Give us a kiss / The Vassar Devils

Group portrait of the student singing group and director George Coleman Gow
Group portrait of the Glee Club singing group
Group portrait of the student singing group and director George Coleman Gow
Group portrait of the student singing group with Director George Coleman Gow
Group portrait of the student singing group in Skinner Hall
Group portrait of the student singing group in Skinner Hall
Group portrait of the student singing group
Group portrait of the student singing group with Director George Coleman Gow
Silent film with title cards featuring members of the Class of 1915 at their 32nd reunion. Includes footage of the campus including Vassar Lake, Main Building, the President's House, the Chapel, Skinner, Blodgett, Cushing, Athletic Circle, Student's Building Jewett, Raymond, Thompson Library, and
Art historian, editor, and publisher Gloria Kury (VC '65) talks about art history, literature, education, and the fabrication of the Renaissance in the 19th century and her book When Giorgione Died: A Rebuildungsroman in Two Volumes (Periscope, 2016). "A memory book with a fierce verve for piercing
A goat used briefly as the Vassar College mascot, including at a field hockey game against Yale men on Sunset Hill
Group portrait of members of the college staff's women's basketball team
Group portrait of members of the college staff's women's basketball team
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