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Balancing Power: Vermont Government on the Scales
The Vermont Constitution established three distinct branches of government and endows them with clear responsibilities in the service of the people of the state. Keeping them distinct and balanced is a foundation in the maintenance of democratic systems of governance. The upcoming deliberation on a possible constitutional amendment regarding the length of term for statewide elected officials has raised the issue of whether a governor in Vermont with a longer term will radically alter the balance of power between the branches in a manner that negatively affects the ability of state government to operate in a fully democratic fashion in accordance with founding concepts.
Shows In This Series
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Let's Declare Victory and Get Out!: Vermont Senator George D. Aiken and the Vietnam War
The war in Vietnam, which lasted at least 25 years, had a huge impact on the psyche of the nation and has informed . . .
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Prisoner Integration: Involving the Community -- A Vermont Story
With more than 2 million people in prison, the US has the highest incarceration rate in the industrialized world. How . . .
Watch Now »
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French Connections : Franconnexions Panel 3: The Future
A conference highlighting the historical, cultural and economic contributions of French Canadians from Québec into . . .
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French Connections : Franconnexions Panel 2: The Present
A conference highlighting the historical, cultural and economic contributions of French Canadians from Québec into . . .
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French Connections : Franconnexions Panel 1: The Past
A conference highlighting the historical, cultural and economic contributions of French Canadians from Québec into . . .
Watch Now »
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The Children's Crusade: How Patrick Leahy's 1974 Election Changed Modern Campaigns in Vermont
Phil Baruth focuses on Patrick Leahy's stunning underdog election to the Senate in 1974. It is a story that no one has . . .
Watch Now »
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Benedict Arnold's Legacy: Tales from Lake Champlain
Art Cohn describes the pivotal 1776 naval contest between Great Britain, at the time the greatest Naval power on . . .
Watch Now »
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Opiate Use in Vermont: The Present Reflects the Past
Vermont had a raging problem with the abuse of opium, morphine, and heroin by the end of the nineteenth century. This . . .
Watch Now »
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Daisy Turner’s Kin: An African American Family Saga
Daisy Turner (1883-1988) born in Grafton, Vermont, daughter of slaves, grew up listening to her father, Alec . . .
Watch Now »
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2015 Center For Research on Vermont Annual Meeting
The 2015 Center for Research on Vermont Annual meeting includes dinner, Center updates and presentations of the . . .
Watch Now »
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The Vermont Difference: Perspectives from the Green Mountain State
Center for Research on Vermont members J. Kevin Graffagnino, Nicholas Muller and David Donath and former long-time . . .
Watch Now »
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Teens, Technology, and Transportation
In the face of increasing sprawl and car-dependence in US metropolitan areas, young people – especially teens in . . .
Watch Now »
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Improving Health Outcomes: The Use of Vermont Medical Data to Improve Health Care Decision-Making
Vermont has been a pioneer in healthcare reforms and has been one of the first states to adopt an all payer, all . . .
Watch Now »
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How Do We Prevent High-Risk Offenders From Returning To Crime? Vermont's Innovative Restorative Reintegration Strategy
Vermont has been a leader in restorative justice since the 1990s and is one of a few states that have embraced the . . .
Watch Now »
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Eating Far From Home: Migrant Foodways in Vermont
Pablo Bose and Teresa Mares speak about their research on food and migration in Vermont, particularly their . . .
Watch Now »
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Exploring the 14th - 16th Centuries of Native Settlement in the Champlain Valley
Archaeologist John Crock, Director of the University of Vermont Consulting Archaeology Program, talks about recent . . .
Watch Now »
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The Future of Vermont's Working Landscapes
The history and current trendlines around Vermont's Working Landscapedocument that the enterprises that have been the . . .
Watch Now »
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Working Men’s Measures: Vermont Mechanics' Culture and the Constructions of Wage-Earning Masculinity in the Age of Jackson, 1815 – 1850
Beginning in the late 1820s Working Men's Associations emerged in Vermont as part of a larger national reform . . .
Watch Now »
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Environmental Catastrophe, or the Catastrophe of the Environment?
When pondering the subject of ecological catastrophe, it seems we often think in terms of catastrophe to the . . .
Watch Now »
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Imagining Vermont: Process and Results of The Council on the Future of Vermont
Community, Environment, Hard Work, Independence, Privacy, Small Scale – these are the identified common values of . . .
