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CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON VERMONT ·UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT BURLINGTON, VERMONT
THE LIGHT OF OTHER DAYS
The First Twenty Years of the Center for Research on Vermont
By
GEORGE B. BRYAN UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT © 1995 by the University of Vermont.
All rights reserved
ISBN 0-944277-33-0
The Center for Research on Vermont University of Vermont Burlington, VT 05401-3439 802/656-4389 email: [email protected] Contents
Preface ...... IX
The Genesis of the Organization ......
Lyman Jay Gould, Convener (1974-75) 6
Samuel B. Hand, Moderator (1975-76) ...... 8
Harold A. Meeks, Moderator (1976-77) ...... 10
Samuel B. Hand, Moderator and Director (1977- 80) ...... 12
Frederick E. Schmidt, Director (1980- 83) ...... 23
Marshall True, Director (1983-86) ...... 38
George B. Bryan, Director ( 1986-92) ...... 51
Richard C. Sweterlitsch, Director (1992-1995) ...... 84
Concluding Remarks ...... : ...... 97
Appendix 1: Members of the Executive Committee ...... 99
Appendix 2: The CRY's Operating Budget ...... 101
Narne- Index ...... 103
v Samuel B. Hand (Photograph by William Dilillo. Media Photography Service. The University of Vermont ) This monograph is respectfully dedicated to
SAMUEL B. HAND not only for his advancement of Vermont studies
but also for his inviting me into the ranks of
the Center for Research on Vermont.
He [is] a scholar, and a ripe and good one, Exceeding wise, fair-spoken, and persuading; ... to those that [seek] him, sweet as summer. William Shakespeare Henry Vlll, IV, 2
Vll Vlll Preface
"Ring bells! Sing songs! Blow horns! Beat gongs!" 1 The Center for Research on Vermont is twenty years old! Anniversaries are times for remembrance and recollection as well as for reinvigoration and renewal. "Why are we here and where are we going?" asks the old song. "It's time that we found out. "2 The Center for Research on Vermont, as it celebrates its second decade, has been as subject to change as the people whose energies created and sustained it. As we regard this bidecennial milestone, perhaps an attempt should be made to gather together the threads of retirement and mortality, mobility and mutability that are woven into the fabric of the Center's existence.
When it was suggested that I might be entrusted with this important mission, I enthusiasti cally acquiesced, for no other association of my quarter of a century in Vermont has afforded me as much pleasure as the Center. What began as a labor of love, however, became something of a burden when I discovered how truly disparate the activities of the Center had been. The meticulous, copious records3 kept by the staff began to look more and more like an albatross as I tried in vain to construct an organic narrative of the Center's first twenty years. Once I even abandoned the project but was convinced to make another effort for the sake of the historical record . Sober reflection persuaded me to chronicle the Center's development as modified organizational annals rather than as a continuous narrative. In doing so, I have organized the material chronologically and divided it to coincide with the tenure in office of the organization's executive officers. My rationale for doing so is simple: the directors, particularly those who were appointed for three-year terms, remained in office long enough to impress their interests and agendas upon the organization.
My persistent goal was to portray the diversity of interests of the membership and the multifarious undertakings of the organization. Many names of individuals and organizations march across these pages. As I selected and arranged the details of this story, it was impossible to mention everyone whose path intersected the Center. From all who search fruitlessly for their names and pet projects, I ask indulgence, as no slight was intended.
'Cole Porter, Lyrics to "Ridin' High" (1936).
2Ray Henderson and Lew Brown, Lyrics to "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries" (1931).
3From the earliest days of the Center, the staff has collected material relevant to the organization's activities. For each year there is a general volume and a Director's Book. In addition to its own files, the Center possesses those of several of the founders, moderators, and directors-all of which have been utilized in this study. These collections provide most of the documentation of this essay.
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Some will object to the numerous footnotes, but I believe that anyone who wishes to look more deeply into matters to which I allude will be pleased to know my sources. These annals are based on documentary evidence and have been in some cases buttressed by the recollections of actual participants in the events described.
To everyone who assisted me, I offer heartfelt thanks. Andrea L. Comtois, Administrative Assistant of the Department of Theatre, enabled Jessica Pepe to spend hours at a microfilm reader verifying newspaper citations; to Ms. Pepe I am grateful, not only for her competent work but also for the freedom that her efforts provided me to undertake other tasks. Andrew P. Boer.i, work-study assistant at the Center, proved to be an inventive and unrelenting necrological sleuth. UVM Archivist Jeffrey D. Marshall provided invaluable aid, as did Reidun Nuquist. My indebtedness to Kristin Peterson-Ishaq is particularly heavy in that she was always prepared to share her insights and recollections, to delve into her files to retrieve long-buried documents, and to offer perspicacious editorial advice.
"Now," to paraphrase Geoffrey Chaucer's envoi to The Canterbury Tales, "I beg all those that [read] this little treatise ... that if there be anything in it that pleases them," they credit those who have sustained the Center by their exertions. "And, if there be anything that displeases them, I beg them also to impute it to the fault of my want of ability, and not to my will, who would very gladly have said better if I had had the power."
GEORGE B. BRYAN UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT The Genesis of the Organization
The Center for Research on Vermont is the product of the collective vision of a number of professors at the University of Vermont. Although it is extremely difficult to recapture the actions of twenty years ago, to say nothing of the motives that lay behind them, a symposium sponsored by the Vermont Academy of Arts and Sciences was a factor in its creation. On October 25, 1969, that group held a symposium on "The Growth and Development of Government in Vermont Since March 4, 1791." The speakers included H . Nicholas Muller III, William H . Beardsley, Samuel B. Hand, Marshall True, and Richard Janson-all members of the faculty at UVM. The proceedings of this meeting were published the next year. 1
As early as 1971, members of the Department of History, including Robert V. Daniels, Samuel B. Hand, and H. Nicholas Muller III, were discussing ways in which they and the University could significantly contribute to the observance of the nation's bicentennial. 2 Of particular interest was the idea of a series of bicentennial monographs on Vermont of multiple authorship. 3 Two years later, Garrison Nelson (Political Science) proposed commissioning and publishing a set of essays on Vermont, tentatively entitled "Vermont's Retrievable Past: A Guide to Future Research." The initial step, according to Nelson, would be "to call a conference of all Vermont-oriented researchers in the state and have them agree on a data-mapping strategy. "4
Research on Vermont was definitely "in the air," and its partisans whose relationships were not only professional but also social were functioning in influential positions at the University as well as in state and local government, the Vermont Historical Society, and other entities. A network of well-placed individuals committed to Vermont research was falling into place in the early '70s.
'Growth and Development of Government in Vermont, ed. Reginald L. Cook. Occasional Paper No. 5 (Waitsfield: Vermont Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1970). Janson's important talk, "The Architectural Significance of the State House and Its Site," is not included in this publication.
2H. N. Muller III, Memorandum to Jeremy P. Felt, Samuel B. Hand, Robert V. Daniels, and Charles T. Morrissey, July 23, 1971.
3Interest in such a publication stemmed from the desire to have a textbook for the Vermont History course .
4Garrison Nelson, Memorandum to H. Nicholas Muller, July 3, 1973 .
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At that time only a handful of courses taught at UVM focused on topics related to the state. 5 There was also a Government Research Center, established as the Government Clearing House in 1950 by the Department of Political Science, which provided "research and informational services for students, state and local officials, members of civic groups, and the public. "6
Daniels and Hand met on July 26, 1973 , and discussed the bicentennial project, Nelson's proposal, and related issues. At that time, an organization, tentatively called the Institute of Vermont Historical Research, was conceived. On August 23, Robert V. Daniels (History), Lyman J. Gould (Political Science), Samuel B. Hand (History), H. Nicholas Muller III (History), Milton J. Nadwomy (Economics), and Garrison Nelson (Political Science) met and formed the Ad Hoc Committee on Vermont Studies. Most of its members had been or were heads of academic departments, and all were people of influence.
Enthusiasm for the undertaking mounted, and on August 29 it was decided to approach the University administration as soon as possible. The idea of a research center was presented to Pres. Edward C. Andrews on September 9, 1973. 7 As a result of Andrews's interest, on September 18, 1973, Daniels circulated to members of the committee a draft proposal on the formation of an entity to encourage research on Vermont. It described a new organization responsible to the President of the University8 through the Vice President for Academic Affairs and reflected the notion that it would from time to time offer both graduate and undergraduate courses. A revision of this proposal, eliminating the reference to the Vice President for Academic Affairs but maintaining the stance on teaching, was sent to President Andrews on October 1, who was encouraged to approve the proposal and submit it to the Board of Trustees. This access of optimism, however, proved to be premature.
By October 12, 1973, the committee was working on a modified proposal, which was ultimately submitted to the Vice President for Academic Affairs, Alfred Rollins, Jr., on November 2. Rollins, who had been dean of the College of Arts and Sciences when the idea of a research center was little more than embryonic and had been kept abreast of the committee's
5Among this number were Anthropology 267: The Franco Americans; Geography 211: Geographic Analysis of Vermont; History 261: Vermont History; and Zoology 240: Invertebrate Ecology of the Mountains. From time to time other departments offered Special Topics courses such as Communication and Theatre 195, 196 : Vermont Theatre and Drama.
6Bulletin of the University of Vermont 1974-75, 100.
7Daniels 's notes of this meeting suggest that only Gould and he represented the committee at this meeting.
8The organization was conceived as interdisciplinary and intercollegiate, so the President was viewed as the obvious overseer of its activities . 3 thinking, was "a friend at court." After stating the need for such a Vermont-oriented research organization, the document stressed that such a center would
enhance public awareness of the need, possibility, and significance of scholarly work on Vermont, and demonstrate the University's attention and responsiveness in this area that is uniquely important for this institution.
The proposed Center will not overlap or conflict with any existing university departments . In fact, being program oriented[,] it should facilitate interdepartmental cooperation .. . .
The role of the Center may be Clarified by drawing distinctions between it and certain existing University functions. The Center's research interest will be directed to the state of Vermont as a subject for inquiry, in distinction to current research in Geology, Psychology, Sociology, etc., governed by interests of the respective disciplines that may derive source material within Vermont. In contrast to the primarily service function of the Agricultural Extension Service, the Center instead will focus primarily on "pure" as opposed to "applied" research .... The Center will not be an information bureau for the Legislature or State agencies, although it will endeavor to channel requests for significant research activity and locate individuals who may be able to respond to them ....
The committee conferred with Vice President Rollins on December 4 after submitting a plan for the implementation of the proposal, which, in the event, did not go to the trustees even by April 1, 1974. This proved to be an unhappy eventuality as the University was then in the midst of fiscal deliberations at a time when funds were limited. When were they not? The proposal was further jeopardized by Rollins's resignation. When Daniels indicated to the upper administration that such unwelcome news would contribute to the already rampant malaise of the faculty, he was accused of cynicism. Out of that meeting, however, emerged the notion of seeking the aid of the College of Arts and Sciences. 9 The Center's budgetary request for the remainder of the 1973-74 fiscal year was $6,630. 70; that for 1974-75, $14,985. These budgets were somewhat later combined, and additional considerations caused the final request to be $22,925.70. 10
Since the fiscally skittish University administration seemed loath to lay the matter before the trustees, the committee asked that (1) the Center be commissioned by the trustees irrespective of the availability of funds to support it. As a bona fide arm of the University, it reasoned, the Center would then be in a position to seek grants and gifts. This initial step having been taken, it was suggested, (2) the University could then subsidize the organization incrementally as money became available and until a reasonable level of funding was reached. The committee showed
9Robert V. Daniels, Minutes of meeting with Edward Andrews, May 5, 197 4.
10Ad Hoc Committee on Vermont Studies, Memorandum to H. L. McCrorey, March 29, 1974 . 4 its good faith and willingness to compromise by reducing its budgetary request to $13,373.20 for 1974-75. 11
When the upper administration showed no signs of taking positive action, Daniels and Hand laid the matter of the Center before John G. Weiger, the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and Associate Dean Abbas Alnasrawi. Weiger agreed to the establishment of the Center but insisted, not unreasonably, that it operate under the aegis of the College of Arts and Sciences. 12
With Dean Weiger's sanction, in June 1974 the Center thus became an entity-on paper, at least. Its budget for that fiscal year was $10,365. 70-less than was requested but more than was expected. One of the first items of business was to advertise and fill the position of staff assistant. Rose E. S. Morris was selected and proceeded to establish an office in Living/Learning E138, the first campsite in the Center's nomadic existence.
A prospectus of the organization, dated July 1, 1974, introduced the CRV to the public:
The Center represents the formal institutionalization of the responsibility and commitment felt by a segment of the scholarly community to develop and pursue opportunities for research on Vermont. The existence of the Center can help enhance public awareness of the need, possibility, and significance of such scholarly work and demonstrate the University's attention and responsiveness in an area that is uniquely important.
1. Purposes: To promote and facilitate research, teaching, and related scholarly activities dealing with the state of Vermont or matters of interest to the state, particularly in, but not confined to , the disciplines of the social sciences and humanities.
To bring together academic resources and outside financial sources to respond to research needs of the state.
To generate research data on Vermont.
To use Vermont data for pure research and laboratory purposes.
To enhance intellectual awareness of various aspects of the state's problems.
To improve public perception of the University's readiness and ability to contribute to the understanding and resolution of state problems.
2. Membership: Members of the University of Vermont Faculty with a demonstrated interest in research on Vermont may be appointed Fellows of the Center by the Dean of
''Ad Hoc Committee on Vermont Studies, Memorandum to Edward C. Andrews, May 21, 1974.
12Lyman J. Gould, Notes on meeting with John G. Weiger, June 26, 1974. 5 the College of Arts and Sciences upon nomination by the Executive Committee. Members of the faculties of other Vermont educational institutions or any other persons with demonstrated research interests in Vermont may be appointed by the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences as Associates of the Center upon nomination by the Executive Committee.
3. Governance: There is an Executive Committee of nine members recommended by the Center and appointed by the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
One third of the membership of the Executive Committee is appointed each year for three-year terms.
Elections are held at the last meeting in the spring of each year, except in 1975-76 when they shall be held at the first fall meeting .
The Executive Committee functions as a Nominating Committee and submits the names of three or more nominees to a business meeting of the Fellows. The Fellows may make additional nominations from the floor.
The Fellows each vote for three candidates to the Executive Committee. The top three candidates who accept nominations are recommended to the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences for appointment.
Members of the Executive Committee are eligible for renomination and reappointment.
The Executive Committee is responsible for the direction and oversight of the Center program and staff; the Staff Associate directs the day-to-day management of the Center.
The Executive Committee shall meet on a regular basis at a time selected by the members consistent with their professional schedules.
Associates are non-voting members of the Center.
Any proposals for amendment of this statement must be submitted in writing to the Executive Committee at least one month prior to the annual spring meeting, and will be adopted upon the concurrence of two-thirds of the members present at that meeting.
4. Functions: To plan and coordinate research activity and to secure funds for support.
To develop in-depth research projects in response to expressed public needs and possibilities for funding.
To promote the collection of documentary, statistical and oral source materials m cooperation with the University Library and other pertinent agencies.
To develop a publication program of documentary and monographic material m cooperation with the New England Universities Press. 6
To channel inquiries to knowledgeable individuals.
The Center may propose in cooperation with the appropriate college to offer undergradu ate or graduate courses of an interdisciplinary nature bearing on Vermont. As appropriate, undergraduate and graduate students may be involved in and supported by Center research projects.
5. Funding: The Center is supported directly by the University of Vermont as regards office space, basic overhead, and administrative service. It is not contemplated to draw on University general fund money to support specific research projects. On the contrary, a major purpose of the Center is to seek out and apply outside funds in the form of contracts (with state or other sponsors), grants (both federal and foundation, as available), and private or corporate gifts. The Center may facilitate individual research proposals by its Fellows and Associates, or it may secure project funds on behalf of the Center and make awards to or employ individuals to execute such projects. Funds may be used to put scholars on part- or full-time research work, releasing departmental funds for replacements.
No restriction is placed on the nature or public dissemination of the conclusions arrived at by any research project administered by the Center. On the other hand, the Center and individual researchers are responsible for observing rules of confidentiality pertaining to primary source information, written or otherwise recorded, that may be entrusted to them. 13
Lyman Jay Gould, Convener (1974-75)
Although the name of the organization had not bee~ settled by July 9, the committee met and elected Gould as convener. The first Executive Committee included Lyman J. Gould, Robert V. Daniels, Samuel B. Hand, H. Nicholas Muller, Milton J. Nadwomy, and Garrison Nelson. A search for additional members of the Executive Committee, preferably from the humanities, resulted in the appointment of Betty Bandel (English) and George B. Bryan (Communication & Theatre).
The title of the chief officer would undergo several changes before "director" was finally settled upon. The original conception was that the convener, selected from the fellows (but not the associates) , would serve a one-year term on the principle of primus inter pares. The role of the convener-and later that of the moderator-was seen principally in terms of planning and executing an annual conference. By 1977, however, the presiding officer's responsibilities were more diverse than in the formative years, and there was a new dean who favored the appellation of director. This change of title, the new job description, and a three-year term of office were reflected in alterations of the CRY's bylaws.
13This prospectus, with minor adjustments, was codified as the Center's bylaws on October 16, 1975 . 7
According to the prospectus of July 1, 1974, the governance of the CRV was in the hands of an Executive Committee, all of whom were members of the UVM Faculty. Although this arrangement was undoubtedly efficient at the formative stages of the organization, it was later seen that a diversely selected Executive Committee might offer a breadth of vision that was otherwise unattainable.
Problems of identity emerged almost concurrently with the announcement of the creation of the CRV. A member of the UVM faculty observed,
I don't know why the Center is restricted to the Social Sciences and Humanities and whether this means you are excluding interest in that part of Vermont Life which (a) does not fit traditional concepts of academic departments or (b) has not been studied by a full time member of an Arts and Sciences department. The era of cross-departmental, interdisciplinary research has been with us for a long time-partly because Vermont and U.S. Life has complicated, multiple problems whose solutions require more than traditional departmental approaches. Perhaps the Executive Committee could make the Mission of the Center more clear, even if it means changing the title of the center to something like "Center for Social Science and Humanistic Research in Vermont Done by Traditional Arts and Science Department Personnel. "14
The CRY's first conference, "Focus: Vermont," was held on March 22, 1975_15 In addition to comments by Dean John G. Weiger and an address by Lt. Gov. Brian D. Burns, participants heard four panel discussions on "Existing Resources," "Funding for the Future," "Work in Progress: The Arts and Humanities," and "Work in Progress: The Social Sciences." The CRY's first publication was a selection from the proceedings of this conference. 16 Although "Focus: Vermont" had much to commend it, there were problems, as shown by the following observation:
I was somewhat concerned that the activities of other colleges at the University in terms of research which has a multiple disciplinary basis were not recognized at Saturday's
14John H. Mabry, Memorandum to Lyman J. Gould, March 14, 1975.
15"Conference to Open UVM Research Center," Burlington Free Press, March 18, 1975: AS, 8; William Haseley, "Research Center for Vermont Launched at UVM Conference," Valley Voice, April 2, 1975: Al3, 1; Margo Howland, "Vermont Research Center Opens Saturday at UVM, " Rutland Daily Herald, March 24, 1975: A9, 4.
16Focus Vermont 1975: A Sheaf of Papers from the Annual Conference of the Center for Research on Vermont, ed . George B. Bryan. Burlington: Center for Research on Vermont, 1975. Limited to twenty four pages of text and constrained by the exclusively oral nature of some of the presentations, the editor was able only to hint at the richness of the talks presented. Six hundred fifty copies of this publication were distributed. 8
conference. . . . I hope this does not mean that the Center is going to limit its sponsorship solely to the College of Arts and Sciences. . 17
The statewide exposure that "Focus: Vermont" provided the University of Vermont proved to be extremely timely. A newspaper editorial asked the question that was on the tongues of many:
Should the university be doing more than it is now in terms of educating Vermonters, providing the state community with access to its substantial resources, and offering itself as an extension of the state's character? Or are economic realities such that the university should now attempt to break farther away from the state and behave more like a partially subsidized guest?
The writer's answer to the first query is a resounding "yes!"; to the latter, an emphatic "no!"
[T]he Legislature feels the state is giving more to the university than UVM is willing to give back to the state. While in some respects this criticism may be lagging behind some developments and exceptions, most notably this week's dedication of the UVM Center for Research on Vermont. . . . 18
Public recognition of the CRV as an attempt by UVM to reach out to the state proved to be a major factor in future administrative skirmishes.
Samuel B. Hand, Moderator (1975-76)
Samuel B. Hand (UVM/History) was elected moderator of the CRV. Early in his term, Hand appointed a committee to inquire into future initiatives that might be undertaken. With William A. Haviland (DVM/ Anthropology) as chair, 19 the members, William Beardsley (Green Mountain Power Corporation), Arthur W . Biddle (UVM/English), John Duffy (Johnson State College/Humanities), Elwyn N. Kernstock (St. Michael's College/Political Science), and Garrison Nelson (UVM/Political Science), were charged to ascertain what research on Vermont was actually in progress, to determine immediate needs, and to explore financial resources. An outgrowth of the group's investigations was a questionnaire on past, present, and future Vermont research that was sent to members of the CRV. The material gathered in this manner became the basis of the CRY's "Membership Profiles."
17Ellen R. Reiss, Letter to Lyman J. Gould, March 24, 1975 .
18"UVM and the Community," The Times Argus, March 29, 1975: A4 .
19-fhe pressure of his other commitments prompted Haviland's resignation from the committee early in the new year. William A. Haviland, Letter to Samuel B. Hand, February 20, 1976. 9
CRV member Andrew E. Nuquist (UVM/Political Science) died on September 4, 1975, having been on the faculty since 1938. In 1939 Nuquist had instituted a course called Political Science 7: Vermont Local Government and continued to teach it, despite several changes of its name, until his retirement. His two books on Vermont government are considered seminal. 20
The CRV and the Legislative Council of the General Assembly co-sponsored a "Landlord Tenant Relations Conference" on November 22, 1975 , which was partly funded by the Vermont Council on Humanities and Public Issues. 21 Jennie V. Stoler (UVM/Economics) served as project director. Featured speakers were William P. Russell (Legislative Council of the General Assembly) and John McCabe (National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws). A panel discussion on "Issues Surrounding Rental Housing and Landlord-Tenant Relations in Vermont" and workshops on "Housing Quality and Habitability," "Judicial Process, " "Obligations of Landlords and Tenants," "Social and Economic Impacts of Rental Housing Improvement," and "Protecting Vulnerable Groups" followed.
The CRY's second annual conference was held on March 27, 1976_22 The theme was "Arts, Artisans, Artifacts-An Historical Record." Remarks by UVM Interim Pres. Wayne C. Patterson opened the proceedings. Panel discussions on "The Cultural Landscape, " 23 "Music in Vermont, "24 and "Current Motion Picture Film-making in Vermont"25 and an address by poet James Hayford entitled "The Risks of Rhyming in Vermont" comprised the program.
10Town Government in Vermont: or, "Making Democracy 'Democ'" (Burlington: Government Research Center, 1964); Vermont State Government and Administration: An Historical and Descriptive Study of the Living Past (Burlington: Government Research Center, 1966).
21"Landlord and Tenant: Conference on Relations of Renters at UVM," Rutland Daily Herald, November 19, 1976; Carlo Wolff, "Need Seen for Legislation in Landlord-Tenant Area," Burlington Free Press , November 23, 1976.
22 "History Meeting Looks [at] Vermont Arts & Artifacts," Valley Voice, March 24, 1976: A25, 1; "Arts Conference on Saturday," Burlington Free Press, March 26, 1976: A18, 1; "Conference to Feature Perspective by Artists," Rutland Herald, March 22, 1976: AS, 5.
23The panel, moderated by Chester H. Liebs (UVM/History), included George B. Bryan (UVM/Communication & Theatre), William C. Lipke (UVM/Art), Jane A. McLuckie (Vermont Division of Historic Preservation), Stewart G. McHenry (UVM/Geography), and Marjory W. Power (UVM/ Anthropology).
24The panel, moderated by Thomas L. Read (UVM/Music), included William Mayer (Composer) and Louis Calabro (Bennington College/Music).
