and shadows against a bright blue sky background. There are green fir trees towards the base of the mountains and a snow-covered fir tree in the foreground. At the center of the patch is a ski jumper with a red and white coat, white hat and mittens, blue ski pants, black boots, and wooden skis. Above the skier are the words, "LAKE-PLACID NY" in yellow embroidery.

Earned by by Herbert P. Holbrook who was a class A ski jumper and olympic cross-country skier. He was an alumnus of the Austine School for the Deaf, and admitted to the AAAD (American Athletic Association for the Deaf) in 1964, when he also made the New York Times News twice that year. He competed in Berchtesgaden (West Germany) in the 60's and in the Meribel Olympics in France in 1979.

Patch

2007.26

Round green patch embroidered in yellow with the words, "GREEN MOUNTAIN CLUB VERMONT" and a wayfinding sign that reads, "THE LONG TRAIL".

Patch

2010.19.19

Circular green patch with gold lettering "BURLINGTON RAPID TRANSIT BRT" Attached to bus driver's uniform.

From the Vermont Historical Society Library:

"On February 16, 1926, the first local bus route in Burlington, the “Country Club
Loop”, was established by William S. Appleyard, who owned an automobile dealership
on South Winooski Avenue. Calling his company the Burlington Rapid Transit Company
(BRT), he received permission from the Public Service Commission (PSC) to operate a
non-competitive (with BTC) bus route in the Hill Section of Burlington. Soon, when
BTC failed to comply with PSC orders to expand their lines, the commission granted
Appleyard permission to operate his buses in places directly in competition with the
BTC.(Burlington Trolley Co.)
Over the next few years, Appleyard received permission to expand to seven
competitive yet successful bus routes in the Burlington area. His success, combined with
the devastating flood in November of 1927 (that damaged trolley tracks and collapsed the
Winooski Bridge, a main BTC route), proved to be the undoing of the BTC. In 1929,
Appleyard bought the BTC in order to acquire its routes and eliminate competition. BTC
trolleys operated until August 4, 1929, when, at 4 p.m., a crowd gathered at City Hall
Park to witness the famous and symbolic torching of Car #5, their oldest trolley. The
trolley era had ended.
Meanwhile, in 1927, Appleyard established the Vermont Transit Company
(VTC), under which he operated out-of-town buses. Over the next decade and a half,
Appleyard purchased existing bus lines throughout Vermont, connecting Burlington via
bus to the other towns and cities of Vermont (and beyond). Towns accessed by VTC
buses included Barre (1927), Rutland and Vergennes (1928), Bennington and Pittsfield,
MA (1929), Portland, ME (1932), Bellows Falls, White River Junction and Claremont,
NH (1935), Albany, NY (1936), St. Johnsbury and Littleton, NH (1937), Newport
(1938), Chester and Springfield (1939), and Concord and Manchester, NH (1941). By
1945, VTC buses were connecting Vermonters to New York City, Boston and Montreal.
...In 1973, Burlington Rapid Transit’s name was changed to BRT, Inc., which
became a real estate investment business. The local bus service BRT provided was
undertaken by the Chittenden County Transportation Authority, though BRT maintained
ownership of the bus station and leased it to the VTC. The CCTA continues to operate
the local bus service today (2010). "

Paul P. Harris

1987.42.1

Pastel portrait showing a partially-bald white man from the shoulders up. His body is facing the right, but his face is turned toward the viewer. He is wearing wire-rimmed eyeglasses, and a 20th-century style suit consisting of a white shirt, purple tie, and blue jack. The background is brown. The portrait is framed in a narrow wooden frame with a beige mate.

Depicts Paul Harris, founder of Rotary. The portrait was presented to the Valley Rotary Club by the artist, Sam Field.

Pen

2012.68.5

Blue ballpoint pen with ink eraser and a name printed in gold in the side of the pen -- Charles Albisetti, Barre, Vermont.

From the Vermont Historical Society finding aid for documents at https://vermonthistory.org/documents/findaid/AlbisettiFamily.pdf

"The Albisetti family emigrated from Northern Italy in the late 19th century. ... . John Battista Albisetti, sometimes known simply as “Battista Albisetti,” worked in the granite industry, initially as a carver for Harrison Granite Company, and then as salesman for Wells-Lamson and Jones Brothers Companies.
The Albisettis’ son, Charles Albisetti, was born on June 25, 1904. He attended grade school in Barre, Vermont, and graduated from Spaulding High School in 1924. Charles Albisetti also received training as an auto-electrician through the correspondence course with the Chicago Engineering Works Review. On June 30, 1934, Charles Albisetti married Irene May Davis. During the Second World War the couple moved to Maine and volunteered for the United States Civil Service, working within Maine’s Public Housing Authority. After returning to Barre, Vt., Charles Albisetti founded Albisetti City Electric Company and managed the business. He also served as chair of the Kiwanis Club of Barre, Vt., and facilitated events and support programs for the town’s underprivileged children through committee work. Charles Albisetti and Irene Albisetti also travelled to Italy in the mid-1950s. They established the Irene M. Davis Albisetti and Charles S. Albisetti Scholarship Fund in Health Sciences and Technology at Harvard University in 1988. Charles Albisetti passed away on August 23, 1998."

