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Guide to the Vassar College Board of Trustees Records, 1861-2014

Guide to the Vassar College Board of Trustees Records, 1861-2014

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Collection Summary

Repository: Archives and Special Collections Library, Vassar College Libraries
Creator: Vassar College. Board of Trustees
Title: Vassar College Board of Trustees Records
Dates: 1861-2014
Quantity: approximately 42 cubic feet (32 boxes and 113 volumes)
Abstract: Materials relating to the work of the Board. Includes meeting minutes, reports, correspondence and financial records.
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Administrative History

The members of the first Board of Trustees were listed in the college charter, which was passed by the New York State Legislature January 18, 1861. The first meeting of the Board occured five weeks later on February 26th.

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Scope and Content Note

Materials relating to the work of the Board. Includes meeting minutes, reports, correspondence and financial records.

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Access and Use

Access

Records from 1986 to the present are currently closed to research. The rest of the collection is open for research with permission of the office of origin and in accordance with the 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Permission to quote (publish) from unpublished or previously published material must be obtained as described in the regulations of the Vassar College Archives and Special Collections Library.

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Subject Headings

Organizations:

  • Vassar College--Administration

Subjects:

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

VCL Categories:

  • Vassar College Trustees
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Encoding Information

Encoded by Elizabeth Clarke, June 2007. Updated by Laura Streett, March 2009. Updated by Emma Gronbeck, October 2023.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Vassar College Board of Trustees Records, Archives and Special Collections Library, Vassar College Libraries.

Processing Information

Original processing date unknown. Updated by Laura Streett, July 2011, by Mark Seidl, December 2019, and by Emma Gronbeck, November 2022 and October 2023.

Acquisition Information

College transfer in multiple and continuing accessions. Some material (in boxes 10-15) was transferred from the Office of the Vice President for Finance in 2007 (A2007-046).

Other Formats

Some minutes have been digitized and are searchable through a database. However, direct access to the database is restricted to the Special Collections staff. Please contact the staff for further information.

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Series List

Series I. Minutes and Reports, 1861-1998

Series II. Committees, 1861-2006

Series III. Secretary's Files, 1931-2005

The Secretary's Files are divided into three subseries. The first set is arranged alphabetically and dates primarily from the 1940s. The second set is chronological, dates from 1980 to 2005, and includes minutes, reports, agendas and some correspondence relating to regular meetings of the Board as well as its committees. The last set is in no particular order and its origin is uncertain. It dates from roughly 1982-1989

