1. Cover of Photobook
2. Vassar College Library
3. Title Page
4. Chapel from Lake
5. a. Rockefeller Hall ; b. Ice skating ; c. Thompson Memorial Library
6. a. Winter landscape ; b. Wooden bridge over river in winter
7. a. Winter landscape ; b. Students on riverbank
8. a. Landscape ; b. River in winter
9. a. Vassar students at river ; b. Vassar student portrait ; c. Vassar students in warm coats
10. a. "Mr. and Mrs. Green" costumes at a sophomore party ; b. Ruth "Peg" Halsey at a sophomore party ; c. Helen Lathrop at a sophomore party
11. a. "The Green Family" at a sophomore party ; b. A costumed couple at a sophomore party
12. a. "The Green Family" at a sophomore party ; b. Colonial costume for Washington's Birthday
13. a. Colonial costume for Washington's Birthday ; b. Colonial costume for Washington's Birthday
14. a. Colonial costume for Washington's Birthday ; b. Colonial costume for Washington's Birthday ; c. Colonial costume for Washington's Birthday
15. a. Three students in sweaters ; b. Student in sweater and plaid skirt ; c. Student on steps of brick building
16. a. "Bowery" Party ; b. Student in large tree
17. a. "The Ninth Proposal" scene ; b. Ada Brooks the Hockey Player
18. Lake Mohonk Gardens
19. a. Landscape ; b. Mountain view ; c. Minnewaska Falls
20. a. Hotel at Mohonk ; b. Helen Lathrop and friend ; c. Walkill Valley
21. a. Group photo at "Slabsides" ; b. Log cabin at "Slabsides" ; c. John Burroughs at "Slabsides" ; d. John Burroughs at "Slabsides"
22. "Quality Street" Hall Play
23. a. "A Winter's Tale" Hall Play ; b. "The Admirable Crichton" Hall Play
24. "Much Ado about Nothing" Hall Play
25. "Much Ado about Nothing" cast photo
26. a. Sophomore Year title page with wooden bridge ; b. "Miss Pollard"
27. a. Forest with figure at Lake Mohonk ; b. View across Lake Mohonk ; c. City view across Lake Mohonk
28. The "Wake Robin Club" visiting "Slabsides"
29. a. The "Wake Robin Club" visiting "Slabsides" ; b. The "Wake Robin Club" visiting "Slabsides"
31. a. The "Wake Robin Club" visiting "Slabsides" ; b. The "Wake Robin Club" visiting "Slabsides" ; a. Wake Robin Club at "Slabsides" ; b. Class of 1911 Basketball game ; c. Ice skating
32. "Nance Oldfield" Hall Play
33. "Sister Beatrice" Hall Play
34. "Sister Beatrice" Hall Play
35. "Sister Beatrice" Hall Play
36. a. Class of 1911 ; b. Thompson Memorial Library at Vassar College ; c. Winter view of Thompson Memorial Library at Vassar College ; d. Vassar College students walking past building ; "Sister Beatrice" play Abbess, Priest, Nuns
38. a. Practice for Sophomore Tree Ceremonies ; b. Practice for Sophomore Tree Ceremonies
39. a. "Cow-towing to a pole" for Sophomore Tree Ceremonies ; b. Laura Herring
40. a. Frances Tyler and 1909 ; b. 1911 in Basket Ball Costume
41. a. Helen Noyes Throwing a Basket ; b. Ellen Eayers ; c. Frances Tyler ; d. Class of 1909 Portrait
42. a. Path through trees ; b. Path through trees
43. a. Leafless tree and pine ; b. Leafless trees
44. a. Rosalind in "As You Like It" ; b. Orlando in "As You Like It"
45. a. Touchstone in "As You Like It" ; b. Audrey in "As You Like It"
46. a. Rosalind in "As You Like It" ; b. Rosalind and Celia in "As You Like It"
47. a. Celia and Oliver in "As You Like It" ; b. Le Beau and Amiens in "As You Like It"
48. a. William, Audrey, and Touchstone in "As You Like It" ; b. Phoebe and Silvius in "As You Like It"
49. a. "Class of 1908 at Basket Ball" ; b. "Bob" and "Benny"
51. a. Baroness Uriu at Vassar College ; b. Isabel Dinkey as Class Marshall - Class Day 1909"
51. Class of 1909 celebrating Class Day
52. a. John Burroughs ; b. Landscape
53. a. The Lovells ; b. Students on fence
54. Students in a tree
55. Edith Taft and Mary Robinson
56. The Half-Moon of Hudson at the Hudson-Fulton Celebration of 1909
57. The Clermont of Fulton at the Hudson-Fulton Celebration of 1909
58. a. Katharine Forbes at the Yale-Harvard Football Game ; b. Helen Noyes at the Yale-Harvard Football Game
59. "Les Femmes Savantes" First Hall Play
60. "Les Femmes Savantes" Cast and Committee
61. "Les Femmes Savantes" Act V
62. a. "Barrington" in the "Amazons" Third Hall Play ; b. Ice storm of 1910
63. a. Coasting on heavy crust on tin dinner trays ; b. Skating on the crust
64. a. Cast of Boat-Ride Play at the Junior-Senior Boat Ride ; b. Lilias Wheeler at the Junior-Senior Boat Ride ; c. Marjorie MacCoy at the Junior-Senior Boat Ride
65. a. "Bill Phelps" on Founders Day ; b. "Peg, L.M.T., and HL" on Founders Day
66. a. House Sanitation Picnic to Sewage Farms ; b. House Sanitation Picnic to Sewage Farms "Hand it all!"