Pennant

2006.73.12

Yellow felt Boy Scout pennant that includes a circular logo for Camp Plymouth, Calvin Coolidge Council with the image of a Davy Crockett-like figure holding a musket and a paddle. The words "Boy Scouts of American" is printed in large blue letters.

Excerpts below from Vermont Historical Society Library summary of documents.

"Charles Willard Phipard was born Aug. 5, 1916, in New York City, the son of Dr.
Willard Phipard and Hazel (Dealing) Phipard.
Charles and his sister Helen spent many summers of their youth with their great-aunt and great-uncle, Cora Gero Munsell and Dr. Chauncy Munsell in South Royalton, Vermont.
Charles Phipard received his elementary education at Poly Prep Day School in
Brooklyn, N.Y., the school attended by his father and grandfather. He attended Wesleyan
University and Upsala College, graduating with degrees in business and economics. He
was a member of the Delta Upsilon national fraternity and served in the U.S. Army Air
Force during World War II; most of his time was spend in Canada as a weather observer.
After his discharge he returned home to Long Island and worked in the
experimental department of Sperry Gyroscope. In 1956 he moved to Royalton, Vermont,
to be near his sister and purchased a farm on Waterman Road where he raised chickens.
Charles Phipard was a charter member of the Heartland Lions Club, where he
served as treasurer for many years. He was active as a Boy Scout leader, a member of the
Sons of the American Revolution, and for many years was State Commissioner and
Treasurer for Babe Ruth Baseball. He died August 7, 2002. "

Pennant

2006.73.10

Black felt pennant with a circular white patch featuring the image of a ferry. Next to the image are these words printed in white: "Beautiful Lake Champlain Ferry Crossings."

Excerpts below from Vermont Historical Society Library summary of documents.

"Charles Willard Phipard was born Aug. 5, 1916, in New York City, the son of Dr.
Willard Phipard and Hazel (Dealing) Phipard.
Charles and his sister Helen spent many summers of their youth with their great-aunt and great-uncle, Cora Gero Munsell and Dr. Chauncy Munsell in South Royalton, Vermont.
Charles Phipard received his elementary education at Poly Prep Day School in
Brooklyn, N.Y., the school attended by his father and grandfather. He attended Wesleyan
University and Upsala College, graduating with degrees in business and economics. He
was a member of the Delta Upsilon national fraternity and served in the U.S. Army Air
Force during World War II; most of his time was spend in Canada as a weather observer.
After his discharge he returned home to Long Island and worked in the
experimental department of Sperry Gyroscope. In 1956 he moved to Royalton, Vermont,
to be near his sister and purchased a farm on Waterman Road where he raised chickens.
Charles Phipard was a charter member of the Heartland Lions Club, where he
served as treasurer for many years. He was active as a Boy Scout leader, a member of the
Sons of the American Revolution, and for many years was State Commissioner and
Treasurer for Babe Ruth Baseball. He died August 7, 2002. "

Pennant

2006.73.11

Red and white, felt Boy Scout pennant. The pennant has a Boy Scout insignia that includes a musket and powder horn. Printed in red letters on the white background are the words, "Vermont, Plymouth, Ethan Allen Council Camps."

Excerpts below from Vermont Historical Society Library summary of documents.

"Charles Willard Phipard was born Aug. 5, 1916, in New York City, the son of Dr.
Willard Phipard and Hazel (Dealing) Phipard.
Charles and his sister Helen spent many summers of their youth with their great-aunt and great-uncle, Cora Gero Munsell and Dr. Chauncy Munsell in South Royalton, Vermont.
Charles Phipard received his elementary education at Poly Prep Day School in
Brooklyn, N.Y., the school attended by his father and grandfather. He attended Wesleyan
University and Upsala College, graduating with degrees in business and economics. He
was a member of the Delta Upsilon national fraternity and served in the U.S. Army Air
Force during World War II; most of his time was spend in Canada as a weather observer.
After his discharge he returned home to Long Island and worked in the
experimental department of Sperry Gyroscope. In 1956 he moved to Royalton, Vermont,
to be near his sister and purchased a farm on Waterman Road where he raised chickens.
Charles Phipard was a charter member of the Heartland Lions Club, where he
served as treasurer for many years. He was active as a Boy Scout leader, a member of the
Sons of the American Revolution, and for many years was State Commissioner and
Treasurer for Babe Ruth Baseball. He died August 7, 2002. "

Pin

2025.13.4

Red, white and blue pin that says Coolidge across the top with a liberty bell in the middles and "4th of July Club" at the bottom,

Calvin Coolidge, born July 4, 1872, President 1923 to 1929.

