Vermont History Journal: Volume 93, now available!

The latest issue of Vermont History is finally here!

This is our scholarly journal, which publishes new research and scholarship on interesting topics of Vermont state and local history twice a year. This issue, Volume 93, includes the following: 

• A remembrance of our former director and journal editor, Michael Sherman
• A paper about Thomas Davenport, who invented the DC electric motor
• A look at Eastern Vermont pottery
• A paper about the history of Halloween in Vermont
• A history of the troubles that the Vermont Milk Chocolate Company of Burlington faced
• A look at the aftermath of a raid in Island Pond in 1984
• 2 student essays from Vermont History Day
• Reviews of recently published books about Vermont’s history

If you’re a member of VHS who's opted to receive issues in the mail, you should be getting them soon. Members can also access this new issue through our website, while past issues are available to the public. If you aren’t a member, you can purchase copies from the VHS bookstore in Montpelier or at the Vermont History Center in Barre.