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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 Benét Family Papers, 1862-1970

Collection Title
Benét Family Papers
Creator
Benét Family
Abstract
Correspondence, manuscripts, clippings, journals, business and legal documents and photographic prints relating the Benét Family’s personal, professional, and creative activity. A significant volume of the collection contains correspondence between family members, including letters to and from Stephen Vincent Benét and William Rose Benét. The collection includes manuscript drafts by Laura Benét, as well as some ephemera and printed material collected by the family.
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Guide to the Bookplate Collection, approximately 1890-1955

Collection Title
Bookplate Collection
Creator
Underhill, Adelaide, 1860-1936
Abstract
The Vassar College Bookplate Collection consists of over 5000 items, most of which are mounted and indexed by type and name of owner and by designer, if prominent.
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Guide to the Clara Barrus Papers, 1901-1931

Collection Title
Clara Barrus Papers
Creator
Barrus, Clara, 1864-1931
Abstract
Correspondence from John Burroughs to Clara Barrus and Barrus' journals, written from 1901 to 1924, spanning the years in which she was acquainted with Burroughs. Also, scraps of notes or published articles written about or by Barrus.
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Guide to the Lloyd Peterson-John Burroughs Collection, approximately 1970-1990

Collection Title
Lloyd Peterson-John Burroughs Collection,
Creator
Lloyd, Peter
Abstract
Correspondence, photographs, and printed materials documenting Lloyd Peterson's scholarship on John Burroughs.
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Guide to the McKinney Family Papers, 1823-1964

Collection Title
McKinney Family Papers
Creator
McKinney family
Abstract
Papers of the McKinney Family from
the McKinney Family Papers. Contains correspondence, notes, clippings, obituaries,
business papers and ephemera.
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Guide to the Samuel L. Clemens Papers, 1796-1984 (bulk 1853-1909)

Collection Title
Samuel L. Clemens Papers
Creator
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
Abstract
Includes manuscripts, notes, diaries, clippings, certificates, deeds and photographs; but of particular note are the letters Clemens wrote to his family describing his early adulthood as well as the development and progression of his writing career.
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