25The panel, moderated by John K. Worden (UVM/Communication & Theatre), included David Hancock (Filmmaker), Richard Brick (Silo Cinema), and Marc Levitt (Film Producer). 10
The CRY's second Annual Meeting was on May 25, 1976, at which Hand introduced the moderator-elect, Harold A. Meeks (UVM/Geography). Hand also explained the need for more precise information on the members' research projects as a means of expediting referrals. As a consequence, a questionnaire was sent out.
Harold A. Meeks, Moderator ( 1976-77)
A series of monthly dinner meetings with programs was held in 1976-77. In September, Mary B. Deming (UVM/Sociology) and Frederick E. Schmidt (UVM/Sociology) discussed "Population Migration to Vermont Since 1960." That was followed by
"From Ferment to Fatigue-the Themstrom Thesis and the Problem of Mobility in Vermont: 1870-1890," by H. Nicholas Muller (UVM/History) on October 19;
"The Political Party in Vermont-Not Yet a Beginning," by Elwyn N. Kemstock (St. Michael's College/Political Science) on November 17;
"Archeology in Vermont-Link Between Past and Present," by William A. Haviland (UVM/Anthropology), Marjory Power (UVM/Anthropology), Jane Baker, and Giovanna Neudorfer (State Archaeologist) on February 8;
"The Politics of Establishing a New England Regional Primary," William Doyle (Johnson State College/Political Science) on March 2;
"Yankee Judiciary," by Samuel B. Hand (UVM/Hi.story) on April 19.
Between October 1, 1974, and the same date in 1976, the CRY's membership grew from eight to seventy-four.
A day-long conference was convened on November 6, 1976, to examine the topic, "Data Collection: Individual Rights to Privacy Versus Public Program Needs. "26 Program topics included "Issues Surrounding Individual Rights" (George C. Christie, Duke University/Law), "Surveys in Vermont" (panel discussion), 27 "The Citizen's Right to Know" (panel discus-
26Bob Sherman, "Computer-Age Question Debated at UVM Forum on Confidentiality," Sunday Times Argus, November 7, 1976; Walter Tedford, "Privacy Finds Lone Defender at Data Conference," Burlington Free Press , November 7, 1976: B1, 2.
27The panel included Edgar W. Francisco (Health Resources Development, Inc.), Mary Anne Freedman (Vermont Department of Health), Vincent H. Naramore (St. Michael's College/Political Science), and Ralph H. Underhill (UVM/Sociology); the moderator was Frank C. Dorsey (Cooperative Health Information Center of Vermont). 11 sion), 28 "Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Data Use in Public Programs" (Sergio Sismondo , Canadian Department of Regional Expansion), "Census Data: Are Vermont's Needs Met?" (panel discussion),29 "Toward a Policy for Public Data: Who Holds It and How?" (panel discussion), 30 and "Issues Relevant to Decision-Making" (panel discussion) . 31
One of the CRY's "founding fathers," Lyman Jay Gould died on October 2 , 1976_32
The third spring conference was held on March 26, 1977. The topic "The State and Its Communities: Problems and Opportunities" was explored through three panel discussions on "Intergovernmental Relations and Shifting Power, " 33 "Research Needs for the Future in Town and Region, " 34 and "Tomorrow's Decisions: Incorporating Citizen Opinion. " 35 After Dean John G. Jewett's opening remarks, Sen. Patrick J. Leahy delivered the keynote address. 36
28The panel included Peter Herman (Vermont Department of Budget and Management), Robert G. Lathrop (Vermont Department of Taxes), Paul R. Philbrook (Vermont Department of Social Welfare), Lev i P. Smith (Burlington Savings Bank), and Lynn Heglund (Vermont Civil Liberties Union); the moderator was John A. Dooley (Vermont Legal Aid, Inc.).
29The panel included Judith W. Cohen (U. S. Bureau of Census), Mary B. Deming (UVM/Sociology), Donald E. Dickson (Vermont Housing Agency), Ralph Monticello (Vermont State Planning Office); the moderator was David K. Smith (Middlebury College/Economics).
3 31The panelists included Robert V. Daniels (UVM/History), Arthur R. Hogan (Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission), and Robert M. Wilson (Vermont Agency of Administration); the moderator was Garrison Nelson (UVM/Political Science). 32 "1n Memoriam," This Week, October 18 , 1976; Burlington Free Press, October 4, 1976: B2 , 4. 33The panelists were Holman Jordan, Jr. (Castleton State College/History), Edward J. Fabian (Vermont Department of Education), Peter E. Herman (Vermont Department of Budget and Management), and Rolf N. B. Haugen (UVM(Political Science). 34The panelists were Frank M. Bryan (UVM/Political Science), John G. Simson (Department of Housing and Community Affairs) , Robert B. Stewart (Vermont League of Cities and Towns), and Mary B. Deming (UVM/Sociology). 35The panelists were David Goldberg (Vermont Tomorrow) , William T. Doyle (Johnson State Co llege/Political Science), and Mark Blucher (Rutland Regional Planning Commission) . 36Karen Inman, "Rural Areas Are 'Victims'," Sunday Rutland Herald/Times Argus , March 27, 1977 : AS, 7; John Maher, "Forum Reviews Government Ills ," Burlington Free Press , March 27, 1977 : B2, 4. 12 The University appeared to awaken to the validity for research on Vermont when in 1977 newly elected UVM Pres. Lattie F. Coor charged a committee chaired by Robert 0. Sinclair (UVM/ Agriculture & Resource Economics) to inventory and evaluate research on Vermont then being pursued by the faculty. The insights generated by the committee were to be reflected in Coor's inaugural address and become part of his administrative goals. While this committee did its work, members of the CRV held conflicting views of its potential efficacy. There was, of course, nothing to do but wait for the issuance of the report. At its Annual Meeting on May 16, 1977, business was conducted, but there was no program. A discussion produced considerable interest in conducting a conference on the arts and humanities in Vermont. Accordingly, Lilian Baker Carlisle (Author) and John L. Buechler (UVM/Bailey Library) were named to a committee to plan it. As of May 1977, the CRY's membership included fifty-two fellows (faculty of the University of Vermont) and thirty-one associates (faculty of other institutions of higher learning). Samuel B. Hand, Moderator and Director ( 1977 -80) Nominated as moderator, Garrison Nelson (UVM/Political Science) asked to be released from the commitmentY Samuel B. Hand, returning from a sabbatical leave, agreed in August 1977 to serve in Nelson's stead. The only incentive offered to the moderators of this period was a reduced teaching load, but it was sometimes impossible for incumbents to take advantage of such because of curricular commitments. The Executive Committee undertook a .revision of the job description of the moderator and considered changing its name to director, which was favored by the new dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, John G. Jewett. The CRV requested a budget of $14,620 for 1977-1978. In 1977 the CRY's staff associate, Rose E. S. Morris, succumbed to a protracted illness, 38 so moderator Hand advised the Executive Committee that a temporary replacement should be found . Carolyn Perry, Secretary of UVM' s Department of History, undertook this work and was paid on a hourly basis. The cost of Morris's sick leave as well as the necessity of paying for temporary assistance proved to be devastating to the CRY's budget, a fact which the college administration was reluctant to redress. 39 37Rose Morris, Minutes of the Annual Meeting, May 16, 1977. 38Morris died on February 22, 1991. Burlington Free Press, February 26, 1991: B2, 1. 39Sarnuel B. Hand, Memorandum to John G. Jewett, October 21, 1977. 13 Moderator Hand proposed that "for many reasons" the CRV invest its efforts elsewhere than in an annual conference. 40 In the autumn of 1977, a forum for exchanging ideas on current work on Vermont was instituted and called Research-in-Progress Seminars, which were to become the warp of the CRY's tapestry. The woof appeared somewhat later in the guise of the Occasional Papers series, published by the CRV as a means of circulating the results of current research, some of which had been presented at RIP Seminars, to a wide audience. The difficulty of acquiring suitable essays and the mechanics of production and dissemination of the Occasional Papers became abiding themes of future directors, editors, and Executive Committees for years to come. Whatever else the CRV did in succeeding years, the constant manifestation of its institutional persona was the RIP Seminars and the Occasional Papers. RIP Seminar #1 "Goal Setting in Planning: Myths and Realities" By Robert L. Larson (UVM/College of Education) November 1, 1977 The remoteness of the CRY's office in the Living/Learning Center did not encourage people to "drop in" and casually exchange ideas, so a search for centrally located accommodations was underway in September 1977. Two rooms were found in the Old Mill, but a delay in their availability forced the CRV to conduct its business from an office in Wheeler House from June 1978 . RIP Seminar #2 · "On Community Theatre in Vermont" By Jeffrey Aronson (UVM/ Assistant to the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences) November 29, 1977 Connell B. Gallagher (UVM/Bailey Library), a member of the Executive Committee, organized the Research-in-Progress Seminars for Spring 1978. 40Samuel B. Hand, Memorandum to Executive Committee, September 16, 1977. 14 " 19th CenturyVeJ:nicmt Fo.lk By Nancy C. Muller (Former Assistant to the of the Shelburne Museum) January 26, 1978 The Executive Committee met on March 13, 1978, to contemplate the relocation of the CRY's office, the forthcoming national Oral History Conference to be held at Burlington, and the Annual Meeting. A report of the Inaugural Committee on Research Related to Vermont (1978) placed Vermont-oriented research high on the list of University priorities. The committee's recommendation said, University personnel recruitment procedures should specifically reflect this part of the mission. Deans and department chairpersons in relevant disciplines should be encouraged when recruiting faculty to look for people with these interests and skills. The College of Arts and Sciences should assume a special responsibility to encourage pure as well as applied research on Vermont subject-matter in those disciplines (primarily the humanities and social sciences) which lend themselves to topics and materials unique to particular geographical areas and political entities, in view of the fact that such pure research on Vermont subject-matter can only be expected to be done systematically at the University of Vermont. Some members of the CRV were "guardedly optimistic" that, as a result of this report, UVM faculty who did research on Vermont would be "recognized and rewarded on an equal basis with others. "41 Unfortunately, abiding problems in this area resulted in the dissociation of some UVM faculty from Vermont research. The report of the Committee on Research Related to Vermont drew critical barbs from Garrison Nelson, who spoke on "Research on Rural Vermont: Is There a National Relevance?" at the Annual Meeting on May 6, 1978. After quoting the preceding excerpt from the report, Nelson stated, I do not choose to count up the number of serious researchers not in the Arts College, not at the University, not affiliated with academic institutions, and not residing in the state, to whom that statement does an enormous disservice. Who do we think we are? At what point in time did the Arts College of the University of Vermont gain this exclusive control over quality research done on the state? . . . It was Arts College snobbishness 41 Robert V. Daniels, Draft memorandum to Executive Committee, March 13, 1978. 15 which maintained initially that only Arts College members could be "Fellows" of the Center. Others could only be "Associates . "42 Later, other Members of the UVM faculty could be "Fellows" if their dean wrote a letter to our dean saying it was all right if we let this non-Arts Coll ege person into our fellowship .43 After addressing the problem of evaluation of and compensation for research on Vermont, Nelson challenged the organization. I would have to say that the research output of our conferences, dinners, and seminars has been sparse. I doubt if a disinterested outside reviewer would find much in the way of quality in that collection of materials . My own opinion is that much of it is anecdotal , atheoretical, and inconsequential. I doubt that any of us have had much added to our personal storehouses of wisdom on Vermont by the accumulation of these studies. It is certainly not up to the standards to which we have pointed the bulk of our own non Vermont research. Five years after we assembled to create the Center we have little to show for our time and the University's money. A grant was awarded to Samuel B. Hand by the National Historical Records and Publications Commission. He undertook a survey of Vermont court records prior to 1825 in four representative counties and prepared indices to the documents relevant to each county. The CRV facilitated this project by helping to design and type the indices, locating and supervising a typist, and providing other clerical services. Susan Jackson (UVM/History) assumed the responsibility of directing the Research-in Progress Seminars presented in the autumn of 1978. The budget request for 1978-79 was $14,620, of which $2,370 was designated as operating expenses. 42The proposal to establish a center for Vermont research (October 1, 1973) specified that "Members of the UVM Faculty with a demonstrated interest in research on Vermont may be appointed Fellows of the Center. ... Members of the faculties of other Vermont educational institutions or any other persons with a demonstrated research interest on Vermont may be appointed Associates .. .. " Those membership criteria were repeated in a draft prospectus dated September 29, 1975, and in every subsequent statement of the CRY's bylaws. 43 In all fairness, it should be noted that what Nelson interpreted as "snobbishness" emanated from cons iderations of protocol. Could the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences legitimately appoint a faculty member from another college of UVM as a fellow of the CRY? In a broader arena, could a dean of one institution name as a fellow a member of the faculty of another institution? As it happened, the deans at UVM and elsewhere were delighted by the recognition afforded to their associates. What seemed to be a problem simply disappeared. 16 As of July 1, 1978, the title of the CRV's executive officer was changed from moderator to director and that of the staff associate to administrative assistant, with secretarial, office managerial, editorial, and liaison responsibilities. The CRV's bylaws were altered so as "to remove most distinctions between Fellows and Associates and to enable Associates to serve on the Executive Committee. "44 As a result, the governance of the CRV became less parochial than it had been. RIP Seminar #4 "The Closing ofWindsor Prison: Vermont's Unique Experience in Correetiona1 Change" By Charles T. Morrissey (Vermont Historian) July 11, 1978 On August 3, 1978, the Executive Committee met and recommended Hand to a three-year term as director retroactive from July 1, 1977. 45 Dean Jewett confirmed the appointment on September 12. 46 At the same August meeting, Rose Morris's resignation having been accepted, the Executive Committee approved the appointment of Carolyn Perry at the level of academic program specialist, effective on August 7. At this meeting, the Executive Committee decided to convene at a breakfast meeting on the third Thursday of each month. The CRV won control of its own budget in 1978-1979, allocated funds hitherto having been administered by the dean's office. This gave rise to the continuing question of recompense for the director. Should the director's home department have to abbreviate its curricular offerings to accommodate the director's release from teaching, or should the dean provide the department temporary funds to hire a replacement teacher for the lost course? In August 1978 the CRV assumed the direction of the George D. Aiken Oral History Project, which had been undertaken by Charles T. Morrissey. D. Gregory Sanford edited and indexed twenty-five interviews pertaining to Aiken's early years. His precis of interviews in this collection were later published. 47 44Samuel B. Hand, Memorandum to Executive Committee, January 24, 1978. 45 Carolyn Perry, Minutes of Executive Committee Meeting, August 3, 1978. 46John G. Jewett, Letter to Richard C. Sweterlitsch, September 12, 1978. 47 D. Gregory Sanford, George D. Aiken Oral History Memoir (Burlington: UVM Bailey-Howe Library, 1981) . 17 "Discovering the Vermont Economy" was the subject of a day-long conference, directed by Richard R. Cornwall (Middlebury College/Economics) and Jennie V. Stoler (UVM/Economics), on September 30, 1978. Features of the conference included an address, "Coordinating and Disseminating Information" (Dennis Malloy, Vermont Information Service), a panel discussion, "Data Collection and Data Problems, "48 and six workshops ("Land Use: Zoning and Planning," "The Recreation Industry and Demographic Trends,"49 "State Anti-Trust Ef forts , "50 "Land Use: Taxation, "51 "Energy, "52 and "Job Development. "53 Autumn brought the involvement of the CRV in discussions about the acquisition and preservation of archival materials, particularly the papers of Vermont's congressional delegation. Materials that might be donated by Sen. Patrick J. Leahy were of particular concern.54 When the idea of microfilming Sen. George D. Aiken's papers was bruited, the Special Collections staff of the Guy W. Bailey Library advised against it on the grounds that other archival problems were more pressmg. Simultaneously, it was proposed that the CRV play a leading role in identifying and making accessible various kinds of survey research data. 55 On November 30, Kenneth N. Fishell, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, convened a group of interested people to discuss the formation of a Survey Research Consortium. 56 This committee met several times, with representation by the CRV, but its efforts were not efficacious. The CRV was unable to find fu nding to underwrite a day-long conference on the problem. 48The panelists were Margaret Slajchert (State Planning Office), Agnes W. Resue (Vermont Department of Employment Security), Roy Haupt (UVM/Vermont Data Bank), and Jonathan Howland (Vermont State Health Planning and Development Agency); the moderator was Richard R. Cornwall. 49Th is workshop was led by Malcolm Bevins (UVM/ Agriculture and Resource Economics). 5orhis discussion was led by Judy Barker (Office of the State Attorney General). 51This discussion was led by Robert Sinclair (UVM/ Agriculture and Resource Economics). 52This discussion was led by Robert Howland (Public Service Board). 53This discussion was led by Richard R. Cornwall. 54Samuel B. Hand, Memorandum to John G. Jewett, November 15 , 1978 . 55Carolyn Perry, Minutes of Executive Committee Meeting, November 14, 1978. 56Carolyn Perry, Memorandum to the Executive Committee, December 1, 1978 . 18 RiP seniinar #5 "Hillf~m:ri; Vern10Iit'' By Mary G. Brenneman (Author, Farmer) October17, 1978 "United States Savings Bonds: Asset, Benefit, or .. : ,.,n ·: :ro.w '"~'~'' · '· ' · By Levi P. Smith (Burlington Savings B~nk) November 9, 1978 RIP Seminar #7 "Burlington and Its Mental Health: The Howard's First 99 Years" A symposium of three papers By Marshall True (UVM/History) Barbara Lewis (UVM/Graduate Student in Historic Preservation) Terry Curley (Howard Mental Health Services) Jennifer Kochman (Howard Mental Health Services), Moderator December 13, 1978 The concern about archival materials turned attention towards graduate and undergraduate theses on Vermont undertaken in the College of Arts and Sciences. Hand proposed a conference on the needs and opportunities of research on Vermont at its state university. With Dean John G. Jewett as moderator, a panel discussion, "UVM Student Research in Vermont Topics," was held on April 17, 1979. The panelists were Chester H. Liebs (UVM/History), Frederick E. Schmidt (UVM/Sociology), and John C. Drake (UVM/Geology). In February 1979 the National Endowment for the Humanities received the CRY's proposal for a grant to support a two-year study of the erosion of Republican hegemony in Vermont between 1927 and 1974. Hand was the director of this project, which was funded at $75,000 by the NEH . Another proposal was submitted by Connell B. Gallagher (UVM/Bailey Library) to the same agency for a grant to underwrite the processing of twenty-eight collections relating to Vermont. Although the initial proposal was unsuccessful, the NEH encouraged the submission of an emended version. 19 The Annual Meeting was held on Saturday morning, May 5, 1979, in the John Dewey Lounge. Chester H. Liebs (UVM/History) and some of his Historic Preservation students spoke on City Images: Growth and Continuity in St. Albans. The membership expressed what had already become a chronic theme: the usefulness of presenting some RIP Seminars outside of Burlington. On June 22-24, 1979, the CRY was the host of the semi-annual meeting of the New England Association of Oral History. Several members of the CRY participated in the program, and Carolyn Perry was in charge of the local arrangements committee. A budget of $15,757.10 for 1979-80 was approved, of which $4,449.60 was designated as operating expenses. The CRY and the Department of Sociology co-sponsored a Rural Sociology Conference on August 23-26, 1979, at which Sen. Patrick J. Leahy delivered the keynote address. Occasional Paper #1 "University of Vermont Student Research on Vermont Topics" Edited by Carolyn Perry 66 pp ., 1979 Occasional Paper #2 "Litigious Vermonters: Court Records to 1825" By P. Jeffrey Potash and Samuel B. Hand 30pp., 1979 Both Occasional Paper #1 and Occasional Paper #2 were reviewed in the Spring 1980 issue of Vermont History. In the review, Dr. William L. Taylor commented that the Center "has made a propitious beginning with these publications." He went on to say that "Vermonters should encourage the Center in this endeavor and make use of the data in the first two Occasional Papers . Other states would do well to emulate what the Center has done." He also commended the Center for the Research-in-Progress Seminar series, which, he noted, "will add respectability to regional and local research. "57 57Vermont History 48, no . 2 (Spring 1980): 123-24. 20 Interviews for a replacement for Carolyn Perry, who wished to return to her duties in the Department of History, began in the autumn, D. Gregory Sanford managing the CRV in the interim. Kristin Peterson-Ishaq assumed her new responsibilities as staff assistant on October 1, 1979. A native of Iowa, Peterson58 received an M. A. degree in Arabic Language and Literature from The American University in Cairo, Egypt, after having been graduated magna cum laude by Georgetown University with a B.S. in Language (Arabic). Her credentials, impressive as they were, provided only a meager hint of the meritorious service she would render to the CRV. Her stylistic and editorial skills were immediately demonstrated in the quarterly newsletter, the annual report, and particularly in her work on the Occasional Papers. The Executive Committee nominated Frederick E. Schmidt (UVM/Sociology) to become the 59 CRV' s second director, as of June 1, 1980 ; Dean Jewett confirmed the appointment on October 23. 60 RIP Seminar #8 "Vermont Water Law: Judicial Allocation and Rights" By Mark B. Lapping (UVM/Envil"onmental Studl.es) December 6, 1979 The CRY's burgeoning success at winning grants called attention to the obstacles created by the University's high overhead costs that had to be added to the budget of each and every proposal. Hand successfully appealed to Associate Vice President for Research, Robert B. Lawson, to make an appropriate adjustment. 61 Suitable offices for the CRV continued to be a problem. Hand approached Dean Jewett about renting space off-campus. Temporary accommodations at 479 Main Street, however, were fo und for the CRY's office, whither the move was made on January 7, 1980. 5SWhile studying in Cairo , she met Mousa H. Ishaq, whom she married in 1978. 59Executive Committee, Memorandum to John G. Jewett, September 25, 1979. 