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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 Breed Collection of Maps, Documents, and Prints,
1513-1866

Collection Title
Breed Collection of Maps, Documents, and
Prints
Abstract
Collection of maps, charts and atlas
pages, documents, and illustrations depicting various regions of the globe ranging
from the 16th to 19th centuries.
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Guide to the Rosalind Howe Sturges Allen Papers, 1928-1999

Collection Title
Rosalind Howe Sturges Allen Papers
Creator
Howe, Rosalind
Abstract
Research materials, sketches, drawings, published materials, and exhibition materials relating to Rosalind Howe’s work as an artist and architectural cartographer as well as professional correspondence, published materials about Howe, and published materials which included Howe’s work.
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