Five classes visited Special Collections last week, studying a wide range of materials. We shared hundreds of items, from classic Greek texts published in Venice in the 15th century, to an 18th century Torah, to 1930s government reports on eugenics policy in Vermont.
Italian Renaissance Art with Prof. Carrie AndersonNative North America with Prof. Marybeth NevinsReading Slavery and Abolition with Prof. Will NashMiddle Eastern Political Religion with Prof. Shalom GoldmanThe Ten Commandments with Prof. Shalom Goldman
Fun in the snow at Middlebury College! These recently digitized 16mm films haven’t been seen in more than fifty years.
This silent film montage shows scenes of the 40 meter jump on Chipman Hill, early ski trails at the Snow Bowl and the “new” 50 meter ski jump, Mountain Club outings to the winter woods, and even “aero-skijoring” on Lake Champlain. Winter Carnival the way it was in the middle of the last century!
And this newsreel, produced by Paramount Pictures in 1949, is an entertaining glimpse back into a unique moment in time. It was shown in movie theaters throughout the country before the feature film.