60John G. Jewett , Letter to Samuel B. Hand, October 23, 1979. 61Samuel B. Hand, Memorandum to Robert B. Lawson, November 8, 1979. 21 Occasional Paper #3 "Goal Setting in Planning: Myths and Realities" By Robert L. Larson 41 pp., 1980 Occasional Paper #3 was published in January 1980 and, in accordance with what was then current policy, 62 was distributed to members of the Executive Committee and to members with related interests. The Executive Committee at its meeting on January 30, 1980, discussed the 1980 U.S. Census and the implications for the reliability of its data in the context of Sen. William Doyle's bill that proposed that "Congress conduct an investigation to determine how our nation benefits from the asking of intimate and personal questions." After the bill was enacted by the Vermont legislature, the Executive Committee published a statement that outlined the usefulness of such data to numerous kinds of Vermont research. RlP Seminar #9 "Aiken Oral History Project" By D. Gregory Sanford (Assistant Director of the Aiken Project) February 12, 1980, at Burlington's Church Street Center RlP Seminar # 10 "The Erosion of Republican Hegemony" By Samuel B. Hand (UVM/History), Frank Bryan (UVM/Political Science), and D. Gregory Sanford (Research Associate) February 28, 1980, at Montpelier's Pavilion Builqi!lg. 62 Fiscal realities eventually necessitated the jettisoning of this policy of gratis distribution in favor of selling the Occasional Papers at cost. 22 :ru~ ~b~ri~l- ~ii ) < "Evatuaiiori Research~~ >. ·.· By Robert V. Carlson (UVM/Cbllege ofEqric~tiort) With responses by Samuel F. Sampson (uvM/So2iology) and Frederick E. Schmidt (UVM/Sociology) March 6, 1980 RIP Seminar #12 "The Narrative as History and FantasY" By·Richa:.rct· c ..··· sweterlitsch({]VM/Englisp) ).···· ·. Aprjj 8, J98p ·. · .·. ·. ·· ·.·. ·.· ·.·.·.· ·· ·· The Annual Meeting was held on May 5, 1980, in the John Dewey Lounge. Outgoing director Hand noted the changes that the CRV underwent since its inception. "When on June 1st," he said, "Fred Schmidt assumes the directorship of the Center, he will face greater commitments and more responsibilities than any of his predecessors. The Center no longer operates as a free spirit. " 63 In his initial remarks as director-elect, Schmidt observed, " .. . we as a university and members of a larger research community must do a great deal more to make our work relevant to the decision-making bodies of this society .. .. In the coming years I trust that the Center for Research on Vermont will help bring greater unity between research and decision making. "64 At the time of its foundation, the 'CRV was not envisioned primarily as a source of research for legislative and governmental bodies, nor was that Schmidt's goal. His twin roles as director of the CRV and the Center for Rural Studies and his clearly articulated intention of relating research to decision-making, however, could hardly fail to anchor the CRY's activities more firmly in the social sciences than they had been or would later be. 65 CRV fellow Rolf N. B. Haugen died on July 14, 1980. 66 63 Samuel B. Hand, "Director's Report: Focusing the Center," May 5, 1980. 64 Frederick E. Schmidt, "Research on Vermont: A Perspective," May 5, 1980. 65The nature of two large grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities for long projects co-sponsored by the CRV during the terms of Marshall True and George B. Bryan as director shifted the focus from the social sciences to the humanities. 66Burlington Free Press, July 16, 1980: B2, 4. 23 RIP Seminar # 13 "Vermont's New Dealing Yankee: Governor Ernest Gibson Jr. of Brattleboro" A panel discussion By Samuel B. Hand (UVM/History) Richard Judd (Marlboro College/History) Frank Bryan (UVM/Political Science) and D. Gregory Sanford (UVM/History) May 28, 1980 at West Brattleboro's West Village Meeting. House Co-sponsor: UVM's Regional Continuing Education Center This seminar received considerable press coverage, 67 and an edited transcript was distributed. Frederick E. Schmidt, Director ( 1980-83) The CRY' s budget for 1980-81 was $17 ,256, of which $4,895 was designated as operating expenses. Connell B. Gallagher (UVM/Bailey Library) reported that the National Endowment for the Humanities had awarded UVM $67,564 for processing Special Collections' business research papers . In a report to Dean Jewett, he acknowledged the CRY's participation in the process: "Without the Center, there would have been no grant'. I encourage you and the College to continue to support the Center and its activities so that this valuable work may continue. "68 The Dean responded, "I am proud of the part that the Center for Research on Vermont played in the acquisition of the grant. " 69 The CRV offered a two-semester course entitled "Applied Research on Vermont Topics" at the Living/Learning Center. Five guest lecturers for the course did double duty as Research in-Progress Seminar presenters. Eight students, both graduate and undergraduate, elected to participate, and from their efforts evolved Occasional Paper #4. In addition, RIP Seminars #14-#18 were arranged as part of the context of the course. 67 "New Dealing Yankee: Seminar Tonight on Gibson's Role," Brattleboro Reformer, May 28, 1980: B9; Barney Crosier, "Ernest Gibson Legacy Explored," Rutland Daily Herald, May 29, 1980: B 1, 13; Ed itorial, Rutland Daily Herald, May 31 , 1980. 68Connell Gallagher, Letter to John G. Jewett, June 27, 1980. 69John G. Jewett, Letter to Connell Gallagher, July 17, 1980. 24 In September, with the CRV as co-sponsor, the UVM Church Street Center for Community Education applied to the National Science Foundation's Science for Citizens program for a grant to hold a series of workshops and discussions on the subject of "Energy Options for Northwestern Vermont." Although the project was judged to be worthy of funding, federal budgetary recisions prevented any new awards under the aegis of Science for Citizens. · RIP Seminar #15 "The Function ofReseafchintheDesignof~gislation;' < By speaker William Russell (Chief Legishitiye J)raftsrh(ln) <· and panelists from the Vermont LegislatUre (Jl¢J;ij:y Cafse; ) Robert V. Daniels, Althea Kroger, Melvi#Ma.ncltgo, ···· Gretchen Morse, Esther Sorrell, and Sarah. Soule) October 9, 1980 RIP Seminar # 16 "Science and Technology in the Vermont Legislature: A Policy Analyst's Perspective" By speaker John C. Howe (Former Science Adviser to the Vermont Legislature) and panelists E. Alan Cassell (UVM/Water Resources Research Center) Melvin Mandigo (State Senator) Gretchen Morse (State Representative) and William Russell (Chief Legislative Draftsman) October 23, 1980 25 RIP Seminar # 17 "The 1980 Census: Who Uses It, Why, and What For?" by speaker Stephen Hurwitz (U.S. Bureau of the Census) and panelists David Clavelle (Consultant to the Staff of U.S . Sen. Patrick J. Leahy) Frank Dorsey (Cooperative Health Information Center of Vermont) and Dennis Malloy (Vermont State Planning Office) November 16, 1980 RIP Seminar #18 . "Setting the Agdculhii'alResearch Agenda_" .· .· ·.. ··•. By speakers Ira Bransom (USDA~ SEC Program Pl:illriing Sta.ff) George Dunsmore (Deputy Commissioner of Agriculture) William Nagle (USDA Rural Deveiopment Coordinating Committee) and Robert Sinclair (UVM/College of Agriculture) and panelists Robert Foster (Vermont Dairy Fanner) Brian Henehan (Vermont Small Fanner) William Murphy (UVM/Plant and Soil Science) and Miranda Smith (Memphremagog Group) November 24, 1980 Having explored the advisability of creating an editorial board to oversee the publication of Occasional Papers, Schmidt asked Dean Jewett to write a foreword to Occasional Paper #4. His reasoning was that the Dean's active support of the publishing venture "might promote efforts among UVM faculty to contribute and, in so doing, subject their Vermont research to scholarly criticism prior to future publication. "70 Jewett expressed his agreement both with the idea of an editorial board and of his writing a foreword . 71 7°Frederick E. Schmidt, Letter to John G. Jewett, December 2, 1980. 71John G. Jewett, Memorandum to Frederick E. Schmidt, December 23, 1980. 26 Occasional Paper #4 "Research and Lawmakers: A Student Perspective" Edited by Barry Salussolia and David Rider 66 pp ., 1981 The CRV joined the Center for Rural Studies in forming an Ad Hoc Coalition to Pursue Vermont Food and Agricultural Issues. On February 13 the committee held a private session prior to a public discussion with Henry Hyde of the Agriculture Project, Conference on Alternative State and Local Policies (Washington, DC), and Frank Sadowski of the Vermont State Planning Office. In view of the success of the CRY-sponsored course "Applied Research on Vermont Topics," the Executive Committee voted to continue to offer and to administer the interdisciplin ary course. 72 RIP Seminar #19 "Burlington and the New Federalism: Visions for the Future" 0 A discussion by Burlington mayoral qandidates 00 0 Richard Bovej J os~ph ° McGrath; 0 Gordon Paquette, and Bernard SCli).ders and panelists JosephAmreiri (St.Micha£:I's 0 College/Business & Ecor1omi~) . · . / 0 0 0 Mal Boright (WEZF;_jiV) • • °0 •• 0• ° 0 ° ° 0 0 0 0 0 0 and Edward Henry (St. Michael's College/Presi<.lent) with Frank Bryan (UVM/Political Science) as moderator February 22, 1981 The federal government's New Federalism initiative had a significant impact on Vermont, in response to which the CRV submitted a grant proposal to the Vermont Council on the Humanities and Public Issues whereby small-panel discussions would be held throughout the state as precursors to Gov. Richard A. Snelling's statewide convocation on the New Federalism. 73 The ramifications of Pres. Ronald Reagan's vision of federal-state relations would be considered at a later day-long conference in Burlington under the aegis of the CRV. In April, 72Kristin Peterson-Ishaq, Minutes of Executive Committee Meeting, January 20, 1981. 73 Louis Berney, "New Federalism Conference Planned," Burlington Free Press, June 19, 1981 : B6 , 30 27 the CRV received notification that the Vermont Council declined to fund the project. 74 Kristin Peterson-Ishaq's eloquent rebuttal notwithstanding,75 the negative ruling stood. Numerous activities related to the New Federalism occurred throughout the state, several of them organized by the CRV in conjunction with other organizations. Johnson State College, for example, served as co-sponsor of a seminar entitled "New Federalism in the 1980's: Implica tions for Human Services, Environmental Conservation, and the Arts." William Doyle (Johnson State College/Political Science) moderated the discussion of a panel that included Ellen McCulloch-Lavell (Executive Director, Vermont Council on the Arts), John Simson (State Planning Director), Brendan Whittaker (Environmental Conservation Secretary), and David Wilson (Social Welfare Commissioner). The Rutland Historical Society and the Rutland Public Library in cooperation with the CRV presented a discussion on "New Federalism: Prospects and Perspectives" on May 6. The panel, moderated by Robert West (Rutland Historical Society, Program Chairman), included Eric Davis (Middlebury College/Political Science), Henry Lambert (Housing & Community Affairs Department Commissioner), Richard Mallary (former Secretary of Administration, Vermont Legislator, and U.S. Congressman), and Jeffrey Marshall (UVM/Graduate Student in History). At West Brattleboro on May 28, there was a program on "The New Federalism in Vermont: Where Does Government Belong?" The sponsors of this event were the CRV, the UVM Southeast Continuing Education Center, and the Windham Regional Planning Commission. The participants were Frank Bryan (UVM/Political Science), Corwin Elwell (Brattleboro Town Manager), Glenn Gershanek (Assistant to U.S. Sen. Robert T. Stafford), Stephen Morse (Speaker of the Vermont House), and John Simson (State Planning Office Director). Dart Everett (Windham Regional Commission/Chairman) moderated. Samuel B. Hand (UVM/History) was the speaker at the CRY's Annual Meeting on May 4, 1981; his topic was "It Won't Be in the Book or, Why the Fluid Milk Market Curdled Our Hopes. "76 The members present passed a resolution that Schmidt communicated to Vermont's congressional delegation: This is to express our concern about both the severity and rapidity with which the present administration has conducted its construction of a national budget. In this budget planning process, we detect a signal lack of sensitivity to the on-going work of non-military re search. We decry the irresponsible and indiscriminate nature of the budget cuts which endanger the very fabric of research in terms of continuity, contributions to program accountability, ability to influence state and local policy formations, and enrichment of academic programs .77 74Victor R. Swenson, Letter to Samuel B. Hand, April 21, 1981. 75Kristin Peterson-Ishaq, Letter to Victor Swenson, June 19, 1981. 76Hand's talk was published in Vermont History News, July-August 1981: 68-70 . 77 Frederick E. Schmidt, Letter to Robert T. Stafford, June 19, 1981. 28 Schmidt pointed out that many of the CRV's members would be adversely affected by recisions to the budgets of the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, the National Science Foundation, the Vermont Council on the Humanities and Public Issues, and the Vermont Water Resources Research Center. Conspicuous by its absence from this list of potential victims is the National Endowment for the Arts, which also awards grants to Vermont scholars. U.S. Sen. Patrick J. Leahy's and U.S. Rep. James M. Jeffords's responses78 were politic and doubtlessly meant to be palliative. On a more practical note, U.S. Sen. Robert T. Stafford reported that the Education, Arts, and Humanities Subcommittee, which he chaired, reduced the allocation to the National Endowment to the Humanities by 25 rather than the originally proposed 50 per cent. 79 Charles T. Morrissey, historian and former director of the Vermont Historical Society, presented a talk on "The History of Work and Working People in Vermont's History: Some Questions and Answers." The presentation, jointly sponsored by the CRV, the Vermont Labor History Society, and the Vermont Heritage Project of the Vermont Library Association, was held on June 1, 1981, at the Aldrich Public Library at Barre. The budget for 1981-82 was $19,874, of which $5,385 was designated as operating expenses. In the summer of 1981, the CRV charged an editorial board to formulate and administer a policy on the publication of the Occasional Papers series. The initial eight members were John Duffy (Johnson State College/Humanities), Paul Gillies (Deputy Secretary of State/State of Vermont), Samuel B. Hand (UVM/History), John C. Howe (Rice Memorial High School/ Mathematics), Richard Margolis (Journalist/Rural America), Marlene Wallace (Director, State Papers Division/State of Vermont) in addition to Schmidt and Peterson-Ishaq. The editors' first meeting was on October 5, and John Duffy emerged as their head. Renewed attention was focused on the course on Vermont topics taught at UVM. The first phase involved soliciting ideas for research topics useful to state legislators and identifying professors who might direct student research in those areas when the course was actually offered in the spring semester. An informational meeting of interested legislators and CRV members was held on July 21, 1981. 78Patrick J. Leahy, Letter to Frederick E. Schmidt, July 2, 1981; James M. Jeffords, Letter to Frederick E. Schmidt, September 25, 1981. 79Robert T. Stafford, Letter to Frederick E. Schmidt, July 13, 1981. 29 Occasional Paper #5 "Social Services in Vermont: The Community and the State" By Marshall True 28 pp ., 1981 Occasional Paper #5 was issued late in the summer of 1981. The "University of Vermont Bailey/Howe Folklore and Oral History Catalogue" also became available at that time, and, in addition to the copies disseminated locally, 158 of them had nationwide distribution. 80 The favorable response to the catalogue resulted in the determination to expand the collection and issue a revised catalogue of holdings. Occasional Paper #5 was reviewed in the Winter 1982 issue of Vermont History by Sr. Elizabeth Candon, then Vermont Secretary of Human Services, who commented that the two articles contained in the paper "provide excellent examples of the kind of research and analysis which make the Occasional Papers of the Center for Research on Vermont so interesting and valuable. " 81 Notices of Occasional Papers #1, #2, and #5 also appeared in the Winter 1982 issue of the Genealogical Society of Vermont's newsletter,82 prefaced by book editor John A. Leppman's comment that "these publications from the Center fo r Research on Vermont are providing an important new source of useful Vermont informa tion. " Meetings were held in the autumn to explore the viability of a day-long Spring 1982 conference on a medical theme. A tentative title, "The Institutionalization of Vermont Health Care Delivery," emerged. Subsequent efforts to pursue a conference on this topic failed to receive the active support of the medical community, resulting in the tabling of the idea. 80 Among the institutions that received the publication were the Universities of Denver, Massachusetts , Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Wisconsin-Parkside, Missouri, California-Berkeley, Alaska-Fairbanks, Illinois at Chicago Circle, and Toronto; the State University of New York at Binghamton; Washington State, Ohio State, and Wayne State Universities; Case Western Reserve, Texas A&M, Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, Colgate, and Yale Universities; Simmons College; the Hall of Records of the Maryland Department of General Services; the National Archives; the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress; the Smithsonian Institution Archives; the Harry S. Truman Library; the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library; the State Historical Society of Wisconsin; the New York State Education Department; the Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation-all of which commended the publication. 81Vermont History 50, no . 1 (Winter 1982): 34-37. 82Branches & Twigs 2, no . 1 (Winter 1982): 12. Occasional Papers #3 and #4 were reviewed in the Summer 1982 issue. 30 RIP Seminar #20 "The Career of Benjamin Bowers: An Illustration of Early Vermont Social History" By T. D. Seymour Bassett (Vermont Bibliographer, Historian) October 28, 1981 RIP Seminar #21 "Communes and Corporations: Counter;;Culture and Its Socioeconomic Fallout in Vermont" · .••... ·. > By Barry Laffan (Marlboro Colleg~I:Soc.iat: Sci~gs;(!~} > > · November 2,.1981 · ···· .·.· · ·.·.·.·.·.·.·.· .. ··. Co-sponsor: UvM Anthropolog)'C}yb ·· Several members of the CRV contributed chapters to a book called New England Politics, published by the Schen.kman Publishing Company, and a celebratory reception was held on the UVM campus on November 13, 1981. RIP Seminar #22 "The Vermont State Data Center: A Progress Report and Preliminary Findings from the 1980 Census" By Samuel A. McReynolds (UVM/Centerfor Rural Studies) · and Frederick E. Schmidt (UVM/Center for RuralStudies) November 17, 1981 RIP Seminar #23 "Political Parties in Vermont" By William T. Doyle (Johnson State College/Political Science) November 30, 1981 At its meeting on January 20, 1982, the Executive Committee provisionally endorsed the concept of awarding a prize for the best student essay on a topic related to Vermont. Vermont 31 Life was to be asked to co-sponsor the award and provide a suitable publication to the recipient. A committee was charged to refine and articulate the process in time for presentation at the Annual Meeting in May. The prize was named in honor of the late Andrew E. Nuquist, longtime professor of political science at UVM and investigator of Vermont topics. 83 The expansion of the CRY's publication activity underscored the desirability of acquiring word-processing equipment, but, as always, the limitations of the budget had to be consid ered. 84 Neither for the first nor for the last time, the idea of transcribing tape-recorded CRV presentations was bruited. There, too, fiscal realities constrained the implementation of a good idea . The CRV associated itself with several grant proposals, including a project to document traditional Vermont farmers' use of alternative energy sources and technology, another to translate and transcribe the Phinehas Bailey manuscript collection in the UVM Archives, and a third to document the daily activities of twenty residents of Brandon, Vermont. 85 Upon learning that the proposed conference on "The Institutionalization of Health Care in Vermont" was not viable at the time, Schmidt enlisted the commitment of the Executive Committee to the idea of an annual conference and an attempt still to convene such a session in 1983. When the matter was re-examined at the meeting of the Executive Committee on February 17, 1982, a potential theme, oral history and prominent Vermonters, was discussed. In view of later developments, it is interesting that the working title of this proposed conference was "We Vermonters. " At the meeting of the Executive Committee on February 17, 1982, Schmidt announced his intention not to stand for a second term as director. By mid-April the process for selecting a new leader of the CRV was in motion. A gratifying indication of the CRY's effectiveness was a request for organizational details by Oklahoma State University, which contemplated the establishment of a similar research center. 86 83 " Prize Offered to Promote Research," Burlington Free Press , April 2, 1982: D6 , 1. 84 A cogent request for additional funds to "computerize" the CRY 's operations was submitted to Dean John G. Jewett on February 10, 1982 . 85The principal investigators were, respectively, Thomas Oates (St. Michael's College/Journalism) , Jeffrey D. Marshall (UVM/Graduate Student in History), and Ray Bearse (Photographer, Writer). 86W. David Baird, Letter to Samuel B. Hand, February 28, 1982. t5 32 The UVM Center for Cultural Pluralism, with the CRV as co-sponsor, presented talks by historian Jose Reyna and activist Russell Means87 as part of Ethnic Heritage Month. RIP Serriinar #24 ~'Perspectives on Recent Vermont · vu~.-..... " .. ' By Frank RIP Seminar #25 "St. Johnsbury, From Village to Town: 1830:71~80." . By Perry Viles (Lyndon State College/Assistan(Deari) March 24, 1982, at St. Johnsbury's Fairba~ Mpseuw Co-sponsor: St. Jolnisbury Historical Society ·· On March 30, 1982, the CRV and the Vermont Historical Society co-sponsored a talk by Steven J. Brams (New York University/Politics) and a panel discussion on "Approval Voting: An Option for Vermont?" at Montpelier. 88 RIP Serriinar .#26 · ...... •• ,.,•,··'.·.·•'· "Rural Inequality and .the R.ise ofCapitalisrn · in Vermont, 1800-1860" By Christopher Dale (University of Kentucky/Graduate Student in Sociology) March 31, 1982 CRV member Benjamin Collins died on April 9, 1982. 89 87Matt Flynn, "Russell Means, American Indian," Vermont Cynic, February 25, 1982: All, 1. 88The panelists were Charles Bann (UVM/Political Science), James Douglas (Vermont Secretary of State), Eric Davis (Middlebury College/Political Science), Mary-Barbara Maher (Vermont House of Representatives), and Peter Smith (Vermont State Senator). 89 Burlington Free Press, May 11 , 1982: BS , 1. 33 RIP Seminar #27 "After the Civil War: Views from the Green Mountains" By John Duffy (Johnson State College/Humanities) and H. Nicholas Muller (President/Colby-Sawyer College) April 20, 1982, at Johnson State College Co-sponsor: JSC's Critical Inquiry Forum The Annual Meeting was held on May 6, 1982. Features of the program were remarks by Dean John G. Jewett and an address by Gov. Richard A. Snelling on "The New Federalism and Vermont." The first Andrew E. Nuquist Award for Outstanding Student Research on a Vermont Topic was presented to Harold R. Burroughs, 90 a history student at Middlebury College, the topic of whose paper is "Vermont and the Sectionalist Movement in New England, 1800-1815 . " The CRY's budget request for 1982-83 was $23,888, of which $5,950 was designated as operating expenses. This also included $2,000 for a computer terminal. A periodic revision of the "Membership Profiles" was instigated in the summer of 1982. RIP Seminar #28 "Socialist Mathematics and Science Education: A Cross-Cultural Comparison with Vermont Education" By John C. Howe (Rice High School/Mathematics) September 23, 1982 RIP Seminar.