Series IV. Miscellaneous, 1868-2014

Container List

SERIES I. MINUTES and REPORTS

Minutes of Meetings of the Full Board, 1861-1997
Set 1, 1861-1934 (3 volumes)
Bound Volumes Vol. 1, 1861-1891 (original)
Bound Volumes Vol. 2, 1891-1921 (original)
Bound Volumes Vol. 3, 1921-1934 (original)
Set 2, 1861-1945 (6 volumes)
Bound Volumes Vol. 1, 1861-1891
Bound Volumes Vol. 2, 1892-1919
Bound Volumes Vol. 3, 1920-1926
Bound Volumes Vol. 4, 1927-1933
Bound Volumes Vol. 5, 1934-1939
Bound Volumes Vol. 6, 1940-1945
Set 3, 1933-1997 (15 volumes)
Bound Volumes Vol. 1, 1933 Oct - 1939 Jun
Bound Volumes Vol. 2, 1939-1945
Bound Volumes Vol. 3, 1945-1949
Bound Volumes Vol. 4, 1949-1953
Bound Volumes Vol. 5, 1953-1958
Bound Volumes Vol. 6, 1958-1963
Bound Volumes Vol. 7, 1963-1966
Bound Volumes Vol. 8, 1966-1968
Bound Volumes Vol. 9, 1968-1970
Bound Volumes Vol. 10, 1970-1972
Bound Volumes Vol. 11, 1972-1975
Bound Volumes Vol. 12, 1975-1978
Bound Volumes Vol. 13, 1978-1984
Bound Volumes Vol. 14, 1984-1989 [RESTRICTED]
Bound Volumes Vol. 15, 1989-1997 (3 folders) [RESTRICTED]
Set 4, 1983-1997 (3 volumes)
Bound Volumes Vol. 1, 1983 May - 1988 Dec [RESTRICTED]
Bound Volumes Vol. 2, 1989 Oct - 1993 May [RESTRICTED]
Bound Volumes Vol. 3, 1993 Oct - 1997 Oct [RESTRICTED]
Minutes of Executive Committee Meetings, 1861-1998
Set 1, 1861-1925 (5 volumes)
Bound Volumes Vol. 1, 1861-1870 (original)
Bound Volumes Vol. 2, 1870-1879 (original)
Bound Volumes Vol. 3, 1880-1901 (original, includes 3 folders)
Bound Volumes Vol. 4, 1901-1915 (original)
Bound Volumes Vol. 5, 1915-1925 (original)
Set 2, 1861-1937 (11 volumes)
Bound Volumes Vol. 1, 1861 Jan - 1863 Jun
Bound Volumes Vol. 2, 1863 Jul - 1865 Dec
Bound Volumes Vol. 3, 1866 Jan - 1872 Jun
Bound Volumes Vol. 4, 1872 Jul - 1879 Dec
Bound Volumes Vol. 5, 1880 Jan - 1885 Jun
Bound Volumes Vol. 6, 1885 Jul - 1893 Dec
Bound Volumes Vol. 7, 1894 Jan - 1909 Dec (2 folders)
Bound Volumes Vol. 8, 1910 Jan - 1919 Dec (2 folders)
Bound Volumes Vol. 9, 1920 Jan - 1925 Sep (2 folders)
Bound Volumes Vol. 10, 1925 Sep - 1932 Jul
Bound Volumes Vol. 11, 1932 Sep - 1937 Dec
Set 3, 1938-1969 (5 volumes)
Bound Volumes Vol. 1, 1938 Apr - 1956 Apr
Bound Volumes Vol. 2, 1956 Jul - 1961 Mar
Bound Volumes Vol. 3, 1961 Sep - 1964 Jun
Bound Volumes Vol. 4, 1964 Sep - 1967 Jun
Bound Volumes Vol. 5, 1967 Sep - 1969 Jun
Set 4, 1932-1998 (14 volumes)
Bound Volumes Vol. 1, 1932-1939 (2 folders)
Bound Volumes Vol. 2, 1939-1946
Bound Volumes Vol. 3, 1946-1949
Bound Volumes Vol. 4, 1949-1953
Bound Volumes Vol. 5, 1953-1958
Bound Volumes Vol. 6, 1958-1961
Bound Volumes Vol. 7, 1961-1964
Bound Volumes Vol. 8, 1964-1968
Bound Volumes Vol. 9, 1968-1969
Bound Volumes Vol. 10, 1969-1972
Bound Volumes Vol. 11, 1972-1975
Bound Volumes Vol. 12, 1975-1982
Bound Volumes Vol. 13, 1982-1990 [RESTRICTED]
Bound Volumes Vol. 14, 1990-1998 [RESTRICTED]
Reports, 1926-1979
Reports, 1926-1946 (10 volumes)
Bound Volumes Collected Reports, Vol. 1, 1926-1927
Bound Volumes Collected Reports, Vol. 2, 1927-1928
Bound Volumes Collected Reports, Vol. 3, 1928-1929
Bound Volumes Collected Reports, Vol. 4, 1929-1930
Bound Volumes Collected Reports, Vol. 5, 1930-1931
Bound Volumes Collected Reports, Vol. 6, 1931-1932
Bound Volumes Collected Reports, Vol. 7, 1932-1933
Bound Volumes Collected Reports, Vol. 8, 1933-1934
Bound Volumes Collected Reports, Vol. 9, 1934-1935
Bound Volumes President's Reports, 1926-1946
Combined Minutes and Reports, 1935-1979 (40 volumes)
Bound Volumes Vol. 1, 1935-1940
Bound Volumes Vol. 2, 1940-1941
Bound Volumes Vol. 3, 1941-1942
Bound Volumes Vol. 4, 1942-1943
Bound Volumes Vol. 5, 1943-1945
Bound Volumes Vol. 6, 1945-1946
Bound Volumes Vol. 7, 1946-1947
Bound Volumes Vol. 8, 1947-1948
Bound Volumes Vol. 9, 1948-1949
Bound Volumes Vol. 10, 1949-1950
Bound Volumes Vol. 11, 1950-1951
Bound Volumes Vol. 12, 1951-1952
Bound Volumes Vol. 13, 1952-1953
Bound Volumes Vol. 14, 1954-1955
Bound Volumes Vol. 15, 1955-1956
Bound Volumes Vol. 16, 1956-1957
Bound Volumes Vol. 17, 1957-1958
Bound Volumes Vol. 18, 1958-1959
Bound Volumes Vol. 19, 1959-1960
Bound Volumes Vol. 20, 1960 Oct - 1961 Jun
Bound Volumes Vol. 21, 1961 Aug - 1962 Jun
Bound Volumes Vol. 22, 1962 Jun - 1963 Jun
Bound Volumes Vol. 23, 1963 Jun - 1964 Mar
Bound Volumes Vol. 24, 1964 Apr - 1965 Mar
Bound Volumes Vol. 25, 1965 Mar - Oct
Bound Volumes Vol. 26, 1965 Oct - 1966 Jun
Bound Volumes Vol. 27, 1966 Sep - 1967 May
Bound Volumes Vol. 28, 1967 May - 1968 Jun
Bound Volumes Vol. 29, 1968 Jun - 1969 Feb
Bound Volumes Vol. 30, 1969 Jan - Aug
Bound Volumes Vol. 31, 1969 Sep - Dec
Bound Volumes Vol. 32, 1970 Jan - May
Bound Volumes Vol. 33, 1970 Aug - Dec
Bound Volumes Vol. 34, 1971
Bound Volumes Vol. 35, 1972
Bound Volumes Vol. 36, 1973
Bound Volumes Vol. 37, 1974-1975
Bound Volumes Vol. 38, 1976
Bound Volumes Vol. 39, 1977
Bound Volumes Vol. 40, 1978-1979

