Vermont history keeper calls it quits
Posted on May 28, 2012 |
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STATE ARCHIVIST GREGORY Sanford stands among the archival stacks that house 97,000 boxes of Vermont records. He is retiring in August after 30 years devoted to preserving and enabling access to Vermont's history and records.
VERMONT — Without Gregory Sanford, Vermont history just wouldn’t be the same.
For 30 years, he’s been the state archivist, preserving, organizing, cataloguing — and pondering — the documents that underpin the existence of the state we call Vermont. He’s been equal parts crusader and visionary, enthusiastically at home in an arcane, fascinating field that is distant from most of us — and yet, ever-present in our lives. For without our history, what are we?
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