Secretary of State

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Vermont State Archives

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Agencies and Departments:

• Agriculture(Dept. of), Commissioner Paul A. Stone records, 1985-1986.
• Agriculture(Dept. of)
• Education (Dept. of)
• Environmental Conservation (Dept. of)
• Fish and Wildlife (Dept. of)
• Forest, Parks and Recreation (Dept. of)
• Historic Preservation (Division for), 1965-1987.
• Public Safety (Dept. of) Photographs
• Tourism and Marketing(Dept. of)
• Transportation (Agency of)
• Vermont Life

Boards and Commissions:

• Board of Elections, 1974-1977.
• Commission to Investigate Indian Claims, 1951-1953.
• Governor's Commission on the Status of Women, 1964-1965, 1969-1985.
• Lake Champlain Bridge Commission, 1920-1987.
• Little Hoover Commission, 1957-1958.
• Special Commission on Public School Governance, 1987.
• State Recreation Board/State Recreation Commission, 1940-1948.
• Vermont Aeronautics Board/Vermont Aeronautics Commission, ca. 1936-1960's.
• Vermont Bicentennial Commission, 1969-1979.
• Vermont Commission on Democracy, 1992-1994.
• Vermont Statehood Bicentennial Commission, 1986-1992.

Corporations:

• Certificates of Increase (1 vol.), 1910-1915.
• Change of Name and Domicile (1 vol.), 1911-1915.
• Increase, Reduction, Change of Name (1 vol.), 1899-1910.
• Insurance Companies (1 vol.), 1915-1955.
• Insurance Corporations and Companies: Receipts of the Vermont Insurance Dept. (1 vol.), 1897-1899.
• Record of Corporation Certificates Taxation (2 vol.) , 1931-1947.
• Records of the Formation of Corporations (32 vol.), 1892-1958.
• Records of the Formation of School Districts (2 vol.), 1952-1970.
• Record of Incorporation of Independent Local Churches (1 vol.), 1889-1893.
• Records Relating to Railroad Companies (12 vol.), 1901-1976.
• Records of Trademarks & Tradenames (20 vol.), 1899-[1970].
• Registration of Trading Stamp Companies, 1971-1978.
• Sand Bar Bridge Company, 1847-1907.

Election Records:

• Campaign Finance, 1916-present.
• Campaign Material, [1863] to present.
• Election Material, 1912-1986.
• Election Returns and Canvasses of Votes, 1804-present.
• Nominations, 1892-1976.
• Political Action Committees, 1978-present.
• Political Parties, 1904-1993.
• Reapportionment, 1962-1994.
• State Referenda, 1847-1976.
• Town Meeting Material, 1954-1991.

Governors:

• George D. Aiken, 1937-1941.
• Harold J. Arthur, 1950-1951.
• Franklin S. Billings, 1925-1927.
• Thomas Chittenden, 1778-1789; 1790-1797.
• Percival W. Clement, 1919-1921.
• Deane C. Davis, 1969-1973.
• Paul Dillingham, 1865-1867.
• William P. Dillingham, 1888-1890.
• Lee E. Emerson, 1951-1955.
• Erastus Fairbanks, 1852-1853, 1860-1861.
• Horace Fairbanks, 1876-1878.
• Allen M. Fletcher, 1912-1915.
• Charles W. Gates, 1915-1917.
• Ernest W. Gibson, 1947-1950.
• Horace F. Graham, 1917-1919.
• Hiland Hall, 1858-1860.
• James Hartness, 1921-1923.
• Joseph P. Johnson, 1955-1959.
• F. Ray Keyser, Jr., 1961-1963.
• Madeleine M. Kunin, 1985-1991.
• John G. McCullough, 1902-1904.
• John A. Mead, 1910-1912.
• Ebenezer J. Ormsbee, 1886-1888.
• Carroll S. Page, 1890-1892.
• Asahel Peck, 1874-1876.
• Samuel E. Pingree, 1884-1886.
• Fletcher D. Proctor, 1906-1908.
• Mortimer R. Proctor, 1945-1947.
• Redfield Proctor, Jr.,1923-1925.
• George H. Prouty, 1908-1910.
• Thomas P. Salmon, 1973-1977.
• Charles M. Smith, 1935-1937.
• Edward C. Smith, 1898-1900.
• Robert T. Stafford, 1959-1961.
• William W. Stickney, 1900-1902.
• Richard A. Snelling, 1977-1985.
• Peter T. Washburn, 1869-1870.
• John E. Weeks, 1927-1931.
• William H. Wills, 1941-1945.
• Stanley C. Wilson, 1931-1935.
• Urban A. Woodbury, 1894-1896.

