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Barus, Annie Howes | to Edith, Sep. 1869:

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September 15, 1869
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Bates, Sarah | to Isabel Treadwell, Dec. 1867:

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December 25, 1867
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Bates, Sarah | to Isabel Treadwell, Mar. 1868:

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March 07, 1868
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Bates, Sarah | to Isabelle Treadwell, Jun. 1868:

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June 04, 1868
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Griffis, Katharine | to Mary Grace Toll Hill, Jul. 1874:

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July 11, 1874
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Houts, Annie | to John Houts, Apr. 1869:

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April 18, 1869
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Houts, Annie | to John Houts, Jun. 1869:

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June 04, 1869
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Ladd, Jennie A | to aunt, Oct. 1872:

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October 20, 1872
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Pease, Julia M. Letters, 1870-1875

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221 letters from Julia Pease, mostly to her parents and sister Caroline, concerning her experiences at Vassar between 1870 and 1875. Pease discusses social visits, family news, fashion trends, and academic experience. She describes Christmas festivities and theatricals at Vassar (Cara, Dec 1872) and

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Slade, Abigail and Caroline Slade. Letters, 1866

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Many letters in this collection are written by Abigail L. Slade or Caroline S. Slade, and noted accordingly; when letters were co-written, this is also specified. For some letters, it is impossible to determine which person wrote the letter, noted by "Slade, Abigail L. or Slade, Caroline S."\n\n18

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Stem, Sarah M.| to family, Feb. 25, 1868:

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February 25, 1868
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Stem, Sarah M.| to family, May 14, 1871:

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May 14, 1871
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Stem, Sarah M.| to family, Oct. 10, 1869:

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October 10, 1869
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Stem, Sarah M.| to family, Oct. 4, 1868:

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October 4, 1868
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Stem, Sarah M.| to family, Sep. 18, 1868:

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September 18, 1868
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Tappan, Eva March. Letters, 1874

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7 letters from Tappan to her mother about her semester at Vassar in the spring of 1874. Tappan discusses visiting arrangements for vacations, fashion trends, and the partiality that Poughkeepsie shopkeepers showed to Vassar customers. She evaluates various preachers and describes several faculty

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Thompson, Addie (Adda). Letters, n.d., 1875-1876

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13 letters from Thompson to her family about her experiences at Vassar from the fall of 1875 to the spring of 1876. Thompson describes her arrival, entrance examinations, the difficulty of having her first name registered in the catalogue, her freshman room, initial homesickness, and Christmas

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