#29 "Poetry-in-Progress" By Roger·Weingarten (Norwich UniversityNermont College) October 6, 1982 Co-sponsor: UVM Special Collections 90Maggie Maurice, "7 Family Members Earn Their College Degrees," Burlington Free Press, May 23, 1982: Dl, 1. L I ------ 34 RIP Seminar #30 "The World of George Perkins Marsh" By Will and Jane Curtis (Authors, with Frank Lieberman, of The World of George Perkins Marsh: America's First Conservationist and Environmentalist) October 7, 1982 Co-sponsors: UVM Bailey-Howe Library and UVM Environmental Studies Program . . .. · .· -.<·> . . RIP Serrlinar· #31 . .·. "The 1982 Great \Ten!lonfEiectiori" By Garrison Nelson (uVM/Political Science) October 15~ 1982 At its meeting on October 11, 1982, the Executive Committee learned that Dean Jewett was disinclined to consider the nomination as director of any candidate outside the College of Arts and Sciences. Information about a grant proposal to be submitted by the Fletcher Free Library to the National Endowment for the Humanities prompted a substantive discussion as to whether the CRY's co-sponsorship of subsidized projects is consonant with its mission. As future events were to indicate, the Committee's positive answer to this question had far-reaching ramifications. RIP·Seminar. #32· . .. .••• < > )? ( "Improved Efficiency of Maple Sap and Syrup Prodl16ti§r1 Brought about by Researchatthe·University ofVermo~t•• <>• > By Mariafranca Moiselli (UVM/Botany) Frederick Laing (Proctor Maple Research Farm/Director) and Lynn Whalen (UVM/Botany) November 4, 1982 35 Several members of the CRV participated in the Governor's Conference on the Future of Vennont's Heritage, held in November at Montpelier. 91 One of the results of these discussions was the introduction of House Bill 309 to incorporate the Vennont Studies Project to collaborate with others in the creation of educational materials on Vermont history. Unfortunately, the bill was not passed in that session. 92 RIP Seminar #33 "A Study of Processes inCuriiculum and Instructional Change in Rural Hjgh Schools" By Robert L. Larson (UVM!College of Education) December 1, 1982 Larson's presentation later resurfaced under a number of guises, which demonstrated the basic utility of the RIP Seminar. 93 A supplement, covering 1978-1982, to Occasional Paper #1: "University of Vermont College of Arts and Sciences Theses on Vermont Topics" was disseminated in November 1982. Welcome acknowledgement of the CRY's activities appeared in The Sunday Rutland Herald and The Sunday Times Argus under the byline of Sally Johnson. 94 This informative, largely accurate article resulted from an interview with Peterson-Ishaq. The lead sentence sets the tone 91A small spate of newspaper stories appeared in advance of and in the wake of this conference, among which are "Too Little History," Rutland Herald, November 6, 1982: A6, 1; Don Melvin, "Vermont's Vanishing Heritage," Vermonter, November 14, 1982: A3-9; Maggie Hayes, "Educators Split on How to Teach Vt. History," Burlington Free Press, November 15, 1982: B6, 1; Tom Slayton, "A Plan for Saving Vermont," Rutland Herald, November 20, 1982: A7, 2; Tom Slayton: A7, 2, "Heritage: A Living Legacy," Rutland Herald, November 20, 1982; "Conference Studies Vt. Heritage," Burlington Free Press, November 20, 1982: B1, 1; "Vermont Heritage Conference Ends," The Sunday Rutland Herald and The Sunday Times Argus, November 21, 1982: A8, 1. 92 Director-Elect Marshall True contacted the bill's sponsor to associate the CRY with the spirit of the proposed legislation. Marshall True, Letter to Susan Auld, May 17, 1983. 93 0ut of this RIP Seminar emerged a paper that appeared in a refereed journal: Robert Larson, "Planning in Garbage Cans: Notes from the Field," The Journal of Educational Administration 20, no. 1 (Winter 1982): 45-60 and a conference paper presented to the American Association of School Administrators. Larson subsequently published the latter as a book, Changing Schools from the Inside Out (Lancaster, Pa.: Technomic Publishing Co., 1992), which is in its third printing. 94 "Research Center Offers Heritage Information," The Sunday Rutland Herald and The Sunday Times Argus, November 21, 1982: A8, 4. 36 of the entire piece: "Tucked away in a basement at the University of Vermont is a small office that houses what may well be the most complete source of information about the Green Mountain State. " Not to be outdone, The Burlington Free Press also published an account of the work of the CRV. 95 On January 17, 1983, the Executive Committee voted to nominate Marshall True (UVM/History) as the new director of the CRV. RIP Seminar #34 "Is Vermont's Agriculture a Clean Industry? ?' By E. Alan Cassell (UVM/Natural Resources) February 9, 1983 RIP Seminar #35 "Town Meeting and the Nuclear Freeze Vote: An Empirical Analysis" By Frank Bryan (UVM/Political Science) and Frederick Schmidt (UVM/SoCiology) February 22, 1983 Occasional Paper #6 "The French in Vermont: Some Current Views" Containing two works: "The Franco-Americans of Northern Vermont: Cultural Factors for Consideration by Health and Social Services Providers" By Peter Woolfson (UVM/ Anthropology) and "Studies on Vermont/Quebec Relations: The State of the Art" By Andre Senecal (UVM/Romance Languages) 40 pp., 1983 95 "Center at UVM Is Storehouse of Information," November 25, 1982: B9, 4. 37 This Occasional Paper fructified in subsequent republication96 and was used as a textbook in several UVM courses. 97 RIP Seminar #36 "The Rev. Phinehas Bailey and the Invention of Phonetic Shorthand" By Jeffrey D. Marshall (UVM/Graduate Student in History) March 22, 1983 In March 1983 the CRV announced its success in winning a grant of $9,333 from the Vermont Council on the Humanities and Public Issues to help underwrite a summer conference on teaching "Vermont's Heritage" in elementary and secondary schools/ 8 Marshall True and Mary E. Woodruff were the directors of the conference, which was scheduled from July 8 through July 10. The Executive Committee learned at its meeting on April 13, 1983, that the National Endowment for the Humanities had declined to fund the project entitled "Chittenden County Court Records." The proposal, which took advantage of the CRY's expertise, emanated from the Bailey-Howe Library with Connell B. Gallagher as the project director. RIP Seminar #37 "The Women's War Against Rum" By Deborah P. Clifford (Historian ·and Biographer) Scheduled for April 19, 1983, but rescheduled to April 25 because of inclement weather 96This publication elicited an invitation to submit similar papers with an urban focus for possible publication in the journal Urban Anthropology. M. Estellie Smith, Letter to Kristin Peterson-Ishaq, April 12, 1983. Permission was granted to republish this material in Le F.A .R. 0. G. Forum Journal Bilingue. Kristin Peterson-Ishaq, Letter to Yvon A. Labbe, September 6, 1983. It appeared in the October and November 1983 issues . 97 0ccasional Paper #6 was reviewed in Vermont History 51 , no . 3 (Summer 1983): 177- 78 and in the Bulletin of the Genealogical Society of Vermont, Branches & Twigs 12, no . 2 (Spring 1983): 72 . 98 "UVM Grant to Fund Teacher Conference," Burlington Free Press , March 19, 1983: B4, 1; "Research Center Given Grant," Burlington Free Press, March 20, 1983: D6, 1; "Heritage Conference," Rutland Daily Herald, March 21, 1983: A7, 1. 38 The featured speaker at the Annual Meeting (May 4, 1983) was Miles Jensen, executive director of the Abenaki Self-Help Association. UVM geology student Becky Dorsey won the Nuquist Award for a paper entitled "Geological Synthesis of the Milton Quadrangle, Northwest ern Vermont: A Nc;w Interpretation." Also honored for her scholarly prowess was UVM history major Barbara Mutter, who inventoried the papers of Ernest W. Gibson, Jr., for the Department of Special Collections of the Bailey-Howe Library. 99 Looking back on his three years as director, Schmidt concluded that he had "fulfilled a personal goal which was to establish parallel and cooperative activity between the Center for Research on Vermont and the Center for Rural Studies . . .. " Although he felt that the social sciences and the CRV are inextricably linked, he rejoiced that the CRV under his leadership "did not become social-science dominated." 100 Marshall True, Director ( 1983-86) Marshall True's appointment as director became effective on June 1, 1983. 101 Among his first tasks was the submission of a 1983-84 budget request for $23,533, of which $6,320 was designated as operating expenses. 102 Then he turned his attention to his duties as project director of "Vermont's Heritage: A Working Conference for Teachers," which involved twenty three teachers and forty presenters. 103 In November the CRV published and disseminated nearly 600 copies of the proceedings of this conference. 104 Despite the success of the conference, it was not without administrative headaches. The Vermont Council on the Humanities and Public Issues, which underwrote the conference, wished to take advantage of matching funds available from the National Endowment for the Humanities. 99 "Pair of UVM Seniors Cited for Research," Burlington Free Press, May 22, 1983: B5, 4. 100Frederick E. Schmidt, Letter to John G. Jewett, June 14, 1983. 10 1"UYM Names Director of Research Center," Burlington Free Press, June 9, 1983: B3, 2; "True Named Director," Rutland Herald, June 16, 1983: A13, 1. 102UYM's fiscal difficulties necessitated a recision of $239 from the CRY's budget. John G. Jewett to Marshall M. True, September 20, 1983. 103 Dan Gillmor, "UYermont Seminar Brings Heritage into the Classroom," Boston Sunday Globe, July 17 , 1983: A44-45 . 104This publication was not envisioned in the original grant proposal, but certain budget lines were underspent and resulted in savings amounting to about $750. The YCH agreed to investing those funds in publishing the book. Vermont's Heritage: A Working Conference for Teachers: Plans, Proposals, and Needs, edited by Marshall True and others, was eventually listed in ERIC, the database of the Educational Resources Informational Center. Gail Mathews, Letter to CRY, August 5, 1992 . 39 Individuals, corporations, and foundations were invited to designate gifts to the VCHPI. They would then be matched by the NEH, and 150 per cent of the original gift would be used to defray the costs of the conference. When the details of this arrangement were communicated to potential donors, the response was mixed. Some donations were forthcoming, but a disgruntled recipient of the materials complained to the president of UVM, who contacted Dean John G. Jewett. Admonishing the CRV, the dean left no doubt of the necessity of coordinating UVM 's financial appeals and of obtaining his approval of any fundraising efforts. Moreover, the CRV ended the fiscal year with a deficit of $787, accruing largely from the necessity of paying UVM' s fringe benefits (25. 2%) to conference speakers who were not regular members of the UVM faculty and staff but whose names were in the payroll accounting system for various reasons. Robert B. Lawson, the Vice President for Research, provided $400 in matching funds to defray the indebtedness. 105 RIP Seminar #38 "The Gibson Family Papers: A Vermont Treasure-Trove" By Samuel B. Hand (UVM/History) and Barbara Mutter (UVM/ Alumna in History) September 20, J 983 There was considerable journalistic interest in this topic. 106 At its meeting on October 5, 1983 , the Executive Committee learned that Dean Jewett desired the committee's advice as to what constitutes an equitable compensation for the director of the CRV. A subcommittee was charged to draft a description of the various responsibilities of the director as a basis for determining adequate compensation. 107 As the CRV's tenth anniversary approached, the Executive Committee had ample demonstration of the truth of the proverb, "The more things change, the more they remain the same ." Like previous Executive Committees, the group debated what constitutes Vermont research within the context of membership eligibility. At the end of the discussion, they decided not to alter the criteria for membership as set down in the bylaws . 105 Robert B. Lawson, Letter to Marshall True, October 19, 1984. 106 "Gibson Papers to Be Discussed," Burlington Free Press , September 16, 1983: B3 , 1; Debbie Bookchin, "Gibson Papers Are Unveiled," Rutland Herald, September 21, 1983 : A1, 5. 107In view of the added responsibilities attendant upon successful grant applications, Marshall True received a temporary compensation of one-ninth of his salary. This precedent was cited later when the question of compensating the director with dollars as well as released time arose. 40 The Committee also expressed its interest in discovering if there was a role for the CRV in a Traditional Cultural Center, a concept that had the support of the Vermont Council on the Arts. RIP Seminar #39 "The Abenaki in Vermont: Current Research in Historical Perspective" By John Moody (Author) and Eleanor Ott (Institute for Social Ecology/Folklorist) October 27; · 1983 RIP Seminar #40 "The Vermont Town Energy Project: Stimulating Community Action" By Paul Markowitz (Vermont Town Energy Pr()j~ct) · and Frederick E. Schmidt (UVM/Socioloky) ·· · November 14, 1983. RIP Seminar #41 ''Competence Among the Rocks: Knowlectge and Material Life in the Upper Connecticut River Valley, 1760-1840" By William Gilmore (Stockton State College/History) December 8, 1983 A sign that the CRV was coming of age as a publisher was a request that all previous and future publications be sent to the Library of Congress to be included in the Monthly Checklist of State Publications. 108 The Board of Editors met on February 3, 1984, without John Duffy, its chairman since 1981, whose many commitments prompted his resignation both from the board and the Executive 108Peter H. Bridge, Letter to CRV, December 14, 1983. 41 Committee. 109 Richard C. Sweterlitsch (UVM/English) assumed Duffy 's place on the editorial board and was elected chairman. RIP Seminar #42 "The Archivist as Pathfinder: Natty Subject Headings, or, The Bumpo Road to Success" By D . Gregory Sanford (Vermont State Papers/Editor) and Julie P. Cox (Vermont State Papers/Assistant Editor) February 6, 1984 Jennie V. Stoler (St. Michael's College/Economics) circulated her committee's report on the director's compensation prior to the Executive Committee's meeting on March 8, 1984. At that time there was yet another discussion on the criteria for membership in the CRY, some feeling that the bias towards publication may exclude people with much to offer the organization. As a result, an attempt was made to revise the application form and membership require ments . 110 In recognition of the CRY's tenth anniversary, the Executive Committee approved a one-day conference on qualitative research methods, tentatively entitled "Qualitative Research: Techniques and Strategies." A meeting was held on April 25 to determine the extent of departmental interest in such a topic at UVM, but it failed to provide a focus for the conference. Another session, therefore, was projected for May 16. Planning sessions continued to be held during the autumn semester. On March 28, 1984, invitations to partiCipate in "Vermont's Heritage: A Working Conference for Teachers II" were distributed. This workshop, funded by a grant of $17,910 from the Vermont Council on the Humanities and Public Issues, was slated for July 9-13. Occasional Paper #7 "From Ferment to Fatigue: A New Look at the Neglected Winter of Vermont" By H. Nicholas Muller III (Colby Sawyer College/President) 28 pp., 1984 1091ohn Duffy, Letter to Marshall True, January 18 , 1983 . 11 0D. Gregory Sanford, Letter to the CRY, December 14 , 1983 . 42 Occasional Paper #7 , published in the winter of 1984, was reviewed in the Summer 1984 issue of Vermont History and the Summer 1984 issue of the Bulletin of the Genealogical Society of Vermont. It has been cited by scholars and utilized as a textbook in courses at UVM. As a result of a $14,400 grant to the Vermont Historical Records Advisory Board, the CRV co-sponsored several public forums related to assessing the state of archival records in Vermont. The project director was State Archivist and CRV member D. Gregory Sanford. Ralph Nading Hill (Author, Historian) was the featured speaker at the Annual Meeting on May 3, 1984; his topic was "The House That Found Itself: Horizontal Archaeology at the Ethan Allen Homestead." The Andrew E. Nuquist Award for Outstanding Student Research on a Vermont Topic was presented to UVM's Christine M. Peleszak, a senior majoring in environmental studies, for her essay "The Abandonment of Leicester Hollow." RIP Seminar #43 "Burlington Politics: Two Perspectives on Change" By Marshall True (UVM/History) and Greg Gl.)llla (Write~) May 20, 1984, at Burlington's Fletcher Free Library ( . Co-sponsors: Chittenden County .. Histo.dcaFSociety t ··•·· ······•···· ·.·.· and the Fletcher Free Libniry · "Vermont's Heritage: A Working Conference for Teachers II" was held on July 9-13 under the leadership of Marshall True and Mary E. Woodruff. 111 The published proceedings of the conference, "Teaching Vermont's Heritage," 112 made · relevant materials available to those unable personally to take part. Some 600 copies of the publication were distributed to school librarians, educators, and others interested in expanding the materials available for teaching Vermont studies. The Center advised educators that they were permitted to reproduce the materials for use in the classroom. CRV fellow John H. Mabry died on August 6, 1984. 113 The Executive Committee met on August 27, 1984, and heard reports on pending grant applications with which the CRY was associated. Included were "Studying Direct Democracy 111 A thirty-seven-page evaluation of the conference by Ronald Lee Rubin and Jane Mekkelsen was submitted in July 1984. 11 2The book was eventually entered in ERIC, the database of the Educational Resources Information Center. Gail Mathews, Letter to CRV, August 5, 1992. 11 3Burlington Free Press, August 11, 1984: B2, 2. 43 in the New England Town Meeting" ($190,127) 114 and "Records Assessment of Town Records in the Champlain Valley," the former addressed to the National Science Foundation and the latter to the National Historic Publications and Records Commission. The proposed budget for 1984-85 was $24,961, of which $6,716 was designated as operating expenses. The CRY's temporary accommodations at 479 Main Street were abandoned in favor of new quarters at 228-229 Old Mill. The Board of Editors met on July 17, 1984, re-elected Richard C. Sweterlitsch (UVM/Eng lish) as chairman, and welcomed Frank Bryan (UVM/Political Science) as a replacement for John C. Howe. RIP Seminar #44 "Who Votes for a Socialist Mayor?" By Tom W. Rice (UVM!Political Science) October 15, 1984 RIP Seminar #45 "Trends in Vermont's Largest Second Home Communities" By Malcolm I. Bevins (UVM/ Agriculture & Resource Economics) December 12, 1984 Occasional Paper #8 "Relationships Between School Taxes and Town Taxes in Vermont Local Government" By Leonard J. Tashman and Michael J. Munson 38pp., 1984 Occasional Paper #8 was published in December 1984 to notice from the press. 115 114Word came in late December 1984 that this proposal was unsuccessful. 11 5Leslie Brown, "Research Debunks Tax Idea," Burlington Free Press, December 28, 1984: B1, 1. 44 The CRV, in cooperation with the UVM Graduate College, sponsored two interdisciplinary exchanges on methodology, one on qualitative research (February 2, 1985) and the other on quantitative research (February 23). 116 About a dozen people attended each session, which in itself was disheartening, but more discouraging was the fact that little enthusiasm was shown for further exploration of those themes. 117 Undaunted, members of the committee that staged these exchanges immediately started to examine the feasibility of a fall conference on an interdisciplin ary approach to studying some of Vermont's problems. Meeting on March 25, the committee, like so many others, identified as a major stumbling block the University's unwillingness to view Vermont research as important as work on global subjects. Folklorists Eleanor Ott and Richard C. Sweterlitsch provided a steady stream of materials on Vermont folklore through the CRV to Will Curtis for use on his Vermont Public Radio program, "The Nature of Things." RIP Seminar #46 "Energy Use in Vermont and the Public Interest" By Benjamin L. Huffman (Vermont Department of Public Service) March l3, 1985 A press release of March 27, 1985, announced the success of a grant application entitled "Change and Continuity in the Lake Champlain Basin." The project, jointly sponsored by the Fletcher Free Library and the CRV, was budgeted at over $200,000, of which the National Endowment for the Humanities was asked to provide $166,559. Planning the two-year program went into high gear in the spring of 1985. With Samuel B. Hand (UVM/History) as project director and Maxie Ewins (Fletcher Free Library), Jennie V. Stoler (St. Michael's Col lege/Economics), and Kristin Peterson-Ishaq (UVM/Center for Research on Vermont) as coordinators, and Carol Hanley and Gail Salzman as graphics designers, this project catapulted the CRV onto a new plateau of service and recognition. 116 "Researchers Team Up," UVM Record, January 11-24, 1985: A2, 3. 117Robert Larson, Memorandum to the CRY Executive Committee, March 6, 1985. 45 RIP Seminar #4 7 "Early Boats on Lake Champlain in Pictures and Words" By Richard Moulton With a discussion by Capt. Lynn Bottum, Capt. Merritt Carpenter, Arthur Cohn (Champlai~ Maritime Society), and Ralph Nading Hill (Author), moderated by Eleanor Ott April 8, 1985 Co-sponsors: Champlain Maritime Society and Vermont Folklife Center The Annual Meeting of the CRV was held on May 8, 1985. Arthur Colm and R. Montgomery Fischer of the Champlain Maritime Society were the featured speakers on "Current Historical Research on Lake Champlain." The Andrew E. Nuquist Award for Outstanding Student Research on a Vermont Topic went to Kevin O'Connor of Bates College. His winning paper is entitled "Bloodroots: The Impact of Transportation on the Town of Brattleboro, Vermont." The budget for 1985-86 was $26,595, of which $7,073 was designated as operating expenses. Occasional Paper #9 "The Life and Legacy of the Reverend Phinehas Bailey" By Jeffrey D. Marshall 32pp., 1985 Occasional Paper #9 was reviewed in the Fall 1985 issue of Vermont History and the Autumn 1985 issue of the Bulletin of the Genealogical Society of Vermont. Its publication also received mention in the Burlington Free Press. 118 After a period of intensive planning, the CRV and the Fletcher Free Library launched the ambitious project on the history of the Lake Champlain basin, the first grant to a library and a university ever made by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Entitled "Lake Champlain: Reflections on Our Past" (hereafter LCROOP), the series commenced on July 7, 1985, and ended in May 1987. The history of the Lake Champlain region was divided into eight periods 118 "Bailey Biography Published," December 25, 1985: B2. 46 which were explored in reverse chronological order (figs. 1-8). The keynote address was delivered by U.S. Rep. James M. Jeffords. 119 The Executive Committee met on September 16, 1985. At the head of the agenda was the search for a new director of the CRV. An amended policy emerged for the distribution of Occasional Papers: every member of the CRV would receive a free copy, as would such institutions as libraries; non-members outside of Vermont would be assessed the cost of production. A suggestion that members might be asked to pay dues was tabled. RIP Seminar #48 "Researching and Recreating an 18th-Century Northern Frontier Landscape at the Ethan Allen Homestead" By Rudy Favretti (University of Connecticut, Storrs/Historic Landscape Scholar) September 19, 1985 Co-sponsor: The Ethan Allen Homestead Trust CRV member Charles A . Tillinghast died on November 29, 1985. 120 RIP Seminar #49 "Rendering a State Respectable: Reflections on the Information Needs of Government'' By James H. Douglas (Vermont Secretary of February 27, 1986 Changes in UVM's computer network prompted a sense of urgency in acqumng a microcomputer for the CRY's use. 121 Administrative wheels were set in motion, and by the end of the semester, the acquisition was approved. 