Playing Cards

2005.57.2

Unopened box of playing cards wrapped in clear cellophane. The box is printed with a black-and-gold border and the green inscription, "Quarter Century Club establish 1951 / National Life of Vermont". The back of the box is printed gold with the card suit symbols printed in black in each corner.

Playing Cards

1976.43.291

Two playing cards from the same deck, a 6 of clubs and a 4 of clubs. The reverse of each card is printed in blue with a rococo design of fruit within a cartouche with architectural elements surrounding it.

No known VT connection.

Playing Cards

1976.43.292

Fifteen playing cards from the same deck. The reverse side of the cards is printed in red and blue with a design of two United States flags oriented opposite each other. The cards are 5 of clubs; 8 of clubs; 4-5 of diamonds; 7 of diamonds; 2 of hearts; 4 of hearts; 6-8 of hearts; 2-5 of spades; 8 of spades.

No known VT connection.

Playing Cards

1976.43.295

Set of 22 playing cards from the same deck. The reverse of each card is printed in blue with a rococo design of intertwined ribbons and vines. The cards include 4-5 and 7-8 of diamonds; 4-8 of hearts; 2, 4, and 6-8 of spades; 2-8 of clubs.

No known VT connection.

Playing Cards

1976.43.297

9 playing cards from the same deck. The reverse of each card is printed in blue with a small repeating pattern of flowers. The cards are all face cards pritned in black, yellow, blue, and red, and consist of jack, queen, and king of diamonds; jack and queen of hearts; jack and king of spades; queen and king of clubs.

No known VT connection.

Playing Cards

1976.43.298

8 playing cards from the same deck. The reverse is printed in blue with a repeated diaper pattern. The cards consist of jack and king of diamonds; jack, queen, and king of hearts; king of spades; jack and king of clubs.

No known VT connection.

Playing Cards

1976.43.299

10 playing cards from the same deck. The reverse is printed in brown with a repeating diamond pattern. The cards consist of jack and queen of diamonds; jack, queen, and king of hearts; jack, king, and queen of spades; jack and queen of clubs.

No known VT connection.

Political Button

2009.14.2

Pale green round button pin. The pin reads, "SAVE THE / LONG / TRAIL" in black.

No information was found to explain the purpose of this pin. However, the following excerpt from the Green Mountain Club's website (https://www.greenmountainclub.org/conservation/protecting-long-trail/)
explains the ongoing efforts to protect the trail from one end of the state to the other.

"Since the 1980s, the Green Mountain Club has sought to secure a permanent route for the Long Trail. While in the early years, the club could rely on simple handshake agreements with landowners, a few threats of trail closure and development near the trail inspired the club to kick off its Long Trail Protection Campaign.

The Long Trail Protection Campaign has resulted in the conservation of more than 25,000 acres of Vermont forest land through which the Long Trail and its side trails cross. The club has protected more than 78 miles of the Long Trail and continues to strive to conserve the remaining 6.5 miles of the trail (Note: much of the trail was conserved before this campaign thanks to the national forest and state lands). With only a few miles left unprotected, the club continues to work with willing landowners to provide the public with long term certainty that the trail will never close.

The club’s Long Trail Protection Campaign has always relied exclusively on willing landowner sales and easements. The club has partnered with the state of Vermont to transfer many of the lands it has conserved into the state forest system."

Political Ribbon

1957.25.76e

Ivory satin-woven silk ribbon printed in black with two bust portraits of men in oval frames. The man on the left has a beard, and the man on the right is cleanshaven. Above the frames is a spread eagle on a shield, and below the frames are a star and two crossed United States flags. Beneath the image is the inscription, "Republican Club HARTLAND, VT."

Likely owned by Harold G. Rugg of Hartland, Vermont

Printing Block

2024.16.7

Small square printing block depicting a small well. On the bottom is inscription in small backwards lettering "QUOTA CLUB OF BRATTLEBORO Brattleboro, Vermont 05301"

Depicting and describing the "Quota Club" also known as "Quota International," which was (until 2020) a network designed to empower specifically women, children, and the deaf community to ensure end of poverty and hunger within those communities.

Austine School for the Deaf Brattleboro, VT

Prize Medal

2018.18.2a-b

Ornate gold and silver metal hanging from a red and blue blue ribbon secured by a metal pin. The pin at the top is rectangular with decorative leaves and scrollwork at the top. It is engraved with the letters BCC. The ribbon hangs from the pin by looping around a narrow bar at the bottom. The center of the ribbon is decorated with a bar pin with the inscription, "1886", at the center. A pair of crossed hockey sticks is at the bottom of the ribbon and small square puck, holding the medal. The medal is engraved at the center with a scene of two men playing hockey indoors. Each man is wearing a plaid, knee-length suit and a short bowler hat. The engraving is encircled with a gold laurel wreath and sits above an iron cross. Between each point of the cross are carved thistles, shamrocks, maple leaves, and oak leaves.

