Longtime Vermont educator and Castleton alumna Eula Goodyear Bannister recently passed along cherished treasures from her years of teaching, as she made a large records and documentation donation to the Castleton’s archives collection, which seeks to capture the university’s history by collecting, preserving and sharing a variety of materials throughout Castleton’s long history dating back to 1787.
Included in the donation was an assortment of pictures, letters, transcripts, postcards, news clippings and student work from Bannister’s half century of teaching in the state of Vermont. To showcase the pieces, the Calvin Coolidge Library created a display for all visitors to enjoy, located in the library entrance.
“I wanted a safe place for everything,” explained Bannister. “I hope it will help a current student who is going into teaching see what it was like at one time.”
ABOUT EULA GOODYEAR BANNISTER
Eula Goodyear Bannister received a certificate in Education at Castleton in 1945 and went on to teach for the next 50 years in Vermont, ending her career in a one-room schoolhouse. In 1978 she graduated from Castleton with a Bachelor’s in Science degree and continued her remarkable career as a Vermont educator.