Shipp, Margaret M. | to Sister, circa 3 April 1905

VC 1905
VC 1905
VC 1905
VC 1905
This collection contains 315 letters: 19 addressed to her family, 248 to her sister, 2 to her father and sister, and 46 to her father. The letters cover her entire time at Vassar. Shipp describes her courses and impressions of faculty members (President James Taylor and Lady Principal Georgia
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Unidentified group, possibly a mix of students and alumnae, on the steps of Students' Building
Main (Thompson) Library location: South wing -- Fifth window. Sixtus Riessinger (c.14-- – c.1505) matriculated at the University of Freiburg in 1462, and became a priest in Strasbourg shortly thereafter. As was customary for priests, he learned the trade of printing during his ministry from Henry
View of the college music building from the east
View of the college music building from the east
View of the college music building from the east
Many letters in this collection are written by Abigail L. Slade or Caroline S. Slade, and noted accordingly; when letters were co-written, this is also specified. For some letters, it is impossible to determine which person wrote the letter, noted by "Slade, Abigail L. or Slade, Caroline S."\n\n18
VC Spec 1865-1866
VC Spec 1865-1866
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