SERIES II. TRUSTEE COMMITTEES, 1861-2006

Box 21 Audit Committee, 1981-2002 [RESTRICTED]
Box 10 Budget Committee, 1958-1989 [RESTRICTED]
Box 10 Budget and Finance Committee, 1989-2002 [RESTRICTED]
Box 11 Buildings and Grounds Committee, 1925-2002 [RESTRICTED]
Boxes 15-20 Buildings and Grounds Committee — Architectural planning reports and drawings, approximately 1930-2006 [RESTRICTED]
Bound Volumes Buildings and Grounds Committee AND Executive Committee Meeting Minutes, 1861-1862
Box 32 Coeducation, Committee on, 1973-1975
Box 21 Education of Women at Vassar, Committee on, 1971
Box 9 Endowment Committee, 1952-1957
Box 9 Faculty and Studies Committee, 1919-1971 [RESTRICTED]
Box 11 Investments and Finance Committee, 1964-1987 [RESTRICTED]
Box 12 Investments and Finance Committee, 1987-1989 [RESTRICTED]
Box 12 Investments Committee, 1989-1991 [RESTRICTED]
Box 13 Investments Committee, 1991-1994 [RESTRICTED]
Box 14 Investments Committee, 1994-1998 [RESTRICTED]
Box 21 Investments Committee, 1998-2002 [RESTRICTED]
Box 21 Investor Responsibility Committee, 1991-2002 [RESTRICTED]
Box 21 Nominate a President (Alan Simpson), Committee to, 1964-1965
Box 21 Nominations Committee, 1984 Dec

