Ross, Caroline (Barnes) | to Unknown, 25 May 1902
VC 1905
VC 1905
VC 1905
This collection includes 10 letters: 8 letters to Ross' mother and 2 incomplete letters to unknown recipients, all spanning from Ross' freshman year through the fall of her junior year. Ross describes several elections on campus for the VC Students' Association and other student organizations. She
This scrapbook covers Caroline (Barnes) Ross' four years at Vassar, from 1901 to 1905. She included documents from campus events (such as the Sophomore Party, Mohonk trip, Dome Party, commencement, Class Day, Founder's Day, debates, opening the Senior Parlor, and the dedication of the Chapel), plays
Stream, possibly the Casperkill or Fonteynkill
This photo album covers the full four years Lucile Cross Russell spent at Vassar College, as well as subsequent Vassar reunions. Russell frequently photographed herself with friends Chastine "Chattie" Miner Johnson (exVC 1896), Ellen "Nell" Hayward Kimball (VC 1896), Alice Merrill Howland (VC 1896)
Field of study: English; current occupation: professor. Author of six novels, including Sea of Tranquility, The Coming Storm, and The Unreal Life of Sergey Nabokov, as well as a work of nonfiction, The Gay 100: a Ranking of he Most Influential Gay Men and Lesbians, Past and Present. This interview
Approximately 8,000 pages from the Ruth Fulton Benedict Archive (held at the Vassar College Archive) have been digitized, including notes from various field expeditions to the American Southwest in the 1930s. The Ruth Benedict Papers are now freely available to the public via Alexander Street's
4 letters, dated between Oct 3 1905 and Nov 3 1908, from Ryerson (VC 1909) to her mother and father. Ryerson discusses her experiences at Vassar College. She describes her coursework, her instructors, Mrs. Kendrick [the Lady Principal], and the lectures that she attends. She asks her parents to send
Three-quarter length picture of Sally Backus wearing a white lace collar, long, dark, button-down dress and shawl. She is seated, holding an open book. Her left arm is propped on a table which holds a glass display dome. Drapes and window are in the background.
Writer and Jungian psychological counselor Sally V. Keil (VC '68) talks about her book on Carl Jung's personality typology To Live in the World as Ourselves: Self-Discovery and Better Relationships Through Jung's Typology (Four Directions, 2014, rev. 2017). "What Quiet has done for introversion, To
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