Medal presented to the winning team of the 1886 Vermont Winter Carnival Hockey Tournament. The initials at the top, BCC, stand for Burlington Coasting Club, and the medal was won by the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association.

Promotional Button

2008.56.18

Round white button with an image of a jumping trout in the center. The words, "GUNNER BROOK FISHING DERBY 75TH ANNIVERSARY" are printed around the edge and the dates "1928-2003" are printed beneath the fish. The back of the button is signed, "Best Wishes! Susan Winter" in sharpie. There is a hinged pin on the back.

The Gunner Brook Fishing Derby for children is sponsored by the Barre Fish and Game Club. The club was founded in 1919.

Promotional Button

2024.43.2

White button with dark blue lettering that reads, "Booster, Camp Billings, Club."

Promotional Button for the Booster Club at Camp Billings. Camp Billings is located on Lake Fairlee in Vermont and was founded in 1906. It provides a summer camp experience to 170 boys and girls. Its website is: https://campbillings.org/

Promotional Button

2003.89.14

A pink and white pin. The top half of the pin is a pink checkered pattern with the head of a lady wearing a bonnet. The lady is outlined in navy blue, and the bonnet has a pink bow tied under the chin. The top half reads "HERITAGE / BELLE" in navy blue. The bottom half of the pin is divided by the white half of her cap with "BARRE HERITAGE / FESTIVAL / JULY 18-25 / 1970" written in navy blue.

The donor, Ruth R. Smith of Barre, was active in Republican politics and in many communities organizations.

Her obituary from https://www.hookerwhitcomb.com/obituary/4000351


Ruth R. Smith, 91, of Camp Street, passed away peacefully on Saturday, November 5, 2016, at home with her family at her bedside.
Born on December 27, 1924 in Northampton, MA, she was the daughter of the late Ralph Ernest and Maria W. Reynolds.
Ruth graduated from Northampton High School in Northampton, MA with the class of 1942. She received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, MA in 1946 and continued her graduate studies in the field of economics at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, MA.
On October 11, 1947, she married Donald Ladd Smith of Barre Town, VT in Northampton, MA. He died on March 7, 2001. After their marriage, the couple moved to Vermont.
Ruth worked in the office of Cook, Watkins, and Patch before working as a reporter for the Montpelier Argus and Burlington Free Press for several years. In 1969, and she and her husband bought Windy Wood Orchard which she continued to operate until 2004. Ruth was also a licensed Casualty Insurance Agent and a Welcome Wagon Hostess for several years.
In addition to raising her family and working, Ruth was a member and former chair of the Barre Town School Board for 7 years, and Chair of the Barre Town Bicentennial Committee. She was also very involved in politics, she was a member of Washington County Republican Committee, former chair and secretary of the Barre Town Republican Committee, and a member of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1987-1994 representing Barre Town. Ruth served as Secretary of the Vermont State Republican Committee for 4 years, Chair of the Republican Mental Health Task Force for 6 years, Treasurer of the Vermont Federation of Republican Women, and as past President of the Vermont Legislative Women’s Auxiliary. She was an Incorporator and former member of the Board of Trustees of the Austine School for Deaf in Brattleboro, former member of the Vermont Federal Bank Advisory Board and a former member and co-chair of the Barre Granite Museum Study Committee.
In 1984, Ruth received a Greater Barre Community Service award, she was also presented with an Outstanding Legislator of the Year Award from the Sportsmen’s Alliance for Vermont’s Environment in 1988, and in 1996 she was awarded the Barre Town Citizenship and Service Award.
Ruth was the founding member and President of the ABH Extension Homemakers Club, as well as President of the Washington County Extension Homemakers. She was a Girl Scout troop leader and went on to serve as District Chairman and Officer of the Board of the Vermont Girl Scout Council. Ruth was a former officer of the Cobble Hill Grange and a member of the State and National Granges. She also served as Treasurer, Vice-President and eventually President of Altrusa International of Barre from 1995-1997. In 1948, Ruth joined the Barre Congregational Church and served in the roles of clerk and treasurer.
In her spare time, she enjoyed playing Contract Bridge, reading and travel.
She is survived by her son, Donald Reynolds Smith of Barre; her daughter Rebecca Ruth Smith Miracle of East Montpelier; and her granddaughters Brittany Jane and Halen Elizabeth Miracle of East Montpelier.
Besides her parents and husband, she is predeceased by her sisters Ernestine Moore and Marilyn Gray.

Quimby, Hortense Adelaide (1893-1967)

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Born: February 5, 1890 in West Stewartstown, NH
Died: January 10, 1967 in St. Johnsbury, VT

Primary Residence: Averill, Vermont

Pioneering resort owner, conservationist, and environmental resource proponent.

Ribbon Medal

2024.16.35

Royal blue award ribbon. The small ribbon is inscribed, "B.O.C. / JUNIOR / SKI / MEISTER / 1947 / BRATTLEBORO / VERMONT" in gold with the image of a skier in the middle. There is a ring at the top for a string to fasten the ribbon to clothing. A small card affixed to the back reads, "Herbie Holbrook / NAME / 13-15 / CLASS / Cross Country / EVENT / 1st / AWARD / HODGES BADGE CO., BOSTON" printed in black with the details filled out in black script.