119Chris Lavin, "Shaping the Future by Knowing the Past," Burlington Free Press, July 7, 1985: D 1, 3; "Rebirth of Lake Champlain Is Subject of Jeffords' Talk," Rutland Daily Herald, July 6, 1985: A9, 1. 120Burlington Free Press, December 2, 1985 : B2, 6. 121Kristin Peterson-Ishaq, Memorandum to Marshall True, March 5, 1986. 47 PART 1 "LAKE CHAMPLAIN: THE PRESENT AND BEYOND" July-August 1985 Sunday, July 7, 1985, at 4:00 P.M. KEYNOTE ADDRESS HON. JAMES M. JEFFORDS, U.S. CONGRESS Saturday, July 13, 1985, at 3:00 P.M. EXHIBIT OPENING "Shaping Our Future" RAY ZIRBLIS, VERMONT HISTORICAL SOCIETY , CURATOR Wednesday, July 17, 1985, at 7:30P.M. "Lake Champlain: Drainpipe to the Basin" ANNE BAKER PLATT, FORMER DIRECTOR, LAKE CHAMPLAIN COMMITTEE Monday, July 22, 1985, at 7:30 P.M. "Managing Lakefront Growth" THOMAS HUDSPETH, UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT Wednesday, July 31, 1985, at 7:30 P.M. "Lake Champlain: Can We Live with It?" Justin Brande, University of Vermont; Marc Delage and Claude Rivard, Mouvement Ecologique du Haut-Richelieu Saturday, August 3, 1985, at 10:00 A.M. "Children's Champ" RICHARD SWETERLITSCH, UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT; KATHY NIELSON, FORMER CHILDREN'S LIBRARIAN, FLETCHER FREE LIBRARY Monday, August 5, 1985, at 7:30 P.M. "The Lake Monster" JOSEPH ZARZYNSKI, LAKE CHAMPLAIN PHENOMENA INVESTIGATION; RICHARD SWETERLITSCH, UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT Monday, August 12, 1985, at 7:30 P.M. "Fish and Fishing" JOHN DUFFY, JOHNSON STATE COLLEGE, MODERATOR; R. MONTGOMERY FISCHER, LAKE CHAMPLAIN COMMITTEE; WILLIAM JACOBUS, TROUT UNLIMITED; GEORGE SPEAR, FORMER CHAIRMAN, VERMONT FISH AND WILDLIFE BOARD Wednesday, August 15, 1985, at 7:30 P.M. "North of Pearl, West of Willard" MAGGIE GREEN, FORMER DIRECTOR, SARA HOLBROOK COMMUNITY CENTER; HON. MATTHEW KATZ, CHITTENDEN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT; CRAIG ADAMS, HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROJECT PARTICIPANT Figure 1 48 PART2 "LAKE CHAMPLAIN: THE LAKE AT LOW EBB, 1920-1960" October-November 1985 Sunday, October 6, 1985, at 4:00 P.M. KEYNOTE ADDRESS "Potholes and Watersheds: An Historian's Perspective" SAMUEL B. HAND, UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT EXHIBIT OPENING "Only Yesterday" and "Modernizing Main Street" RAY ZIRBLIS, VERMONT HISTORICAL SOCIETY, CURATOR Wednesday, October 9, 1985, at 7:30 P.M. "Booze Smuggling across the Border" ELEANOR OTT, DIRECTOR, HISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGY PROJECT, KENT MUSEUM Wednesday, October 16, 1985, at 7:30 P.M. "Literature in Transition" ARTHUR W. BIDDLE, UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT Monday, October 21, 1985, at 7:30P.M. "Automobility and the Built Environment" CHESTER LIEBS, UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT Wednesday, October 30, 1985, at 7:30P.M. "We Americans: Our Ethnic Heritage" VINCENT BOLDUC , ST. MICHAEL'S COLLEGE Monday, November 4, 1985, at 7:30 P.M. "Tales of the Great Flood" RICHARD SWETERLITSCH, UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT, MODERATOR Wednesday, November 13, 1985, at 7:30P.M. "Women Enter Politics" DEBORAH P. CLIFFORD, VERMONT HISTORICAL SOCIETY Monday, November 18, 1985, at 7:30 P.M. "Modernizing Main Street" RAY ZIRBLIS, VERMONT HISTORICAL SOCIETY Figure 2 49 PART 3 "LAKE CHAMPLAIN: COMMERCIALIZING THE SHORELINE, 1850-1920" February-~arch 1986 Sunday, February 9, 1986, at 4:00 P.M . KEYNOTE ADDRESS "Booms and Busts : Change in the Champlain Valley" MARSHALL TRUE, UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT Wednesday, February 12, 1986, at 7:30 P.M. "The Impact of the Civil War" NORBERT K UNTZ, ST. MICHA EL'S COLLEGE Wednesday, February 19, 1986, at 7:30 P.M. "Boats on Lake Champlain" RICHARD MOULTON, KEYSTONE PRODUCTIONS Wednesday, February 26, 1986, at 7:30 P.M. "Basic, Elegant, Classical, Odd: Buildings in the Landscape" DAWN ANDREWS, VERMONT HISTORICAL SOCIETY Monday, ~arch 3, 1986, at 7:30P.M. "The Iron Horse in the Champlain Valley" DONALD VALENTINE, NEW ENGLAND RAIL SERVICE Monday, March 10, 1986, at 7:30 P.M. "Larks and Laments: The Lake Region's Writer-Naturalists" KEVIN DANN, GEOGRAPHER-HISTORIAN Wednesday, ~arch 19, 1986, at 7:30 P.M. "Politics in the Gilded Age" D . GREGORY SANFORD, VERMONT STATE ARCHIVES Wednesday, March 26, 1986, at 7:30 P.M. "From Transcendentalism to Prohibition" STEPHEN DONADIO, MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE EXHIBIT "Railroad Days" RAY ZIRBLIS, VERMONT HISTORICAL SOCIETY, C URATOR Figure 3 50 On March 5, 1986, the Executive Committee met to consider, among other things, an amendment to the bylaws that specified that the day-to-day operation of the CRV would be in the hands of the Staff Assistant and that the Director would be responsible for the oversight of the program and staff. The search for a new director resulted in a nomination but not an appointment. An alternative candidate was sought, and on April 11, 1986, the name of George B. Bryan (UVM/Theatre) was submitted for the dean's approval. 122 Occasional Paper #10 "Land Gains Taxation: The Vermont Case" By Thomas L. Daniels 58 pp., 1986 Occasional Paper #10's publication received journalistic attention. 123 It was reviewed in the Bulletin of the Genealogical Society of Vermont's Summer 1986 issue. RIP Seminar #50 "Vermont's Canadian Connection: Manuscript Holdings at the University of Vermont" Connell B. Gallagher, Michael P. Chaney, and Diane Stockton (UVM/Bailey-Howe Library) April 15, 1986 Co-sponsors: UVM Canadian Studies Program and UVM Special Collections Associate Justice William C. Hill of the Vermont Supreme Court was the speaker at the Annual Meeting on May 8, 1986; his subject was "Our State Constitution. " 124 Penny E. Hamlet, a history major at Middlebury College, won the Andrew E. Nuquist Award for 122Marshall True, Letter to John G. Jewett, April 11, 1986. 123 Leslie Brown, "Vermont Land Gains Tax Falling Short of Goals, Study Says," Burlington Free Press, March 18, 1986: B1, 4; "Land Gains Tax Not Seen Reaching Goals," Rutland Daily Herald, March 20, 1986: A14. 124Hill 's interest in this subject culminated in the publication of The Vermont Constitution: A Reference Guide (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1992) . 51 Out~t~ndi~g Student Research on a Vermont Topic for her paper, '"Pre-Progressivism': Farm Activism m Vermont from 1870 to 1900." It was clear. by the su~er of 1987 that Peterson-Ishaq's contributions to the CRV greatly exceeded her JOb descnpt10n. When her position was reviewed by UVM's Personnel Department, it was upgraded. No longer a "Staff Assistant," Peterson-Ishaq became "Coordina tor" in May 1986. The CRV bylaws were amended at the next Annual Meeting to reflect this change. George B. Bryan, Director ( 1986-92} The budget for 1986-87 was $28,962, of which $6,988 was designated as operating expenses. Occasional Paper #11 "Friends, Neighbors, and Political Allies: Reflections on the Gibson-Aiken Connection" By Samuel B. Hand 36 pp ., 1986 Occasional Paper #11, published in 1986, was reviewed in the Spring 1987 issue of Vermont History. It has since been cited by scholars and used as a textbook. Much of the meeting of the Executive Committee on September 24, 1986, was devoted to situation reports on various grant activities. 125 The Committee voted to co-sponsor with UVM's Department of Theatre a celebration of Royall Tyler's accomplishments. 126 Again the 125The CRY and the Northeast Center for Social Issues Studies, under the direction of Barry Laffan, applied to the Vermont Council on the Humanities and Public Issues and the Windham Foundation for support of preliminary phases of the establishment of a statewide public policy network. In neither case was funding forthcoming. Marshall True, Connell B. Gallagher, and Kristin Peterson-Ishaq were working on a proposal for a documentary history of Vermont, which would be made available to schools in the form of five pamphlets. Richard C. Sweterlitsch was seeking funding for a history of Vermont's maple industry . 126 A musical version of Tyler's The Contrast, the first native American comedy to be presented professionally and successfully, was first staged at UVM at the opening of the Royall Tyler Theatre in 1974 and again in the bicentennial year of the drama, 1987. In addition, Tyler's May Day in Town: or, New York in An Uproar was seen for the first time since the eighteenth century, the lyrics having been lost and not rediscovered until 1974. 52 PART4 "LAKE CHAMPLAIN: TURMOIL AND TECHNOLOGY, 1815- 1850" May- June 1986 Sunday, May 4, 1986, at 4:00 P.M. KEYNOTE ADDRESS "The Tide Turns: Commodities on the Ebb, Immigrants on the Flow" H . NICHOLAS MULLER III, STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WISCONSIN Monday, May 12, 1986, at 7:30P.M. "Broadcasting the News in the Champlain Valley" JOHN DUFFY, JOHNSON STATE COLLEGE Saturday, May 17, 1986, at 2:00P.M. "Brian Seaworthy : An Historical Adventure for All Ages" RALPH NADING HILL, HISTORIAN AND AUTHOR Wednesday, May 21, 1986, at 7:30 P.M. "Gateway to Northern New England" RICHARD MOULTON , KEYSTONE PRODUCTIONS Sunday, June 1, 1986, at 9:00A.M. "Buildings and Byways: A Mototcoach Tour" CHESTER LIEBS, UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT Sunday, June 8, 1986, at 2:00 P.M. "Addison County: Closing the Frontier" P. J EFFREY POTASH , TRINITY COLLEGE Wednesday, June 11, 1986, at 7:30 P.M. "Counting Sheep and Other Worldly Goods" JENNIE VERSTEEG, ST. MICHAEL'S COLLEGE EXHIBIT " Post No Bills" RAY ZIRBLIS , VERMONT HISTORICAL SOCIETY, CURATOR Figure 4 53 PART 5 "LAKE CHAMPLAIN: THE LAKE AS BATTLEGROUND, 1765-1815" July-August 1986 Sunday, July 6, 1986, at 4:00 P.M. KEYNOTE ADDRESS "Conflict and Consensus: Lake Champlain from the Canadian Perspective, 1783-1815" BRIAN YOUNG, MCGILL UNIVERSITY Monday, July 14, 1986, at 7:30 P.M. "Mapping the Battleground: The Chambers Atlas of Lake Champlain" 1. KEVIN GRAFFAGNINO, UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT Wednesday, July 23, 1986, at 7:30 P.M. "Fire on the Lake" JOHN KRUEGER, FORT TICONDEROGA CENTER FOR HISTORIC STUDIES Wednesday, July 30, 1986, at 7:30 P.M. "Borderline Cases: The U.S. and Canada and the International Boundary, 1775-1815" CHARLES T . MORRISSEY, HISTORIAN AND AUTHOR Monday, August 4, 1986, at 7:30P.M. "Benedict Arnold and His Rabble in Arms" WILLARD RANDALL, UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT Wednesday, August 13, 1986, at 7:30 P.M. "The War of 1812: Battle of Interpretations" SCOTT W. SEE, UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT Wednesday, August 20, 1986, at 7:30P.M. "Vessels on and under the Lake" ARTHUR COHN, LAKE CHAMPLAIN MARITIME MUSEUM Wednesday, August 27, 1986, at 7:30P.M. "Forging a Frontier Society" T. D . SEYMOUR BASSETT, EMERITUS, UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT EXHIBIT "Common Folk, Uncommon Deeds" DAVID CARRIS, VERMONT COUNCIL ON THE ARTS, CURATOR Figure 5 54 difficulty of involving members outside the Burlington area was discussed, largely through RIP Seminars beyond "the Burlington-Montpelier axis." RIP Seminar #51 "Applied Research in Coinrriunity bevetdprnent: ···· The Case of the Rochester Valley" · By Frederick E. Schmidt, Torri Arnold, · and Betsy Rosenbluth (UVM/Center for Rural Studies) September 30, 1986 Seminar #52 "Midwife to the Arts: Recollections of Blissful Conception, Difficult Labor, and Joyful Delivery" Raymond V. Phillips (UVM/Former Dean of Continuing ·· Education) October 9, 1986 On this occasion Phillips detailed his contributions to the creation of the Champlain Shakespeare Festival, Vermont Educational Television, and V7rmont Public Radio. 127 RIP Seminar #53 "The Vermont Housewife's Kitchen: An Evolutionary Perspective" Lilian Baker Carlisle (Author) November 11, 1986 "Public History in Vermont: The World Premiere of a Videoprogram" (December 4, 1986), by A. J. Andrea (UVM/History), was co-sponsored by the UVM Department of History, the CRV, and the Instructional Development Center. 127This was not called a Research-in-Progress Seminar because it described Doctor Phillips's experiences rather than any research in which he was engaged. A transcript of the evening's reminiscences was deposited in the UVM Special Collections Department. 55 PART6 "LAKE CHAMPLAIN: STRUGGLES FOR AUTONOMY, 1763-1791" October-November 1986 Sunday, October 5, 1986, at 4:00 P.M. KEYNOTE ADDRESS "Vermont and the Union" PETER ONUF, SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY Wednesday, October 15, 1986, at 7:30 P.M. "An Evening with Ethan Allen" EDWARD FElDNER, UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT Monday, October 20, 1986, at 7:30P.M. "Vermont Folk Hymns" BAYLEY-HAZEN SINGERS; LARRY GORDON, CONDUCTOR Monday, October 27, 1986, at 7:30P.M. "Dwellings of the Righteous" CORNELIA DENKER, VERMONT HISTORICAL SOCIETY Wednesday, November 5, 1986, at 7:30 P.M. "My Favorite Villain: A Gallery of Rogues" RICHARD SWETERLITSCH, UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT, MODERATOR Monday, November 17, 1986, at 7:30P.M. "Thomas Chittenden: Farmer, Frontiersman, and Politician Extraordinaire" MARSHALL TRUE, UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT Wednesday, November 19, 1986, at 7:30 P.M. "The Birth of the U.S. Navy" NEIL STOUT, UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT Monday, November 24, 1986, at 7:30 P.M. "Framing Vermont's Constitutions" PETER TEACHOUT, VERMONT LAW SCHOOL EXHIBIT "Rogues' Gallery" REID LARSON, SARATOGA SPRINGS PRESERVATION FOUNDATION, CURATOR Figure 6 56 RIP Seminar #54 "The Seven-Year Itch: The Council ofCensors and the Vermont ConstitUtion" By Paul Gillies (Deputy Secretary of State) and D. Gregory Sanford (State Archivist) December 10, 1986 In January 1987 Robert Winkler became the CRV's secretary, replacing Stacy Blow, who had served as secretary for five years. 128 In February, Bryan, armed with facts and figures supplied by Peterson-Ishaq, militated for a $6,000 increase of the CRV's wages allocation to provide "just and equitable" compensation to clerical staff. 129 Early in the new year there was talk of moving the CRV's office to 203 and 205 Pomeroy Hall , but nothing came of the idea. The Executive Committee met on February 9, 1987. Pursuant to the instructions of the Committee, Bryan reviewed the criteria for membership and the nomination process. He concluded, "In my view we should reaffirm the criteria for membership as expressed in the bylaws .... The very vagueness of the statements afford the executive committee a good deal of latitude in their interpretation. To alter the criteria to make them more specific could conceivably hinder the executive committee's ability to nominate useful people. As a general principle, flexibility of action is not to be scorned." In order to avoid wounded feelings of those who are nominated but not confirmed by the Execut_ive Committee, Bryan suggested that members of the Executive Committee should nominate prospective members. Successful nominations would result in an invitation to join the CRVY0 The notable success of LCROOP prompted Project Director Hand to petition the National Endowment for the Humanities for permission to include the publication of selected papers from the series in the scope of the project. The publication would be distributed to every library in Vermont. 131 Approval was received on April 8, 1987. 128Their predecessors were Mary Cross, Laura Spry, Nanette Doom, and Rebecca Goldberg. 129George B. Bryan, Memorandum to John G. Jewett, February 25, 1987. 130George B. Bryan, Memorandum to Executive Committee, February 5, 1987. 131Samuel B. Hand, Letter to Thomas Phelps, March 31, 1987 . 57 PART? "LAKE CHAMPLAIN: THE FRENCH PRESENCE, 1524-1763" January-February 1987 Sunday, January 11, 1987, at 4:00P.M. KEYNOTE ADDRESS "New France: Empire by Design?" MICHAEL SHERMAN, VERMONT HISTORICAL SOCIETY Wednesday, January 14, 1987, at 7:30P.M. "Theatre in New France: Acte Ier, Scene 2eme" GEORGE B. BRYAN, UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT Wednesday, January 21, 1987, at 7:30P.M. "The French Forts of the Champlain Valley" JOHN KRUEGER, FORT TICONDEROGA CENTER FOR HISTORIC STUDIES Monday, January 26, 1987, at 7:30P.M. "Chateaux, Shanties, and Castles in the Air: The Architecture of New France" DAVID CARRIS, VERMONT COUNCIL ON THE ARTS Wednesday, February 4, 1987, at 7:30P.M. "New France's Non-Military Implantations in the Champlain Valley" ANDRE SENECAL, UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT Wednesday, February 11, 1987, at 7:30P.M. "Northwest Passage" SAMUEL B. HAND, UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT, MODERATOR; MARIE HENAULT, EMERITA, ST. MICHAEL'S COLLEGE; FRANK MANCHEL, UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT Wednesday, February 18, 1987, at 7:30P.M. "The Language and Literature of New France" ANNE MCCONNELL, ST. MICHAEL'S COLLEGE Wednesday, February 25, 1987, at 7:30P.M. "Samuel de Champlain: Geographer and Cartographer" EDWARD J. MILES, UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT EXHIBIT "Echoes of New France" REID LARSON, SARATOGA SPRINGS PRESERVATION FOUNDATION, CURATOR Figure 7 58 PARTS "LAKE CHAMPLAIN: PREillSTORY AND THE FIRST INHABIT ANTS" April-May 1987 Sunday, April 5, 1987, at 4:00 P.M. KEYNOTE ADDRESS "The First Vermonters: Abenakis in the Basin" GORDON M. DAY, MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATION, 0TIAWA Wednesday, April 15, 1987, at 7:30P.M. "Native American Tales: A Living Past" JOSEPH BRUCHAC, AUTHOR, POET, AND STORYTELLER Wednesday, April 22, 1987, at 7:30P.M. "Prehistoric Vermonters" MARJORY W. POWER, UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT Monday, April 27, 1987, at 7:30P.M. "The Abenaki Past and Contemporary Issues" WILLIAM HAVILAND, UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT; JOHN MOODY, ETHNOHISTORJAN Monday, May 4, 1987, at 7:30P.M. "Unearthing the Past" PETER THOMAS, UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT Monday, May 6, 1987, at 7:30P.M. "Abenaki Culture and Its Perilous Persistence" PHILIP ELWERT, VERMONT HISTORICAL SOCIETY Wednesday, May 13, 1987, at 7:30P.M. "Forming the Basin: The Waters Primeval " MILTON POTASH , UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT Monday, April 13, 1987 EXHIBIT "Original Vermonters" REID L ARSON, SARA TOGA SPRINGS PRESERVATION FOUNDATION, CURATOR Figure 8 59 RIP Seminar #55 "The Champlain Waterway, 1783-1897" By Charles F. O'Brien (Clarkson University/History) April 9, 1987 At its Annual Meeting on May 7, 1987, the CRY heard a program by Samuel B. Hand and Jennie G. Versteeg on their experiences as project director and coordinator of the LCROOP series. The Andrew E. Nuquist Award for Outstanding Student Research on a Vermont Topic was given to UVM history student Karen A. Stites for her essay, "Isaac Clark of Castleton: A Controversial Figure in Early Vermont History." On May 21, 1987, there was a special reception in celebration of the successful culmination of LCROOP. In addition, the event heralded the republication of Lake Champlain: Key to Liberty by Ralph Nading Hill, who was prevailed upon to address those assembled. The budget for 1987- 88 was $33,561, of which $7,275 was designated as operating expenses. The CRV, through the participation of Peterson-Ishaq, associated itself with the Task Force on Women's History and Traditions. A reception was held at the Fletcher Free Library on September 14, 1987, in honor of the publication of Lake Champlain: Reflections on Our Past, 132 selected papers from the two-year series of presentations. The 300-page book was edited · by Jennie G. Versteeg (St. Michael's College/Economics). J. Kevin Graffagnino (UVM/Bailey-Howe Library) asked the CRV to co-sponsor a two-year series of talks on Vermont history by UVM faculty at every town in Vermont, a project that had been endorsed by certain staff members of the Vermont Council on the Humanities, which was expected to underwrite the undertaking. At the onset of the project, it was known that the Council was disinclined to pay the University's fringe benefit (30.1 %) for each $!50-honorar ium. Repeated attempts by Graffagnino, the project director, and others to get this assessment waived proved only moderately successful, 133 in that UVM agreed to treat the fringe benefits of the speakers as part of its matching contribution to the project. When a proposal for "Vermont's History: A Bicentennial Celebration," as the project was called, went before the 132 "Lake's Past Gathered in Book," Burlington Free Press, September 10, 1987: D2, 1. 133J. Kevin Graffagnino, Letter to Patricia Armstrong, September 17, 1987; Nancy Eaton, Memorandum to Patty Armstrong, September 18, 1987. 60 Council, it was rejected. 134 An amended proposal, addressing the Council's concerns, 135 was submitted. This, too, was rejected. 136 Reluctant to acquiesce to the demise of such a useful project, Bryan laid the details before Dean Jewett137 in a bid to win University funding. Realizing that "251," as it was affectionate ly called, might be an antidote to the ailing relationship between the University and the State of Vermont, Jewett enthusiastically endorsed the project and agreed to assist in financing it. He thought that overtures should be made to the Division of Continuing Education and the committee charged with observing UVM's bicentennial (1991), because of which Bryan started describing "251" as "UVM' s bicentennial gift to the state." Graffagnino and Bryan devoted considerable time to "pitching" the project to various administrative entities, and Peterson-Ishaq recast its budget time and time again. When Robert E. Stanfield, Assistant to the President of UVM, took an interest in the project, its prospects assumed a roseate glow. On October 3, 1988, the Bicentennial Steering Committee accepted "251" as a UVM Bicentennial project and recommended it to the UVM Bicentennial Corr1mission. "The proposal also carries endorsements from the Interim Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, the Director of Continuing Education, the Director of the Vermont Council, and the Coordinator of Vermont Relations. " 138 A silent hiatus ensued and was interrupted only by an administrative query as to whether the National Endowment for the Humanities might fund the project. 139 Those who had fought so long and hard for "251 " realized that the upper administration had condemned the project to, in Peterson-Ishaq's phrase, "a pauper's death. " Although efforts to breathe life into this corpse continued into 1989, they proved to be in vain. Thus ignominiously ended what might have been of inestimable value to the CRV, UVM, and Vermont at large. 134Michael Bouman, Letter to J. Kevin Graffagnino, October 23, 1987. 135These concerns were (1) the size of the request-$40,755, (2) the exclusive use of University faculty as speakers, and (3) mounting programs in all 251 towns, including the sixty-five in which the Council had supported programs . 136Victor R. Swenson, Letter to J. Kevin Graffagnino, February 25, 1988. 137Before this project was finally laid to rest, Dean Jewett had been succeeded by Interim Dean David C. Howell, who made his support tangible by agreeing to contribute to the wages of project clerical help. 138Robert E. Stanfield, Memorandum to Lattie F. Coor, John W. Hennessey, and Ben R. Forsyth, October 10, 1988. 139Some interest was actually shown by the NEH , but a proposal would have had to be submitted by March 17 , which was also the deadline for the "We Vermonters" proposal. There was a palpable disinclination to weaken "We Vermonters" by simultaneously seeking funding for "251." 61 On September 28, 1987, the CRV moved to new quarters in 301 and 302 Nolin House, a building that was shared with the Canadian Studies Program and Area and International Studies. The chaos naturally attendant upon such a move and the pressure of the CRY's commitments precipitated a decision not to plan RIP Seminars for the autumn semester. In October 1987 word was received that the Lintilhac Foundation had awarded $5,000 to the Maple History Committee of the Vermont Maple Industry Council to assemble and disseminate relevant materials. Several members of the CRV, as well as Peterson-Ishaq, had been active on this committee. At its meeting on November 16, 1987, the Executive Committee was given details about the National Endowment for the Humanities' interest in another project similar in conception to LCROOP. The planners140 of the earlier project met in the autumn to discuss the feasibility of mounting yet another herculean effort so soon after the completion of the frrst one. A major stumbling block, aside from the limitations of time and energy, was the selection of a project director. In lieu of another candidate who satisfied the University's requirements, Bryan reluctantly accepted the post of project director of "We Vermonters: Exploring Our Past. " 141 The Vermont Council on the Humanities provided a grant of $500 to hold a series of discussions designed to elicit expert opinion on topics that should be explored. 