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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 Hill Family Papers, 1662-1994 (bulk 1835-1970)

Collection Title
Hill Family Papers
Creator
Hill family
Abstract
Materials relating to the Hill family's personal, professional, and political activities. The bulk of the collection relates most directly to Elsie M. Hill (VC 1906).
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Guide to the Iannucci Modern American Literature Manuscript Collection, approximately 1934-1999

Collection Title
Iannucci Modern American Literature Manuscript Collection
Creator
Iannucci, Brenda J.
Abstract
Manuscript material accompanying the Iannucci Modern American Literature Book Collection.
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Guide to the Ida Treat Bergeret Papers, 1889-1978

Collection Title
Ida Treat Bergeret Papers,
Creator
Bergeret, Ida Treat, 1889?-1978
Abstract
Papers reflect her personal and
professional life and include travel diaries and notes, manuscripts and published
versions of her articles and stories on China, Russia, Tahiti, Abyssinia, Djibouti,
and the Red Sea slave trade, 1928-1967; correspondence with her two of her three
husbands, Paul Vaillant-Couturier and Andre Bergeret; letters from Wolfgang Wolff
written from Tahiti, 1934-1939; correspondence with her literary agent Marie Rodell,
1965-1967, and with the and other publishers
and editors; 86 letters from her friend Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, 1926-1952, and
correspondence, contracts, and royalty statements, 1968, pertaining to Chardin's
book , 1926-1952; notes,
clippings, and scrapbooks concerning her experiences in London during World War II,
1943-1945; manuscripts and publications by other authors; letters and articles of
Simone and Max Begonen; and family and personal photographs.
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Guide to the Islamic Manuscripts Collection, 10th century - 19th century

Collection Title
Islamic Manuscripts Collection
Abstract
Codices and manuscript leaves from
different parts of the Islamic World, primarily of the Qur'an and excerpts of the
Qur'an. Also includes scholarly and literary works.
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Guide to the J. Ryland Kendrick and Georgia Kendrick Papers, 1877-1927

Collection Title
J. Ryland Kendrick and Georgia Kendrick Papers,
Creator
Kendrick, J. R. (James Ryland), 1821-1889
Abstract
Correspondence, biographical information, manuscripts, photographs and other materials relating to the Kendricks.
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Guide to the James Monroe Taylor Papers, 1865-1916

Collection Title
James Monroe Taylor Papers
Creator
Taylor, James Monroe, 1848-1916
Abstract
Personal and professional papers relating to Taylor's tenure as President of Vassar College as well as his larger interests in education and religion. Includes correspondence, manuscripts, clippings, photographs, articles, and certificates.
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Guide to the James Orton Papers, 1846-1981, bulk 1846-1877

Collection Title
James Orton Papers
Creator
Orton, James, 1830-1877
Abstract
One scrapbook, one diary, and a number of letters and manuscripts relating to Orton's education and his family. The scrapbook contains clippings of Orton's writings about his early explorations of South America, with annotations presumed to be by Orton himself.
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Guide to the Jane Howard Guernsey Papers, approximately 1970-1999

Collection Title
Jane Howard Guernsey Papers
Creator
Guernsey, Jane Howard, 1927-
Abstract
Translations and photocopies of three 17th century sources regarding Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia by Massimiliano Deza, Antonion Lupis and Benedetto Baccini.
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Guide to the Jasper Parrish Papers, 1757-1954 (bulk 1757-1869)

Collection Title
Jasper Parrish Papers
Creator
Parrish, Jasper, 1767-1836
Abstract
Material relating to Jasper Parrish and his involvement with the Iroquois peoples, particularly in New York State.
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Guide to the Jean Elizabeth Crego Papers, 1923-1999

Collection Title
The Jean Elizabeth Crego Papers
Creator
Crego, Jean Elizabeth
Abstract
Correspondence, photographs, clippings, and floor plans from Crego's positions at the Vassar College Alumnae House and as the Vassar College Class of 1932 Correspondent, as well as some personal papers.
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Guide to the Jean Webster Papers, 1876–1982 (bulk 1900-1916)

Collection Title
Jean Webster Papers
Creator
Webster, Jean, 1876-1916
Abstract
The Jean Webster Papers at the Vassar College Libraries Department of Special Collections are part of the McKinney Family Papers, a collection of papers from the Clemens, Moffett, Webster, and McKinney families. They were donated to Vassar College in 1977, along with the endowment of a chair in American Literature, in honor of Jean Webster. The donors are Jean McKinney Connor, daughter of Jean Webster and Glenn Ford McKinney, and her husband Ralph Connor, a former trustee of Vassar.
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Guide to the Jeanne R. Lowe Papers, circa 1941-1972

