Hello Champlain,

Please join us for our 8th annual Local History Event, Maladies & Medicines: Opioids in the Queen City, which will be held virtually on April 7 from 7:00-8:30 pm on Zoom. Faculty are welcome to bring their classes. 

What lessons can we learn about the opioid epidemic by looking at it through a historical lens? This event will feature two historians’ research on opium, morphine, and opioid addiction in nineteenth-century Burlington. Independent scholar Gary G. Shattuck will present the history and context of opioids in the Queen City and the State of Vermont in his talk titled Behind the Curtain: Examining the Causes of Addiction in Nineteenth-Century Vermont. Champlain College Special Collections Director Erica Donnis will present The Vibrant Life and Tragic Death of Lucy Benedict Henderson. A resident of Adams and South Union Streets, Mrs. Henderson (1861-1896) was in many ways an ordinary middle class wife and mother, but she suffered from chronic illness, and eventually, morphine addiction. 

This event is free and open to faculty, staff, and students, as well as members of our local community. Because it is a community event, preregistration is requested via www.champlain.edu/localhistory. 

Erica

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Erica Donnis │ Special Collections Director
Champlain College │ P.O. Box 670 │ Burlington, VT  05402-0670
Office: 216 Miller Information Commons│ Box 37
Special Collections Reading Room: G08 Miller Information Commons 
(802) 651-5976 │ edonnis@champlain.edu
Pronouns: She/her
Work hours: Mon & Fri 8:15 am-4:45 pm; Tue & Th 8:15 am-2:45 pm
Our digital collections can be found here: http://specialcollections.champlain.edu/digital-collections