142 A flurry of activities followed these sessions, and a proposal was sent to the NEH in March 1988. Unfortunately, the NEH decided not to fund the project as described; it did, however, provide extensive guidance for emendation and express its continuing interest in the project. CRV member Ralph N acting Hill died on December 10, 1987. 143 In response to expressed concerns of several people, the CRV expanded its capabilities to improve the appearance of its publications through desk-top publishing. 140Amber Collins, Maxie Ewins, Samuel B. Hand, Kristin Peterson-Ishaq, and Jennie G. Versteeg had worked on LCROOP. By virtue of his being director of the CRV, Bryan also attended this initial meeting. 141 The "We Vermonters" was an attempt to echo the title of Elin Anderson's We Americans. Eventually the subtitle of the series was changed to "Perspectives on the Past." 142Michael Bouman, Letter to George B. Bryan, November 24, 1987. Those who advised the planning committee were John Duffy, Ken Greene, Michael Sherman, Levi Smith, Dawn Andrews, Richard Hathaway, Faith Pepe, and Peter Teachout. 143 Burlington Free Press, December 11, 1987: B2, 3. 62 RIP Seminar #56 "Out of the Ashes: The Resurrection of the Henry Stevens, Sr., Collection" by D. Gregory Sanford (Vermont State Ar.chivist), Lea Durfee (Vermont State Archives), and Philip Elwert (Venriont Historical Society) February 10, 1988 · ··.·.· ·.· · LCROOP began to seem indestructible as a nomination for an Award of Merit of the American Association of State and Local History necessitated a mound of documentation of the project. The effort proved to be worthwhile, however, when the award was presented by Michael Sherman, Director of the Vermont Historical Society, at formal ceremonies held in the Pavilion Building at Montpelier on October 12. 144 "Women .in Victorian. Vermont:. Religion, Roles, arid RelationShips" By Marilyn Blackw~ll Carolyn Cosgrove . and Leslie Smith (UVM/Graduate Students in History) March 22, 1988 ...... ·. Co-sponsor: UVM Women's Advisory Committee RIP Seminar #58 "'Dear Wife': The Civil War J..,l;;~. ~l;;l .., v .L:.\.:.-UI;;;)JI;t J;;. .~;;a.~,;u •• :·:·><•:•:• By Edward J. •Feidner April 12, 1988 144Michael Sherman accepted the award at the AASLH luncheon at Rochester, New York, in July . He later presented the association's awards to Vermont winners at the ceremony at Montpelier. 63 RIP Seminar #59 "H. H. Richardson's Billings Library Revisited" By Richard Janson (UVM/ Art) April 28, 1988 The Annual Meeting was held on May 5, 1988. The program, presented by Leonard Wilson, 145 examined "Perspectives on Growth in Vermont." Middlebury College history major, George Cabot Lee II, won the Andrew E. Nuquist Award for Outstanding Student Research on a Vermont Topic for his paper, "The Billings, Mason and Woodward Houses of Woodstock: Rural Taste and Pattern Book Democracy in 19th-Century Vermont. " 146 The CRY's budget for 1988-89 was $35,662, of which $7,536 was designated as operating expenses. By the summer of 1988, the first printing (2,000 copies) of Lake Champlain : Reflections on Our Past had been nearly exhausted, but interest in the book had not waned. Bryan felt that there was still a market for the book and that, if it were sold, its popularity might financially support the CRY's other publishing activities. The National Endowment for the Humanities gave its permission for a second printing, so all that remained was to make the proper financial arrangements. Bryan tried to interest several local publishers but on every side encountered the opinion that the market had already been saturated. If the book were to have a second printing, the CRY would have to assume the responsibili ty for it. Bryan, consequently, "promoted" a grant of ·$1 ,500 from the University Store and entered into an arrangement with the Vermont Historical Society whereby the VHS would receive a portion of the profits from the book sales in exchange for its sharing the cost of production.147 When the volume appeared in due course, it proved to be a good seller, but the revenues it generated did not match the director's projections. On September 26-27, 1988, the Vermont Historical Society, in conjunction with the CRV, the Swanton Historical Society, and the Plainfield Meeting of the Society of Friends, gave two 145Vermont State Sen. Scudder Parker (D-Caledonia County) was also invited to speak on "Growth in Vermont"; he was unable to attend because the Vermont legislature was still in session on the day of the meeting. 146 "Middlebury Grad Wins Award for Research," Burlington Free Press , August 23 , 1988. 147The VHS contributed $1,700 to the project in return for 50 per cent of the profit from the sales of the book. Michael Sherman, Letter to Kristin Peterson-lshaq, June 15, 1989. 64 programs on the history of the Abenakis in Vermont. 148 The speakers were William Haviland (UVM/ Anthropology), Marjory Power (UVM/ Anthropology), Joseph Bruchac (Writer and Publisher), Colin Calloway (University of Wyoming/History), and Jane Baker (Bibliographer). Tom Slayton (Writer and Publisher) served as moderator. The Executive Committee, meeting on October 31, 1988, was apprised of the frustrations connected with seeking support for the "251" project, reworking the "We Vermonters" proposal, and republishing Lake Champlain. Richard C. Sweterlitsch, in his capacity as chairman of the Board of Editors, suggested a rethinking of the process of publishing Occasional Papers and a reconfiguration of the editorial group. After a lengthy discussion, the Committee endorsed a reconstitution of the Board of Editors149 as well as the concept of Occasional Papers. The question of finding a new director was also discussed, as Bryan's term would end on May 31, 1989. Bryan was invited to continue as director, but he had reservations based on the limitations imposed by the directorship on his own research. A committee, consisting of Morselli and Sweterlitsch, was appointed to interview Bryan as well as other candidates . . : ...... _.. ,,_ < )> RIP Seminar #60 "The Lake Champlain Waterway, 1897 -1967'' . < ? By Charles F. O'Brien (Clarkson University/History) ..... November 10, 1988 Co-sponsor: UVM Canadian Studies Program CRV member Philip Elwert died on December 6, 1988. 150 The antiquated electrical system of Nolin House proved to be a chronic burr under the CRY's saddle in the autumn and winter of 1988, inasmuch as any of the suggestions for rendering the system capable of safely providing power to the increasing number of office machines in the building was ruinously expensive. 151 In addition, the household lighting of the building was woefully inadequate for the kinds of activities then afoot in Nolin House, a problem 148Mary Ann Lickteig, "Program explores Abenakis' Culture," Burlington Free Press, September 27, 1988 : Al; Mary Ann Lickteig, "Abenaki History Shared," Burlington Free Press, September 28, 1988; Yvonne Daley, "Abenaki Story a Long One," Swanton Herald, September 28, 1988; "Abenaki History Programs Draw Large Audiences," Vermont History News, November-December, 1988: 100. 14~hose asked to serve as editors included Richard Margolis and Paul Gillies. At the expiration of Sweterlitsch's term on the Editorial Board, Jennie Versteeg signed on as chair. 150Burlington Free Press, December 8, 1988: B2 , 1. 151 James M. Rose, Memorandum to George B. Bryan, November 17, 1988. 65 first communicated to Dean Jewett when the CRV moved into Nolin House. An interim dean, David C. Howell, was in office in the autumn of 1988, and it was to him that Bryan turned to solve the electrical problems.152 As usual, the University was operating under straitened financial circumstances in the autumn of 1988, and the threat of a 17 per cent recision of the CRY's operating budget was on the verge of assuming grim reality. Interim Dean Howell asked chairs and directors to demonstrate how such a diminution of funds would affect programs. Bryan observed that "making bricks without straw, or more literally, pursuing an extensive program with inadequate funding, is no new task for the Center for Research on Vermont. " 153 Despite his arguments, however, the CRV lost $1,288. In communicating this news, Dean Howell wrote, "George, You made a good case, but so did everyone else. We were unable to let anyone off the hook. I'm sorry to have to do this." 154 As a result of this blow, the number of scheduled RIP Seminars had to be reduced, publication of Occasional Papers was deferred until the new fiscal year, and the organization's subsidy of the dinners at the Annual Meeting was dropped. This demonstration of the drastic effect on programs by the recision may have spoken eloquently, because an unexpected "Budget Uncut" was forthcoming in March 1989. 155 .· ...... ·.·· ...... to Love: Ira Allen ;:;~;~ ·: n;:;; .· ermont, 1751-1814" ...... ,E'>."'"" (UVM/Bailey-Howe Library) 2. 1989 The Aliens excited the popular imagination, so there was ample press coverage of this event. 156 On February 3, 1989, Bryan testified before the Committee to Search for a Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. After affirming that his working relationship with the previous 152George B. Bryan, Memorandum to David C. Howell, November 28, 1988. 153George B. Bryan, Memorandum to David C. Howell, November 29, 1988. 154David C. Howell, Memorandum to All Chairs and Program Heads, December 22, 1988. 155 Dean Howell invited applications for "a one-time supplemental infusion of funds," so Bryan requested $600 to underwrite the publication of "'Lake Champlain: Reflections on Our Past' : A Bibliography." This comprehensive research tool, competently edited by Kristin Peterson-Ishaq, appeared in the spring of 1989. 156 "Ira Allen's Role in History Topic of Speech," Burlington Free Press, January 27, l98Q. 66 dean had been constructive, Bryan referred to the chronic complaint of faculty that those who engaged in research on Vermont had been unfairly evaluated. He went on to say, The next dean, in my opinion, must realize that regional studies are a national focus of several disciplines and that valid research is valid research whatever the field. In the past, the dean seemed to feel that regional research did not garner national and international renown for UVM and was therefore an unprofitable activity . . . . the continued feeling among the faculty that Vermont research brings financial punishment or at least a failure of recognition must be obviated . . .. Finally, the new dean should consider whether directors of college-based programs such as Canadian Studies, Area and International Studies, and the CRY should join the deliberations of the deans and heads of departments. 157 When a dean, Howard Ball, was chosen, Vermont research assumed a validity that it had not previously enjoyed, but when the directors of the other college-based programs were invited to attend the meetings of the deans and chairs, the invitation was not extended to the CRV director. Prior to its assembling on March 7, 1989, the Executive Committee was advised that members' sentiments favored having a dinner at the Annual Meeting despite the abandonment of the usual meals subsidy. The nominating committee recommended the appointment of Bryan to a second term as director, and the Committee approved. Dean Howell acted promptly and made the appointment official. 158 157George B. Bryan, Text of statement to the Committee, December 8, 1988. Although these remarks were written in December, they were not uttered until the following February. 158David C. Howell , Memorandum to George B. Bryan, March 29, 1989. 67 The CRY's fifteenth anniversary was celebrated at the Annual Meeting on May 4, 1989. A number of innovations were evident: (1) in view of Peterson-Ishaq's comprehensive annual report, a line-by-line discussion of the year's activities was dispensed with; (2) in its place was a general discussion of "New Directions" that might be taken by the organization; (3) in line with this theme, Paul Gillies (Deputy Secretary of State) spoke on "Retrospective and Perspective: Fifteen Years of Vermont Research. " Michael Grimm, a UVM senior majoring in environmental studies, received the Andrew E. Nuquist Award for Outstanding Student Research on a Vermont Topic for his senior thesis, "The Geo-ecological Significance of Pease Mountain, Charlotte, Vermont." The budget for 1989-90 was $37,554, of which $7,740 was designated as operating expenses. The CRV joined several other organizations in sponsoring talks by Rudolph J. Vecoli (University of Minnesota/Immigration History Research Center) on Luigi Galleani, radical politics, and Italian immigrants in Vermont. Vecoli addressed audiences in Barre (August 15) , Burlington (August 24), and Brattleboro (August 29) . In August 1989 the National Endowment for the Humanities communicated its inclination to support the "We Vermonters" project, albeit with a somewhat diminished level of funding .159 The CRV was thereby called upon to submit an emended budget and an acceptance of certain other conditions, which was sent on August 17. 160 Accordingly, the NEH formally awarded $187,810 to make "We Vermonters" a reality. 161 Fearing that various organs ofUVM would overlook the tripartite sponsorship of "We Vermonters," Bryan enlisted and received Provost John W. Hennessey's assurance that the Fletcher Free Library and the Vermont Historical Society would receive their due in all discu.ssions of the grant. 162 Louise Roomet agreed to plan and mount the exhibits that accompanied the presentations, and when a maternity leave was necessary, Virginia Westbrook agreed to coordinate that part of the series. Graphics designer Don Hanson provided the series logo and created the eight posters that doubled as programmes. 159 Lynne V . Cheney, Letter to Patricia Armstrong, c. August 15, 1989 . 160George B. Bryan and Gerald F. Francis, Letter to Paulette Gillian, August 17, 1989. 161Lynne V. Cheney, Letter to Patricia Armstrong, September 11 , 1989 . 162John W. Hennessey, Letter to George B. Bryan, October 19, 1989 . 68 :··:-_: •·· ~y u· onnc~u fh l1~. Wtghi~I\ (t;JYJ Senator Stafford attended and participated in this meeting. In the spirit of "New Directions," the Executive Committee tried the experiment of meeting for lunch at the Living/Learning Center prior to its meeting on October 12, 1989. Among the items discussed was the possibility of relocating the CRV in the Old Mill once the projected renovations should be completed. Bryan thereafter attended numerous meetings related to there modeling of the Old Mill. 163 As part of her attempt to revitalize the Occasional Papers series, Jennie Versteeg (St. Michael's College/Economics) announced a subscription series whereby members could receive # 12 , # 13, and # 14 for $12. Budgetary realities had necessitated the recapture of publication expenses by charging everyone the cost of producing the papers. The scope of the CRY's activities, particularly the "We Vermonters" project, required the purchase of a copying machine of high quality. Bryan asked and received Dean Howell's cooperation in borrowing $6,585 against the release time payments of 10 per cent of Peterson Ishaq ' s salary by the NEH grant. 164 163This proved to be yet another exercise in futility, as work on the Old Mill had not begun as of December 1994. By the end of his term as director, Bryan despaired of seeing the CRY in new quarters as there was unwelcome talk of several programs ' sharing accommodations in the Old Mill . Were the decision left in his hands, the CRY would remain in Nolin House. 164George B. Bryan, Memorandum to David C. Howell, October 13 , 1989. 69 CRV Fellow Frederick Laing died on January 3, 1990. 165 "We Vermonters" (figs. 9-16) commenced on January 7, 1990, and attracted an audience of two hundred. 166 The Executive Committee met on March 1, 1990, at which time it learned that the Women's History Database had been completed and installed at the CRV. Peterson-Ishaq continued to assist in the publication of the "Vermont Women's History Network Newsletter," which was edited by Constance M. McGovern (UVM/History). RIP Seminar #66 "Vermont Tradition and the New Pioneers: Mary Jane Simpson and the Early Vennont AAUW" By Sylvia Bugbee and George Myers (UVM/Graduate Students in History) March 8, 1990 On March 22, 1990, Bryan testified before the Operations Committee of the Vermont House of Representatives in favor of making the Vermont Council on the Humanities the statewide dispenser of funds allocated by the National Endowment for the Humanities. He also lent the weight of the CRV to a bill that would explicitly recognize the State Archives and its programs. 167 RIP Seminar #67 "Stewardship in Practice: Education Programs at Shelburne Farms" By Julie Bressor (Shelburne Farms/ Archivist) and Megan Camp (Shelburne Farms/Program Director) March 27, 1990, at Shelburne Farms Co-sponsor: Shelburne Fanus 165Burlington Free Press, January 5, 1990: B2, 2. 166Kevin Ellis, "In Search of Vermont: The Discussion Begins; 200 Gather for Library Rap Session," Burlington Free Press, January 8, 1990: Bl. 167George B. Bryan, Letter to Sen. William Doyle, April 5, 1990. 70 Part 1 "We Vennonters: A State of Mind" January-February 1990 Sunday, January 7, 1990 at 4:00P.M. Opening Address: "Defining Ourselves: Peoples and Places" John Engels, St. Michael's College Bill Mares, State Representative and Author Exhibit Opening: "A State of Mind" Reception following Wednesday, January 17, 1990 at 7:00P.M. "From Yankee Wit to Vermont Humor" Richard Sweterlitsch, University of Vermont Wednesday, January 24, 1990 at 7:00P.M. '"A Hardy Race': Forging the Vermont Identity" Elizabeth Dole Duifee, National Society, Colonial Dames of America Connell Gallagher, University of Vermont D. Gregory Sanford, Vermont State Archivist Wednesday, January 31, 1990 at 7:00P.M. "Place Names as Footprints of History" Esther Munroe Swift, Author and Librarian, Billings Farm & Museum Wednesday, February 7, 1990 at 7:00P.M. "Dorothy Canfield Fisher's Vermont Tradition" Ida Washington, Biographer Wednesday, February 14, 1990 at 7:00P.M. "Good Proverbs Make Good Vermonters" Wolfgang Mieder, University of Vermont Wednesday, February 21. 1990 at 7:00P.M. "Rudyard Kipling, Vermonter" Performed by Robert Stanfield, University of Vermont Wednesday, February 28, 1990 at 7:00P.M. "Gods of the Hills and the Valleys" 1. Kevin Graffagnino, University of Vermont Figure 9 71 Like many of its predecessors, this presentation in another form reached a wider audience than that of the RIP Seminar. 168 Occasional Paper #1 2 "The Vermont Schoolmarm and the Contemporary One-Room Schoolhouse" By Jody Kenny (St. Michael's College/Education) 105 pp ., 1990 Occasional Paper #12 was reviewed in the Winter 1991 issue of Vermont History and the Summer 1990 issue of the Bulletin of the Genealogical Society of Vermont. 169 In the call to the Annual Meeting, members were invited to consider aspects of the subject, "Completing the Portrait of Vermont" as the focal point of the business meeting. Bryan observed, For a variety of reasons, the story of Vermont as we have received it is spotty and selective, particularly in terms of the contributions of women, Native Americans, Franco-Americans, and other minorities. What can the CRY as an organization do to retrieve the artifacts that chronicle the activities of these important groups? What can we do as individual researchers to effectuate their inclusion in current and future projects? Are there untapped, unrecognized documentary resources? Is there a need for us as an organization to encourage greater archival inclusiveness? The discussion of these issues contained many ideas that might still be profitably pursued. 170 May 3, 1990, was the date set aside for the Annual Meeting. Joan Smith (UVM/Women's Studies) was the featured speaker. Her topic was "Women in Vermont: Exploding Some Myths." The Andrew E. Nuquist Award for Outstanding Student Research on a Vermont Topic went to UVM Environmental Studies student Peter R. Wilshusen for his honors thesis, "A Foundation for Cooperation-The Biosphere Reserve Concept as a Model for Environmental Cooperation in the Lake Champlain! Adirondack Region." 168This paper was included in ERIC, the database of the Educational Resources Information Center. Maureen Schneider, Letter to CRY, June 29, 1992. 169In 1993 the publication was included in ERIC, the database of the Educational Resources Information Center. Memorandum, ERIC/CRESS (Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools), November 19, 1993. 17°Kristin Peterson-Ishaq, Minutes of the Annual Business Meeting, May 3, 1990. 72 Part 2 "We Vermonters: Landscape, Townscape, Cityscape" April-May 1990 Wednesday, April 4, 1990 at 7:00P.M. "Native American Perceptions of the Land" Frederick Wiseman, Johnson State College Exhibit Opening: "Landscape, Townscape, Cityscape" Wednesday, April 11, 1990 at 7:00P.M. "Roadside History of Vermont" Peter Jennison, Author Wednesday, April 18, 1990 at 7:00P.M. "Clearing the Frontier" Carl Reidel, University of Vermont Wednesday, April 25, 1990 at 7:00P.M. "The Maritime Landscape of Vermont" Art Cohn, Lake Champlain Maritime Museum Wednesday, May 2, 1990 at 7:00P.M. "Agriculture and the Good Society" David Donath, Billings Farm~ Museum Wednesday, May 9, 1990 at 7:00 P.M. Keynote Address and Reception: "Everyday Places: A Mirror of Vermont?" Chester Liebs, University of Vermont Wednesday, May 16, 1990 at 7:00P.M. "The Year 2050: Looking Back" Eric Gilbertson, Vermont Division for Historic Preservation Michael Monte, Burlington Community & Economic Development Office David White, Pomerleau Real Estate Jennie Versteeg, St. Michael's College, Moderator Wednesday, May 23, 1990 at 7:00P.M. "Burlington's Waterfront-Then and Now" Lilian Baker Carlisle, Author Figure 10 73 The budget for 1990-91 was $39,775, of which $8,172 was designated as operating expenses. CRV member Scott E. Hastings died on July 3, 1990. 171 In an attempt to secure fringe benefits for the CRY's secretary, Bryan petitioned to alter the classification of the position from temporary to permanent Secretary . 5. When this initial attempt proved fruitless, Bryan sent a detailed memorandum to Dean Ball explaining the multiplicity of tasks performed by the secretary. He closed by saying, "I think the University gets good value for the money and support it invests in the CRV, which across the years has served the state and the institution with distinction. That excellence is partially the result of the dedication and efficiency of these nearly invisible people whose work frees the rest of us to pursue conspicuous goals. " 172 Dean Ball's response was, "Thank you for your letter of July 23, 1990. The request is approved and the paperwork will go forward. " 173 Dean Ball's support of the CRV was evident in another matter: through his intervention, the household lighting fixtures that had made Nolin House an optical trauma had at last been replaced by efficient institutional sources of illumination. The Executive Committee met on November 16, 1990, and devoted much of the meeting to orienting the new members to the ongoing work of the organization. Bryan advised the group that, as he was nearing the end of his second term as director, thought should be given to locating his successor. There was talk of the CRY's involvement with a spring conference on "Rural New England Storytelling." As part of its ongoing effort to document the history of the maple industry in Vermont, the Maple History Committee of the Vermont Maple Industry Council presented an award of $500 to Joelen Mulvaney (Aldrich Public Library/Barre Museum) for her essay, "Maple Sugaring in Vermont: New Vision of the Past." She gave an evening slide presentation, "Native American Maple Sugaring Tools and Equipment," co-sponsored by the CRV and the Maple History Committee on April 11, 1991. Earlier that same day, the two organizations joined with a number of co-sponsors to revive the traditional "UVM Sugar-on-Snow" in celebration of the joint bicentennial of Vermont statehood and the founding of UVM . From this time on, the "UVM Sugar-on-Snow" became an annual event in which the CRV and many other organizations participated. 