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Finding Aids Collection

This collection of finding aids describe items in both the Virginia B. Smith Memorial Manuscript Collection and the College Archives. The Virginia B. Smith Memorial Manuscript Collection is named after the eighth president of Vassar College, whose vision for the library included the addition of personal papers of a number of key literary figures. The holdings range from medieval illuminated manuscripts to modern manuscripts, and include over 500 collections of Vassar College graduates, faculty, and others affiliated with the college. The Vassar College Archives documents the history of the College from its founding in 1861 to the present. It includes publications, administrative records, meeting minutes, architectural drawings, photograph and audiovisual collections, subject files, artifacts, and other materials. For more information please visit the Archives & Special Collections Library website here: https://library.vassar.edu/specialcollections/

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Guide to the Benson J. Lossing Papers, 1861-1891

Collection Title
Benson J. Lossing Papers
Creator
Lossing, Benson J. (Benson John), 1813-1891
Abstract
Correspondence concerning Vassar College activities, speeches, and engagements with Lyman Abbott, Nathan Bishop, Stephan M. Buckingham, Charles S. Farrar, Milo P. Jewett, Maria Mitchell, John H. Raymond, Lucy M. Salmon, James Monroe Taylor, Matthew Vassar, and Henry Van Ingen, with some family correspondence. Other items include his notes from a trip to Washington, D.C. in 1861, and miscellaneous programs.
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Guide to the Helen Morris Hadley Papers, approximately 1880-1928

Collection Title
Helen Morris Hadley Papers
Creator
Hadley, Helen Morris, 1863-1939
Abstract
Bills and accounts from Hadley's days at Vassar and from subsequent reunions; and correspondence, speeches, and notes concerning her service at Vassar, approximately 1903-1927, including letters from Presidents Taylor and MacCracken; her Alumnae Association activities, 1913-1919; the Vassar budget, 1918-1928; and the controversy over dividing the Vassar History Department, 1906-1907.
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Guide to the Lucy Maynard Salmon Papers, 1818-1992 (bulk 1854-1933)

Collection Title
Lucy Maynard Salmon Papers
Creator
Salmon, Lucy Maynard, 1853-1927
Abstract
The Lucy Maynard Salmon Collection
includes the personal papers of Lucy Maynard Salmon along with two smaller collections
of papers belonging to her mother, Maria Clara Maynard Salmon, and her brother, Pomeroy L. Salmon. The materials relate
to her work as an historian and professor at Vassar College as well as her work with
the suffrage movement and local political issues. There are also materials relating
to her family, education and personal life. Formats include correspondence,
manuscripts, printed material, clippings, minutes, reports, notes, and
photographs.
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Guide to the Margaret Grace Bondfield Papers, 1854-1951 (bulk 1898-1951)

Collection Title
Margaret Grace Bondfield Papers
Creator
Bondfield, Margaret, 1873-1953
Abstract
Correspondence, clippings, speeches, publications, government documents, and other materials concerning Bondfield's work with labor and trade unions, primarily in Great Britain, but also Australia, Canada, the United States and other countries.
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Guide to the Marian Parker Whitney Papers, 1842-1945 (bulk 1871-1945)

Collection Title
Marian Parker Whitney Papers
Creator
Whitney, Marian P. (Marian Parker), 1861-
Abstract
Materials relating to Whitney's position at Vassar College as well as her involvement with the American Association of University Professors, the International Council of Women, the National Council of Women, Connecticut Association of Working Girls' Clubs, and other women's groups. There are also biographical materials, including correspondence and diaries, containing information about Whitney's family, intellectual pursuits, travels and other personal issues.
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Guide to the Mary Thaw Thompson Papers, 1880-1928

Collection Title
Mary Thaw Thompson Papers
Abstract
Material pertaining to Vassar College, the Association of Collegiate Alumnae, and the Association to Aid Scientific Research by Women.
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Guide to the Milo Parker Jewett Papers, 1828-1913 (bulk 1856-1882)

Collection Title
Milo Parker Jewett Papers
Creator
Jewett, Milo P.
Abstract
Papers related to Jewett's involvement with the founding of Vassar College and its early operation, as well as biographical and Jewett family materials
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Guide to the Paulina Wright Davis Papers, 1843-1890

Collection Title
Paulina Wright Davis Papers
Creator
Davis, Paulina W. (Paulina Wright), 1813-1876
Abstract
61 letters, mainly incoming (with typewritten copies), 17 manuscripts, 2 travel diaries (attributed to Davis' niece) and miscellaneous papers.
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