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“Opening Day”

28 Thursday Mar 2019

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It’s a sure sign of spring when “opening day” comes to Major League baseball– the 2019 season gets underway today, …

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Augustus Washington, Class of 1843

22 Tuesday Jan 2019

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Augustus Washington was born in Trenton, NJ, c. 1820, the son of a freed slave from Virginia and an Asian …

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Helen Peabody, A Farmer’s Daughter

18 Tuesday Dec 2018

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Left: Helen Peabody, KUA class of 1844. Below Right: Helen Peabody, center row, third from left, with other Western College faculty. –Photographs …

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A Barefoot Boy in Homespun

07 Friday Dec 2018

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  Above Left: Principal Cyrus Smith Richards, KUA Class of 1831. Above Right: Cyrus and Helen Richards’ children scanned from a tintype: Charles, …

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A New Academy Building

16 Friday Nov 2018

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Above Left: The Second Academy (printed from KUA’s glass slides collection) was a small brick building built c. 1824 on the site of …

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A Grateful Academy

08 Thursday Nov 2018

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Left: As a young man of 22, Daniel Kimball, future founder of KUA, enlisted on February 8, 1776, as a soldier …

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Classes Begin on January 10, 1815

25 Thursday Oct 2018

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    Left: The first General Catalogue 1816-1880 includes the names of these four young women, class of 1816. Right: Otis Hutchins, a Dartmouth graduate, was …

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Laying the Foundation

23 Tuesday Oct 2018

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Left: This 1813 issue of the Charter for [Kimball] Union Academy notes Daniel Kimball’s gift of $6,000 and two acres of …

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New England Churchmen meet in Windsor, Vermont

16 Tuesday Oct 2018

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   Two members of the Council of New England Churchmen: (Left) The Honorable Charles Marsh of Woodstock, VT, who was elected the …

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Windsor, Vermont: Birthplace of Kimball Union Academy

11 Thursday Oct 2018

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Above Left: Rev. David Sutherland, a founding KUA trustee (1812-1820), shared his knowledge of seminaries in Scotland and England with the people of Piermont, …

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