Watch Now »
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The Tour Buses Don't Stop Here Any More: Social, Economic, and Environmental Changes in Small Vermont
Rural Vermont towns have a strong sense of community as well as a beloved sense of place. However, these values exist . . .
Watch Now »
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Counting Vermont in the 21st Century: The 2010 Census and the Changes Being Made to the Data on Our State and Communities
In April 2010, every person and housing unit in Vermont will be counted by the United States Census Bureau. The . . .
Watch Now »
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2013 Annual Awards Dinner
Center for Research on Vermont annual awards dinner and ceremony
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Music from the (NE) Kingdom
Alan Greenleaf performs and discusses his original music which is inspired by life on his Northern Vermont farm, and . . .
Watch Now »
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Culture Clash: Acknowledging Where Vermonters Don't See Eye to Eye
Annual meeting keynote by Jane Lindholm.
Watch Now »
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Thunder in the Wings: Professional Boxing in Vermont, 1934-1935
Professional Boxing in Vermont, 1934-1935, presented by Robert Winkler
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Election 2012: Its Impact on Vermont and Vermonters
Eric Davis, Professor of Political Science, retired, Middlebury College, veteran journalist Hamilton Davis, and . . .
Watch Now »
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Of Wheelmen, The New Woman, and Good Roads: Historical Perspectives on Bicycling in Burlington, 1880-1920
Dr Vivanco will present his research on bicycle travel in Vermont from 1880-1920.
co-sponsored by the Center of the . . .
Watch Now »
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Major Valentine's Swedes
In 1890, Vermont's Commissioner of Agricultural and Manufacturing Interests, Alonzo B. Valentine, launched a program . . .
Watch Now »
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The Road North: Going Back to the Land in the 1930s
History professor Dona Brown, Ph.D., presents the keynote lecture at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Center for . . .
Watch Now »
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Digitizing Historical Vermont Films: New Life for Old Films
The Vermont Historical Society embarked recently on a project to move old films onto DVDs, digitizing them for use by . . .
Watch Now »
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The Road Not Taken: The Green Mountain Parkway Decision as a 'Tipping Point' in Vermont History
Frank Bryan, the John G. McCullough Professor of Political Science, presents findings related to his study of . . .
Watch Now »
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An Analysis of Vermont Food Systems
Glenn McRae, Ph.D. will lead this panel discussion of Food Systems research with a focus on the implementation of . . .
Watch Now »
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Vermont By the Numbers: Census 2010
Discussion of the latest data coming out of the Census Bureau and what it says about our great State of Vermont with . . .
Watch Now »
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Rootless in Vermont
The sense of place derived from living on or near working landscapes, skiing on local hills, swimming in nearby lakes . . .
Watch Now »
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Freedom & Unity: The Vermont Movie
FREEDOM AND UNITY: THE VERMONT MOVIE: A collaborative film involving over 20 Vermont filmmakers that explores the . . .
Watch Now »
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Sustaining Sustainable Enterprises in the New Decade: Vermont's Next Generation of Business Leaders
How will Vermont manage the difficult challenges that lie ahead in the coming decade? What role should businesses play . . .
Watch Now »
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Smart Grid 101: What Does it Mean for Vermont?
Smart Grid is coming to Vermont. Do you know what it is and how it will impact our state? Potentially, Smart Grid will . . .
Watch Now »
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9,000 Years of Life Under the Bridge: The Archaeology of Chimney Point
The University of Vermont Consulting Archaeology Program recently completed excavations at Chimney Point as part of . . .
Watch Now »
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Backward Seasons, Droughts, Maple Sugaring, and Other Indicators of Historic Climate Fluctuations
“A summerish January, a winterish spring.” This quote by David Ludlum aptly describes the precursor to a backward . . .
Watch Now »
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Senator Robert Stafford: A Work in Progress
Senator Robert Stafford (1913-2006), a native Vermonter and lifelong Republican, climbed the political ladder to hold . . .
Watch Now »
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Antebellum Women's History through the Journal of Phebe Orvis Eastman
This project is a social history of early 19th-century rural women's lives as revealed through the journal of Phebe . . .
Watch Now »
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Vermont as a Civil Society: The Search for a Genetic Code
Dr. Frank Bryan will begin by defending an assertion: Vermont is unique, profoundly unique, in its status as a civil . . .