171 Burlington Free Press, July 6, 1990: B2, 1. 172George B. Bryan, Memorandum to Howard Ball, July 23, 1990. 173Howard Ball, Letter to George B. Bryan, July 26, 1990. 74 Part 3 "We Vennonters: Immigrants, Emigrants, Hearthminders" July-August 1990 Sunday, July l, 1990 at 4:00P.M. Keynote Address: "Stocking the State" Samuel B. Hand, University of Vermont Exhibit Opening: "Immigrants, Emigrants, Hearthminders" Reception following Wednesday, July 11, 1990 at 7:00 P.M. "Legacies of Contact: Indians, Europeans, and the Shaping of Vermont" Colin Calloway, University of Wyoming Wednesday, July 18, 1990 at 7:00P.M. "We Proprietors: The First Europeans" Winn L. Taplin, Vermont Historical Society Wednesday, July 25. 1990 at 7:00P.M. "The Franco-Americans of New England" Anne P. McConnell, St. Michael's College Wednesday, August l, 1990 at .7:00P.M. "The Irish and the Jews" Vincent Feeney, University of Vermont P. Jeffrey Potash, Trinity College Vincent Bolduc, St. Michael's College, Moderator Wednesday, August 8, 1990 at 7:00 P.M. "Like Lesser Gods: The Italians of Barre" Ruth Wallman, University of Vermont Wednesday, August 15. 1990 at 7:00P.M. "Pirates, Gypsies, and Other White Trash" Kevin Dann, Rutgers University Wednesday, August 22. 1990 at 7:00 P.M. "Hearthminders: Here and There" Constance McGovern, University of Vermont Figure 11 75 Part 4 "We Vennonters: Earning Our Keep" October-November 1990 Wednesday, October 3, 1990 at 7:00P.M. Keynote Address: "The Evolution of Vermont's Economic Identity" Jennie G. Versteeg, St. Michael's College Exhibit Opening, "Earning Our Keep" Reception following Wednesday, October 10, 1990 at 7:00P.M. "Vermont Agriculture: Farming and Frustration" Austin Cleaves, Vermont Farmer of 1989 Harold Meeks, University of Vermont Wednesday, October 17, 1990 at 7:00P.M. "Workers in the Mills, Quarries, and Railroads" Deborah Clifford, Author Richard Hathaway, Vermont College of Norwich University Gene Sessions , Norwich University Michael ~herman, Vermont Historical Society, Moderator Wednesday, October 24, 1990 at 7:00P.M. "Faces in the Parlor, Duties in the Yard" Dawn Andrews, Independent Scholar Wednesday, October 31, 1990 at 7:00P.M. "Trains, Planes, and Automobiles: Touring Vermont" Michael Sherman, Vermont Historical Society Wednesday, November 7, 1990 at 7:00P.M. "The Life of Vermont Teachers: Then and Now" Margaret Nelson, Middlebury College Maida Townsend, Winooski High School Wednesday, November 14, 1990 at 7:00P.M. "Shaping Our Economic Future: Twenty Years Hence" Hon. Paul Harrington, R-Washington- 1 Anhur Woolf, State Economist Malcolm Severance, Emeritus, University of Vermont, Moderator Sunday, November 18, 1990 at 4:00P.M. "Child Labor in New England" Karen Lane, Aldrich Public Library Figure 12 76 174 CRV member William Kemsley, Sr., died on November 19, 1990 ; Fellow Jeannette R. Folta died on January 23, 1991. 175 The CRV joined the Special Collections Department of the Bailey-Howe Library in sponsoring Bicentennial Lectures on "The Vermont Constitution: Its History and Interpretation" by William C. Hill (Vermont Supreme Court/Associate Justice, Ret.) on January 25, 1991; "Ethan Allen" by John Krueger (UVM/History) on February 22, 1991; and "Women at UVM" by Constance M. McGovern (UVM/Interim Vice Provost) on March 8, 1991. In the winter of 1991, UVM was frenetically engaged in "strategic planning," largely as a result of runaway deficits. Each administrative unit, including the CRV, was called upon to submit a lengthy analysis of its operations; it had, in fact, to justify its existence. At the appointed time, Bryan and Peterson-Ishaq proffered the document in which Bryan observed, The Center should cooperate with the UVM Library to construct a Vermont Research Center that houses the Center for Research on Vermont and the Wilbur Collection of the Bailey-Howe Library as well as a small auditorium and conference room. What a persuasive public demonstration of the University's commitment to serving the state that would be! 176 RIP Seminar #68 ·· .. ·. ·····. "Coal Dust on the Snow: The History ()fBlacks in VermoiW' · By Marion Metivier'-Redd (lJVM/Equill Opportunity · and Affirmative Action) April 15, 1991 Death claimed Richard J. Margolis, whose editorial skills enhanced several of the CRY's publications, on April 22, 1991. Occasional Paper #13 "A Historical Who 's Who of Vermont Theatre" By George B. Bryan 77 pp .' 1991 174Burlington Free Press , November 21, 1990: B2 , 1. 175 Burlington Free Press , January 30, 1991: B2, 3. 176George B. Bryan, "Strategic Planning Document: Center for Research on Vermont " March 6 1991. ' ' 77 Part 5 "We Vermonters: Hostilities and Hot Issues" January-February 1991 Sunday, January 6, 1991, at 4:00P.M. Keynote Address: "Our Patriotic Identity " WillardS. Randall, University of Vermont Exhibit Opening, "Hostilities and Hot Issues" Reception following Wednesday, January 16, 1991, at 7:00P.M. "The Struggles That Shaped Vermont" John Krueger, University of Vermont Wednesday, January 23, 1991, at 7:00P.M. "The Citizen-Soldier at Peace and War" Mark A. Stoler, University of Vermont Commentary by Samuel B. Hand, University of Vermont Wednesday, January 30, 1991, at 7:00P.M. "The Civil War Comes to Vermont" Slide Presentation compiled by Harold and Pauline Barry, Brattleboro Historical Society, and Faith Pepe, Vermont College of Norwich University Narrated by George B. Bryan, University of Vermont Wednesday, February 6, 1991. at 7:00P.M. "Some Intolerant Vermonters" T. D. Seymour Bassett, Emeritus, University of Vermont Wednesday, February 13, 1991, at 7:00P.M. "The Global Crusade" Margaret Garland, Vermont Veterans Home Eleanor Ott, Folklorist Wednesday , February 20, 1991, at 7:00P.M. "A Haven in Vermont: Dorothy Thompson and Emigre Artists" Ida Washington, Emerita, University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth Wednesday, February 27, 1991. at 7:00P.M. "Warriors' Women: Vietnam Remembered" Dorothy Tod, Filmmaker Figure 13 78 Part 6 "We Vennonters: Frontier to Global Village" April-May 1991 Wednesday, April 3, 1991, at 7:00P.M. Keynote Address: "Above the 'Optimum Climatic Area': The Rise of the Global Village" Frank Bryan, University of Vermont Exhibit Opening, "Frontier to Global Village" Reception following Wednesday, April 10, 1991, at 7:00P.M. "Frontier Villages" Richard Schein, St. Michael's College Wednesday, April 17, 1991. at 7:00P.M. "Footlights and Spotlights in Vermont" George B. Bryan, University of Vermont Wednesday, April 24, 1991, at 7:00P.M. "Spreading the News" Nick Monsarrat, St. Michael's College Dianne Lynch-Paley, St. Michael's College Wednesday, May 1, 1991. at 7:00P.M. "Radio in Vermont: Crystal Sets 'to Satellites" Ken Greene, WCAX-TV Wednesday, May 8, 1991, at 7:00P.M. "From Nickelodeon to Multiplex" Rick Winston, Savoy Theatre Wednesday, May 15, 1991, at 7:00P.M. "Television Comes to the Green Mountains" Stuart Martin, WCAX-TV Wednesday, May 22, 1991, at 7:00P.M. "Kents Corners: From Global Village to Rural Retreat" Cornelia Denker, Children's Art Exchange Figure 14 79 Occasional Paper #13, containing an essay by Bryan entitled "Theatre and Drama in Vermont: An Overview" in addition to the "Historical Who's Who of Vermont Theatre" of the title, was published in May 1991. The Annual Meeting was held on May 2, 1991. Among the items discussed were the advisability of making the directorship of the CRV a full-time position and ways and means of enhancing the CRY's fiscal underpinnings. Michael Sherman (Vermont Historical Society) gave the featured presentation on "Grand Panoramas and White Elephants." The Andrew E. Nuquist Prize for Outstanding Student Research on a Vermont Topic was awarded to Steven Sgorbati, a history student at Castleton State College for his paper, "Hyde Manor: The Early Years." The budget for 1991-92 was $41 ,329, of which $8,365 was designated as operating expenses. RIP Seminar #69 "Current Research on the Hors~Powered Ferry . . in Bll.fii~gtp fl Bay" ·· By Kevin L Crisman (Texas A&M University/Nautical Archaeology) July 25, J991 Co~sponsor: Lake Champhi.in Maritime Museum Forever in the throes of fiscal uncertainty, UVM underwent yet another exercise in self examination in the autumn of 1991. Bryan was called upon to give an oral presentation on the work of the CRV before the Educational Policy Committee of the Board of Trustees. He was unable to resist the urge to recapitulate the sad saga of the moribund "251" project and to point out what a valuable resource the institution had dissipated. 177 "Laki>~~~6;h1~. ... ru~ s~:~a~~(1d.d~Ei~ #~5 )s~~~ft <}.···'·,····,···· ·.. •...•....•,·.'·.··,··.'·,····.·,···.·.········ ,.. ...·.•,•,• .. •.•.· .. ··.·····,···'··,·········'·.······,···,··'·.,··,···.,··'·····'····,········.,·······'·.·'···,···.'···'··,,····'··'···'·,··,······.···'··,··:·~,•,•,•.•, By Holmari.D. Jo~dan, Jr: (Castleton·State College/History) October 7, J 991 177Kristin Peterson-Ishaq, Minutes of Executive Committee Meeting, November 18 , 1991: 6. 80 Part 7 "We Vennonters: Freedom and Unity" July-August 1991 Wednesday, July 10, 1991, at 7:00P.M. Keynote Address: "We Pledge Allegiance to? . Frank Smallwood, Dartmouth College Exhibit Opening, "Freedom and Unity" Reception following Wednesday, July 17, 1991. at 7:00P.M. "Inventing Constitutions: The Vermont Constitution in Historical Perspective" Patrick Hutton, University of Vermont Wednesday, July 24, 1991, at 7:00P.M. "The Citizen Legislature" William Doyle, Vermont Senate and Johnson State College Micque Glitman, Former Member, Vermont House of Representatives Ruth Stokes, Vermont House of Representatives Wednesday, July 31, 1991, at 7:00P.M. "Biennial Government?" Eric Davis, Middlebury College Wednesday, August 7, 1991, at 7:00P.M. "Campaign Financing of Vermont Elections" Paul Gillies, Deputy Secretary of State Wednesday, August 14, 1991, at 7:00P.M. "Women in Government: Then and Now" Julie Bressor, Shelburne Farms Vi Luginbuhl, Vermont House of Representatives Wednesday, August 21, 1991, at 7:00P.M. "Red Scare in the Green Mountains" David Holmes, Author Wednesday, August 28, 1991, at 7:00P.M. "It Could Happen Here" Roben Cochran, Emeritus, University of Vermont Figure 15 81 Part 8 "We Vermonters: Echoes and Reflections" October-November 1991 Wednesday, October 2, 1991, at 7:00P.M. "Finding the New World" Toby Marantz, McGill University Exhibit Opening, "Echoes and Reflections" Reception following Wednesday, October 9, 1991, at 7:00P.M. "Defining New England" Marshall True, University of Vermont Wednesday, October 16, 1991, at 7:00P.M. "Inventing Vermont" Jere Daniell, Dartmouth College Wednesday, October 23, 1991, at 7:00P.M. "Governing Vermonters" Hon. John Dooley, Vermont Supreme Court Wednesday, October 30, 1991, at 7:00P.M. "Celebrating Vermont~' Nancy Graff, Historian and Author Virginia Westbrook, Historian Wednesday, November 6, 1991, at 7:00P.M. "Regulating Vermonters" Hon. James Douglas, Vermont Secretary of State Wednesday, November 13, 1991, at 7:00P.M. "Preserving Vermont" Tordis Isselhardt, Images from the Past Tom Slayton, Vermont Life Magazine Steve Wright, Sterling College Wednesday, November 20, 1991, at 7:00P.M. "Portraying Vermont" James Hayford, Poet Figure 16 82 , The Executive Committee, meeting on November 18, 1991, tinkered with the mechanics of submitting papers for the Nuquist Award, explored matters relative to the search for a new director, and took advantage of the imminence of a change in the leadership of the CRV to discuss new directions that might be taken by the organization. One of several such ideas was offering practical workshops for the researcher. At the close of the session, Bryan observed that although there has never been a dearth of good ideas among Center members, there has been difficulty in finding someone to take a good idea and move with it-someone who wants to do it enough to do it. He asked everyone on the Committee to consider our options, dream up new ones, and cast our nets far and wide for talented people who will take on these kinds of responsibilities, first and foremost among whom must be the Executive Committee.178 Graphics designer Don Hanson was asked to create a new logo to replace the map-design that had appeared on announcements for many years. Hanson's new design made its initial appearance in January 1992. Early in the new year, Bryan communicated to Dean Howard Ball the Executive Committee's nomination of Richard C. Sweterlitsch (UVM/English) to be the next director of the CRV. 179 "Aiken;Ye~tJ [~i~~)~~~~i~~lli iiJIIlli!ii,l By Charl¢&.F . .QO:IW6.ri <.. ··· (Clarkson uriiversit)r/J!istocy) J ariuary 30, 1992 · · RIP Seminar #72 "The Edmundites in Vermont 1892-1992" By Thomas H. Geno (UVM/Romance Languages) February 13, 1992 CRV member Raymund 0. Bearse died on February 11, 1992. 180 178Kristin Peterson-Ishaq, Minutes of Executive Committee Meeting, November 18, 1991: 7. 179Geo rge B. Bryan, Letter to Howard Ball, January 17 , 1992 . 1wBurlington Free Press , February 13 , 1992: B2 , 2. 83 . RIR Seminar #73 "Miss Cleghorn>of Manchester" By Richard c. Sweterlitsch (UvMm~glish) March 24, 1992 The CRY joined the Friends of Special Collections of the Bailey-Howe Library in presenting "Green Mountain Women" by Terry Buehner (Burlington High School) on March 26, 1992. The National Endowment for the Humanities extended the "We Vermonters" project through September 30, 1992, to allow for clearing and closing accounts after the editing and publication of the proceedings. 181 After its introduction at a public reception on September 30, We Vermonters: Perspectives on the Past, edited by Michael Sherman and Jennie Versteeg, was presented to all of Vermont's libraries, historical societies, and teachers of courses on Vermont as well as to participants in the project. RIP Seminar #7 4 "Mount Independence and Fort Ticonderoga: Sickness and Suffering of the Troops July 1776-July 1777" By Donald Wickman (UVM/Graduate Student in History) April 13, 1992 At the CRY's Annual Meeting on April 30, 1992, Bryan anticipated the close of his directorship and introduced the director-elect, Richard C. Sweterlitsch. The Andrew E. Nuquist Award for Outstanding Student Research on a Vermont Topic was presented to Amy Hillier, a history student at Middlebury College, for her thesis, "Who Should Attend to Everybody's Business?: Democracy in Middlebury's Schools." Vermont filmmaker Jay Craven showed his film, High Water, based on a story by Howard Mosher, and talked about the challenges of making films in Vermont. The resignation of Jennie G. Versteeg (St. Michael's College/Economics) after a successful term as head of the Editorial Board became effective after the Annual Meeting. 181David R. Martz, Jr., Letter to George B. Bryan, May 26, 1992. After the final reports were submitted and the budgets finally closed out, the NEH wrote "finis " to "We Vermonters" by writing, "Again, congratulations on a fine project. We look forward to working [with] 'You Vermonters' on future grant applications ." David J. Martz, Jr., Letter to George B. Bryan, March 18, 1993. 84 Occasional Paper #14 "Confronting Statehood: A Bicentennial Series of Short Essays" By Paul Gillies 107 pp.' 1992 Occasional Paper #14 was published in the summer of 1992. The fifty-two articles were written for media dissemination as part of the Vermont Statehood Bicentennial celebration. 182 Richard C. Sweterlitsch, Director { 1992-1995) The budget for 1992-93 was $42,446, of which $8,709 was designated as operating expenses . RIP Seminar #75 "The Lives of Black Vermonters in Early Vermont, 1790-1870" By Elise Guyette (UVM/Graduate Student in History) September 22, 1992 · This presentation received journalistic notice. 183 RIP Seminar #7 6 "A Geography of Environn'lentalism: Pl1blicv··. ·1·.... · lili\JJL . and Policy in the La.Jse · . · .· ... By Bryan Higgins (SUN)' . .· and Richard Kujawa (St . .Mg:~aers Octobep+7, 1992 · 182 A subvention of $2,236 by this organization offset the cost of this publication. Carolyn Crowley, Letter to George B. Bryan, March 9, 1992. 183 Anne Geggis, "Historian Describes Lives of Early Black Vermonters," Burlington Free Press, September 23, 1992. 85 Another of the CRY's "founding fathers," Milton J. Nadwomy, died on November 4, 1992. 184 RIP Seminar #77 "The 1990 Census: Vermont Trends" by Frederick E. Schmidt (UVM/Sociology) and Kevin Wiberg (UVM/Center for Rural Studies) November 5, 1992 This program was also noticed by the local newspaper. 185 At its meeting on November 21, 1992, the Executive Committee learned of the interest of the National Endowment for the Humanities in another library project like "LCROOP" and "We Vermonters." A potential theme might be "the democratic experience in Vermont within the wider context of a 'borderlands' metaphor. ... " 186 A planning committee, consisting of Amber Collins (Fletcher Free Library/Co-Director), Maxie Ewins (Consultant), Samuel B. Hand (UVM/History), Jennie Versteeg (St. Michael's College/Economics), Peterson-Ishaq, and Sweterlitsch, met throughout the winter months and hoped to frame a proposal by the deadline of September 19, 1993 . Also discussed by the Executive Committee were projects on Vermont arts and artists and speedboat racing on Lake Champlain. The perennial agenda item on the desirability of presenting programs outside of Chittenden County resurfaced and, as always , received a full measure of support. The creation of a CRV speakers' bureau was suggested as a potential idea for discussion at the Annual Meeting. 187 Sweterlitsch introduced the notion of finding a suitable means of celebrating the CRY's twentieth anniversary , and it was in this context that the idea of publishing a history of the CRV was first bruited. 184Burlington Free Press, November 5, 1992: B2, 2. 185 Paul Teetor, "Median Income Doubled in '80s; UVM Center Finds Meaning in Census," Burlington Free Press, November 6, 1992: B1, 4 . 186Kristin Peterson-Ishaq, Minutes of Executive Committee Meeting, November 21, 1992: 5. 187 At its next meeting, the Executive Committee empowered the staff to set up the mechanism of a speakers' bureau without bringing the matter before the membership at large. Kristin Peterson-Ishaq, Minutes of Executive Committee Meeting, March 18, 1993: 3. Accordingly, a questionnaire on the subject was circulated with the call to meeting. 86 RIP Seminar #78 "The Vermont Geographic Information System" By Bruce Westcott (Vermont Center for Geographic Information) January 26, 1993 RIP Seminar #79 "If It's not Fun, Why Do It?: Breaking theRules a:t Ben and Jerry's" By Dianne Lynch (St. Michael's College/Jo~rnalism) February 11, 1993 The Vermont Historical Society and the CRV cooperated in the publication of T. D. Seymour Bassett's seminal dissertation, which was issued as The Growing Edge: Vermont Villages, 1840-1880 and edited by Susan Bartlett Weber (VHS) and produced by Kristin Peterson-Ishaq (CRV). "'Jewels We Call Islands': A Look at Community in New England" By Jeffrey Aronson (Independe11t SclJ.ql · Occasional Paper #15 "University of Vermont Graduate Theses on Vermont Topics 1975-1992" Edited by Kristin Peterson-Ishaq 246 pp.' 1993 Occasional Paper #15 was issued in March 1993 in both paper and computer disk editions, the first time the Center made available an "electronic" version of one of its publications. 87 RIP Seminar #82 "The Shelburne Shipyard~ D~Hng World )V~t U" By Arthiir Cohn (Lake Chaillpf.(i.ih Mariti.ril.e Ml.lseum) · April 7, 1993 Co-sponsor: Vermont Historical Society This seminar received advance notice in the local press. 188 188Sam Hemingway, "A Forgotten Vt. Heroine Gets Her Due," Burlington Free Press, April 14, 1993: Bl. 88 The Annual Meeting was held on May 6, 1993. The program featured a talk by Jacqueline Calder (Vermont Historical Society/Curator) on "Martha Wood Belcher and Hilda Belcher: The Lives and Works of Two Vermont Painters." The Andrew E. Nuquist Award for Outstanding Student Research on a Vermont Topic went to Middlebury College student Margaret Kline, a junior majoring in history, for her essay, "Modernity and Morality: Middlebury in the 1920s." The budget for 1993-94 was $26,669, of which $8,709 was designated as operating expenses. There was talk in the summer of 1993 of establishing a Richard Snelling Center for Public Policy at UVM. In his capacity as director of the CRV, Sweterlitsch was called upon to enumerate activities of the CRV that might overlap the mission of the proposed Snelling Center. 189 In September 1993 the Fletcher Free Library and the CRV submitted a proposal on "Borderland Encounters: The Green Mountains and Beyond" to the National Endowment for the Humanities. In conjunction with this seminar, there was a special tribute to Margaret Whittlessey (UVM/Social Work Emeritus). Moreover, this seminar launched a collaborative effort of the CRV and Channel 17 Town Meeting Television. Channel 17 trained CRV personnel in videotaping techniques, made its equipment available to videotape presentations, edited the 189Richard C. Sweterlitsch, Memorandum to Tom Tritton, July 12, 1993. 89 videotapes, and aired them as a part of its programming. In this way, most of the Center's seminars became available to the local cable-television audience through the government-access channel. Occasional Paper #16 "The Vermont State Office of Economic Opportunity: A Case Study in Organizational Relationships" By Mary Carlson 68 pp., 1993 Occasional Paper #16 was published in the autumn of 1993, with a foreword by Frank Smallwood (UVM/Public Administration). A CRY-sponsored oral history project called "Notable UVM Women and ALANA Oral History Project," directed by Richard C. Sweterlitsch (UVM/English) and Connell B. Gallagher (UVM/Bailey-Howe Library) received financial support from the Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity/Diversity Programs Advisory Committee ($300), the UVM President's Commission on the Status of Women ($100), and the UVM Women's Advisory Council Steering Committee ($100). The goal of the project was "to record and preserve the experiences of a number of people who have been trailblazers and role models at UVM, making their voices and perspectives more accessible to scholars and the community." 190 RIP Seminar #87 "Vermont's Historic Barns and Farm Buildings" By Thomas Visser (UVM/ Architectural Conservation and Education Service) November 17, 1993 ''lOJ RIP Seminar #88 "Vermont Kids Count: A First-Year Repprt on the Status of Vermont's Children'; By Beth Burgess (Vermont Children's Forum), James Cruise (UVM/ Center for Rural Studies), and Frederick E. Schmidt (UVM/Center for Rural Studies) December 1, 1993 Co-sponsor: UVM Center for Rural Studies RIP Seminar #89 .. .. "Thomas Jefferson: The Red Squirrel to th~ BtczckSnake': By Willard Sterne Randall (UVM/History) January 25, 1994 The CRV joined the Vermont Historical Records Advisory Board as a co-sponsor of an informal discussion on "Shaping The Vermont Research Environment," which was held on January 27 , 1994. D. Gregory Sanford (Vermont State Archivist) facilitated the event, which was funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. This session was scheduled at 4: 00 P.M. , and attracted a very small audience. · '' Worrien ··· ...... •.. · ·•·· ·.··.•· · By Jo~ Smith...... February 1 Women's History Month saw the CRV cooperating with the Vermont Historical Society in sponsoring four talks on Vermont women, "Remember the Ladies," throughout the month of March 1994. On March 9, 1994, the Center sponsored a seminar, "Current Understanding of the Charlotte Whale" by Jeffrey Howe (UVM/Perkins Museum of Geology). This semi nar-scheduled as a replacement for a research-in-progress seminar for which the data were not ready-was attended by a number of the Charlotte schoolchildren who had testified before the Vermont legislature in support of designating the whale as the state fossil. .. -- 91 Members of the Executive Committee heard on March 16, 1994, that the National Endowment for the Humanities had decided not to fund the "Borderlands" project. Attempts were made to find the causes of the rejection with an eye to resubmitting a proposal before the deadline of September 1994. In response to the suggestion that the traditional approach to the Annual Meeting be scrapped in favor of another format and location, a questionnaire was circulated to members. The questions raised were 1. Do you prefer that the CRY hold the Annual Meeting at a location other than the University of Vermont? 