Presented to Herbert P. Holbrook for winning first place in ski jump from the Brattleboro Outing Club in 1947. Earned the year of his graduation from the Austine School for the Deaf, this is one of many awards Holbrook earned as a Class A ski jumper, Olympic cross-country skier. He was admitted to the AAAD (American Athletic Association for the Deaf) in 1964, when he also made the New York Times News twice that year. He competed in Berchtesgaden (West Germany) in the 60's and in the Meribel Olympics in France in 1979.

Root Club

L2024.3.49

Club crafted from natural root ball

Sampler

1957.25.39

Two alphabet samplers stitched together. The first sample has a capital alphabet in fancy script follow by the numbers 1-6 then the inscription, "Nancy Niles Sampler Aged 9 years W. Fairlee Sept 6 1823 1234 Broad is the road that leads to death and thou sands walk together there". Along the bottom are several variations of the suite of clubs. The second sampler has two alphabets--capital marking stitches and lower-case marking stitches--followed by the inscription, "Nancy 4s Niles 1823". Both samplers are stitched in light blue, dark blue, and brown threads.

Satchell, Leroy Elmer (1888-1962)

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Born: Feb. 3, 1888 in Elizabethtown, New York
Died: Jul. 9, 1962 in St. Albans, Vermont

Local musician in St. Albans, Vermont, who played with Sterling Weed's Imperial Orchestra in the 1920s and 1930s making that group the first integrated dance band in New England.

Roy Satchell

Sign

2008.79

Rectangular plywood sign painted white with the green inscription, "MT. MANSFIELD SKI CLUB / Stow VERMONT / POST OLYMPIC RACES".

Sign

1989.1.2

Yellow sign framed in black and printed with an elevation map of Mt. Mansfield with the Long Trail and other trails marked. Taft Lodge and other lodges are also marked. The Green Mountain Club logo--a pine tree in a circle with GMC--is shown twice. A small title under the map reads "MT. Mansfield and Vicinity" The scale for this map is 1/2mile = 1 1/2". Written on the back is the inscription, "This map painted c. 1940 by Elton Ray Beal (1897-1971) of 77 Pomeroy St.., Burlington, VT. He was employed by the Engineering Dept. of the University of Vermont, and was an active member of the GMC."

Made by the Green Mountain Club to show trails and lodges in Mount Mansfield, including the Long Trail.

Sipprell, Clara Estelle (1885-1975)

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Born: October 31, 1885 in Tillsonburg, Ontario
Died: December 27, 1975 in Manchester, Vermont

Primary Residence: Manchester

Best known for her work in photography during the pictorialist movement. Recipient of numerous awards and published works and set-up exhibitions in the United States and Europe. Cityscape, "New York - Old and New" was one of the first photographs obtained by the Museum of Modern Art in the 1930s.

Skirt

2014.60.1282

Green plaid wool gored skirt.

Worn by Ethel C. Smith of Barre, Vermont. She was born in Scotland in 1875 and came to the United States in 1888. She married Donald Smith in 1899 and they had two sons. She was a charter member of the Barre Flower Club.

Snow Skis

1954.2a-b

Long wooden skis. The skis are heavily varnished, and have metal attachments at the center for shoes. The attachments have adjustable lengths, and leather straps across the top.

Owned by James P. Taylor, who started organized skiing in 1909 at Saxton's River, VT.

Sweater

2024.16.46

Red and black knit wool sweater. The crew neck sweater is red with a ribbed stitch pattern. The collar, cuffs, and waist have a short black border and there is a thicker black stripe across the chest and sleeves. The sweater has a patch sewn onto the right arm just below the black stripe that is blue with a ski jumper in a red snowsuit. Around the image are the words "UNITED STATES EASTERN AMATEUR SKI ASSOCIATION" in black lettering.

The sweater has a label that reads "The Kandahar by Bert Charon N.Y. 100% all virgin wool" sewn into the back of the neck.

This sweater was worn by Herbert Holbrook during ski jump practices and competitions.

Austine School for the Deaf Brattleboro, VT
Worn by Herbert P. Holbrook who was a class A ski jumper and olympic cross-country skier. He was an alumnus of the Austine School for the Deaf, and admitted to the AAAD (American Athletic Association for the Deaf) in 1964, when he also made the New York Times News twice that year. He competed in Berchtesgaden (West Germany) in the 60's and in the Meribel Olympics in France in 1979. The sweater refers to the United States Eastern Amateur Ski Association, an Olympic skiing organization established 1922 by Doctor Raymond S. Elmer (Vermonter) in Saranac Lake, NY. (Likely earned by Holbrook when he was funneled from the Brattleboro Outing Club into the association)

T-Shirt

1976.37.2

Yellow t-shirt printed in green with the words, "GREEN MOUNTAIN CLUB / THE LONG TRAIL / VERMONT". The words, "The Long Trail," are within a silhouette of a directional sign.