Watch Now »
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Marriage in New England: The Traditional Institution in Historical Perspective
The traditional institution in New England is examined from a historical perspective.
Watch Now »
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Vermont at the Start of the 21st Century
2000 Annual Meeting with Chris Graff presenting comments on VT as we enter the 21st Century.
Watch Now »
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Refugees and Transportation Equity in Vermont
Issues of equity and access in transportation have long been recognized as central to those concerned with . . .
Watch Now »
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War and Social Transformation in the Champlain-Hudson Borderland, 1609-1816
The near-concurrent exploratory missions of Samuel de Champlain and Henry Hudson in 1609 signaled the opening of an . . .
Watch Now »
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A Party in the Woods: Sugaring, Community, and Celebration under a Changing Sky
Speaker John Elder, Professor of English and American Literatures and Environmental Studies at Middlebury College, . . .
Watch Now »
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Carceral Landscapes, Invisible Laborers: Mexican Farmhands in Vermont Dairy Agriculture
The iconic Vermont landscape of red barns, white churches, and rolling hills and fields is one we love and think we . . .
Watch Now »
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Forgotten Founder: The Life and Times of Moses Robinson (1741-1813), Vermont Pioneer, Revolutionary
Few of Vermont's early founders were more important to the formation of the state than was Moses Robinson, yet his . . .
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A Grain of Salt: Slavery in Vermont's Colonial and Early Statehood Eras
Vermont is celebrated for its 1777 constitutional abolition of adult slavery. Subsequent state legislation outlawed . . .
Watch Now »
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Journey's End: Destination of a Dream
Jane Beck, Director Emeritus of the Vermont Folklife Center, discusses writing the narrative of Alec Turner's journey . . .
Watch Now »
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Transportation Efficiency: Reducing the Carbon and Economic Costs of Automobility in Vermont
Transportation systems provide the mobility to travel when we want and where we want. For many of us, particularly in . . .
Watch Now »
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Presence of New France in the Champlain Valley, The: 1609 - 1759
The French exploration of Lake Champlain in 1609 led to a century and a half of trade, warfare, and, in the twilight . . .
Watch Now »
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Somali Bantu Music in Vermont
This seminar presents the first known study of Somali Bantu music culture in relocation here in the U.S. The research . . .
Watch Now »
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Vermont and Presidential Politics: A Two-Century Journey
In 1792, Vermont had eight electoral votes—two each for its first four electors. In 2008, 216 years later, as the . . .
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The Politics of Court Appointments: Does it Matter Who is Governor for the Vermont Supreme Court?
Unlike the United States Supreme Court, which is the subject of intense scrutiny, we see relatively little analysis of . . .
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Art, Identity, and Community Cohesion: Public Folklore and Refugee Arts in Vermont
For the past four years the Vermont Folklife Center (VFC) has focused its research program on ethnographic fieldwork . . .
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Lake Champlain: Bringing History Home--Annual Meeting Presentation 2008
The Champlain Valley of Vermont, New York, and Quebec has been a multicultural landscape for thousands of years: the . . .
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The Taste of Maple Syrup: Past, Present, and Future
Maple syrup makes the Green Mountains edible. When we pour this thick, sweet liquid over our pancakes, we are bringing . . .
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Buffalo Soldier Contributions: 10th Cavalry Regiment, U.S. Army
From 1909 to 1913 the 10th Cavalry Regiment, made up of African American enlisted men and white officers, was . . .
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Balancing Power: Vermont Government on the Scales
The Vermont Constitution established three distinct branches of government and endows them with clear responsibilities . . .
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African Americans in Addison County, Charlotte, and Hinesburg, 1790-1860
Why were there so few African Americans in nineteenth-century Vermont? This is a question asked many times a season at . . .
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Eighty Years Later: Vermont's 1927 Flood Reconsidered
In this research seminar, historians Deborah Clifford and Nicholas Clifford consider two aspects of the history of the . . .
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Vermont Diplomat, Global Struggle: Warren Austin and the UN Permanent Headquarters Debate, 1945-46
This talk by Long Island University History Professor Neal Rosendorf provides an overview of the 1945-46 controversy . . .
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Fort St. Anne: Archaeology and Memory of Vermont's Earliest European Occupation Site
Fort St. Anne, on Isle La Motte, dates to the earliest European occupation of Vermont and represents one of the most . . .