SERIES III. SECRETARY'S FILES, 1931-2005

Set 1, 1931-1951
Box 1 Advisory System
Box 1 Agenda
Box 1 Alumnae Committee of Seven Colleges
Box 1 Alumnae House
Box 1 Budget Committee
Box 1 Buildings and Grounds (2 folders)
Box 1 Business Administration, Committee on
Box 1 By-Laws
Box 1 Calendar
Box 1 Chairman of the Board of Trustees
Box 1 Chaplaincy
Box 1 Comparative Expenditures
Box 1 Communications
Box 1 Comptroller
Box 1 Conferences with Faculty
Box 1 Cooperative Houses and Cooperative Systems
Box 1 Dinner Meetings
Box 1 Economies
Box 1 Endowment
Box 1 Euthenics
Box 1 Executive Committee Recommendations
Box 1 Faculty and Studies
Box 1 Faculty Club Committee and Faculty Representation
Box 1 Faculty Representation on the Board of Trustees
Box 1 Faculty Salaries and Benefits
Box 1 Former Trustees Still Leaving
Box 1 General Manager
Box 1 Gifts
Box 1 Governance
Box 1 Health
Box 1 Helen Kenyon Lectureship Fund
Box 1 Housing
Box 1 Investments and Finance
Box 1 Interior Decorator
Box 1 Lisburne Grange
Box 1 Maintenance Funds
Box 1 Medical Examinations
Box 1 Memorial Tablets
Box 1 Mortgages
Box 1 Nominations
Box 1 President Blanding
Box 1 President MacCracken
Box 1 Publications of Faculty
Box 1 Refugess Scholars
Box 1 Resolutions
Box 1 Scholarships
Box 1 Self Help Houses
Box 1 Seven College Conference
Box 1 Seventy-Fifth Anniversary
Box 1 Social Museum
Box 1 Three Year Program
Box 1 Treasurer (2 folders)
Box 1 Trustee Committees
Box 1 Tuition
Box 1 Undergraduate Life Committee
Box 1 Vassar Institute — War Time Community Service
Box 1 Veterans
Box 1 World Youth Conference
Box 1 Miscellaneous
Set 2, 1980-2005
Box 2 Oct 1980 - Feb 1982
Box 3 May 1982- Dec 1983
Box 4 Dec 1983 - Jan 1985
Box 5 Feb 1985 - Aug 1987 [RESTRICTED]
Box 6 Feb 1988 - Oct 1991 [RESTRICTED]
Box 7 Feb 1992 - Feb 1998 [RESTRICTED]
Box 8 May 1998 - Feb 2004 [RESTRICTED]
Box 29 May 2004 - May 2005 [RESTRICTED]
Set 3, 1982-1989
Box 21 Castle in Brissac, 1982-1985
Box 21 New York State Liquor License, 1983-1989 [RESTRICTED]
Box 21 Nursery School, 1983
Box 21 Sunrise Lane, 1983
Box 21 Trustee Minutes — Access, 1984
Box 21 Urban Center, 1983
Box 21 Presidential Review, 1984-1985
Box 21 Grants, 1985
Box 21 Mailings to Trustees, 1982-1985
Box 21 Reports, May 1986 [RESTRICTED]
Box 21 Committees — Executive Committee, 1983-1985
Box 21 Committees — Advisory Group on Coeducation, 1984
Box 21 Committees — Governance Committee, 1982-1984
Box 21 Committees — Investments and Finance Committee, 1982-1986 [RESTRICTED]
Box 21 Committees — Personnel Committee, 1984 [RESTRICTED]
Box 21 Committees — President Search Committee, 1985
Box 21 Committees — Committee on Religious Life, 1985-1986 [RESTRICTED]
Box 21 Committees — Investor Responsibility Committee, 1985
Box 21 Committees — Minority Affairs Committee, 1989 [RESTRICTED]
Box 21 Committees — Nominations Committee, 1983-1985
Box 21 Committees — Student Conference Committee, 1984
Box 21 Committees — Student Life Committee, 1984

SERIES IV. MISCELLANEOUS, 1868-2014

Box 22 Trustee Packets, 1980-1989 [RESTRICTED]
Box 23 Trustee Packets, 1990-2005 [RESTRICTED]
Box 25 Trustee Packets, 2006-2012 [RESTRICTED]
Box 31 Trustee Packets, 2012-2014 [RESTRICTED]
Box 24 Trustee Packets, 1983-1998 (second copies) [RESTRICTED]
Box 30 Trustee Packets, 1998-2009 (second copies) [RESTRICTED]
Boxes 26-27 Card file index to the minutes — Full board, approximately 1930-1995 [RESTRICTED]
Boxes 27-28 Card file index to the minutes — Executive Committee, approximately 1930-1995 [RESTRICTED]
Box 15 Resolutions made upon death of Matthew Vassar, 26 June 1868
Box 21 Notices of Executive Committee Meetings, 1903-1906, 1908-1919
Box 21 Nelson Report, 1975
Box 21 Trustee Biographies, approximately 1987-2005 [RESTRICTED]
Box 21 Eugenie Havemeyer's papers related to Yale/Vassar, 1967
Box 32 Frances D. Fergusson Farewell Dinner photographs, 2006 [compact disc]
Box 21 Harriet Taylor Mauk, 1950-1951
Box 21 Miscellaneous, 1964-1968
Box 21 Miscellaneous, 1973
Box 21 Miscellaneous, 1977-1978

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Abstract

Materials relating to the work of the Board. Includes meeting minutes, reports, correspondence and financial records.

Member of
Finding Aid Collection
Finding Aid Date
Dates: 1861-2014
Subject (Topical)
Women's colleges--New York (State)--Poughkeepsie
Vassar College Trustees
Organization
Vassar College--Administration
Collection Title
Vassar College Board of Trustees Records