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Resources for Preliminary Research on Manchester, Vermont:


Books

Bigelow, Edwin, and Nancy H. Otis. Manchester, Vermont: A Pleasant Land Among the Mountains, 1761-1961. Manchester: The Town of Manchester, 1961.

Bixby, William. The Visitor’s Guide to Manchester. Woodstock: The Countrymen Press, 1985.

Child, Hamilton. Gazetteer and Business Directory of Chittenden County, Vermont for 1882‐1883. Syracuse: Journal Office, 1882.

Coy, L.D. Personal Recollections of L.D. Coy. Manchester: Manchester Journal Press, 1897.

Hemenway, Abby Maria. The Vermont Historical Gazeteer: A Magazine Embracing a History of Each Town. Burlington: Miss A. M. Hemenway, 1868.

Munson, Loveland. The Early History of Manchester: An Address. Manchester: Journal Print, 1876.

Thompson, Zadock. A Gazetteer of the State of Vermont; Containing A Brief General View of the State, a Historical and Topographical Description of All the Counties, Towns, Rivers, & etc. Montpelier: E.P. Walton, 1824.


Images


Maple sugaring image courtesy Vermont Landscape Change Program .


Maps


F.W. Beers. Atlas of Bennington County, Vermont, 1869.

C.B. Peckham and H.F. Walling.  Map of Bennington County, Vermont, 1856.

H. Eggleston. Equinox House Driving Map: Manchester in the Mountains, Vermont, 1901.

United States Geological Survey. Equinox Quadrangle, 1900 (reprinted 1912).

United States Geological Survey. Mettawee, NY-VT Quadrangle, 1903.

Vermont Atlas and Gazetteer
. Published by DeLorme, 2007.


Miscellaneous

Agricultural Resources of Vermont.
National Register of Historic Places Form, United States Department of the Interior, 1991.

Farm Census for the Towns in Vermont Based on the Bureau of the Census unpublished data, Jan. 1, 1945/ University of Vermont and State Agricultural College Cooperative Agricultural Extension Service. Burlington: The Service, 1946.

U.S. Bureau of the Census.  Agricultural Census; 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880.

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This preliminary research about barns and farm buildings in thirteen Vermont towns is offered as a public service to assist local volunteers with their efforts to learn more about the agricultural heritage of these communities. It is hoped that additional information on the history and features of these barns will be submitted by volunteers through the Vermont Barn Census project. The historical research and preliminary field documentation was conducted during the fall 2009 semester by Meghan Bezio, a graduate student enrolled in the Researching Historic Structures and Sites course at University of Vermont Historic Preservation Program with the assistance of local volunteers as part of the Vermont Barn Census, a statewide project of the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation, the University of Vermont Historic Preservation Program, Historic Windsor’s Preservation Education Institute, Save Vermont Barns, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board, and the Preservation Trust of Vermont. Funding support provided in part by a Preserve America grant through the National Park Service to the State of Vermont Division for Historic Preservation.