T-Shirt

1976.37.3

Yellow cotton t-shirt printed on the back in red with the words, "LEAVE NOTHING BUT FOOTPRINTS / Green Mountain Club". There are footprints up the shirt and forming the two Os within the word footprints.

Taylor, Elizabeth (1856-1932)

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Born: January 8, 1856 in Columbus, Ohio
Died: March 8, 1932 in Rochester, Vermont

Discovered and recorded two unknown insects, one of which was given her nane Pseudosiana Taylori. First Caucasian woman to accompany the Hudson Bay Fur Company on a fur-gathering expedition down Canada's MacKenzie River to its delta.First English-speaking woman to traverse Norway's Hardanger Vidda, the upland summer pastures, throughout its greatest length and over its highest ridges.

Tie Clip

2022.59.2

Brass tie clip with an oval medallion. The medallion hangs from the clip at the center of two lengths of chain. The medallion has a bowling pin engraved with the letters "IPC"; the border is a laurel wreath.

Owned by Renato Ferrari of Barre, VT, as a member of the Italian Pleasure Club

Token

1953.24.5c

Brass token with masonic imagery on one side and an inscription on the other. One side has a wedge (possibly representing a fez hat) with circle on the inside bearing the inscription, "H T W S S T K S". Flanking the shape are a set of masonry tools and an urn. The other side has the inscription "ONE PENNY" in the center, "SKITCHEWAUG CHAPTER NO. 25 R. A. M. / SPRINGFIELD, VT." around the outer edge, and "CHARTERED JUNE 13, 1873" inside of the first.

Produced by the Cascadnac Chapter of the Masons in White River Junction, Vermont

Token

1953.24.1d

Copper token with the words "ONE PENNY" on the obverse with an olive branch at the bottom, a tablet with a circle of initials "H T W S S T K S" in the center, a chisel, and a funnel. On the other side of the token are the words, "Cleveland Chapter No. 20 R.A.M. Newport, Vt.”

Produced for the Cleveland Chapter of the Freemasons in Newport, Vermont.

Token

1953.24.1a

Silver-toned metal token with the words "ONE PENNY" on the obverse with an olive branch at the bottom, a tablet with a circle of initials "H T W S S T K S" in the center, a chisel, and a funnel. On the other side of the token are the words, "Cleveland Chapter No. 20 R.A.M. Newport, Vt.”

Produced for the Cleveland Chapter of the Freemasons in Newport, Vermont.

Token

1953.24.2a

Copper token the words "ONE PENNY" on the obverse with an olive branch at the bottom, a tablet with a circle of initials "H T W S S T K S" in the center, a chisel, and a funnel. On the other side of the coins are the words, "Cleveland Chapter No. 20 R.A.M. Newport, Vt.

Produced for the Cleveland Chapter of the Freemasons in Newport, Vermont.

Token

1953.24.3

Silver coin with masonic imagery on one side and an inscription on the other. One side has a wedge (possibly representing a fez hat) with circle on the inside bearing the inscription, "H T W S S T K S", though it is unclear which letter is first. Flanking the shape are a chisel and a funnel or plunger. The other side has the inscription "ONE PENNY" in the center, "CACADNAC CHAPTER NO. 27 R. A. M. / WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, VT." around the outer edge, and "CHARTERED JUNE 14 1895" inside of the first.

Produced by the Cascadnac Chapter of the Masons in White River Junction, Vermont

Token

1953.24.4

Copper coin with masonic imagery on one side and an inscription on the other. One side has a wedge (possibly representing a fez hat) with circle on the inside bearing the inscription, "H T W S S T K S", though it is unclear which letter is first. Flanking the shape are a chisel and a funnel or plunger. The other side has the inscription "ONE PENNY" in the center, "CACADNAC CHAPTER NO. 27 R. A. M. / WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, VT." around the outer edge, and "CHARTERED JUNE 14 1895" inside of the first.

A Masonic coin or token. Obverse side has two lines of text around the outside. First is "Cascadnac Chapter No. 27, R.A.M. White River Junction, Vt.", second line is "Chartered June 14, 1895". R.A.M. could stand for Royal Ark Mariners or Royal Arch Masonry. Reverse side shows Masonic emblem with initials in a circle and working tools.

Produced by the Cascadnac Chapter of the Masons in White River Junction, Vermont

Token

1953.24.5a

Aluminum token with masonic imagery on one side and an inscription on the other. One side has a wedge (possibly representing a fez hat) with circle on the inside bearing the inscription, "H T W S S T K S". Flanking the shape are a set of masonry tools and an urn. The other side has the inscription "ONE PENNY" in the center, "SKITCHEWAUG CHAPTER NO. 25 R. A. M. / SPRINGFIELD, VT." around the outer edge, and "CHARTERED JUNE 13, 1873" inside of the first.

