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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Vassar Co-Operative Book Shop Committee

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Date
1927-1928
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Group portrait of members of the committee that oversaw the subscription-based campus book store

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Vassar College Archives Film and Video Collection

Vassar Collage

Vassar Collage
Date
1973 or 1974
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Roughly chronological series of historical images and film clips set to music from the respective eras of Vassar College history. The soundtrack also includes readings from early Vassar letters. Many or most of the clips came from other films available in the Digital Library. The film was made by

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Vassar College ANTH-AFRS 386 Interview Project

Vassar College ANTH-AFRS 386 Interview Project

Date
2015-01-01T00:00:01Z-2015-05-31T23:59:59Z
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The interviews in this collection are a result of the projects by students in Vassar College's "ANTH/AFRS 386: Situating Blackness" course in Spring 2015. The course encouraged students to explore the meanings of blackness (and raced identity categories) as lived experience at Vassar College and

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Vassar College Archives Audio Collection

Vassar College Archives Audio Collection

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The Vassar College Archives Audio collection captures nearly 80 years of collegiate music traditions, oral histories, and intercollegiate and local collaborations between faculty, students, and the surrounding community. These unique recordings help to document changes in higher education, including

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Vassar College Archives Film and Video Collection

Vassar College Archives Film and Video Collection

Vassar College Archives Film and Video Collection
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The Vassar College Film and Video Collection is part of the holdings of the College Archives. It consists of several thousand items in a variety of formats which together provide important documentation for the history of the college in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The examples

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Vassar College Early Images

Vassar College art class, ca. 1889

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Date
ca. 1889
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Professor Henry Van Ingen wearing a black hat and dark suit. He is seated, holding a book. Also shows two female students wearing hats and long dresses, standing in front of Vassar Lake and trees. A bridge crosses the lake.

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Vassar College Astronomical Observatory

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Date
187-?
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Observatory at Vassar College with path, lawn, and trees. Several buildings are in the background.

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Vassar College Astronomical Observatory

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Date
187-?
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Observatory of Vassar College with path, lawn, evergreens and bare trees.

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Vassar College Astronomical Observatory

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Date
187-?
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Observatory of Vassar College with path, lawn, trees and lamp post. Building is partially covered by vines.

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Vassar College Astronomical Observatory interior

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Date
18-?
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Interior of Observatory of Vassar College with a door, telescope on tripod, chart, desks, table, chairs, blackboard, globe and basket.

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Vassar College Astronomical Observatory interior

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Date
19-?
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Interior (the Parlor) of Observatory of Vassar College with windows, curtains, couch, bed, table, rocking chairs, pictures and accessories.

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Vassar College Astronomical Observatory interior

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Date
between 1868 and 1881
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Interior of Observatory dome of Vassar College with an equatorial telescope, steps, chair and double-doors.

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Vassar College Astronomical Observatory interior with class

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Date
188-?
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Interior (the Meridian Room) of Observatory of Vassar College with telescopes, brick pillars, ladder, table, chair, clock and books on shelves. Also shows professor Mary W. Whitney (?) and students wearing long, dark dresses, some with hats. They are seated or standing around the telescope. One of

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Vassar College Astronomical Observatory interior, 1889

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Date
1889
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Interior of Observatory dome of Vassar College with an equatorial telescope and ladder. Also shows Maria Mitchell wearing a long, dark dress and shawl, seated on the left and Mary W. Whitney wearing a long, dark dress, leaning on a ladder on the right.

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Vassar College Astronomical Observatory interior, ca. 1880

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Date
ca. 1880
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Interior (the Meridian Room) of Observatory of Vassar College with telescopes, brick pillars, ladder and books on shelves.

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Vassar College Astronomical Observatory interior, March 4, 1878

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Date
1878
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Interior (the Parlor) of Observatory of Vassar College with windows, hanging lamp, tables, chairs, large clock, bust, pictures and accessories.

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Vassar College Astronomical Observatory with classes of 1871-1874

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Date
19-?
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Observatory of Vassar College with path, lawn, trees and lamp post. Also shows Maria Mitchell, members of the classes of 1871-1874 using astronomical instruments and a boy seated on the steps. Woman halfway up the steps is Abby Farwell Ferry, VC 1872.

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Vassar College Astronomical Observatory with students, 1879

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Date
1879
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Observatory of Vassar College with path, lawn, trees and lamp post. Building is partially covered by vines. Also shows women wearing long dresses, most with hats. Several of them are playing croquet and one is holding a parasol.

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Vassar College Astronomical Observatory with students, ca. 1874-1878

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Date
between 1874 and 1878
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Observatory of Vassar College with path, lawn, evergreens and lamp post. Building is partially covered by vines. Five women wearing hats and long dresses are seated or standing around a telescope on a table in the foreground. One is seated on the steps and two are seated on the right.

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Vassar College Astronomical Observatory, 1873

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Date
1873
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Observatory of Vassar College with path, lawn and trees. Building is partially covered by vines. Two people are seated on the lawn, another is on the steps.

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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