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The Grafton Conference: A History of Advancing Policy Conversation in Vermont, 1984 - 2007
In the 1980s, the Windham Foundation realized that there was no statewide vehicle to address public policy issues that . . .
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A Sense of Place: A Native Vermont Editor's Point of View
Tom Slayton is editor emeritus of "Vermont Life Magazine." In this talk, using specific examples from Vermont, he will . . .
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Natural Philosophy at the University of Vermont in the Early Years
In 1807, when the university of Vermont had only one faculty member in addition to the president, a major purchase of . . .
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The Moccasin Village Project
The French-Indian people in Chittenden County lived in small neighborhood communities identified by names known only . . .
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Vermont's Ticking Time Bomb: The Economic and Fiscal Implications of Demographic Change
The age structure of Vermont is predicted to change dramatically over the next 25 years. The state is aging more . . .
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Connected or Out of the Loop: An Update on Vermont's Digital Divide
Broadband access is commonly recognized as an essential tool for community and economic development in the Information . . .
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The Vermont in Mississippi Project
This panel discussion about the Vermont in Mississippi Project, which helped build and run a community center in . . .
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Work of National Importance: Conscientious Objectors in Civilian Service in Vermont
Civilian Public Service was a collaborative effort of the Selective Service System and the traditional peace churches . . .
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Vermont's Two-Year Term: Anachronism or a Bastion of Democracy?
Vermont is one of only two states that still have a two-year governor's term. Is Vermont best served today by having . . .
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Counting Sheep and Other Critters: Land Use, Soil Fertility and Population in Post Civil-War Vermont
The history of late 19th-century Vermont has traditionally told a story of emigration, rural depopulation, and . . .
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Peering Across the Waveline: The Challenge of Studying Uphill Vermonters
Residents of Vermont have a special affection for their state, and they take great pride in being labeled . . .
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Gone But Not Forgotten: The Jericho Cemetery Project
This illustrated talk by archaeologist and historian Scott A. McLaughlin presents the history of the Jericho Center . . .
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The Centennial of the Societa di Mutuo Soccorso of Barre
Barre's Societa di Mutuo Soccorso (The Mutuo), which is observing its centennial in 2006, originally emulated a parent . . .
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A Therapeutic Taskscape: The Relationship Between Troubled Youth, Wilderness Therapy, and a Vermont Landscape
The goal of wilderness therapy programs for 'troubled' youth is to make young people into productive, law-abiding . . .
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Thirty Years of Vermont Archaeology: A Journey of Discovery
An explosion of archaeological discoveries in the last 30 years reveals remarkable, unwritten chapters of 500 . . .
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Stone Houses on the Champlain-Richelieu Borderlands
Dr. John Duffy examines stone buildings of the 19th century, such as those found in the Champlain-Richelieu . . .
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Ancient Knowledge, Modern Synthesis: Local and Global Roots of Herbalism in Vermont
Vermont today is a significant center in the ongoing evolution of herbalism in North America. Ethnobotanist Kit . . .
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Exiled From the World: Charlie Dubois's Three Years of Civil War Service
Professor Michael Stanton discusses the memoir of Peacham, VT, Civil War veteran Charles Dubois, which contradicts . . .
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What a Verdant Landscape Can Conceal: The Experience and Historical Memory of Arabic-Speaking Immigrants in Vermont
In walking through a Vermont graveyard, one hardly expects to see Arabic lettering marking polished granite stones; . . .
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Planning for Power: Citizen Participation in the Siting of a High-Voltage Transmission Line in Vermont
Concerns about the cost, availability, and environmental impacts of the generation and distribution of electricity . . .
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Irish Immigration and Vermont Industry in the Nineteenth Century: A Few Episodes
Irish immigrants contributed mightily to building the state of Vermont in the 19th century. They played an important . . .
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The Meaning of the Mountains: Vermont Contemplates New Deal Conservation
During the tumultuous decade of the 1930s, Vermonters were faced with a full spectrum of federal plans for preserving . . .
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What New York Owes Vermont: A Debate
In 1791, when New York was all that stood in the way of Vermont becoming a state, New York demanded - and got - . . .
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Brandon Keeps Faith with Her Fallen Heroes: Civil War Memory in a Vermont Town
Brandon, VT, dedicated its Civil War monument on Memorial Day in 1886, 25 years after the town's first volunteers . . .
