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Vassar College Student Letters

The Student Letters collection contains letters from Vassar students primarily during the nineteenth century. The letters were written by students to family, friends, and Vassar faculty, with some letters received by students from family and friends, concerning life at Vassar, their studies, social events, and family affairs; students include Ruth Adams, 1900-1904; Grace Louise Fletcher Chase, 1907-1916; Muriel Tilden Eldridge, 1911-1914; Roberta T. Johns, 1901-1903; Marjorie Newell MacCoy, 1907-1910; Sybil Huntington May, 1911-1922; Alice Thurston McGirr, 1902-1906; Margaret M. Shipp, 1901-1911; Laura A. Skinner, correspondence with Frances M. Bromley, 1876-1882; Sidney Lewis Smith, 1902-1906; Fanny Simpson Townsend, 1898-1903; and Gertrude C. Valentine, 1908-1911. A finding aid is available for this collection.
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Vassar College Student Letters

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Adams, Ruth | to family, Oct. 1902:

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Date
October 4, 1902
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Adams, Ruth | to family, Oct. 31, 1900(?):

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October 31, 1900(?)
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Adams, Ruth | to family, Oct. 8, 1902(?):

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October 8, 1902(?)
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Adams, Ruth | to family, Sep. 1900(?):

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1900(?)
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Adams, Ruth | to family, Sep. 1900:

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September 1900
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Adams, Ruth | to family, Sep. 1900:

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September 24, 1900
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Adams, Ruth | to family, Sep. 1900:

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September 20, 1900
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Adams, Ruth | to family, Sep. 1902:

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September 24, 1902
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Adams, Ruth | to family, Sep. 25, 1900:

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September 21, 1900
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Adams, Ruth | to family, Sept. 1900(?):

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September 1900(?)
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Adams, Ruth | to family, Sept. 1900(?):

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Oct 13, 1900(?)
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Adams, Ruth | to father, n.d.:

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n.d.
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Adams, Ruth | to father, n.d.:

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n.d.
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Adams, Ruth | to mother, Nov. 1900:

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November 1900
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Adams, Ruth. Letters, 1900-1902

Date
1865
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85 letters from Adams to family, written between 1900 and 1902, and 1 letter from Flora A. Clarke to Ida, April 1901. Some of the letters are very brief notes or postcards. Adams' longer letters contain evocative landscape descriptions, references to student activities, orders for new clothing

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Anderson, Irene — to Norton B. Anderson, October 10, 1866

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10 Oct 1866
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Anderson, Irene. Letters, 1866

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VC Spec 1866-1867,1 letter, dated 10 Oct 1866, from Anderson (VC spec 1866-1867) to her brother Norton B. Anderson. Anderson promises to write every week and keep a daily journal of her experiences at Vassar College. She describes the geology walks led by Professor Tennyson, provides a comprehensive

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Arnzen, Laura Earl | to Caroline E. and Abigail L. Slade, Nov. 14, 1865:

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Nov. 14, 1865
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VC Spec 1865-1866

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Arnzen, Laura Earl | to Caroline E. and Abigail L. Slade, Oct. 22, 1865:

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Oct. 22, 1865
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VC Spec 1865-1866

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Arnzen, Laura Earl | to Caroline E. and Abigail L. Slade, Oct. 7, 1865:

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October 7, 1865
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VC Spec 1865-1866

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