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Johnson, Lucille

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Jones, Daniel A. | Oral History: May 6, 2013

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2013-05-06
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Field of study: Africana Studies; current occupation: artist, playwright, director, educator. This interview was conducted as part of Spring 2013 Women's Studies Class (WMST 219), "Queering the Archives."

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The Library Café

Julia Bolton Holloway

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February 2, 2022
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The scholar, librarian, and Catholic Hermit Julia Bolton Holloway, Custodian of the English Cemetery in Florence, talks about her scholarship, her role as keeper of an historic cemetery, about cemeteries and libraries as vital mirrors of memory, and her project to develop a cultural heritage library

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Kitzinger, Rachel

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Laurie Lisle

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March 25, 2020
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Author and biographer Laurie Lisle discusses her book Louise Nevelson: A Passionate Life (Simon & Schuster 1990; Rev. Ed., Open Road, 2016.) "From her birth in Russia, her girlhood in Maine, to her years as an artist in Manhattan, Nevelson's life was difficult, dramatic and, after years of struggle

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Lockwood, Annea

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Mace, Mary Ann Fitz-Hugh

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Mace, Mary Ann Fitz-Hugh part 2

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Maria Höhn

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April 2, 2014
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Maria Höhn, Professor of History and International Studies on the Marion Musser Lloyd Chair at Vassar College, talks about her most recent book, co-authored with Martin Klimke, entitled: A Breath of Freedom: The Civil Rights Struggle, African American GIs, and Germany, published by Palgrave in 2010

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Vassar College Student Diaries

Martin, Elma G. Diary, 1892

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1892-1907
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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
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Daily entries of varying length concerning Martin's experiences as a special student at Vassar College between September 22, 1892 and June 28, 1893. Further entries until June 23, 1894 discuss Martin's return home and work teaching. After a break of several years, Martin resumes the diary with an

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May, Deborah | Oral History: July 9, 2015

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2015-07-09
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Field of study: Women's Studies. Current occupation: Retired. Born in Hudson Valley; Graduate School at UMass Amherst; Moved to the Bronx; Moved back to Hudson Valley

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McHugh, Tom

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Miller, Mitchell & McCarthy, Michael

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In this 5 part interview, McCarthy and Mitchell take turns interviewing each other.

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Miller, Mitchell & McCarthy, Michael part 1

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Miller, Mitchell & McCarthy, Michael part 2

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Miller, Mitchell & McCarthy, Michael part 3

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Miller, Mitchell & McCarthy, Michael part 4

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Miller, Mitchell & McCarthy, Michael part 5

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Moore, Kiana | Oral History: July 16, 2013:

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2013-07-16
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Kiana Moore grew up in Manhattan, New York, and was the first person to self-identify as 'transexual' at Vassar, from which she graduated in 2002 with a degree in Psychology. She is now a transgender rights activist living in Los Angeles where she is a producer on television shows. In 2001, she

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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