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Burlington's War of 1812 Soldiers' Burial Grounds
During the War of 1812, the village of Burlington, VT, served as a supply depot, campground, and major hospital site . . .
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Forging Community-Based Sustainable Enterprises
Jacob Park, asst. Prof. at Green Mountain College, puts the concept of a community-based "sustainable enterprise" into . . .
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Pre-Famine Irish in Vermont
As part of his research on the Vermont Irish, Vincent Feeney has investigated the surprisingly large numbers of . . .
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Defensive Archaeology and the Politics of Wabanaki Prehistory
Archaeological data are intrinsically political in that they deal with cultural continuity, identity, and . . .
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Reflections - A Vermonter Looks Back: CRT Annual Meeting 2005
The annual meeting presentation of the Center for Research on Vermont features former Chief Justice of the Vermont . . .
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After the Cow: Dairy Processing in Chittenden County
Vermont began its transition to being a dairy state in the 1840s and has remained one ever since. However, dairying is . . .
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We Are Coming Father Abra'am: Writing A History Of The 9th VT Regiment In The Civil War
When the 9th Vermont Regiment marched down Broadway in New York City in July 1862, the local press proclaimed it as . . .
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Treasure Hunting for Historical Weather Records in VT: CDMP Project--Climate Database Modernization
Understanding climate variability is one of the tasks facing climatologists in their quest to identify patterns and . . .
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A View from Down Under: A Progress Report on the Underground Archaeological Status of Lake Champlain
Art Cohn, Executive Director of the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, shows slides and discusses the state of . . .
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Truth or Dare: An Historian Writes Fiction About Abortion Issues
A young Burlington woman died on a chilly September night in 1830 one week after having an abortion. The inquest that . . .
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Let's Declare Victory and Get Out!: Vermont Senator George D. Aiken and the Vietnam War
The war in Vietnam, which lasted at least 25 years, had a huge impact on the psyche of the nation and has informed . . .
Watch Now » -
Prisoner Integration: Involving the Community -- A Vermont Story
With more than 2 million people in prison, the US has the highest incarceration rate in the industrialized world. How . . .
Watch Now » -
French Connections : Franconnexions Panel 3: The Future
A conference highlighting the historical, cultural and economic contributions of French Canadians from Québec into . . .
Watch Now » -
French Connections : Franconnexions Panel 2: The Present
A conference highlighting the historical, cultural and economic contributions of French Canadians from Québec into . . .
Watch Now » -
French Connections : Franconnexions Panel 1: The Past
A conference highlighting the historical, cultural and economic contributions of French Canadians from Québec into . . .
Watch Now » -
The Children's Crusade: How Patrick Leahy's 1974 Election Changed Modern Campaigns in Vermont
Phil Baruth focuses on Patrick Leahy's stunning underdog election to the Senate in 1974. It is a story that no one has . . .
Watch Now » -
Benedict Arnold's Legacy: Tales from Lake Champlain
Art Cohn describes the pivotal 1776 naval contest between Great Britain, at the time the greatest Naval power on . . .
Watch Now » -
Opiate Use in Vermont: The Present Reflects the Past
Vermont had a raging problem with the abuse of opium, morphine, and heroin by the end of the nineteenth century. This . . .
Watch Now » -
Daisy Turner’s Kin: An African American Family Saga
Daisy Turner (1883-1988) born in Grafton, Vermont, daughter of slaves, grew up listening to her father, Alec . . .
Watch Now » -
2015 Center For Research on Vermont Annual Meeting
The 2015 Center for Research on Vermont Annual meeting includes dinner, Center updates and presentations of the . . .
Watch Now » -
The Vermont Difference: Perspectives from the Green Mountain State
Center for Research on Vermont members J. Kevin Graffagnino, Nicholas Muller and David Donath and former long-time . . .
Watch Now » -
Teens, Technology, and Transportation
In the face of increasing sprawl and car-dependence in US metropolitan areas, young people – especially teens in . . .
Watch Now » -
Improving Health Outcomes: The Use of Vermont Medical Data to Improve Health Care Decision-Making
Vermont has been a pioneer in healthcare reforms and has been one of the first states to adopt an all payer, all . . .
