Table of Contents
- Collection Summary
- Administrative History
- Scope and Content Note
- Subject Headings
- Administrative Information
- Access and Use
- Encoding Information
- Container List
Collection Summary
| Repository: | Archives and Special Collections Library, Vassar College Libraries |
|---|---|
| Creator: | Vassar College. Library |
| Title: | Vassar College Library Records |
| Dates: | 1890-2007 |
| Quantity: | 36 cubic feet (62 boxes) |
| Abstract: | Materials concerning exhibits, the Library building, the history of the Library, and other routine matters. |
Administrative History
Vassar has had a library since the college opened in 1865. The first library consisted of one room in Main Building with approximately three thousand books. As the collection grew, the need for more space became apparent. In 1893, Frederick Ferris Thompson, a Vassar trustee, donated the funds for an addition jutting out from the center of the building. After Thompson's death, his wife, Mary Clark Thompson, had a new building erected in his honor, which was completed in 1905. Additions to Thompson Memorial Library include the 1937 connection to Taylor Hall, which includes the Van Ingen Art Library; the 1976 Helen D. Lockwood Library; and the Martha Rivers and E. Bronson Ingram Library, completed in 2001, which includes the Catherine Pelton Durrell Archives and Special Collections Library.
TopScope and Content Note
Accession records, minutes, reports, correspondence, memoranda, photographs, and programs concerning exhibits, the Library building, the history of the Library, and other routine matters. Also includes scrapbooks of programs, brochures, booklets, and forms.
TopAccess and Use
Access
Unprocessed materials are restricted. The processed portion of this collection is open for research according to the r regulations of the Vassar College Archives and Special Collections Library.
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Permission to quote (publish) from unpublished or previously published material must be obtained as described in the regulations of the Vassar College Archives and Special Collections Library.
Subject Headings
Subjects:
- Libraries, University and college--New York (State)--Poughkeepsie
- Women's colleges--New York (State)--Poughkeepsie
Document Types:
- Photographs
- Scrapbooks
VCL Categories
- Vassar College Administrative Offices and Functions
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Vassar College Library Records, Archives and Special Collections Library, Vassar College Libraries.
Processing Information
Unprocessed.
Acquisition Information
College transfers.
Container List
There is no container list currently available for this collection.
Details
Materials concerning exhibits, the Library building, the history of the Library, and other routine matters.
