Name/Title
Set, CommunionEntry/Object ID
2016.11.70a-eDescription
Glass and metal communion set in leather box. The box (a) is a black leatherette-covered box with an attached cover lined in purple velvet and the bottom of the box is a metal piece with cutouts holding a round metal container (b) and three small wine glasses (c-e). The cutout space for a bottle is empty. A string binds together twenty-one different sized metal military buttons (f) with the spread eagle insignia on each.Context
Notes: http://cdi.uvm.edu/findingaids/collection/hewitt.ead.xml
Arthur W. Hewitt was born in Riverton, Vermont, June 22, 1883. He attended Riverton schools and was a graduate of Northfield High School and Montpelier Seminary. On September 18, 1907 he married Nina Battles of Wilder.
Dr. Hewitt's pastoral life began in 1908 in Plainfield, Vermont, where he served as a minister of the Methodist Church until 1933. He served in Moretown, Vermont from 1933-35, and in Northfield and Northfield Falls until 1956.
Dr. Hewitt was also active in education. He was superintendent of schools in Glover, 1905-1906, and in Plainfield, 1910-1911. He was, for a time, the head of Montpelier Seminary, organized Vermont Junior College, and served as its president from 1923 to 1935. During the years 1912-1917, as Plainfield's representative in the Vermont General Assembly, he was chairman of the House Committee on Education. From 1923 to 1935 he was chairman of the Vermont Board of Education.
Hewitt was also a poet. He published five collections of poetry, including, Harp of the North (1916) and The Mountain Troubador (1962.) He also wrote a biography entitled The Old Brick Manse (1965). he was the head of the Poetry Society of Vermont (P.S.O.V.) for eight years, and in August of 1971 he was recommended by the state legislature to succeed Robert Frost as Poet Laureate of Vermont. He died November 6, 1971 in Berlin, Vermont.
Concerning the military buttons, it isn't clear if these belonged to Arthur Wentworth Hewitt. While he registered for the draft for World War I at age 35 and for WWII at age 58, there is no mention of military service in any obituaries or biographies.Acquisition
Accession
2016.11Source or Donor
Perron, Joseph A.Acquisition Method
GiftLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term
Set, CommunionNomenclature Secondary Object Term
Vessel, CommunionNomenclature Primary Object Term
Container, RitualNomenclature Sub-Class
Religious ObjectsNomenclature Class
Ceremonial ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsDimensions
Width
3-5/8 inDepth
2 inLength
7-1/8 inMaterial
Wood, Metal, Artificial Leather, Glass, Silverplate, Brass