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John H. Frisbee | to Jasper Parrish, 1805 Dec 7

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1805-12-07
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John Parrish | to Jasper Parrish, 1793 Aug 1

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1793-08-01
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John Parrish | to Jasper Parrish, 1796 Apr 7

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1796-04-07
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John Savage | to Jasper Parrish, 1822 July 26

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1822-07-26
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Joseph Fellows, n.d.

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Judd, Dorothy (Leonard). Diary, 1917

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1917
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This item consists of typed extracts of Dorothy Leonard Judd's 1917 diary. Judd briefly discusses home life in Grand Rapids, Michigan; viewing footage from soldiers in the first world war and the new Russian revolution; trips to New York City; and camp life in the Gulick summer camp in Maine.,From

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Keffer, Bertha. Diary, 1876

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1876-01-01T01:00:01Z-1876-12-31T23:59:59Z
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VC 1876, handwritten.,This item is a collection of writings by Keffer and her classmates. It features a lengthy poem about the arrival of the first Japanese students in 1872, which also appears in Ella C. Lapham's (VC 1876) scrapbook. The racist poem mocks the Japanese students' English language

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Keffer, Bertha. Diary, Jan-Jun 1871

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January-June 1871
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The Vassar College Archives within the Digital Library include some images, texts, and material items that are racist, xenophobic, or otherwise harmful. The Vassar Libraries have provided descriptive text and additional notes whenever possible to alert Digital Library users to these items. The Engaged Pluralism Initiative Race and Racism in Historical Collections Project Group is working with the library on contextualizing and facilitating community conversations about these materials. For more information see: https://library.vassar.edu/rrhc
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Although Bertha Keffer's diary was printed with the date 1854, she wrote in it during the months of January-June 1871. Keffer generally describes her day-to-day life at Vassar, focusing heavily on her time in the College Chapel. She speaks briefly, and sporadically, about her father (John C

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Keffer, Bertha. Notes from Diary, Jan-Jun 1871

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Jan-Jun 1871
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Ladd-Franklin, Christine. Diary, 1860-1866

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1860-1873
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This volume begins with 56 pages of handwriting exercises. The narrative then begins with Christine Ladd's adolescent years during the Civil War. The diary is not simply a daily chronicle; rather, it is a serious journal of self-examination, expressing despondency over the death of her mother, hopes

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Ladd-Franklin, Christine. Diary, 1866-1873

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1866-1873
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In this diary, Christine Ladd-Franklin chronicles her time at Vassar and several years following her graduation in 1869. She escribes her experience as a Vassar student, the challenges of financing her education, and her early years of teaching before beginning her graduate work in mathematics.

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Letters and Documents Relating to the Government Service of Jasper Parrish among the Indians of New York State, 1790 - 1831, edited by Dorothy May Fairbanks, 1940

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1940
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Letters and Documents Relating to the Government Service of Jasper Parrish among the Indians of New York State, 1790 - 1831, edited by Dorothy May Fairbanks, 1940

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1940
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Letters and Documents Relating to the Government Service of Jasper Parrish among the Indians of New York State, 1790-1831, edited by Dorothy May Fairbanks, 1940

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1940
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Letters and Documents Relating to the Government Service of Jasper Parrish among the Indians of New York State. 1790 - 1831. edited by Dorothy May Fairbanks, 1940

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1940
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List of signatures of Americans signed at Canandaigua, 1799 Apr 8

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1799-04-08
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Markwick, Marjorie (Anthony). Diary, 1914

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1914
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Daily entries from July through December 1914. Newspaper clippings concerning Vassar's field day, moonlight sail, and mountain climb; a letter from Markwick's aunt Mollie; an invoice for directing song practice and class meeting; and a Vassar room deposit receipt are pasted into the diary beginning

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Martin, Elma G. Diary, 1892

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1892-1907
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Daily entries of varying length concerning Martin's experiences as a special student at Vassar College between September 22, 1892 and June 28, 1893. Further entries until June 23, 1894 discuss Martin's return home and work teaching. After a break of several years, Martin resumes the diary with an

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Message from the Six Nations to the Secretary of War, 1815 Feb 20

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1815-02-20
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Miscellaneous documents, n.d.

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The Vassar College Archives within the Digital Library include some images, texts, and material items that are racist, xenophobic, or otherwise harmful. The Vassar Libraries have provided descriptive text and additional notes whenever possible to alert Digital Library users to these items. The Engaged Pluralism Initiative Race and Racism in Historical Collections Project Group is working with the library on contextualizing and facilitating community conversations about these materials. For more information see: https://library.vassar.edu/rrhc