Jody Williams

Jody Williams

Nobel Laureate Jody Williams Who is Jody Williams? Jody Williams was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997 for founding and leading the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, an unprecedented cooperative effort that brought governments, United Nations bodies, the...

History Bits

History Bits

1958 Vermont’s oldest bank and its largest commercial bank merged to become the Vermont National and Savings Bank. The banks which merged were the Vermont Savings Bank, the oldest savings bank which was organized in 1846, and the Vermont Peoples National Bank of...

Indigenous Sites

Indigenous Sites

Since long before the advent of writing, right here in the Connecticut River Valley there have lived a people known as the Sokoki Abenaki (or, translated into English from the original Sokwakiak, “The People Who Separated”).

They are the original people of this place, and they are still here. Their native tongue, Aln8ba8dwaw8gan—the Western Abenaki language—is still extant, but greatly endangered.

How to Research Your House

The question most frequently asked of librarians is, of course, where is the bathroom? The question we are most frequently asked is, what is the history of my house.  This handy guide can help you navigate the journey of home history discovery.Still Need Some Help?...

Snow removal equipment changes over time

ExhibitBy WAYNE CARHART In New England when people lived mostly on farms, snow removal was limited to clearing a path from the house to the barn Ñ if the two buildings were not connected by a series of sheds, as they often were. Most of the occupantÕsneeds were met...