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Faust, Frances (Patterson) | to George M. Patterson, Apr. 8, 1888 :

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April 8, 1888
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Faust, Frances (Patterson). Letter, 1888

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1888
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1 letter from Faust to her brother George M. Patterson. Faust relates her participation in a play, which was deemed "immoral" by a faculty member and had to be rewritten by the cast before they performed. She also describes a spelling competition between the class societies of 1888 and 1889. She

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Pratt, Mary (Morris) | to mother, Apr. 18, 1880:

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April 18, 1880
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Pratt, Mary (Morris) | to mother, Apr. 22, 1877:

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April 22, 1877
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Pratt, Mary (Morris) | to mother, Jan. 26, 1879:

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January 26, 1879
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Pratt, Mary (Morris) | to mother, Jun. 8, 1879:

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June 8, 1879
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he 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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Pratt, Mary (Morris) | to mother, May 2, 1880

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May 2, 1880
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Pratt, Mary (Morris) | to mother, Nov. 3, 1878

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November 3, 1878
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Pratt, Mary (Morris) | to mother, Nov. 4, 1874

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November 4, 1874
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Pratt, Mary (Morris) | to mother, Oct. 20, 1879

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October 20, 1879
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Pratt, Mary (Morris). Letters, 1874, 1877-1880

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8 letters from Mary Pratt to her mother, one dated Nov. 1874 and the remaining seven between April 1877 and May 1880. The 1874 letter recounts making molasses with her classmates at Vassar. Remaining letters describe making chicken costumes for the Philalethean entertainment, the junior class

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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