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Interview with Charles B. Vail and Emily Vail - OH 178
No full textDr. Charles B. Vail (1923-) was the sixth president of Winthrop, serving from 1973 to 1982. He is joined in this interview by his wife, Emily Vail. Grace B. Freeman, editor of the Winthrop Alumni Magazine, interviews Dr. and Mrs. Vail for an article in the publication. In this interview, Dr. Vail discusses teaching and administration at multiple institutions, serving as an administrator, and having to quit teaching. Mrs. Vail discusses her husband’s personality, voice, desire for challenges, her role as the first lady, and finishing her graduate degree. Dr. Vail also discusses deciding to be a college president at Winthrop, his personal thoughts on the job of a university president, his thoughts about Winthrop, his commencement speeches, his inauguration, and the future issue of Winthrop Alumni Magazine that features Dr. Vail and Mrs. Vail. They also discuss how they met in high school, their early college careers at University of Alabama (Dr. Vail) and Birmingham Southern (Mrs. Vail), and Dr. Vail’s time serving in the Navy.https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/oralhistoryprogram/1241/thumbnail.jp
The Vail Mansion in Morristown, NJ
No full textVail Mansion, the former estate of Theodore Vail, is one of Morristown, New Jersey�s most famous addresses.
Vail commissioned William Welles Bosworth to construct an Italian Renaissance Palazzo styled home and museum. The intent behind the design was to have the upper levels serve as Vail�s house while the main floor was a museum set to display his family�s inventions.
Vail, who served as president of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company and chief architect of the Bell System, celebrated the near completion of his marble palace in 1920.Original file name 986431497_e130e838e5_o.jp
The Vail Mansion in Morristown, NJ
No full textVail Mansion, the former estate of Theodore Vail, is one of Morristown, New Jersey�s most famous addresses.
Vail commissioned William Welles Bosworth to construct an Italian Renaissance Palazzo styled home and museum. The intent behind the design was to have the upper levels serve as Vail�s house while the main floor was a museum set to display his family�s inventions.
Vail, who served as president of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company and chief architect of the Bell System, celebrated the near completion of his marble palace in 1920.Original file name 986431497_e130e838e5_o.jp
The Vail Mansion in Morristown, NJ
No full textIn 1920, the finishing touches were placed on the Vail Mansion. Unfortunately Theodore Vail never moved into the home. In 1920, 74 year old Vail died.
Vail Mansion remained in the family�s possession for two years until Vail�s son sold the vacant estate for $51K. Morristown. The town used the building as its city hall for 75 years.
After Morristown moved into its new city hall the building was sold to a developer.
AS a result,nearly 90 years after her completion, Vail Mansion adopted a new life as both a condominium and restaurant. Two wings were symmetrically added to each side of the original mansion with 36 units in the attached condominiums.Original file name 4602120654_85f98e49a4_o.jp
The Vail Mansion in Morristown, NJ
No full textIn 1920, the finishing touches were placed on the Vail Mansion. Unfortunately Theodore Vail never moved into the home. In 1920, 74 year old Vail died.
Vail Mansion remained in the family�s possession for two years until Vail�s son sold the vacant estate for $51K. Morristown. The town used the building as its city hall for 75 years.
After Morristown moved into its new city hall the building was sold to a developer.
AS a result,nearly 90 years after her completion, Vail Mansion adopted a new life as both a condominium and restaurant. Two wings were symmetrically added to each side of the original mansion with 36 units in the attached condominiums.Original file name 4602120654_85f98e49a4_o.jp
Art Can Act as an Agent for Change
No full textThis conversation with Karole Vail, the director of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection (PGC) in Venice, aims at showing how the Venetian museum has undertaken both a profound reflection and a series of initial measures that address ecological questions facing humanity today. One of these was the series of meetings Art 4 a Better Future that was organised in collaboration with THE NEW INSTITUTE Centre for Environmental
Humanities (NICHE) at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and CUOA Business School. Vail illustrates which museum activities can help to raise awareness and address the challenges of contemporaneity
David Vail, an economics professor at Bowdoin College, says that sustainable rur
No full textDavid Vail, an economics professor at Bowdoin College, says that sustainable rural development is an idea whose time has come in Maine. Vail states that there is a basic incoherence between private economic activities in the state and the public policies which affect its rural areas. Details
Samuel Vail letter to Thomas Rotch, Hudson, 10th April, 1818
No full textSamuel Vail, a potter writes to Thomas Rotch who is establishing a pottery factory at Kendal. He states his wage requirements and asks that if Rotch agrees to his wages, he might begin work at Kendal by May 15th, 1818. He asks that Rotch respond immediately so that he can make arrangements for the move. 7.55" x 12.4" (19 by 31 cm
The Vail Mansion in Morristown
No full textThe 20,000 square foot mansion boasts 17-feet high ceilings on the main level and 12 feet on the second.
The front of the house showcases a solid bronze front door directly below the three large arched windows dramatically gracing the second floor.
The door had eight panels with detailed depictions of historical events that took place locally. The images in the heavy entry door are: George and Martha Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Alexander Graham Bell, Alfred Vail, S.F.B. Morse, the first Presbyterian Church of Parsippany, and the Revolutionary War.Original file name 4602120164_c40ac0f104_o.jp
The Vail Mansion in Morristown
No full textThe 20,000 square foot mansion boasts 17-feet high ceilings on the main level and 12 feet on the second.
The front of the house showcases a solid bronze front door directly below the three large arched windows dramatically gracing the second floor.
The door had eight panels with detailed depictions of historical events that took place locally. The images in the heavy entry door are: George and Martha Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Alexander Graham Bell, Alfred Vail, S.F.B. Morse, the first Presbyterian Church of Parsippany, and the Revolutionary War.Original file name 4602120164_c40ac0f104_o.jp
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