Produced by the Cascadnac Chapter of the Masons in White River Junction, Vermont

Token

1953.24.6a

Silver coin with masonic imagery on one side and an inscription on the other. One side has a wedge (possibly representing a fez hat) with circle on the inside bearing the inscription, "H T W S S T K S". Flanking the shape are a chisel and a hammer. The other side has the inscription "ONE PENNY" in the center, "POULTNEY CHAPTER NO. 10 R. A. M. / POULTNEY, VT." around the outer edge, and "CHARTERED AUGUST 10TH 1854" inside of the first.

Produced for the Poultney Chapter of the Masons in Poultney, Vermont

Token

1953.24.2d

Aluminum token the words "ONE PENNY" on the obverse with an olive branch at the bottom, a tablet with a circle of initials "H T W S S T K S" in the center, a chisel, and a funnel. On the other side of the coins are the words, "Cleveland Chapter No. 20 R.A.M. Newport, Vt."

Produced for the Cleveland Chapter of the Freemasons in Newport, Vermont.

Token

1958.1.1564

Copper masonic penny. While still round, the penny is shaped into a five-petaled flower. One side has a tablet with the label, "H T W S S T K S", in front of a shovel, pickaxe, laurel leaves, and oak leaves. The inscription ROYAL ARCH MASONS / ONE PENNY" and two triangles ring the edge. The other side bears the inscription, "DAVENPORT CHAPTER / No. 17 / R. A. M. / RUTLAND, VT."

Produced by the Davenport Chapter of the Masons in Rutland, Vermont

Token

1953.24.6b

Copper coin with masonic imagery on one side and an inscription on the other. One side has a wedge (possibly representing a fez hat) with circle on the inside bearing the inscription, "H T W S S T K S". Flanking the shape are a chisel and a hammer. The other side has the inscription "ONE PENNY" in the center, "POULTNEY CHAPTER NO. 10 R. A. M. / POULTNEY, VT." around the outer edge, and "CHARTERED AUGUST 10TH 1854" inside of the first.

Produced for the Poultney Chapter of the Masons in Poultney, Vermont

Token

1953.24.2b

Bronze token the words "ONE PENNY" on the obverse with an olive branch at the bottom, a tablet with a circle of initials "H T W S S T K S" in the center, a chisel, and a funnel. On the other side of the coins are the words, "Cleveland Chapter No. 20 R.A.M. Newport, Vt.

Produced for the Cleveland Chapter of the Freemasons in Newport, Vermont.

Token

1953.24.2c

Aluminum token the words "ONE PENNY" on the obverse with an olive branch at the bottom, a tablet with a circle of initials "H T W S S T K S" in the center, a chisel, and a funnel. On the other side of the coins are the words, "Cleveland Chapter No. 20 R.A.M. Newport, Vt."

Produced for the Cleveland Chapter of the Freemasons in Newport, Vermont.

Token

1953.24.1b

Gold-toned metal token with the words "ONE PENNY" on the obverse with an olive branch at the bottom, a tablet with a circle of initials "H T W S S T K S" in the center, a chisel, and a funnel. On the other side of the token are the words, "Cleveland Chapter No. 20 R.A.M. Newport, Vt.”

Produced for the Cleveland Chapter of the Freemasons in Newport, Vermont.

Token

1953.24.5b

Copper token with masonic imagery on one side and an inscription on the other. One side has a wedge (possibly representing a fez hat) with circle on the inside bearing the inscription, "H T W S S T K S". Flanking the shape are a set of masonry tools and an urn. The other side has the inscription "ONE PENNY" in the center, "SKITCHEWAUG CHAPTER NO. 25 R. A. M. / SPRINGFIELD, VT." around the outer edge, and "CHARTERED JUNE 13, 1873" inside of the first.

Produced by the Cascadnac Chapter of the Masons in White River Junction, Vermont

Token

1953.24.1c

Silver-toned metal token with the words "ONE PENNY" on the obverse with an olive branch at the bottom, a tablet with a circle of initials "H T W S S T K S" in the center, a chisel, and a funnel. On the other side of the token are the words, "Cleveland Chapter No. 20 R.A.M. Newport, Vt.”

Produced for the Cleveland Chapter of the Freemasons in Newport, Vermont.

Toy Village

1963.62.5a-jj

Cardboard toy village held within a wooden box. The box has a paper label on one side that says, "5 LBS. PEPPERMINT & WINTERGREEN CREAM WAFERS". The interior of the lid has the handwritten label, "[illeg] 1914, March 10, Hillside Farm". The set consists of 12 buildings, 12 roofs, 5 trees, 3 boats, 2 fences, a clock tower, 6 people, and 3 miscellaneous accessories.

