Archive Record
Metadata
Title |
Hall Park McCullough Collection |
Object Name |
Documents |
Creator |
McCullough, Hall Park (1872-1966) |
Dates of Creation |
1735-1962 |
Scope & Content |
A wide range of early Vermont materials with local and state-wide significance. The materials include an extensive collection of early Vermont imprints in the form of almanacs and sermons; early land surveys in western Vermont from around 1770 documents about the conflict with New York over land titles; material relating to Vermont's role in the Civil War; justice of the peace commissions, writs and orders; and deeds and tax papers. There are also original documents and letters related to Bennington businesses, the Revolutionary War, the Battle of Bennington, the Bennington Battle Monument, as well as family papers and letters, especially for Bennington's founding Robinson family. |
Administrative/Biographical History |
Hall Park McCullough was born into the prestigious North Bennington McCullough family in 1872. The son of Governor John G. and Eliza Hall Park McCullough, he married Edith van Benthuysen in North Bennington in 1901. McCullough divided his life between law, collecting and his family. He died in North Bennington, Vermont, August 5, 1966 at the age of ninety-four. Very civic minded, McCullough served on several boards, including the Bennington Museum, and was one of the museum's most significant benefactors of the twentieth century. When the museum opened in 1928 McCullough loaned many of his important pieces relating to early Bennington history and worked closely with the museum's director/curator to purchase pieces the museum was interested in as they became available. These objects were all given to the museum upon his death. An avid collector with a wide range of interests, he is described by Kevin Graffagnino as "guided by a scholarly impulse that made him an authority in whatever category he collected. Dealers knew him for his characteristically methodical, patient and deliberate approach." His personal collection ranged from ancient coins to contemporary manuscripts, maps, books, paintings, drawings and engravings. |
Related People |
McCullough, Hall Park |
Credit line |
Bequest of Hall Park McCullough |
Catalog Number |
2009.163 |
Containers |
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Child Records |
Civil War Records Church Records Education Records Town Records Legal Records Hall Park McCullough Collection Vermont Family Papers Literary material Bennington Battle Monument Records Bennington Business Records Edward John Phelps Papers, 1854-1938 John G. McCullough Papers Frederick B. Jennings Papers, 1853-1920 Hall Park McCullough Papers Vermont Governors Trenor W. Park Papers Solomon Foot Papers Hiland Hall Papers Military Records Robinson Family Papers War of 1812 Records Revolutionary War Records Battle of Bennington Records Joseph Bates Journal, Watertown, MA to Stillwater, New York Revolutionary War Related Correspondence Revolutionary War Records Revolutionary War Records Letters to Major General Lincoln Revolutionary War Records Broadsides and Handbills: Hall Park McCullough Research Papers Bennington Battle: Pageant Records Vermont State Records Bible Engravings Map for Lake George and Lake Champlain ferry. Map of Vermont and New Hampshire, 1856, colored Map of the Richelieu River and Lake Champlain, 1744 Map of Lake Champlain and northern New England, 1755 Railroad Records Road and Turnpike Records Entertainment Records John Spargo Papers An improved map of Vermont compiled from the latest authorities published by Lewis Robinson Reading 1857 Map of Vermont engraved for Thompson's Gazetteer of Vermont Hall Park McCullough Purchase Records Samuel B. Hall Papers Henry Clay Ide Student Papers Sons of Vermont, Illinois Association Records Bennington Centre Cemetery Association Records William Henry Jr. Papers Eliza McCullough Papers Ripley Journals Hall Park McCullough Purchase Records Towns: Bennington: Surveyor's field book, 1765 |