Collection Title
Jeanne R. Lowe Papers
Creator
Lowe, Jeanne R.
Abstract
The collection consists of journalist and educator Jeanne R. Lowe's correspondence, writings, notes, and substantial research materials pertaining to urban renewal, urban housing, the role of women in the sciences, race, public housing, and community planning in the United States. Specific cities covered include New York, New Haven, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Miami, Sunnyvale (CA), Chicago, Rochester, and Washington, D.C.. Writings include drafts of Lowe's book (1967), as well as numerous other publications written for the Ford Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and other non-governmental organizations. Also included are personal and professional materials related to Lowe's life and career, including her work with academic organizations as a lecturer and organizer for Goucher College, Vassar College, and New York University.
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Guide to the Jeanne Russell Janish Papers, 1924-circa 1970

Collection Title
Jeanne Russell Janish Papers
Creator
Janish, Jeanne R.
Abstract
The collection contains botanical illustrator Jeanne Russell Janish's original paleontology drawings from a class at Stanford University and her original drawings for by Roxana Ferris (Berkeley, University of California Press, 1970). Also included are two oil paint sketches by Janish of Vassar College's Chapel and Library and Chapel.
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Guide to the Jeannette Hopkins Papers, 1922-2011

Collection Title
Jeannette Hopkins Papers,
Creator
Hopkins, Jeanette, 1922-
Abstract
Papers concern Hopkins' work on behalf of authors as an editor and agent and include correspondence, memoranda, contract summaries, and production records; correspondence often includes extensive discussion of a book's ideas, of changes and alterations, and of public response. Authors include Ben H. Bagdikian, Robert Bendiner, James MacGregor Burns, Marquis W. Childs, Eugene Genovese, Leonard W. Levy, Frank Mankiewicz, Edwin Newman, and Stan Steiner.
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Guide to the Jesse Isidor Straus Autograph Collection, approximately 1727-1873

Collection Title
Jesse Isidor Straus Autograph Collection
Creator
Straus, Jesse Isidor
Abstract
Letters, notes, receipts, dispatches, and some facsimile reproductions of documents pertaining to political and cultural events of the 18th and 19th centuries, including the French Revolution. Signers include Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI, Johann Gottfried Von Herder, Helmuth Graf von Moltke, Mozart, Jean Paul Richter, August Wilhelm von Schlegel, Johann Strauss, and Robert Walpole.
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Guide to the Jessica Levy Papers, approximately 1965-1966

Collection Title
Jessica Levy Papers
Creator
Levy, Jessica
Abstract
Material from the film version of Mary McCarthy’s "The Group." Includes photographs, clippings, and a bound typescript of the screenplay by Sydney Buchman.
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Guide to the Jessie F. Wheeler Papers, 1852-1929

Collection Title
Jessie F. Wheeler Papers
Creator
Wheeler, Jessie F., 1858-1946
Abstract
Scrapbooks, logbooks, album, diploma, and daguerreotypes, primarily concerning Wheeler's family. Other items include programs from Vassar College events, 1878-1879.
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Guide to the John Burroughs Papers, 1850-1991 (bulk 1860-1921)

Collection Title
John Burroughs Papers
Creator
Burroughs, John, 1837-1921
Abstract
Includes 53 original Burroughs
journals as well as a typescript of the journals prepared by his granddaughter,
Elizabeth Burroughs Kelley, and another typescript prepared by his literary
executor, Dr. Clara Barrus. In addition, there are manuscripts, sketch books,
scrapbooks and correspondence, including letters to Burroughs from Edith Rickert,
Walt Whitman, and others; as well as letters by Burroughs to family, friends,
colleagues and readers. The bulk of the correspondence is to and from his wife
Ursula and son Julian, but other correspondents include Georgia Avery Kendrick,
Clara S. Reed, Minnie and Orlando Rouland, James M. Taylor, Mary W. Whitney, and
others. Also included are published and unpublished materials and photographs
relating to Burroughs.
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Guide to the John H. Bushnell Papers, 1950-1976

Collection Title
John H. Bushnell Papers
Creator
Bushnell, John H.
Abstract
Field notes and manuscripts related to American anthropologist John Hempstead Bushnell's ethnographic work in Mexico.
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Guide to the John Howard Raymond Papers, 1823-1913 (bulk 1823-1878)

Collection Title
John Howard Raymond Papers
Creator
Raymond, John H. (John Howard), 1814-1878
Abstract
Correspondence, manuscripts, a scrapbook, and other materials relating to Raymond's personal life as well as his work as a minister, one of the founders of the University of Rochester and then president of Vassar College.
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