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James, Fannie (Shouse). Diary, ca. 1860s-1870s

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ca. 1860s-1870s
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From page 1 of the memoir: "Fannie [Fanny] Shouse was from Kansas City, Mo. She entered Vassar College Sept. 1869, preparatory department, and left on account of her father's death in April, 1873, and the following October, 1873, she married. The following is a copy of a sketch about her college

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Jasper Parrish Papers

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1757-01-01T01:00:01Z-1954-12-31T23:59:59Z
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The collection includes correspondence of Jasper Parrish, 1790-1829, and others, 1757-1869, relating to the Painted Post treaty, payments to Indians, supplies to the Seneca mission, conduct of the St. Regis Indians, and work of the Quakers among the Indians. There are addresses and messages, 1803

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Jasper Parrish Papers in Vassar College Library (typed transcript), 1954

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1954
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Jasper Parrish Papers in Vassar College Library (typed transcript), 1954

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1954
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Jasper Parrish Papers in Vassar College Library (typed transcript), 1954

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1954
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Jefferson Davis, n.d.

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Autograph; envelope.

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John C. Calhoun | to Jasper Parrish, 1820 Feb 19

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1820-02-19
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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 Johnston | to Jasper Parrish, 1800 July 19: . .

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1800-07-19
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From "Jasper Parrish Papers in Vassar College Library (typed transcript), 1954," p. 44.\n\n[In scrapbook]\n\nLetter to Jasper Parrish at Canandaigua from John Johnston, Geneva, July 19, 1800. Johnston has sent a standard for the Troop via Mr. Morris as a mark of his esteem for the members of the

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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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Vassar College Student Diaries

Judd, Dorothy (Leonard). Diary, 1917

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Date
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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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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