Watch Now » -
How Do We Prevent High-Risk Offenders From Returning To Crime? Vermont's Innovative Restorative Reintegration Strategy
Vermont has been a leader in restorative justice since the 1990s and is one of a few states that have embraced the . . .
Watch Now » -
Eating Far From Home: Migrant Foodways in Vermont
Pablo Bose and Teresa Mares speak about their research on food and migration in Vermont, particularly their . . .
Watch Now » -
Exploring the 14th - 16th Centuries of Native Settlement in the Champlain Valley
Archaeologist John Crock, Director of the University of Vermont Consulting Archaeology Program, talks about recent . . .
Watch Now » -
The Future of Vermont's Working Landscapes
The history and current trendlines around Vermont's Working Landscapedocument that the enterprises that have been the . . .
Watch Now » -
Working Men’s Measures: Vermont Mechanics' Culture and the Constructions of Wage-Earning Masculinity in the Age of Jackson, 1815 – 1850
Beginning in the late 1820s Working Men's Associations emerged in Vermont as part of a larger national reform . . .
Watch Now » -
Environmental Catastrophe, or the Catastrophe of the Environment?
When pondering the subject of ecological catastrophe, it seems we often think in terms of catastrophe to the . . .
Watch Now » -
Imagining Vermont: Process and Results of The Council on the Future of Vermont
Community, Environment, Hard Work, Independence, Privacy, Small Scale – these are the identified common values of . . .
Watch Now » -
The Tour Buses Don't Stop Here Any More: Social, Economic, and Environmental Changes in Small Vermont
Rural Vermont towns have a strong sense of community as well as a beloved sense of place. However, these values exist . . .
Watch Now » -
Counting Vermont in the 21st Century: The 2010 Census and the Changes Being Made to the Data on Our State and Communities
In April 2010, every person and housing unit in Vermont will be counted by the United States Census Bureau. The . . .
Watch Now » -
2013 Annual Awards Dinner
Center for Research on Vermont annual awards dinner and ceremony
Watch Now » -
Music from the (NE) Kingdom
Alan Greenleaf performs and discusses his original music which is inspired by life on his Northern Vermont farm, and . . .
Watch Now » -
Culture Clash: Acknowledging Where Vermonters Don't See Eye to Eye
Annual meeting keynote by Jane Lindholm.
Watch Now » -
Thunder in the Wings: Professional Boxing in Vermont, 1934-1935
Professional Boxing in Vermont, 1934-1935, presented by Robert Winkler
Watch Now » -
Election 2012: Its Impact on Vermont and Vermonters
Eric Davis, Professor of Political Science, retired, Middlebury College, veteran journalist Hamilton Davis, and . . .
Watch Now » -
Of Wheelmen, The New Woman, and Good Roads: Historical Perspectives on Bicycling in Burlington, 1880-1920
Dr Vivanco will present his research on bicycle travel in Vermont from 1880-1920. co-sponsored by the Center of the . . .
Watch Now » -
Major Valentine's Swedes
In 1890, Vermont's Commissioner of Agricultural and Manufacturing Interests, Alonzo B. Valentine, launched a program . . .
Watch Now » -
The Road North: Going Back to the Land in the 1930s
History professor Dona Brown, Ph.D., presents the keynote lecture at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Center for . . .
Watch Now » -
Digitizing Historical Vermont Films: New Life for Old Films
The Vermont Historical Society embarked recently on a project to move old films onto DVDs, digitizing them for use by . . .
Watch Now » -
The Road Not Taken: The Green Mountain Parkway Decision as a 'Tipping Point' in Vermont History
Frank Bryan, the John G. McCullough Professor of Political Science, presents findings related to his study of . . .
Watch Now » -
An Analysis of Vermont Food Systems
Glenn McRae, Ph.D. will lead this panel discussion of Food Systems research with a focus on the implementation of . . .
Watch Now » -
Vermont By the Numbers: Census 2010
Discussion of the latest data coming out of the Census Bureau and what it says about our great State of Vermont with . . .
Watch Now » -
Rootless in Vermont
The sense of place derived from living on or near working landscapes, skiing on local hills, swimming in nearby lakes . . .
Watch Now » -
Freedom & Unity: The Vermont Movie
FREEDOM AND UNITY: THE VERMONT MOVIE: A collaborative film involving over 20 Vermont filmmakers that explores the . . .
