Joseph Cleveland Carter papers, 1918-1985 bulk: ca. 1950-1985.

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Joseph Cleveland Carter papers, 1918-1985 bulk: ca. 1950-1985.

The collection contains personal, career, and literary papers of Joseph C. Carter, consisting mainly of biographical materials, correspondence, news clippings, and published works by Joseph Carter and his wife, Ruth Alice Burroughs Carter. In addition, there is a history section relating to research done by Mr. Carter on the famous Allen family of Vermont, especially Ethan and his brothers Heman, Heber, and Ira.

1.5 linear feet.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8208593

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Allen, Ethan, 1738-1789

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Ethan Allen (1738-1789), Revolutionary War officer and Vermont leader, achieved a place in history by capturing Fort Ticonderoga in 1775. He championed Vermont's drive for statehood. Ethan Allen was a distinct type of frontier soldier. His influence on the settlers of Vermont was comparable to that of John Sevier on the inhabitants of Watauga, East Tennessee, and of Thomas Sumter on the up-country men of South Carolina. Frontier people possessed clan-like loyalties, and they looked to strong men...

Allen, Ira, 1751-1814

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Ira Allen was born in Cornwall, Connecticut on April 21, 1751, the sixth and youngest son of Joseph and Mary (Baker) Allen. Moving to Vermont around 1770, Allen entered into various land speculations and became a member of the Onion River Land Company with his brothers Heman, Zimri, and Ethan and his cousin Remember Baker. During the Revolution he was a member of the Green Mountain Boys and he played important roles in the Canadian Campaign of 1775-1776 and in the recapturing of Fort ...

University of Vermont

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Syracuse university

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Syracuse University was involved with the Chautauqua Institution in providing a program of continuing education during the summer in undergraduate as well as graduate fields. From the description of University College, Chautauqua Center records, 1953-1969. 1953-1969. (Syracuse University). WorldCat record id: 122528964 [pending] From the guide to the New York State Publishing and Printing Collection, circa 1800-1950, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse...

Bradford Academy (Bradford, Vt.)

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Temple University

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In 1961, Temple University awarded Carl Zigrosser an honorary Doctorate of Letters. From the description of Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1961. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155899492 ...

Black River Academy (Ludlow, Vt.)

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Allen family.

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Spaulding High School (Barre, Vt.)

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Allen, Heman, 1740-1778.

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Carter, Ruth A.

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Ruth Alice Burroughs was born on January 11, 1909 to Ira Elbert and Sadie May (Congdon) Burroughs of Charlotte, Vermont. She was descended from Ethan and Ira Allen's uncle, Samuel Allen "III" (1706-1755?) of Northampton, Mass. through their descendant, Submit Allen (1813-1885), who married Stephen M. Burroughs. On June 28, 1935, Ruth married Joseph Cleveland Carter (1908-1995) of Corinth, Vermont, son of Karl Eben Carter and Georgia Amelia Cleveland of Corinth. She had graduated fro...

Carter, Joseph Coleman

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Joseph Carter is professor emeritus of Temple University in Philadelphia. His primary subject, George Williams, was one of the founders of the White-Williams Foundation. Williams (1766-1850), a Quaker, together with Bishop William White established the foundation in 1800, originally as the successor to the Magdalen Society which assisted girls who had not followed society's norms and needed a home and employment. The Foundation later provided scholarships to needy, academically-gifted boys and g...

Allen, Heman, 1779-1852

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Allen, Heber, 1743-1782.

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