Recently Paul Sommers, Paige-Wright Professor of Economics, stopped by the archives with an unusual item: he had purchased a “melody card” online, a paper phonograph record first manufactured in the 1930s, most notably on cereal boxes or as inserts in magazines. His postcard reads: Play this record on the PHONOGRAPH, 78rpm speed manual. Prof. Sommers doesn’t have a record player that […] Continue reading →…Continue Reading A phonograph record on a post card? A professor throws a curveball at Special Collections.
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Hey Students! Try Our WT Workshop on Research & Zotero
Are you working on a senior thesis or starting a big research project? Drowning in journal articles and books, but not sure how to keep track of them all? Let us help you with the next stage of your journey as a power researcher in our Winter Term workshop “Zotero and Beyond: Power Research Tips […]…Continue Reading Hey Students! Try Our WT Workshop on Research & Zotero
Thanksgiving hours at the Libraries
Davis Family Library Monday 11/24: 7:30 am – 1 am Tuesday 11/25: 7:30 am – 8 pm Wednesday 11/26: 9 am – 5 pm Thursday-Saturday 11/27-29: CLOSED Sunday 11/30: 24/7 exam period begins at 9 am. Card access only outside of regular library hours. Armstrong Library Monday 11/24: 7:45 am – midnight Tuesday 11/25: 7:45 […]…Continue Reading Thanksgiving hours at the Libraries
We were greatly shocked with the news…
During a recent visit to the archives by Professor Ellie Gebarowski-Shafer’s Religion 130 class, The Christian Tradition, students plowed through 214 years of Middlebury College missionary history with College Archivist Danielle Rougeau. Amid the pages of 19th century cursive was this diary entry by Mary Martin, wife of a missionary to China and grandmother of Mabel Martin (later […] Continue reading →…Continue Reading We were greatly shocked with the news…
Students learn the craft of medieval papermaking
Well, to be specific, medieval paper was actually parchment, made from animal hides, rather than trees and literally all of our knowledge of the Middle Ages was preserved on skins made from calves, sheep, or goats. To better understand the chemistry, art, and labor of parchment, Middlebury College’s Special Collections & Archives, together with Professor Eliza Garrison’s Medieval […]…Continue Reading Students learn the craft of medieval papermaking
Don’t forget to write your mother, circa 1932
Our own Professor of Psychology at Middlebury College Barbara Hofer writes about the modern day iConnected Parent, constantly in contact with their College-bound kids through cell phones and Skype…well, the archives recently exposed something of a connected parent, but from over 80 years ago. Here’s a letter from October 18, 1932. The mother of Charles Edward Stevenson, Jr., Class of 1936, […]…Continue Reading Don’t forget to write your mother, circa 1932
Buttons!
Have you seen a classmate/professor/stranger on campus sporting a 1 inch souvenir pin with a historic Middlebury face emblazoned upon it?
Learn about those famous faces here, and visit Special Collections & Archives to nab your own button while we ……Continue Reading Buttons!