Vassar Press Secretary Dixie Sheridan interviewing alums as they enter the chapel for the Annual Meeting of the Alumnae and Alumni of Vassar College (AAVC). She spoke to members of the Classes of 1933, 1952, 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1980. Members of the Class of 1933 included Polly Bryan and Caroline
First part of the Annual Meeting of the Alumnae and Alumni of Vassar College (AAVC). Includes classes parading into Walker Field House
First part of the Annual Meeting of the Alumnae and Alumni of Vassar College (AAVC), held in Walker Field House
First part of the Annual Meeting of the Alumnae and Alumni of Vassar College (AAVC). Includes classes parading into Walker Field House
First part of Palm Sunday Chapel services, dedicated to Black Alumnae/Alumni and officiated by Reverend Petero A. Sabune (VC 1977). Video quality is poor. Audio quality varies.
First part of the Annual Meeting of the Alumnae and Alumni of Vassar College (AAVC), held in Walker Field House
Second part of the Annual Meeting of the Alumnae and Alumni of Vassar College (AAVC), held in Walker Field House.
Second and final part of the Annual Meeting of the Alumnae and Alumni of Vassar College (AAVC).
Second and final part of the Annual Meeting of the Alumnae and Alumni of Vassar College (AAVC), held in Walker Field House
Alums leaving the chapel after the Annual Meeting of the Alumnae and Alumni of Vassar College (AAVC), followed by Vassar Press Secretary Dixie Sheridan interviewing members of the Class of 1977 and 1979. She also spoke to Kitty Kitchel Lincoln (VC 1933), chair of her class's 50th Reunion Fund
Second and final part of the Annual Meeting of the Alumnae and Alumni of Vassar College (AAVC), held in Walker Field House. President Fergusson addresses the classes at the end of the meeting
Second and final part of Palm Sunday Chapel services, dedicated to Black Alumnae/Alumni and officiated by Reverend Petero A. Sabune (VC 1977)
Second and final part of the Annual Meeting of the Alumnae and Alumni of Vassar College (AAVC), held in Walker Field House
Third and final part of the Annual Meeting of the Alumnae and Alumni of Vassar College (AAVC), held in Walker Field House. President Fergusson addresses the classes at the end of the meeting.
Vassar Press Secretary Dixie Sheridan interviewing alums, most from the class of 1978
Richard E. Wilson, Mary Conover Mellon Professor of Music, retiring this month after 50 years of teaching at Vassar College, talks aout music, education, his career and his life at Vassar. "Wilson is a Professor of Music on the Mary Conover Mellon Chair. In addition to his 50 years of teaching at
Main (Thompson) Library location: North wing -- Third window. Richard Grafton (c. 1511-1573) was born in Shrewsbury in 1511 and was apprenticed to a grocer in 1526, through whom he became affiliated with the Grocers' Company in London. This involvement did not concern trade as much as it did
Main (Thompson) Library location: North wing -- Second window. Originally from Normandy, Richard Pynson (1449 - c.1529) integrated the methods of his French contemporaries into his work in England. It is likely that he contracted his printing firm in London from English printer William de Machlinia
1 letter, dated 9 Apr 1869, from Ellen (Swallow) Richards to her mother. \nRichards describes finding the "first" spring flowers near Vassar College. She recounts giving flowers to VC Lady Principal Hannah Lyman during Lyman's illness, and to her classmates and instructors. According to Richards, VC
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