• Civil Affairs: Executive Department (1 vol.), 1848-1863.
• Executive Records (Proclamations, Appointments, etc.)1863-1991.
• Governor's Ledgers -- Civil War Accounts (2 vol.), 1861-1863; 1863-1865.
• Office of Policy Research and Coordination/State Planning Office, ca. 1935-1990.
• Record of the Appointment of Civil and Military Officers of the State of Vermont (1 vol.), 1800-1819.

Legislative Records:

• Acts and Resolves that failed, 1800-1838.
• Debentures of Members of the General Assembly(1 vol.), 1800-1835.
• Farmers Legislation Organization of VT, 1902-1965.
• House Bill Book (1 vol.), 1874.
• House Yeas and Nays (1 vol.), 1870.
• Joint Committee Reports, 1801-1858.
• Legislative Committee Minutes & Records of Action, 1917-1996.
• Legislative Council, 1985-1994.
• List of Joint Resolutions and Acts (1 vol.), 1898.
• Lobbyists & Employers, 1939-present.
• Montpelier Daily Journal, 1870-1904.
• Oaths of Office, 1854-present.
• Order of Women Legislators/Women's Legislative Caucus, 1921-1984.
• Original Acts and Resolves, 1800-present.
• Photographs, c. 1880-present.
• Record of House and Senate Bills: Executive Department (1 vol.), 1939-1941.
• Reports to the General Assembly, 1987-1994.
• Roll of the House (4 vol.), 1860, 1861, 1862, 1865.
• Sergeant-at-Arms Wallace Whitcomb, 1961-1967.
• Speaker of the House Stephan Morse, 1981-1984.
• State Representative Dora Geprags, ca. 1911-1988.
• State Representative Franklin "Red" Hooper Photographs, ca. 1939-1987
• State Representative Lyle Rice, 1966-1988.
• State Representative Edith Sanford, ca. 1933-1961.
• State Senator Sally Conrad, 1985-1992.
• State Senator John Finn, 1989-1993.
• Vermont Legislative Auxiliary/Loyal Legislative Wives, ca. 1969-1994.
• Vermont Women's Legislative Reunion, March 29th, 1995.

Manuscript Vermont State Papers:

• Volumes 1-7, Laws of Vermont, 1779-1799.
• Volumes 8-11, Orders on the Treasurer, 1778-1800.
• Volumes 12-16, Courts, 1778-1799.
• Volumes 17-20, Petitions, 1777-1799.
• Volumes 21-22, Petitions for Land, 1778-1799.
• Volume 23, Grand Lists, 1781-1793.
• Volume 24, Public Letters, 1781-1800.
• Volumes 25-26, Credentials of Members of the General Assembly, 1779-1799.
• Volume 27, Extents, ca. 1780's-1790's.
• Volumes 28-29, Constables' Certificates, 1784-1799.
• Volume 30, Resolutions of Assembly, 1778-1799.
• Volume 31, Committee Reports, 1778-1799.
• Volumes 32-33, Abatement of Taxes, 1781-1799.
• Volumes 34-36, Commissary Receipts, 1781-1782.
• Volume 37, Confiscations, 1777-1782.
• Volume 38, Miscellaneous, 1777-1799.
• Volume 39, Treasurers' Miscellany, 1777-1799.
• Volume 40, Wolf [and Panther] Certificates, 1778-1799.
• Volume 41, Debentures of Assembly and Council, 1778-1800.
• Volume 42, Bonds, 1778-1800.
• Volumes 43-65, Petitions, 1800-1838.
• Volume 66, State Houses of Vermont, 1808-1859.
• Volume 67, Officers' Reports, 1801-1836.
• Volumes 68-69, Resolutions, 1801-1850.
• Volume 70, Addresses, 1801-1828.
• Volume 71, Addresses, October 1825-October 1826.
• Volume 72, Depositions, 1808-1841.
• Volume 73, Claims Against the State, 1792-1877.
• Volume 74, Committee Reports, 1805-1824.
• Volume 75, Committee Reports, 1809-1852.
• Volume 76, Memoranda of Clerks of the General Assembly, 1808-1835.
• Volume 77, Grand Lists and County Nominations, 1805-1830.
• Volumes 78-79, Miscellaneous, 1800-1866.
• Volume 80, Turnpikes, 1800-1817.
• Volumes 81-82, Erastus Fairbanks' Correspondence, 1837-1861.
• Volume 83, Acts & Bills Dismissed, 1800-1814.
• Volume 84, Bonds (Banks, Supreme Court Clerks, etc.), 1801-1831.