2. If the Center were to hold the Annual Meeting at a site other than UVM , what area of the state would you prefer for the event? 3. What time should the business meeting begin? What time should the evening program begin? 4. If we held the meeting at a restaurant, how much would you be willing to pay for dinner? The consensus was that most of the respondents wished to abide by the current practice. 191 A decision was made by the Committee, however, to advertise the after-dinner program as a public event, thus welcoming non-members to the annual gathering. The matter of finding new directors of the CRY, ideally those who have served on the Executive Committee, precipitated an amendment to the bylaws that provides that an individual may serve no more than two consecutive three-year terms on the Executive Committee. This move was also meant to give more people an opportunity to serve. A conference on "The Future of Historical Records in Vermont" was jointly sponsored by the Vermont Historical Records Advisory Board, the CRV, and other organizations. It was held at Vermont Technical College on March 30, 1994, and attracted more than eighty participants. RIP Seminar #91 "Sen. George·D. Aiken and · 'Mrs. Murphyi: The Civil>Rights Act of 1964" By Stephen Wrinn (UVM/Graduate Student in History) April 12, 1994 191Kristin Peterson-lshaq, Minutes of Executive Committee Meeting, March 16, 1994: 5. 92 On May 4, 1994, the CRV and the Vermont Archaeological Society announced a public affairs radio program entitled "Archaeology and the Future of Vermont: Providing Stewardship for Vermont's Heritage." Art Cohn (Lake Champlain Maritime Museum), Giovanna Peebles (Vermont State Archaeologist), and Peter Thomas (UVM/Consulting Archaeology Program) aired their views on Vermont Public Radio's "Switchboard" program, presided over by Bob Kinzel. The Annual Meeting was held on May 5, 1994 . After the business meeting and dinner, the Andrew E. Nuquist Award for Outstanding Student Research on a Vermont Topic was presented to Jeffrey L. Chapman, a sociology-anthropology major at Middlebury College for his thesis, "State Lotteries: Harmless Fun or Social Plague?" Donald Wickman (Community College of Vermont/History) gave a presentation on " 'The Sacrifice Is Fearful' : The Vermont Brigade in the Battle of the Wilderness, 5-6 May 1864." This talk was repeated at Woodstock on August 24, at Stratton on August 25, at Montpelier on October 12, and at Bennington on October 28. CRV member Esther J. Urie died on June 20, 1994. 192 The budget for 1994-95 was $46,193, of which $8,861 was designated as operating expenses. As part of the continuing attempt to redefine itself in terms of its fiscal reality, the College of Arts and Sciences at UVM established a Board of External Advisors. Dean Ball asked the CRV to describe its mission and to enumerate its needs, financial and otherwise, for a pamphlet to be circulated to this advisory committee. The CRY's response to this request points to the 192Burlington Free Press, June 22, 1994: B2, 4; CRV Newsletter 21, 1 (Feb. 1995): 15. 93 desirability of reclassifying the CRV's secretarial position to full-time. 193 Also mentioned was the constant need to upgrade the CRV's computer system, to which the Dean pledged his support. RIP Seminar #93 "Recycli~g the News: The Vermont Newspaper Project" Patricia Erwin (Verm<;mt Newspaper Project) October 24, 1994 The delay in the resubmission of the "Borderlands" proposal was announced at the meeting of the Executive Committee on October 31, 1994. In addition to other items of business, the Committee also endorsed the concept of creating a minor in Vermont Studies at UVM. :!i~bih: ~ijtiJiiii¥~~~~~~~;~~~~ltllll~l~~~~ti~- for ·the 'Irwhisive ~aijgyag~} Arii~hc.!ffi#.#t . ·. ··· · to the verrriol1tcoiistitution" >> • · By Peter Teachout (Vermont Law School) November 1, 1994 RIP #95 "Sustainable Rural Community Development: A Focus on the Northeast Kingdon" By panelists Bill McMaster (UVM/Extension System), Frederick Schmidt (UVM/Center for Rural Studies), and Roberta Walsh (UVM/Community Development and Applied Economics) November 29, 1994 193Richard C. Sweterlitsch and Kristin Peterson-lshaq, Memorandum to Howard Ball, August 18, 1994. When a request to reclassify the position was reviewed by the Personnel Department, however, it was determined that the position is properly classified, given its current part-time status. Susan Brassard, Memorandum to Kristin Peterson-Ishaq, December 5, 1994. Permission was given to name the position "Records Secretary I" to reflect the nature of the work. 94 The CRV produced the publication, "A Guide to Vermontiana Collections at Academic, Special and Selected Public Libraries," by Paul A. Carnahan (Vermont Historical Society). Copies of the guide were made available in both paper and electronic formats. RIP Seminar #97 x . "The Letters of Ethan and Ira Allen and Their Kirifdlk~; By RalphH. Orth (UVM/English) February 9, 1995 RIP Seminar #98 "Direct Democracy_;_;Dead or Alive: New FindingsonTownJ\.1eetirig" · By Frank Bryan (UVM/Political Scien.ce) With discussants Susan Clark (EPIC), Anthony Dominick (Starksboro Town Moderator), and John Howland, Jr. (Deputy Secretary ofSta,te) Februa:ry 23, 1995 / ,. .. ··· · The annotated bibliographies compiled by the scholars who participated in "We Vermonters" were combined by Peterson-Ishaq and published (February 1995) by the CRV as We Vermonters: Perspectives on the Past-A Bibliography. "We Vermonters" Project Director George B. Bryan contributed the foreword. 95 RIP Seminar #99 "Popr Women :md Medicine at the tum of the .Century " By. Mari1yJ1 Bl~9byell (Univ~rsity of Massachusetts ... ··· . at AinherstiDocto~al Candidate) . . March 16, 1 Q9?. RIP Seminar #100 "Banned in New England: Early Theatrical Regulation" By George B. Bryan (UVM/Theatre) March 28, 1995 RIP Seminar # 101 "Researching Locally, Publishing Nationally" A panel discussion With Deborah Clifford (Historian and Biographer) James Dawson (SUNY-Plattsburgh/Center for Earth & Environmental Science) William Haviland (UVM/ Anthropology) Robert Larson (UVM/Education), and Mark Madigan (UVM/English) April 12, 1995 · Occasional Paper # 17 "Lucius Chittenden's Journey to the 'Inside of the Earth"' Transcribed and Annotated by Michael N. Stanton 87pp., 1995 Former CRV member Frank Lieberman died on April 19, 1995 .194 194Sunday Rutland Herald and Sunday Times Argus, April 23 , 1995 : D2. 96 RIP Seminar #1 02 .··.:··· "Early 19th-Century Vermont Burial Practices: Excavations at St. Jolmsbury's First Cemetery" By Peter Thomas and Robert Sloma (UVM/Consulting Archaeology Program} April 26, 1995, at Burlington's Fletcher Free Library Co-sponsor: Fletcher Free Library .. . · With the cosponsorship of the CRV, Fairbanks Museum, and St. Johnsbury Historical Society, Peter Thomas repeated this seminar on May 11, 1995, at the Fairbanks Museum in St. Johnsbury . At the 20th Anniversary Annual Meeting, held on May 4, 1995, incumbent director Richard C. Sweterlitsch introduced his successor, Paul A. Eschholz (UVM/English). The recipient of the Andrew E. Nuquist A ward for Outstanding Student Research on a Vermont Topic was Scott Thompson, a senior majoring in geology and biology at Middlebury College, for his senior thesis, "Documenting the Effects of the Internal Seiche in Lake Champlain in a Shallow Bay." Samuel B. Hand, a founder of the CRV, presented the public program, "Present at the Creation: Establishing a Center for Research on Vermont." Concluding Remarks Two decades have slipped away, and the Center for Research on Vermont is poised at the threshold of the future. What light from other days spills through the doorway and illuminates the path that lies ahead? What are the lessons of two decades? Each member will answer those questions in his/her unique way. The compiler of these annals offers six fundamental observations as a conclusion: 1. The strength of the CRV lies in the diversity of its membership. The CRY was created as an administrative unit of the College of Arts and Sciences of the University of Vermont, and its governance was initially in the hands of the Fellows. Its subsequent history, however, has been characterized by an escalating dependence upon and profit from the contributions of members drawn from numerous institutions, various disciplines, and divergent perspectives. 2. The teaching mission of the CRV merits reinvigoration. The founders of the CRY envisioned that the organization would play a powerful teaching role at UVM. Individual courses focusing on Vermont have been taught at several institutions, including UVM, but the CRY has only once offered a course under it own rubric. The proposed minor in Vermont Studies is a step in reclaiming the CRY's teaching mission, but even that is no substitute for a course that is a part of the regular curriculum at the home institution. 3. The Executive Committee was formed to execute rather than merely advise. The CRY has been extremely fortunate in the composition of its governing body, the Executive Committee. Its members have served with dedication and have provided valuable and imaginative guidance. As the organization has matured and a knowledgeable permanent staff has functioned ever more efficiently, the Executive Committee has metamorphosed into a largely advisory council. Much vitality might be recaptured if there were a return to the original conception of the Executive Committee's function. 4. The staff of the CRV must have ever-increasing professional skills as the volume and complexity of the work escalate. The earliest clerical staff of the CRY were interns and work-study students, who served the organization well and received minimal compensation. As the work required, a temporary part-time secretary was funded; that position eventually became permanent part-time. 195 In the interest of efficiency and of relieving the coordina tor of a serious overload of responsibility, the secretarial position should be made full-time. 195Significant contributions to the CRY were made by a succession of exemplary work-study students whose number includes Deborah Sykes, Molly Ordway , Susan Harry, Richard McGuire, Adam R. Tschorn, Daniel P. Brunelle, Thomas G. Holland, John H. Howe, Jane P. Howe, Matthew E. Walker, Rebecca Godin, Hilary S. Slater, Joye W. Mudgett, and Andrew P. Boeri. 97 98 5.. The recruitment of new members is necessary to the continuation of the CRV. The deaths of numerous members of the CRV have been noted in these pages; some have curtailed their research activities because of aging and infirmity; others have moved to other places-all of which are common to any similar organization. Yet it cannot be denied that the viability and vitality of the CRV require active recruitment, especially of researchers at the beginning of their careers. 6. The need to find grant and foundation money to underwrite the CRV's activities is more acute than ever before. A glance at Appendix 2 shows that the operating budget of the organization has remained fairly constant for many years; simultaneously the level of activity has markedly increased. The infusion of funds from several grants has enabled the CRV to grow in numerous ways. Considerable creativity will be needed to find new sources of support in a period of fiscal restraint. Appendix 1 : Members of the Executive Committee Bandel, Betty (1974-77) McGovern, Constance M. (1989-92) Bryan, Frank M. (1981-84) Meeks, Harold A. (1975-78, 1978-81) Bryan, George B. (1974-77) Morselli, Mariafranca (1986-89) Buechler, John L. (1975-78) Muller, H. Nicholas, III (197 4-7 6) Cassell, E. Alan (1984-87) Munson, Michael J. (1985-88, 1988-91, Daniels, Robert V. (1977-79) 1991-94) Davison, William E. (1977) Nadworny, Milton J. (1974-77) Dorsey, Frank C. (1978-81) Nelson, Garrison (1977-79) Duffy, John J. (1978-81, 1981-83) Nuquist, Rei dun (1990-93, 1993-96) Eschholz, Paul A. (1993-95) Ott, Eleanor A. (1989-92, 1992-93) Farrow, Steven (1984-87, 1987-90) Peebles, Giovanna (1993-94, 1994-97) Folta, Jeannette R. (1981-84) Power, Marjory (1978-80, 1987-90, Freedman, Mary Anne (1982-85) 1990-93) Gallagher, Connell B. (1978-80, 1986-89, Sanford, D. Gregory (1983-86, 1986-89) 1989-92) Schmidt, Frederick E. (1977-79, 1979-82) Gould, Lyman Jay (1974-76) Sessions, Gene (1988-91, 1991-93) Graffagnino, J. Kevin (1980-83, 1983-86) Sherman, Michael (1993-96) Hand, Samuel B. (1974-76, 1980-83) Stanley, Rolfe S. (1977-80) Haviland, William A. (1975-78) Stoler, Jennie V. (1979-82, 1982-85) Howe, John C. (1979-82) Sweterlitsch, Richard C. (1978-80, Huffman, Benjamin L. (1985-88) 1984-87' 1987-90, 1990-93) Isselhardt, Tordis Ilg (1993-95) Swift, Esther Munroe (1988-91, 1991-94, Laffan, Barry (1985-87) 1994-97) Larson, Robert L. (1982-85) Thomas, Peter A. (1980-83, 1983-86) Liebs, Chester H. (1992-93, 1993-94) True, Marshall M. (1982-85) Malloy, Dennis (1979-82) Versteeg, Jennie G. (1992-95) Marshall, Jeffrey D. (1992-95) Woolf, Arthur G. (1994-97) 99 100 Appendix 2: The CRV's Operating Budget YEAR OPERATING BUDGET ±% 1979-1980 $4,449.60 1980-1981 $4,895.00 +10.0% 1981-1982 $5 ,385.00 +10.0% 1982-1983 $5,950.00 +10.5% 1983-1984 $6,320.00 +06.2% 1984-1985 $6,716.00 +06.3% 1985-1986 $7,073.00 +05 .3% 1986-1987 $6,988.00 -01.2% 1987-1988 $7,275.00 +04.1 % 1988-1989 $7,536.00 +03 .6% 1989-1990 $7,740.00 +02.7% 1990-1991 $8,172.00 +05.6% 1991-1992 $8,365.00 +02.4% 1992-1993 $8,709.00 +04.0% 1993-1994 $8 ,709.00 ±00.0% 1994-1995 $8,861.00 01.8% 101 102 Name-Index Adams, Craig 4 7 Brenneman, Mary G. 18 Aiken, George D. 16 , 51 , 82, 91 Bressor, Julie 69 , 80 Aldrich, Arthur 24 Brick, Richard 9 Allen, Ethan 76, 94 Bruchac, Joseph 58 , 64 Allen, Ira 65, 94 Brunelle, Daniel P. 97 Alnasrawi, Abbas 4 Bryan, Frank M. 11 , 21, 23, 26, 27, Amrein, Joseph 26 32, 36, 43 , 68 , 78 , 94 , 99 Andrea, A. J. 54 Bryan, George B. 6, 9, 22, 50, 51 , 56 , Andrews, Dawn 49, 61, 75 57 , 56, 60, 61, 63-69 , 71, 73 , Andrews, Edward C. 2, 3 77 , 76, 78 , 79 , 82, 83 , 94, 95 , Arnold, Tom 54 99 Aronson, Jeffrey B. 13, 86 Buechler, John L. 12, 99 Bailey, Phinehas 31, 37, 45 Buehner, Terry 83 Baker, Jane 10, 64 Bugbee, Sylvia 69 Ball, Howard 66, 73, 82, 92 Burgess, Beth 90 Bandel, Betty 6, 99 Burns, Brian D. 7 Bann, Charles 32 Burroughs, Harold R. 33 Barker, Judy 17 Calabro, Louis 9 Barry, Harold 77 Calder, Jacqueline 88 Barry, Pauline 77 Calloway, Colin 64, 74 Bassett, T. D. Seymour 30, 53, 77, 86 Camp, Megan 69 Bayley-Hazen Singers 55 Candon, Sr. Elizabeth 29 Beardsley, William H. 1, 8 Carlisle, Lilian Baker 12, 54, 72 Bearse, Raymund 0. 31, 82 Carlson, Mary 89 Belcher, Hilda 88 Carlson, Robert V. 22 Belcher, Martha Wood 88 Carnahan, Paul A. 94 Bevins, Malcolm I. 17, 43 Carpenter, Merritt 45 Biddle, Arthur W. 8, 48 Carris, David 53, 57 Blackwell, Marilyn 62, 95 Carse, Henry 24 Blow, Stacy 56 Cassell, E. Alan 24, 36, 99 Blucher, Mark 11 Chaney, Michael P. 50 Boeri, Andrew P. x, 97 Chapman, Jeffrey L. 92 Bolduc, Vincent 48, 74 Chittenden, Lucius 95 Boright, Mal 26 Christie, George C. 10 Bottum, Lynn 45 Clark, Isaac 59 Bove, Richard 26 Clark, Susan 94 Brams, Steven J. 32 Clavelle, David 25 Brande, Justin 47 Cleaves, Austin 75 Bransom, Ira 25 Cleghorn, Sarah 83 103 104 Clifford, Deborah P. 37, 48, 75, 87, 95 Durfee, Elizabeth Dole 70 Cochran, Robert W. 80 Durfee, Lea 62 Cohen, Judith W. 11 Elwell, Corwin 27 Cohn, Arthur 45, 53, 72, 87, 92 Elwert, Philip 58, 62, 64 Collins, Amber 61, 85 Engels, John 70 Collins, Benjamin 32 Erwin, Patricia 93 Comtois, Andrea L. x Eschholz, Paul A. 96, 99 Cooney, James P. 11 Everett, Dart 27 Coor, Lattie F. 12 Ewins, Maxie 44, 61, 85 Cornwall, Richard R. 17 Fabian, Edward J. 11 Cosgrove, Carolyn 62 Farrow, Steven 99 Cox, Julie P. 41 Favretti, Rudy 46 Craven, Jay 83 Feeney, Vincent 74 Crisman, Kevin J. 79 Feidner, Edward J. 55, 62 Crisman, Ronald E. W. 11 Felt, Jeremy P. 1 Cross, Mary 56 Fischer, R. Montgomery 45, 47 Cruise, James 90 Fishell, Kenneth N. 17 Curley, Terry 18 Fisher, Dorothy Canfield 70 Curtis, Jane 34 Folta, Jeannette R. 76, 99 Curtis, Will 34, 44 Foster, Robert 25 Dale, Christopher 32 Francisco, Edgar W. 10 Daniell, Jere 81 Freedman, Mary Anne 10, 99 Daniels, Robert V. 1-3, 6, 11, 24, 99 Gallagher, Connell B. 13, 18, 23, 37, Daniels, Thomas L. 50 50, 51, 68, 70, 89, 99 Dann, Kevin 49, 74 Galleani, Luigi 67 Davis, Eric 27, 32, 80 Garland, Margaret 77 Davison, William E. 99 Geno, Thomas H. 82 Dawson, James 95 Gershanek, Glenn 27 Day, Gordon M. 58 Gibson, Ernest W., Jr. 23, 38, 39, 51 Delage, Marc 47 Gilbertson, Eric 72 Deming, Mary B. 10, 11 Gillies, Paul 28, 56, 64, 67, 80, 84 Denker, Cornelia 55, 78 Gilmore, William 40 Dickson, Donald E. 11 Gilmore-Lehne, William 1. 87 Dodd, Lisbeth 88 Glitman, Micque 80 Dominick, Anthony 94 Godin, Rebecca 97 Donadio, Stephen 49 Goldberg, David 11 Donath, David 72 Goldberg, Rebecca 56 Dooley, John A. 11, 81 Gordon, Larry 55 Doom, Nanette 56 Gould, Lyman Jay 2, 4, 6-8, 11, 99 Dorsey, Becky 38 Graff, Nancy 81 Dorsey, Frank C. 10, 25, 99 Graffagnino, 1. Kevin 53, 59, 65, 70, Douglas, James H. 32, 46 , 81 99 Doyle, William T . 10, 11, 21, 27, 30, Green, Maggie 47 80 Greene, Ken 61, 78 Drake, John C. 18 Grimm, Michael 67 Duffy, John 8, 28, 33, 40, 47, 52, 61, Guma, Greg 42 99 Guyette, Elise 84 Dunsmore, George 25 Hamlet, Penny E. 50 105 Hancock, David 9 Jeffords, James M. 28, 46, 47 Hand, Samuel B. vii, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, Jennison, Peter 72 12, 15, 16, 18-23, 27, 28, 32, Jensen, Miles 38 39, 44, 48, 51, 57, 56, 59, 61, Jewett, John G. 11 , 12, 18, 20, 23, 25, 74, 77 ," 85, 96,99 33, 34, 39 , 60, 65 Hanley, Carol 44 Johnson, Sally 35 Hanson, Don 67, 82 Jordan, Holman D., Jr. 11 , 79 Harrington, Paul 75 Judd, Richard 23 Harry, Susan 97 Katz, Matthew 47 Hastings, Scott E. 73 Kemsley, William, Sr. 76 Hathaway, Richard 61, 75 Kenny, Jody 71 Haugen, Rolf N. B. 11, 22 Kernstock, Elwyn N. 8, 10 Haupt, Roy C. 17 Kinzel, Bob 92 Haviland, William A. 8, 10, 58, 64, 95, Kipling, Rudyard 70 99 Kline, Margaret 88 Hayford, James 9, 81 Kochman, Jennifer 18 Heglund, Lynn 11 Koenemann, Edward 24 Hemenway, Abby 87 Kroger, Althea 24 Henault, Marie 57 Krueger, John 53, 57, 77, 76 Henehan, Brian 25 Kujawa, Richard 84 · Henry, Edward 26 Kuntz, Norbert 49 Herman, Peter E. 11 Laffan, Barry 30, 99 Higgins, Bryan 84 Laing, Frederick 34, 69 Hill, Ralph Nading 42, 45, 52, 59, 61 Lambert, Henry 27 Hill, William C. 50, 76 Lane, Karen 75 Hillier, Amy 83 Lapping, Mark B. 20 Hogan, Arthur R. 11 Larson, Reid 55, 57, 58 Holland, Thomas G. 97 Larson, Robert L. 13, 21 , 35, 95, 99 Holmes, David 80 Lathrop, Robert G. 11 Howe, Jane P. 97 Lawson, Robert B. 20, 39 Howe, Jeffrey 90 Leach, Chester 62 Howe, John C. 24, 28, 33, 43, 99 Leahy, Patrick J. 11, 17 , 19, 25, 28 Howe, John H. 97 Lee, George Cabot, II 63 Howell, David C. 60, 65, 66 Leppman, John A. 29 Howland, John, Jr. 94 Levitt, Marc 9 Howland, Jonathan 17 Lewis, Barbara 18 Howland, Robert 17 Lieberman, Frank 34, 95 Hudspeth, Thomas 47 Liebs, Chester H. 9, 18, 19, 48, 52, 66, Huffman, Benjamin L. 44, 99 72, 99 Hunn, Hiram S. 11 Lipke, William C. 9 Hurwitz, Stephen 25 Luginbuhl, Vi 80 Hutton, Patrick H . 80 Lynch, Dianne 86 Hyde, Henry 26 Lynch-Paley, Dianne 78 Isselhardt, Tordis Ilg 81, 99 Mabry, John H . 7, 42 Jackson, Susan 15 Madigan, Mark 95 Jacobus, William 47 Maher, Mary-Barbara 32 Janson, Richard 1, 63 Mallary, Richard 27 Jefferson, Thomas 90, 92 Malloy, Dennis 17 , 25, 99 106 Manchel, Frank 57 Mutter, Barbara 38, 39 Mandigo, Melvin 24 Myers, George 69 Manning, Robert E. 94 Nadworny, Milton J. 2, 6, 85, 99 Mares, Bill 70 Nagle, William 25 Margolis, Richard J. 28, 64, 76 Naramore, Vincent H. 10 Markowitz, Paul 40 Nelson, Garrison 1, 2, 6, 8, 11, 12, 14, Marsh, George Perkins 34 34, 99 Marshall, Jeffrey D. x, 27, 31, 37, 45, Nelson, Margaret 75 99 Neudorfer, Giovanna 10, 24 Martin, Stuart 78 Nielson, Kathy 47 Mayer, William 9 Nuquist, Andrew E. 9, 31 McCabe, John 9 Nuquist, Reidun x, 99 McConnell, Anne 57, 74 O'Brien, Charles F. 59, 64, 82 McCrorey, H. L. 3 O'Connor, Kevin 45 McCulloch-Lavell, Ellen 27 Oates, Thomas 31 McGovern, Constance M. 66, 69, 74, Onuf, Peter 55 76, 99 Ordway, Molly 97 McGrath, Joseph 26 Orth, Ralph H. 94 McGuire, Richard 97 Ott, Eleanor 40, 44, 45, 48, 77, 99 McHenry, Stewart G. 9 Paquette, Gordon 26 McLuckie, Jane A. 9 Parker, Scudder 63 McMaster, Bill 93 Patterson, Wayne C. 9 McReynolds, Samuel A. 30 Peebles, Giovanna 92, 99 Means, Russell 32 Peleszak, Christine M. 42 Meeks, Harold A. 10, 75, 99 Pepe, Faith 61, 77 Mekkelsen, Jane 42 Pepe, Jessica x Metivier-Redd, Marion 76 Perry, Carolyn 12, 16, 19 Mieder, Wolfgang 70 Peterson-lshaq, Kristin x, 20, 27, 28, Miles, Edward J. 57 0 35, 44, 51, 56, 59-61, 65, Monsarrat, Nick 78 67-69, 76, 85, 86, 94 Monte, Michael 72 Philbrook, Paul R. 11 Monticello, Ralph 11 Phillips, Raymond V. 54 Moody, John 40, 58 Platt, Anne Baker 47 Marantz, Toby 81 Potash, Milton 58 Morris, Rose E. S. 4, 12 Potash, P. Jeffrey 19, 52, 74 Morrissey, Charles T . 1, 16, 28, 53 Power, Marjory W. 9, 10, 58, 64, 99 Morse, Gretchen 24 Randall, Willard Sterne 53, 77, 90, 92 Morse, Stephen 27 Read, Thomas L. 9 Morselli, Mariafranca 34, 64, 99 Reagan, Ronald 26 Mosher, Howard 83 Reidel, Carl 72 Moulton, Richard 45, 49, 52 Reiss, Ellen R. 8 Mudgett, Joye W. 97 Resue, Agnes W. 17 Muller, H. Nicholas, III 1, 2, 6, 10, 33, Reyna, Jose 32 41, 52, 99 Rice, Tom W. 43 Muller, Nancy C. 14 Richardson, H. H. 63 Mulvaney, Joelen 73 Rider, David 26 Munson, Michael J. 43, 99 Rivard, Claude 47 Murphy, William 25 Rollins, Alfred, Jr. 2, 3 107 Roomet, Louise 67 Stites, Karen A. 59 Rosenbluth, Betsy 54 Stockton, Diane 50 Rubin, Ronald Lee 42 Stokes, Ruth 80 Russell, William P. 9, 24 Stoler, Jennie V. 9, 17, 41, 44, 99 Sadowski, Frank 26 Stoler, Mark A. 77 Salussolia, Barry 26 Stout, Neil 55 Salzman, Gail 44 Sweterlitsch, Richard C. 22, 41 , 43 , 44, Sampson, Samuel F. 22 47, 48, 51, 55, 64, 70 , 82-85, Sanders, Bernard 26 88, 89, 96 , 99 Sanford, D. Gregory 16, 20, 21, 23, 41, Swift, Esther Munroe 70, 99 42, 49, 56, 62, 70, 90, 99 Sykes, Deborah 97 Schein, Richard 78 Taplin, Winn L. 74 Schmidt, Frederick E. 10, 11, 18, 20, Tashman, Leonard J. 43 22, 23, 25, 27, 28, 30, 31, 36, Taylor, William L. 19 38, 40, 54, 85, 90, 93, 99 Teachout, Peter 55, 61, 93 See, Scott W. 53 Thomas, Peter A. 24, 58, 87 , 92, 96, Senecal, Andre 36, 57 99 Sessions, Gene 75, 99 Thompson, Dorothy 77 Severance, Malcolm 75 Thompson, Scott 96 Sgorbati, Steven 79 Tillinghast, Charles A. 46 Sherman, Michael 57, 61, 62, 75, 79 , Tod, Dorothy 77 83, 88, 99 Townsend, Maida 75 Simpson, Mary Jane 69 True, Marshall M. 1, 18, 22, 29, Simson, John G. 11, 27 36-38, 42, 49, 51, 55, 81, 99 Sinclair, Robert 0. 12, 17, 25 Tschorn, Adam R. 97 Sismondo, Sergio 11 Tyler, Royall 51 Slajchert, Margaret 17 Underhill, Ralph H. 10 Slater, Hilary S. 97 Urie, Esther J. 92 Slayton, Tom 64, 81 Valentine, Donald 49 Sloma, Robert 96 Vecoli, Rudolph J. 67 Smallwood, Frank 80, 89 Versteeg, Jennie G. 52, 59, 61, 64, 68, Smith, David K. 11 72, 75, 83, 85, 99 Smith, Joan 71, 90 Viles, Perry 32 Smith, Leslie 62 Visser, Thomas D. 66, 89 Smith, Levi P. 11, 18, 61 Walker, Matthew E. 97 Smith, Miranda 25 Wallace, Marlene 28 Smith, Peter 32 Wallman, Ruth 74 Snelling, Richard A. 26, 33, 88 Walsh, Roberta 93 Sorrell, Esther 24 Washington, Ida 70 , 77 Soule, Sarah 24 Weber, Susan Bartlett 86 Spear, George 4 7 Weiger, John G. 4, 7 Spry, Laura 56 Weingarten, Roger 33 Stafford, Robert T. 27, 28, 68 West, Robert 27 Stanfield, Robert E. 60, 70 Westbrook, Virginia 67, 81 Stanley, Rolfe S. 99 Westcott, Bruce 86 Stanton, Michael N. 95 Whalen, Lynn 34 Stevens, Henry, Sr. 62 White, David 72 Stewart, Robert B. 11 Whittaker, Brendan 27 108 Whittlessey, Margaret 88 Wiberg, Kevin 85 Wickman, Donald 83, 92 Wilshusen, Peter R. 71 Wilson, David 27 Wilson, Leonard 63 Wilson, Robert M. 11 Winkler, Robert 56 Winston, Rick 78 Wiseman, Frederick 72 Woodruff, Mary E. 37 , 42 Woolf, Arthur 75 , 99 Woolfson, Peter 36 Worden, John K. 9 Wright, Steve 81 Wrinn, Stephen 91 Young, Brian 53 Zarzynski , Joseph 47 Zirblis, Ray 47-49, 52