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Jaspar Parrish Papers

Biographical narratives of Jasper Parrish, n.d.

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Brent Sverdloff

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April 12, 2017
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Brent Sverdloff, memory coach and author of How Could I Forget You: A Creative Way to Remember Names and Faces, talks about the ancient art of training your memory to help you better remember people, names, and information for academic examinations. "When you are ready to admit that you need help

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Brian Lukacher

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October 10, 2006
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Brian Lukacher, art historian and Professor of Art at Vassar College, talks about his new monograph on the British artist and architectural visionary, Joseph Gandy.

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Bryan W. Van Norden

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September 23, 2020
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"Bryan W. Van Norden, Professor of Philosophy on the James Monroe Taylor Chair at Vassar, talks about his recent monograph, Taking Back Philosophy: A Multicultural Manifesto (Columbia UP, 2017).\n\nAre American colleges and universities failing their students by refusing to teach the philosophical

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Bryn Geffert

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January 29, 2014
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Bryn Geffert, Librarian of the College at Amherst College, talks about the crisis in scholarly book publishing and his new venture to address the crisis, the Amherst College Press.

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Buzz Spector

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March 31, 2021
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"The artist Buzz Spector talks about his retrospective exhibition at the St. Louis Art Museum on view through May 31, 2021: Buzz Spector: Alterations. Spector is a contemporary Conceptual artist who explores the aesthetic possibilities of language, paper, and books. The exhibition spans the artist's

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Byron | to Daws, 1757 Dec 8

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1757-12-08
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C. Stephen Jaeger

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February 10, 2016
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Our series on the role and value of the liberal arts in contemporary society continues with a conversation with the cultural historian C. Stephen Jaeger, Gutsgell Professor Emeritus in Germanic Languages and Literature and Comparative Literature at the University of Illinois, about his research into

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Callender Irvin | to Jasper Parrish, 1803 May 18: . .

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1803-05-18
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Capt. Thomas Morris | to Jasper Parrish, 1796 Aug 22

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1796-08-22
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Capt. Thomas Morris | to Jasper Parrish, 1800 Nov 12

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1800-11-12
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Capt. Thomas Morris | to Jasper Parrish, 1809 June 7

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1809-06-07
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Captain Israel Chapin | to the head Chiefs. Sachems. and Warriors at Buffaloe Creek. Ca, 1796

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1796
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Captain Israel Chapin | to The Seneca Chiefs at Buffaloe, 1802 July 30

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1802-07-30
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Celebrating Dante at Vassar

Date
October 27, 2021
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"Nancy Bisaha, Simona Bondavalli, Alberto Gelmi, Emma Iadanza, Elizabeth Nogrady and Ronald D. Patkus discuss the teaching of Dante at Vassar through the College's history, and the opening of a series of three simultaneous exhibitions on view through December 4, 2021 in the Thompson Memorial

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Certification of damage to Parrish property by U.S. Troops, 1819 May 18 (1 leaf)

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[1819-05-18]
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Changing Forms

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November 17, 2021
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"Elizabeth Nogrady (VC'99), Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Academic Programs at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar, Lara Yeager-Crasselt (VC'06) Curator of The Leiden Collection, and Ronald Patkus, Associate Director of the Libraries for Special Collections and Associate Professor of History

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Charles Henry

Date
December 3, 2014
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Charles Henry, President of the Council on Library and Information Resources, former CIO and University Librarian at Rice University, and a former Director of Libraries at Vassar College, talks about CLIR, its history, mission, and programs, as well as the role of liberal arts college libraries in

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Charles Henry

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March 13, 2019
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What is a library? Charles Henry, President of the Council on Libraries and Information Resources (CLIR) and former Director of Libraries at Vassar College, walks us through the door of that question as he is interviewed on February 27, 2019 for Radio New Zealand's popular program Nine to Noon by

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Charles Henry

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October 24, 2006
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Charles Henry, Vice Provost and University Librarian at Rice University and incoming President of the Council on Library and Information Resources, talks about his venture to revive Rice University Press as the first digital-only academic publishing house.

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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