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Vassar College Student Diaries

Brydon, Anne Page. Diary, 1922

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1922
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The volume begins in January 1922, which was the end of the first semester of Brydon's freshman year. Brydon wrote about her daily academic routine, as well as how she spent her free time. She enjoyed socializing with classmates, playing bridge, walking, skating, sledding (coasting), bike riding

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Vassar College Student Diaries

Brydon, Anne Page. Diary, 1923

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1923
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This volume covers September to December of 1923, the start of Brydon's sophomore year at Vassar. In 1923 she vowed to be more reflective in her diary than she was in 1922, but she did cover some of the same topics. Brydon wrote about her daily academic routine, as well as how she spent her free

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The Library Café

Bryn Geffert

Date
January 29, 2014
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Bryn Geffert, Librarian of the College at Amherst College, talks about the crisis in scholarly book publishing and his new venture to address the crisis, the Amherst College Press.

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Vassar College Memorial Minutes

Buck, Gertrude, 1871-1922 | Memorial Minute

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[After 1922]
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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Buildings and Grounds,1897-1939

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Images of the Vassar buildings (interior and exterior) and the landscapes of campus and the surrounding area. Highlights include views of Vassar Lake before the Raymond Avenue elevation change in 1966, the southeast portion of campus before Sunset Lake was created, Raymond Avenue before the Faculty

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Susan B. Anthony Collection

Burdette, Robert J | to Susan B. Anthony, Mar 18, 1903

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1903-03-18
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The Library Café

Buzz Spector

Date
March 31, 2021
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"The artist Buzz Spector talks about his retrospective exhibition at the St. Louis Art Museum on view through May 31, 2021: Buzz Spector: Alterations. Spector is a contemporary Conceptual artist who explores the aesthetic possibilities of language, paper, and books. The exhibition spans the artist's

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Jaspar Parrish Papers

Byron | to Daws, 1757 Dec 8

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1757-12-08
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The Library Café

C. Stephen Jaeger

Date
February 10, 2016
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Our series on the role and value of the liberal arts in contemporary society continues with a conversation with the cultural historian C. Stephen Jaeger, Gutsgell Professor Emeritus in Germanic Languages and Literature and Comparative Literature at the University of Illinois, about his research into

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Vassar College Early Images

Caecilie Kapp, 1877: Vassar College German professor, 1867-1878

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1877
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Three-quarter length picture of Caecilie Kapp wearing a white lace collar, large broach and long, dark, button-down dress with ruffles. She is leaning on the back of a cloth-covered, upholstered chair with tassel.

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Vassar College Early Images

Caecilie Kapp: Vassar College German professor, 1867-1878

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1867-1878
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Head and shoulders picture of Caecilie Kapp wearing dark, button-down clothing.

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Vassar College Early Images

Caecilie Kapp: Vassar College German professor, 1867-1878

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1867-1878
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Head and shoulders picture of Caecilie Kapp wearing a white lace collar, dark clothing and dark lace shawl.

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Vassar College Early Images

Caecilie Kapp: Vassar College German professor, 1867-1878

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1867-1878
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Head and shoulders picture of Caecilie Kapp wearing a white lace collar and dark clothing.

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Printers' Marks in the Vassar College Library

Caligula de Bazaleriis, 1503 -- Printer's Mark

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Date
1503
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Main (Thompson) Library location: South wing -- End window. The earliest available records concerning Caligula de Bazaleriis (c.14-- – c. 15--) locate him in Bologna in 1490. There he may have begun to work with printer and relative, Bazalerius de Bazaleriis, who published books dated as early as

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Jaspar Parrish Papers

Callender Irvin | to Jasper Parrish, 1803 May 18: . .

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1803-05-18
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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Cambridge University and Vassar College debate teams

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Date
1924-10-09
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Members of the Cambridge and Vassar debate teams on the steps of Josselyn Hall. Left to right: A.P. Marshall, Mary Virginia Heinlein (VC 1925), Ruth Driver (VC 1926), Richard Austin Butler, Winifred Comstock (VC 1925), and Gerald Sparrow

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Vassar College Student Letters

Camp, Annetta Hortense | to Abigail L. Slade, Jan. 1867:

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Date
January 10, 1867
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VC Spec 1866-1867

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Vassar College Student Letters

Camp, Annetta Hortense. Letter, 1866

Date
1866
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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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1 letter from Camp to her friend Abigail L. Slade (VC Spec 1866-1867) including gossip about their social set, as well as happenings at the college.

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Campus viewed from Sunset Hill

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Date
1909-1938
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View from Sunset Hill of the tops of buildings as well as the power plant chimney

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Campus viewed from Sunset Hill

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Date
1909-1938
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View from Sunset Hill of the tops of buildings. Cropped version of Box269_026

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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