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…
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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
A recipe to keep mites off your cheese, circa 1778
In the same year that Captain Cook sailed to Hawaii and Great Britain declared war on France, Helen Weldon started her recipe book in Bath, England on January 29, 1778. In addition to keeping mites off your cheese, she includes recipes for Mock Turtle (Calves head) soup, Onion Soop [sic] and raspberry vinegar “for those who want a […]…Continue Reading A recipe to keep mites off your cheese, circa 1778
Annual Special Collections Open House, August 31-September 2, 2010
PLEASE JOIN US FOR OUR ANNUAL SPECIAL COLLECTIONS OPEN HOUSE, August 31-September 2, 2010, 9 am-5 pm On view in Special Collections, Davis Family Library, Lower Level Faculty and Staff are welcome fo review our most recent acquisition of primary source materials … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Annual Special Collections Open House, August 31-September 2, 2010