• Volume 94, Secretary of State Correspondence, 1838-1849.
• Volume 95, Secretary of State Correspondence, 1855-1861.
• Federal Acts, 1791-1793.
• Grand Lists/General Lists, 1781-1868.
• Suffrage Petitions, 1904.
• Temperance Memorials, 1836.
• Town Lists of Insane, 1835.
• Town Lists of Paupers, 1829-1836.

Photographs & Films:

• Agriculture(Dept. of) Photographs, ca. 1920-1965.
• Attorney General Photographs, 1904-1947.
• Environmental Conservation (Dept. of) Films, 1960-1970's.
• Fish and Wildlife (Dept. of) Films, ca. 1932-1961.
• Forest, Parks and Recreation (Dept. of ) Films, ca. 1937-1945.
• Forest, Parks and Recreation (Dept. of) Photographs, ca. 1940's-1970's.
• Houston Photograph Collection, ca. 1920-1965.
• Legislative Photographs
• Public Safety (Dept. of) Photographs, 1947-
• State Representative Franklin "Red" Hooper Photographs, ca. 1939-1987.
• Transportation (Agency of) Photographs, ca. 1909-1969.
• Tourism and Marketing (Dept. of) Photographs,
• Tourism and Marketing(Dept. of) Films
• Vermont Aeronautics Board/Vermont Aeronautics Commission Photographs, ca. 1940's-1960's.

Public Buildings/State Property:

• Conveyances to the State of Vermont, 1909-1950.
• Deeds and Leases.
• Newport Customs House, Post Office and Court House, 1903-04, 1967-69.
• Record of Mining and Quarry Rights, 1895-1916.
• State House Grounds: Surveys, Plans, and Titles, 1913-1914.
• State House Inventory (by Sergeant at Arms), 1836-1856.
• State House Journals of Agreement, 1833-1835.
• State House Journals of Expenditures and Receipts, 1833-1836.
• State House Ledger (construction of 2nd State House), 1836-1838.
• State House Records (Vol. 66, Manuscript Vermont State Papers), 1808-1859.
• State House Research Files (State House Preservation Committee), 1857-1980.
• State House Roll of Hands, 1836-1837.
• Supreme Court/Library Building, 1915-1916.
• Windsor Prison, c. 1808.

Secretary of State:

• Howard E. Armstrong, 1945-1965.
• Harry H. Cooley, 1965-1969.
• Correspondence (Vol. 94 & 95, Manuscript Vermont State Papers), 1838-1849; 1855-1861.
• James H. Douglas, 1981-1993.
• James Guest, 1977-1981.
• Donald M. Hooper, 1993-1995.
• Richard C. Thomas, 1969-1977.

