Made by professor and founder of the Film Department James Steerman and his students, "A Vassar Notebook" comprises a series of twelve student pieces on life at Vassar in 1970. The pieces are: (1) "Remedial Film Making 1A" - students setting up and using a movie camera in front of Main Building with

Short film directed by James B. Steerman. Includes images from "Time Paintings," a series of scroll paintings by Lewis W. Rubenstein, and poems by Nancy Willard Lindbloom. Music, composed by Alexander Scriabin, was performed by Todd Crow. Additional footage of Rubenstein sketching water plants was

Personal camera footage taken the weekend of commencement, 1930. Consists mostly the Alumnae Parade but also includes graduates exiting the chapel after Commencement, as well as a survey of buildings and grounds, including Cushing, Taylor, Kendrick, Vassar Lake, Main Building, the Library

Silent, personal camera footage of scenes from the two-week sit-in in Main Building, a protest against the termination of several faculty members' contracts as well as general questions about academic freedom. Begins with a protest-related musical event in front of Main Building, students coming and

Silent, personal camera footage of scenes from the two-week sit-in in Main Building, a protest against the termination of several faculty members' contracts as well as general questions about academic freedom. Begins with students registering for classes, followed by a protest-related event in

Silent film with title cards featuring members of the Class of 1915 at their 32nd reunion. Includes footage of the campus including Vassar Lake, Main Building, the President's House, the Chapel, Skinner, Blodgett, Cushing, Athletic Circle, Student's Building Jewett, Raymond, Thompson Library, and

Silent film with title cards, produced for the Vassar College Bureau of Publication by Jules Bucher and Willard Pictures. Begins with the arrival of new students followed by descriptions of academic and student life. Events include the 1943 spring convocation, Class Day, and commencement. The Class

Part one of the fifth film in the Vassar College Child Study Department series, "Studies of Normal Personality Development." This installment tracks the evolution of personality development through favorable and unfavorable interpersonal relationships in the home, school, and neighborhood. The

Part two of the fifth film in the Vassar College Child Study Department series, "Studies of Normal Personality Development." This installment tracks the evolution of personality development through favorable and unfavorable interpersonal relationships in the home, school, and neighborhood. The

Promotional film produced for the Admissions Office. The narrator portrays a student writing a description of the college over the course of one evening. Themes include student life, friendship, intellectual rigor and curiosity, diversity, and open-mindedness. Spaces featured include the All Campus

Norris Houghton speaking on "Playwrights in the Contemporary Theater," a television program produced by New York's Metropolitan Educational Television Association (META) in conjunction with Hunter College and the Phoenix Theatre. Additional credits include Amram Nowak (producer); Frank Jacoby

Norris Houghton speaking on "Playwrights in the Contemporary Theater," a television program produced by New York's Metropolitan Educational Television Association (META) in conjunction with Hunter College and the Phoenix Theatre. Additional credits include Amram Nowak (producer); Frank Jacoby

Norris Houghton speaking on "Playwrights in the Contemporary Theater," a television program produced by New York's Metropolitan Educational Television Association (META) in conjunction with Hunter College and the Phoenix Theatre. Additional credits include Amram Nowak (producer); Frank Jacoby

TIAA-CREF informational film. Includes faculty and staff interviews and campus footage from Cooper Union, New York University, Rockefeller University, and Vassar College. Produced by Peter Rosen Productions

Silent promotional slideshow film produced by Seven Seas Cinema, Inc. for the Vassar Press and Information Office. Photography by Stuart Math, Sharon Schuster, John Foraste, Ben Rayfield, and Dixie Sheridan

President Sarah Gibson Blanding on Edward R. Murrow's CBS news program "Person to Person." The scripted interview includes Blanding's comments on women's colleges, secondary education, and the liberal arts tradition. Includes an appearance by Blanding's sister Ellen (known as "Miss Ellen"), and a

1961 revision of the silent film written, directed, and shot in 1931 by Vassar graduate Marvin Breckinridge (VC 1927), a self-taught filmmaker. The original "She Goes to Vassar" was a silent film, following a freshman (Shirley Ewald, VC 1933) through the course of her first year at the college

Narrated film offering an overview and highlights of the inauguration of Virginia B. Smith. Featured speakers include Barbara Austin Foote (VC 1940), Winifred Asprey (VC 1938 and faculty), Barbara W. Newell (VC 1951 and Wellesley College), Martin Meyerson (University of Pennsylvania), and Elizabeth

Mary McCarthy (VC 1933) describes the college as it was when she was a student in contrast to Vassar in 1974. Includes a discussion with a group of students about the social and political climate of the 1960s and 1970s as well as McCarthy's analysis of Richard Nixon, Watergate, and the Vietnam War

Filmed description and display of Vassar professor Lewis Rubenstein's "time painting" technique which is centered around long horizontal scrolled pieces meant to be viewed in a special rolling frame. The artist shows students a number of paintings while demonstrating the process of creating and