Vassar College Digital Library

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/

Guide to the Lewis Rubenstein Papers, approximately 1950-1974

Collection Title
Lewis Rubenstein Papers
Abstract
Sketches of faculty members and campus scenes and sketchbooks produced throughout Rubenstein's career at Vassar, and two copies of his film "Time Painting."
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Guide to the Oscar Serlin Collection of George Bernard Shaw Materials, 1920-2006 (bulk 1920-1951)

Collection Title
Oscar Serlin Collection of George Bernard Shaw Materials
Abstract
Portraits of George Bernard Shaw, as well as photographs, framed materials, notes, and memorabilia relating to Shaw.
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