CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON VERMONT SPRING SEMINAR SERIES

UVM programs play an important role in preserving, promoting and sharing Vermont’s cultural heritage.

• Fleming Museum

• Special Collections, Bailey/Howe Library

• Historic Preservation Program

• Consulting Archaeology Program

Cultural heritage…is the legacy of physical artifacts…and intangible attributes of a group or society that are inherited from past generations, maintained in the present, and bestowed for the benefit of future generations.

Cultural heritage includes:• tangible culture (such as buildings, monuments,

landscapes, books, works of art, and artifacts), • intangible culture (such as folklore, traditions,

language, and knowledge), and • natural heritage (including culturally significant

landscapes, and biodiversity).Source: Wikipedia

Cultural heritage presentations at first CRV conference included:

• William B. Pinney, on the Vermont Division of Historic Sites

• Tordis Isshelhardt, on the Park-McCullough House in North Bennington

• Charles T. Morrissey, Vermont Historical Society, with a plea to publish

“The program has contributed to and stimulated interested in Lake Champlain history.”

Project Director Samuel Hand