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"An Old Vermont Law Resuscitated," Middlebury Register Sept 28, 1906, p. 2
Account of the role of Henry Sheldon's Museum collection in helping to verify the standard and reinstate a law concerning currency in the state of Vermont.
Sheldon Art Museum Advertisement, Soliciting Donations. Middlebury Register 1888
Sheldon Art Museum Advertisement , Middlebury Register Vol. LIII, No. 51, Dec 21, 1888.
under "General Vermont News" an account of the extent of the Sheldon Museum Collection 1896
entry under "General Vermont News" in Essex County Herald, Vol XIII, No 47, Friday, February 28, 1896
Teeth drawn from the Mouth of Henry Sheldon, Collected and cataloged by himself
A set of five teeth, accompanied by two notes written by Henry Sheldon (prior home of said teeth): one written in 1897 detailing the order and occasion in which each tooth was pulled. Another written in 1899 giving the reason for pulling the last…
Little cup made from part of the Alden House in Boston
This little wooden cup was carved from a wood that was used to build the Alden House in Boston in 1660.
John Brown Homestead Picture (Carved on Fungus)
Carving of John Brown's house on tree fungus
Fork Found Embedded in a Cow
A fork found embedded inside the hind quarter of a cow
Looking glass shard from Mayflower era
A broken piece of a looking glass that was brought from England by the first English settlers in the New World
19th century ivory and metal clock
Small clock with interworkings made of ivory and metal crafted in Middlebury, Vermont around the year 1865.
Cigar holder from a crippled chicken bone
This cigar holder was made from the leg bone of a crippled chicken.