Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Public Interest Research Group (VPIRG) has donated approximately 50 banker boxes of organizational records to the University of Vermont' Silver Special Collections Library. This collection includes advocacy notes, campaign materials, publications, letters, research data, and mementos from Vermont’s largest nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy organization. To commemorate this important collection coming to UVM, VPIRG and the Special Collections Library will host a celebration and sneak peek at the collection at UVM on Wednesday, October 1 at 11 a.m.
Notable in the collection are VPIRG’s charter documents as a student group at UVM; the legal history of Randall v. Sorrell, the challenge to Vermont’s campaign finance law that went all the way to the United States Supreme; and history and artifacts from VPIRG’s decades-long efforts to protect the environment and promote clean energy.
On display at the celebration there will be items such as correspondence, meeting minutes, photographs, historical posters, and hand-written documents.
CELEBRATION DETAILS
WHAT: Celebration of the UVM Libraries’ latest acquisition of VPIRG records
WHEN: Wednesday, October 1; 11:00–11:30 a.m.
WHERE: Marsh Room, Billings Library, 48 University Place, Burlington, VT 05405
WHO:
- Bridget Burke, Director, Silver Special Collections Library
- Katie Erbe, President, VPIRG Club at UVM
- Paul Burns, Executive Director, VPIRG
- Leigh Seddon, former UVM student member of VPIRG
Guests include VPIRG Club at UVM members, VPIRG staff, UVM Archives staff, UVM students, and members of the media.
ABOUT UVM LIBRARIES SILVER SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
The Special Collections Library is one of three libraries under UVM Libraries and is open to the public. Silver Special Collections stewards and shares our collective story as Vermonters. The library provides access to materials relating to the history and culture of Vermont and holds the archives of the University.
ABOUT VPIRG
Founded in 1972 by UVM students, VPIRG is Vermont’s largest nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy organization. For over five decades, VPIRG has worked to protect the public interest and promote policies that strengthen democracy, safeguard the environment, and advance consumer rights.
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