Watch Now » -
Sustaining Sustainable Enterprises in the New Decade: Vermont's Next Generation of Business Leaders
How will Vermont manage the difficult challenges that lie ahead in the coming decade? What role should businesses play . . .
Watch Now » -
Smart Grid 101: What Does it Mean for Vermont?
Smart Grid is coming to Vermont. Do you know what it is and how it will impact our state? Potentially, Smart Grid will . . .
Watch Now » -
9,000 Years of Life Under the Bridge: The Archaeology of Chimney Point
The University of Vermont Consulting Archaeology Program recently completed excavations at Chimney Point as part of . . .
Watch Now » -
Backward Seasons, Droughts, Maple Sugaring, and Other Indicators of Historic Climate Fluctuations
“A summerish January, a winterish spring.” This quote by David Ludlum aptly describes the precursor to a backward . . .
Watch Now » -
Senator Robert Stafford: A Work in Progress
Senator Robert Stafford (1913-2006), a native Vermonter and lifelong Republican, climbed the political ladder to hold . . .
Watch Now » -
Antebellum Women's History through the Journal of Phebe Orvis Eastman
This project is a social history of early 19th-century rural women's lives as revealed through the journal of Phebe . . .
Watch Now » -
Vermont as a Civil Society: The Search for a Genetic Code
Dr. Frank Bryan will begin by defending an assertion: Vermont is unique, profoundly unique, in its status as a civil . . .
Watch Now » -
Marriage in New England: The Traditional Institution in Historical Perspective
The traditional institution in New England is examined from a historical perspective.
Watch Now » -
Vermont at the Start of the 21st Century
2000 Annual Meeting with Chris Graff presenting comments on VT as we enter the 21st Century.
Watch Now » -
Refugees and Transportation Equity in Vermont
Issues of equity and access in transportation have long been recognized as central to those concerned with . . .
Watch Now » -
War and Social Transformation in the Champlain-Hudson Borderland, 1609-1816
The near-concurrent exploratory missions of Samuel de Champlain and Henry Hudson in 1609 signaled the opening of an . . .
Watch Now » -
A Party in the Woods: Sugaring, Community, and Celebration under a Changing Sky
Speaker John Elder, Professor of English and American Literatures and Environmental Studies at Middlebury College, . . .
Watch Now » -
Carceral Landscapes, Invisible Laborers: Mexican Farmhands in Vermont Dairy Agriculture
The iconic Vermont landscape of red barns, white churches, and rolling hills and fields is one we love and think we . . .
Watch Now » -
Forgotten Founder: The Life and Times of Moses Robinson (1741-1813), Vermont Pioneer, Revolutionary
Few of Vermont's early founders were more important to the formation of the state than was Moses Robinson, yet his . . .
Watch Now » -
A Grain of Salt: Slavery in Vermont's Colonial and Early Statehood Eras
Vermont is celebrated for its 1777 constitutional abolition of adult slavery. Subsequent state legislation outlawed . . .
Watch Now » -
Journey's End: Destination of a Dream
Jane Beck, Director Emeritus of the Vermont Folklife Center, discusses writing the narrative of Alec Turner's journey . . .
Watch Now » -
Transportation Efficiency: Reducing the Carbon and Economic Costs of Automobility in Vermont
Transportation systems provide the mobility to travel when we want and where we want. For many of us, particularly in . . .
Watch Now » -
Presence of New France in the Champlain Valley, The: 1609 - 1759
The French exploration of Lake Champlain in 1609 led to a century and a half of trade, warfare, and, in the twilight . . .
Watch Now » -
Somali Bantu Music in Vermont
This seminar presents the first known study of Somali Bantu music culture in relocation here in the U.S. The research . . .
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Art, Identity, and Community Cohesion: Public Folklore and Refugee Arts in Vermont
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Lake Champlain: Bringing History Home--Annual Meeting Presentation 2008
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The Taste of Maple Syrup: Past, Present, and Future
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Balancing Power: Vermont Government on the Scales
The Vermont Constitution established three distinct branches of government and endows them with clear responsibilities . . .