Stevens Collection (transcripts):

• Stevens Papers (vol. 1-3; 11), 1775-1777.
• Stevens Papers "A" (1 vol.), 1739-1775.
• Stevens Papers: Duane's Plea as to the Jurisdiction of New York (1 vol.), 1780.
• Stevens Papers: New York-Vermont Land Claims (1 vol.), 1797.
• Stevens Papers: Record of the Board of War (1 vol.), 1779-1781.
• Stevens Papers: Haldimand Negotiations (2 vol.), 1779-1783.
• Stevens Papers: Ethan Allen (1 vol.), 1770-1786.
• Stevens Papers: Evidence as to the Territorial Rights of New York (1 vol.), 1664-1774.
• Stevens Papers: Boundaries of New York (1 vol.), [1783].

Stevens Collection:

• Ethan Allen, 1753-1789.
• Heman Allen, 1772-1778.
• Heman Allen (of Milton), 1805-1848.
• Ira Allen, 1772-1809.
• Levi Allen, 1772-1801.
• Jonathan Arnold, 1781-1782.
• Jonathan Ashley, 1740-1760.
• Samuel Avery, 1748-1798.
• Benjamin Franklin Bailey, 1815-1830.
• Benjamin Bellows, 1778-1796.
• Paul Brigham, 1781-1820.
• Crean Brush, 1763-1775.
• Francis Childs, 1787-1815.
• Thomas Chittenden, 1778-1792.
• Court Records, 1716-1854.
• Adam Duncan, 1807-1815.
• Eliphalet Dyer, 1763-1782.
• James Fisk, 1797-1831.
• Zoroaster Fisk, 1826-1837.
• Timothy Follett, 1814-1852.
• French and Indian Wars, 1754-1766.
• Asa Fuller, 1788-1830.
• John Grout, 1766-1777.
• Silas Hathaway, 1789-1831.
• Jonathan Hatch Hubbard, 1802-1832.
• Samuel Hunt, 1769-1795.
• Samuel Hunt, Jr., 1790-1806.
• Archibald Hyde, 1813-1839.
• Stephen Jacob, 1788-1812.
• Silas Jenison, 1839-1848.
• Land Records, 1762-1833.
• Heman Lowry, 1826-1841.
• Massachusetts/New Hampshire Boundary Controversy Papers, 1773-1880.
• Merchant Ledger, 1773-1775.
• Miscellaneous, 1728-1862.
• Oatridge, Marindin and Richards Letters, 1779-1789.
• Oliver Partridge, 1733.
• Revolutionary War Papers, 1774-1788.
• Revolutionary War Payrolls, 1780.
• Philip Schuyler, 1773-1788.
• Walter Sheldon, 1805-1821.
• Lake Champlain Steamboat Ledger, 1852.
• Stevens Collection Supplement, 1760-1840.
• Henry Stevens, 1830-1853.
• Phineas Stevens, ca. 1780's.
• Samuel Stevens, 1770-1815.
• Ezra Stiles, Jr., 1779-1788.
• Isaac Tichenor, 1771-1833.
• U.S. Customs House Records, 1826-1845.
• Cornelius Peter Van Ness, 1819-1829.
• Vermont Legislative Records, 1778-1836.
• Vermont State Treasurers' Records, 1779-1815.
• Joseph Watson, 1806-1829.
• Artemas Wheeler, 1809-1824.
• John Wheelock, 1777-1802.
• Daniel Whipple, 1764-1783.
• Phineas White, 1801-1832.
• James Whitelaw, 1790-1828.
• Charles Kilborn Williams, 1826-1828.
• Israel and William Williams, 1736-1816.
• James Witherell, 1807-1808.

Surveys, Maps, Lotting Plans:

• John W. Chandler Records & Atlas (photostats).
• Land Papers of New York Pertaining to Vermont (1 vol., typescript), 1643-1803.
• Land Records (Stevens Collection), 1762-1833.
• Lotting Plans (originals and photostats).
• Massachusetts/New Hampshire Boundary Controversy Papers (Stevens Collection), 1773-1880.
• Nebraska Notch, 1993.
• New York Land Grants (photostats), 1688-1786.
• Orange/Washington County Line Survey, 1989.
• Perley's Gore, 1983-1985.
• Surveyors General Papers (54 vol.), ca 1762-1835.
• VT/NH Boundary Case, 1915-1936; 1983.
• VT/NY Boundary Lines, 1814, 1904, 1985.