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Albert Einstein Digital Collection

Manuscripts and ephemera

Date
1936-01-01 - 1952-12-31
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Manuscripts, ephemera, petitions, and more

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Printers' Marks in the Vassar College Library

Marc Locqueneulx, 1573-1583 -- Printer's Mark

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Date
1573-1583
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Main (Thompson) Library location: End window -- North wing. Marc Locqueneulx (15-- – 1589) worked as a bookseller and printer in Paris during the late sixteenth century. Due to similarities in printer's mark and engravings, it is possible that he was the successor of the firm of Philippe Gaultier de

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The Library Café

Marc Michael Epstein

Date
October 10, 2012
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Marc Michael Epstein, Professor of Religion at Vassar College, talks about his book: The Medieval Haggadah: Art, Narrative, and Religious Imagination, published by Yale University Press and listed by the Times Literary Supplement as one of the best books of 2011. "A dazzling analysis. . . . The

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Marc Michael Epstein

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September 16, 2015
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Mark Michael Epstein, Professor of Religion on the Mackie Paschall Davis & Norman H. Davis Chair at Vassar College, discusses his new book, co-edited with Eva Frojmovic: Skies of Parchment, Seas of Ink: Jewish Illuminated Manuscripts (Princeton University Press, 2015). "The gorgeously illustrated

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Mardges Bacon

Date
November 21, 2018
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Mardges Bacon, Matthews Distinguished University Professor of Art and Architecture Emerita, Northeastern University, discusses her book John McAndrew's Modernist Vision: From the Vassar College Art Library to the Museum of Modern Art in New York (Princeton Architectural Press, 2018). "With the

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Maria Höhn

Date
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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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Maria Mitchell bust, Maria Mitchell Observatory

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Date
1920-1936
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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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Bronze bust of astronomer and professor Maria Mitchell at the top of the stairs of the first Vassar observatory

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Maria Mitchell bust, Maria Mitchell Observatory

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Date
1920-1936
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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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Bronze bust of astronomer and professor Maria Mitchell at the top of the stairs of the first Vassar observatory

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Maria Mitchell Observatory interior

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1900-1910
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Living space on the ground floor of the observatory, possibly when it was occupied by Professor Mary Whitney

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Maria Mitchell Observatory interior

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Date
1900-1910
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Living space on the ground floor of the observatory, possibly when it was occupied by Professor Mary Whitney

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Maria Mitchell Observatory interior

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Date
approximately 1925
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Living space on the ground floor of the observatory while it was occupied by Professor Caroline Furness. A console radio and Western Electric loudspeaker are visible at the back right

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Maria Mitchell Observatory interior

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Date
approximately 1925
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Living space on the ground floor of the observatory while it was occupied by Professor Caroline Furness

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Maria Mitchell Observatory interior

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Date
approximately 1925
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Living space on the ground floor of the observatory while it was occupied by Professor Caroline Furness

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Maria Mitchell Observatory interior

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Date
1925
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Professor Caroline Ellen Furness and two students in the clock and chronograph room. Furness is seated at a desk, one student is at the chronograph, and the other is in front of the clock

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Maria Mitchell Observatory prints

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Date
1925
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Two prints of the observatory rephotographed on one glass plate. One print is of the interior and one of the exterior

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Maria Mitchell Observatory prints

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Date
1925
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Two prints of the exterior of the observatory rephotographed on one glass plate

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Vassar College Early Images

Maria Mitchell, 1865: Vassar College astronomy professor, 1865-1888

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Date
1865
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Facial picture of Maria Mitchell.

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Vassar College Early Images

Maria Mitchell, 1865: Vassar College astronomy professor, 1865-1888

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Date
1865
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Full-length picture of Maria Mitchell wearing a dark hat, long, button-down dress and shawl. She is seated behind a table, her chin is resting on her right hand and her left hand is holding the page of an open book.

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Vassar College Early Images

Maria Mitchell, 1872: Vassar College astronomy professor, 1865-1888

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Date
1872
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Head and shoulders picture of Maria Mitchell wearing a white blouse and dark clothing. Her cheek is resting on her right hand.

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Vassar College Early Images

Maria Mitchell: Vassar College astronomy professor, 1865-1888

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Date
not after 1874
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Half-length picture of Maria Mitchell wearing a dark hat, white ruffled blouse and dark suit. She is seated.

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