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Schmitt, Dorothy (Prentiss) — to Mother, 1918

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1918
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Schmitt, Dorothy (Prentiss). Letter, 1918

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1 typed copy of a letter from Schmitt (VC 1920) to her mother about the 1918 fire at Vassar College. Schmitt describes the fire as resulting from a defective flue and causing the collapse of an entire wing of Main Building. She reports that the four hundred students who had been living in Main

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Wood, Fanny E. | to Aunt Villa, Mar. 1866

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March 24, 1866
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VC Spec March 1866-1867

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Wood, Fanny E. Letter, 1866

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Mar. 24th 1866
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1 letter from Wood to her Aunt Villa. Wood thanks her aunt and uncle for the shoes, pin, and buttons that they had sent her and promises to visit them during the following week's vacation from classes. She praises the view from her room, describes how easily she has made friends within her two weeks

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