Each building is made from four pieces of paperboard attached at the ends (interior) with woven tape, creating a box that can be laid down flat. Each has a corresponding roof that attaches with slits to notches on the buildings. (The notches are disguised as dormer winders and signs. The buildings are a log cabin labeled "Rip Van Winkle House"; a portrait studio; a wheelwright and blacksmith shop labeled "J. SMITH HORSESHOER"; a firehouse with the date 1897; a boat club; a large schoolhouse; 7 residential houses.

No VT connection.

Trophy

2016.42.1

Metal trophy consisting of a double-handled loving cup on a round wooden pedestal. One side of the cup is engraved with the inscription, "I.P.C. HIGH SINGLE 1934". The cup attaches to the base with a bolt accessible from the bottom of the base, which is hollowed out. surrounding the bolt hole is the maker's mark, "Bechard Trophies Trade Mark Made in U.S.A."

The Italian Pleasure Club (IPC) was a cultural and social group for Italians that was in existence between 1908 and 1941 in Barre, Vermont.

Trophy

1994.54.27

Trophy in the shape of a two-handled cup (loving cup) with a long stem and flaring base. The bowl of the cup is engraved with the inscription, "BGC / LOWEST GROSS SCORE IN / WEEKLY TOURNAMENT / 1914 - GEORGE FRASER". The bottom of the base is labeled, "Made & Guarenteed by / WILCOX SILVER PLATE CO" and "474".

Awarded to George Fraser by Brandon Golf Club in Brandon, Vermont.

Tuttle, Bernice (1880-1973)

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Born: March 24, 1880 in Rutland, Vermont
Died: October 9, 1973 in Rutland, Vermont

Primary Residence: Rutland

Had a long and prominent career in leadership positions for a variety of civic organizations. Founded the Rutland Woman's Club and the Vermont Children's Aid Society. President of the family business, the Tuttle Company, printers and publishers.

Umbrella Stand

1971.30.3

Leather umbrella stand decorated with tooled stag design & gilt trim. The stand is cylindrical.

Used in the Ethan Allen Club in Burlington, Vermont.

Vacuum Cleaner

1947.12

Hand-powered vacuum cleaner consisting of a metal pole with a large crank wheel at the top and small gear wheel at the bottom. There are two tube attachments (threaded like a hose spigot) at the center.

Made in Ludlow, Vermont

Vermont Winter

2017.19.1

Oil on canvas painting of a Vermont hill village on a gray winter day. Central to the painting is a cluster of three dwellings surrounded by hills, trees, brush and snow. Signed by artist Bernard Corey in lower left corner. Gallery label on back of work from Atlantic Gallery gives the title as "Vermont Winter."

Bernard Corey (1914-2000) is a 20th-century American Impressionist painter. While Corey is identified with the historic Gloucester-Rockport Art Colony, he worked in many locations throughout New England and was associated with the Salmagundi Club in New York City, the Hudson Valley Art Association, the Providence Water Color Club, the Guild of Boston Artists, Allied Artists of America, as well as the Rockport Art Association.

A self-trained artist, Corey worked as a house painter as a young man, his landscape painting remaining a hobby. Then, in the early 1960s, he decided to dedicate himself to art and lived for some time in Rockport, honing his skills in the company of other artists. Throughout his life, Corey was admired by other artists for his dedication to painting on location, for long hours, in all kinds of weather. He went so far as to attach an easel to the dashboard of his car so that he could paint in rain, sleet or snow.

Walker, Gwyneth Van Anden (b. 1947)

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Born: March 22, 1947 in New York

Primary Residence: Braintree

World renown composer of instrumental and choral music. Works have been described as energetic and often humorous; often translates the words and sounds of poetry into music. Recognized with the Vermont Arts Council Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000.

Wallet

2022.20.1

Small, rectangular leather wallet stamped with the word "BELIEVE" and an image of a water dinosaur [Champ]. The wallet has an interior pouch accessed by a zipper along two sides. The back has 4 slots for holding cards. The slots are made from red leather.

Produced by Coach New York as part of their Coach Cryptid Club line. It shows an illustration of Champ, the sea monster of Lake Champlain.

Wills, Hazel McLeod (1886-1969)

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Born: October 29, 1886 in Goldsboro, North Carolina
Died: June 19, 1969 in Bennington, Vermont

Primary Residence: Bennington

Held leadership positions in many Vermont organizations and colleges, including Bennington College and the University of Vermont. Served in the Vermont Senate for one term. President of the Vermont Chapter of the American Association of University Women from 1937-1941 and 1953-1955. Wife of Vermont State Governor William Wills (1941-1945).

Wolf, Marguerite Hurrey (1914-2017)

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Born: April 23, 1914 in Montclair, New Jersey
Died: April 6, 2017 in Shelburne, Vermont

Primary Residence: South Burlington

Celebrated Vermont author of over 200 articles and numerous books, such as: "I'll Take the Back Road," "Sheep's in the Meadow, Raccoons in the Corn," "Vermont is Always with You," and "How to be a Doctor's Wife Without Really Dying." Wrote the popular column, "Isn't Pushing 90 Exercise Enough?"