67. a. House Sanitation Picnic to Sewage Farms "Aw." ; b. "April 1910"
68. a. Boating at Vassar College ; b. Helen Lathrop Boating
69. a. "Betty" Sheldon Boating ; b. "Pru" Ellis Boating
70. The Tempest Hall Play
71. The Tempest jester
72. Dickens Club
71. a. "Shakespeare Club" picnic on steps ; b. "Shakespeare Club" picnic portrait ; c. "Shakespeare Club" students climbing on roof ; d. "Shakespeare Club" student sitting on roof ; e. "Shakespeare Club" student looking down from roof ; f. "Shakespeare Club" students on fence
74. a. "Shakespeare Club" picnic ; b. "Shakespeare Club" picnic
75. Daisy Chain
76. Katharine Taylor at Class Day
77. a. Daisy Chain ; b. Helen Noyes as Marshall of Daisy Chain
78. a. Five students on dock at house party ; b. Canoeing at house party ; c. Stone wall at house party ; d. Lake Buel at house party
79. Lake Mohonk
80. "Iphigenia in Tauris" Hall Play
81. a. "Pallas Athena" in "Iphigenia in Tauris" ; b. Mrs. Elliot Smith and Prudence ; c. Mrs. Elliot Smith and Prudence
82. "Chums" Third Hall Play
83. a. Winter scene at Vassar College ; b. Vassar College balcony
84. a. Two Vassar Students ; b. 1911 Class Tree with Banners
85. a. Two students on path ; b. Two students near Thompson Memorial Library
86. a. Chapel arches ; b. Vassar College Chapel ; c. Interior and desks of theThompson Memorial Library
87. a. Vassar quadrangle ; b. Vassar gate known as "The Lodge"
88. a. "Miss Washburn and her psychology rabbits" ; b. 1911 Class Tree with Championship Banners
89. Field Day
90. a. Founders Day Fiftieth Anniversary ; b. Two students costumed for Founders Day
91. Founders Day impersonation of Matthew Vassar
92. a. Founders Day Renaissance pageant ; b. Founders Day Renaissance pageant
93. Reproduction of Founders Day Original Welcome
94. a. Founders Day impersonations of Hannah Lyman and Mrs. Kendrick ; b. Founders Day impersonation of Hannah Lyman
95. a. Founders Day impersonation of President Raymond ; b. 1867 banner for Founders Day ; c. President James Monroe Taylor and Dr. Saunders at Founders Day
96. a. Charlotte Burnet singing for Founders Day ; b. President Taylor giving a Founders Day speech
97. a. Trail up Slide Mountain ; b. View from the top of Slide Mountain
98. a. Julia Lovejoy ; b. Emily Thallon and Julia Lovejoy "Keep off Grass"
99. a. Helen Lathrop on the Grass ; b. Student on the Grass
100. a. "Gertrude, Rose, Beth" ; b. Rose Brown ; c. Gertrude Orr ; d. Beth Heroy
101. Chapel Cloister
102. a. Helen Lathrop in the snow ; b. Helen Lathrop at the Senior May Dance
103. Senior May Dance
104. a. Class Day for the Class of 1911 ; b. Class Day for the Class of 1911
105. Daisy Chain
106. Class of 1911 on platform
107. a. Class of 1911 on platform ; b. Class of 1911 on platform
108. Beginning of procession at commencement
109. Procession at commencement
110. a. Senior Room at 311 Main with Helen Lathrop ; b. Senior Room at 311 Main with Elizabeth H
111. a. Senior Room at 311 Main with Elizabeth H and Helen Lathrop ; b. Helen Lathrop and Jean Harwood Pattinson at Commencement for Bachelors of Art ; c. Helen Lathrop and Jean Harwood Pattinson at Commencement for Bachelors of Art
112. a. First Reunion of the Vassar College Class of 1911 ; b. Alumnae Luncheon
113. a. "Val, Gertrude, Pat, Beth" ; b. Students Building
114. a. Students Building in Winter ; b. "Prexy" (Dr. Taylor) and Dr. MacCracken
115. a. Dr. Thelberg ; b. Vassar grounds ; c. Helen Lathrop at a bridge
116. Class of 1911 at Sixteenth Reunion
117. Class of 1911 at Twenty-Fifth Reunion
118. a. Reunion Band Class ; b. Dr. Taylor ; c. Dr. MacCracken
119. a. Marching band at reunion ; b. Dr. Taylor at table during reunion ; c. Alumnae reunion after sixty years
120. Thompson Memorial Library at Vassar College
121. Vassar College Chapel viewed through trees
122. Back cover of photobook
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This photo album is arranged in loose chronological order from Lathrop's freshman through senior year at Vassar College. Lathrop eagerly joined the social and extracurricular life at Vassar, documenting hall plays, costume parties, basketball games and boating. She indulged a love of the outdoors through her participation in the Wake Robin Club, which was frequently invited by the naturalist John Burroughs to his property at "Slabsides." Lathrop also was a member of the Shakespeare Club and the Dickens Club. Her photo book is devoted to a variety of Vassar traditions, such as the Sophomore Tree Ceremonies, Class Day, House Sanitation Picnic, Junior-Senior Boat Ride, Daisy Chain, Class Tree, Founders Day, Lake Mohonk, the Vassar College Geology Excursion, Commencement, and Washington's Birthday. She also attended the multiple Vassar reunions, the 50th Anniversary of Founder's Day, the Hudson-Fulton Celebration of 1909. Lathrop photographed numerous notable people associated with Vassar College, including the alumna Baroness Uriu (Shige Nagai, VC School of Music 1878-1881); the alumna and suffragist Inez Milholland (VC 1905-1909); Vassar presidents James Monroe Taylor and Henry Noble MacCracken; and Vassar faculty Elizabeth Burr Thelberg, Margaret F Washburn, and Dr. Saunders.
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