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African Americans in Addison County, Charlotte, and Hinesburg, 1790-1860
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Eighty Years Later: Vermont's 1927 Flood Reconsidered
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Vermont Diplomat, Global Struggle: Warren Austin and the UN Permanent Headquarters Debate, 1945-46
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Fort St. Anne: Archaeology and Memory of Vermont's Earliest European Occupation Site
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The Grafton Conference: A History of Advancing Policy Conversation in Vermont, 1984 - 2007
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A Sense of Place: A Native Vermont Editor's Point of View
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Natural Philosophy at the University of Vermont in the Early Years
In 1807, when the university of Vermont had only one faculty member in addition to the president, a major purchase of . . .
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The Moccasin Village Project
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Vermont's Ticking Time Bomb: The Economic and Fiscal Implications of Demographic Change
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Connected or Out of the Loop: An Update on Vermont's Digital Divide
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The Vermont in Mississippi Project
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Work of National Importance: Conscientious Objectors in Civilian Service in Vermont
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Vermont's Two-Year Term: Anachronism or a Bastion of Democracy?
Vermont is one of only two states that still have a two-year governor's term. Is Vermont best served today by having . . .
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Counting Sheep and Other Critters: Land Use, Soil Fertility and Population in Post Civil-War Vermont
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Peering Across the Waveline: The Challenge of Studying Uphill Vermonters
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Gone But Not Forgotten: The Jericho Cemetery Project
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The Centennial of the Societa di Mutuo Soccorso of Barre
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A Therapeutic Taskscape: The Relationship Between Troubled Youth, Wilderness Therapy, and a Vermont Landscape
The goal of wilderness therapy programs for 'troubled' youth is to make young people into productive, law-abiding . . .
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Thirty Years of Vermont Archaeology: A Journey of Discovery
An explosion of archaeological discoveries in the last 30 years reveals remarkable, unwritten chapters of 500 . . .
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Stone Houses on the Champlain-Richelieu Borderlands
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Ancient Knowledge, Modern Synthesis: Local and Global Roots of Herbalism in Vermont
Vermont today is a significant center in the ongoing evolution of herbalism in North America. Ethnobotanist Kit . . .
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Exiled From the World: Charlie Dubois's Three Years of Civil War Service
Professor Michael Stanton discusses the memoir of Peacham, VT, Civil War veteran Charles Dubois, which contradicts . . .
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What a Verdant Landscape Can Conceal: The Experience and Historical Memory of Arabic-Speaking Immigrants in Vermont
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Planning for Power: Citizen Participation in the Siting of a High-Voltage Transmission Line in Vermont
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Irish Immigration and Vermont Industry in the Nineteenth Century: A Few Episodes
Irish immigrants contributed mightily to building the state of Vermont in the 19th century. They played an important . . .
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The Meaning of the Mountains: Vermont Contemplates New Deal Conservation
During the tumultuous decade of the 1930s, Vermonters were faced with a full spectrum of federal plans for preserving . . .
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What New York Owes Vermont: A Debate
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Brandon Keeps Faith with Her Fallen Heroes: Civil War Memory in a Vermont Town
Brandon, VT, dedicated its Civil War monument on Memorial Day in 1886, 25 years after the town's first volunteers . . .
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Burlington's War of 1812 Soldiers' Burial Grounds
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Forging Community-Based Sustainable Enterprises
Jacob Park, asst. Prof. at Green Mountain College, puts the concept of a community-based "sustainable enterprise" into . . .
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As part of his research on the Vermont Irish, Vincent Feeney has investigated the surprisingly large numbers of . . .
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Defensive Archaeology and the Politics of Wabanaki Prehistory
Archaeological data are intrinsically political in that they deal with cultural continuity, identity, and . . .
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Reflections - A Vermonter Looks Back: CRT Annual Meeting 2005
The annual meeting presentation of the Center for Research on Vermont features former Chief Justice of the Vermont . . .
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After the Cow: Dairy Processing in Chittenden County
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We Are Coming Father Abra'am: Writing A History Of The 9th VT Regiment In The Civil War
When the 9th Vermont Regiment marched down Broadway in New York City in July 1862, the local press proclaimed it as . . .
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Treasure Hunting for Historical Weather Records in VT: CDMP Project--Climate Database Modernization
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A View from Down Under: A Progress Report on the Underground Archaeological Status of Lake Champlain
Art Cohn, Executive Director of the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, shows slides and discusses the state of . . .
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Truth or Dare: An Historian Writes Fiction About Abortion Issues
A young Burlington woman died on a chilly September night in 1830 one week after having an abortion. The inquest that . . .
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