Vassar College Digital Library
Guide to the Vassar College Postcard Collection, circa 1899 - circa 1982

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Collection Summary

Repository: Archives and Special Collections Library, Vassar College Libraries
Creator: Vassar College
Title: Vassar College Postcard Collection
Dates: circa 1899 - circa 1982
Quantity: 1 cubic foot (5 boxes)
Abstract: This collection consists of postcards featuring Vassar College's campus, buildings, students, and events, as well as some postcards of Poughkeepsie, New York; Silver Bay, New York; and Vassar, Michigan.
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Scope and Content Note

This collection consists of postcards featuring Vassar College's campus, buildings, students, and events, as well as some postcards of Poughkeepsie, New York; Silver Bay, New York; and Vassar, Michigan.

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Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by subject.Top

Access

This collection is open for research according to the regulations of the Vassar College Archives and Special Collections Library without any additional restrictions.

Restrictions on Use

Permission to quote (publish) from unpublished or previously published material must be obtained as described in the regulations of the Vassar College Archives and Special Collections Library .

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Subject Headings

Organizations:

  • Vassar College--Buildings
  • Vassar College--Description--Views
  • Vassar College--Students

Subjects:

  • Women's colleges--New York (State)--Poughkeepsie

Places:

  • Poughkeepsie (N.Y.)--Description--Views
  • Silver Bay (N.Y.)--Description--Views
  • Vassar (Mich.)--Description--Views

Document Types:

  • Photographs
  • Postcards

VCL Categories:

  • Vassar College Audiovisuals and Realia
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Encoding Information

Encoded by Emma Gronbeck, February 2025.

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Preferred Citation

Vassar College Postcard Collection, Archives and Special Collections Library, Vassar College Libraries.

Acquisition Information

Gift of various donors.

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Container List

Box 1 Alumnae Gymnasium (Ely Hall), 1901-1917, undated
Box 1 Alumnae House, 1938-1949, undated
Box 1 Athletic Circle, circa 1910-1926, undated
Box 1 Avery Hall (Museum and Art Gallery, Calisthenium and Riding Academy), 1906-1917, undated
Box 1 Blodgett Hall, undated
Box 1 Chapel, 1905-1918, undated
Box 1 Chicago Hall, undated
Box 1 The Conservatory, 1914-1918, undated
Box 1 Cushing House, 1945, undated
Box 1 Daisy Chain, 1907-1910, undated
Box 1 Davison Hall, 1907, undated
Box 1 Faculty Houses, 1954, undated
Box 1 Ferry House, undated
Box 1 Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, undated
Box 1 Jewett Hall (North Hall), 1907-1914, undated
Box 1 Josselyn Hall, 1923, undated
Box 1 Kendrick House, undated
Box 1 Kenyon Hall, undated
Box 1 Lathrop Hall, 1905-1910, undated
Box 1 Library, Lockwood Addition, undated
Box 1 Library, Thompson (Horizontal), 1906-1915, undated
Box 1 Library, Thompson (Vertical), undated
Box 5 Library, Thompson (Oversize), undated
Box 1 Library, Thompson - Cornaro Window, undated
Box 1 Library, Thompson - Interior, undated
Box 1 Library, Thompson - Miscellaneous, undated
Box 1 The Lodge (Vassar Main Gate), 1905-1913, undated
Box 1 Maid's Club House (Admissions Building), undated
Box 1 Main Building (from the Northwest), 1966, undated
Box 1 Main Building (from the Southwest), 1901-1919, undated
Box 1 Main Building (from the West), 1908-1937, undated
Box 5 Main Building (Oversize), undated
Box 1 Main Building - Fire, 1918
Box 1 Main Building - Interior, undated
Box 1 Metcalf House, undated
Box 1 New England Building, 1944, undated
Box 1 Noyes House, undated
Box 1 Observatory, Maria Mitchell, 1901-1954, undated
Box 1 Olmstead Hall, [1973?]
Box 1 Outdoor Theater, undated
Box 1 Poughkeepsie, 1906-1913, undated
Box 1 Poughkeepsie - The Wagner Inn (College Inn, Vassar Inn), 1907-1913, undated
Box 1 President's House, 1909, undated
Box 1 The Quadrangle, undated
Box 1 Raymond Hall, 1905-1920, undated
Box 5 Raymond Hall (Oversize), undated
Box 1 Rockefeller Hall, 1901-1914, undated
Box 1 Sanders Chemistry Lab, undated
Box 1 Silver Bay, NY, undated
Box 1 Skinner Hall of Music, 1907-1915, undated
Box 1 Strong House, undated
Box 1 Students, 1899-1912, undated
Box 1 Students' Hall (ACDC), undated
Box 1 Summer Institute, undated
Box 1 Sunset Hill and Sunset Lake (Pratt Lake), 1914 - circa 1982, undated
Box 1 Swift Infirmary, 1907, undated
Box 1 Taylor Hall and Van Ingen Library Addition, 1915-1954, undated
Box 1 Vassar, Matthew, 1906, undated
Box 1 Vassar, Michigan (Town), undated
Box 1 Vassar Brothers Lab, undated
Box 2 Vassar Campus - Aerial, undated
Box 5 Vassar Campus - Aerial (Oversize), circa 1907
Box 5 Vassar Campus - Aerial (Oversize), [circa 1926?]
Box 2 Vassar Campus - Gates, undated
Box 2 Vassar Campus Views (including Winter), undated
Box 2 Vassar Lake, undated
Box 2 Wagner Inn, undated
Box 2 Warden's House, undated
Box 2 Williams Hall, undated
Box 2 Wimpfheimer Nursery School, undated
Box 2 Miscellaneous, undated
Box 2 Miscellaneous, Postcard Sets, undated
Box 3 Duplicates, A-N, undated
Box 4 Duplicates, N-Z, undated

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Details
Abstract

This collection consists of postcards featuring Vassar College's campus, buildings, students, and events, as well as some postcards of Poughkeepsie, New York; Silver Bay, New York; and Vassar, Michigan.

Finding Aid Date
Dates: circa 1899 - circa 1982
Document Types
Collection Title
Vassar College Postcard Collection