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Vassar College Student Scrapbooks

Mansfield, Adelaide (Claflin). Scrapbook, 1893-1897

Mansfield, Adelaide (Claflin). Scrapbook, 1893-1897
Date
1893-1901
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This scrapbook covers Adelaide (Claflin) Mansfield's years at Vassar, from 1893 through 1897. She provided materials about Vassar traditions such as Thanksgiving, Founder's Day, the Sophomore Party, the Senior Parlor, Halloween, Trig Ceremonies, Tree Ceremonies, Commencement, Field Day, the Mohonk

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Vassar College Student Letters

Mansfield, Adelaide | to mother, Jan. 2, 1895:

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Date
January 2, 1895
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VC 1897

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Vassar Scholarship

Manual and landmark-based morphometric comparison of two populations of Campeloma, sp. across the K-Pg boundary

Publication Date
2013-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Gary D. Linkevich
Department or Program
Earth Science and Geography Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

Understanding how species survive mass extinction events allows scientists to more fully explore the effects of major biotic change in the fossil record. The Cretaceous-Paleogene (K- Pg) extinction 65.5 Ma was one of the largest extinction events in Earth's history...

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Albert Einstein Digital Collection

Manuscript discussing war, politics, world cooperation, etc., [July 1948?]:

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Date
[July 1948?]
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ADft.

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Albert Einstein Digital Collection

Manuscripts and ephemera

Date
1936-01-01 - 1952-12-31
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Manuscripts, ephemera, petitions, and more

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Printers' Marks in the Vassar College Library

Marc Locqueneulx, 1573-1583 -- Printer's Mark

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Date
1573-1583
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Main (Thompson) Library location: End window -- North wing. Marc Locqueneulx (15-- – 1589) worked as a bookseller and printer in Paris during the late sixteenth century. Due to similarities in printer's mark and engravings, it is possible that he was the successor of the firm of Philippe Gaultier de

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The Library Café

Marc Michael Epstein

Date
October 10, 2012
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Marc Michael Epstein, Professor of Religion at Vassar College, talks about his book: The Medieval Haggadah: Art, Narrative, and Religious Imagination, published by Yale University Press and listed by the Times Literary Supplement as one of the best books of 2011. "A dazzling analysis. . . . The

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Marc Michael Epstein

Date
September 16, 2015
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Mark Michael Epstein, Professor of Religion on the Mackie Paschall Davis & Norman H. Davis Chair at Vassar College, discusses his new book, co-edited with Eva Frojmovic: Skies of Parchment, Seas of Ink: Jewish Illuminated Manuscripts (Princeton University Press, 2015). "The gorgeously illustrated

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Mardges Bacon

Date
November 21, 2018
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Mardges Bacon, Matthews Distinguished University Professor of Art and Architecture Emerita, Northeastern University, discusses her book John McAndrew's Modernist Vision: From the Vassar College Art Library to the Museum of Modern Art in New York (Princeton Architectural Press, 2018). "With the

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Marginal Revenue Products of Collegiate Basketball Players: What's March Madness Worth to Your Team?

Publication Date
2017-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Nicholas K.S Johnson
Department or Program
Economics Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

Basketball is considered a revenue sport within the context of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The annual March Madness tournament brings in over a billion dollars in advertising revenue alone. This is just one illustration of the influx of...

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The Library Café

Maria Höhn

Date
April 2, 2014
Abstract

Maria Höhn, Professor of History and International Studies on the Marion Musser Lloyd Chair at Vassar College, talks about her most recent book, co-authored with Martin Klimke, entitled: A Breath of Freedom: The Civil Rights Struggle, African American GIs, and Germany, published by Palgrave in 2010

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Maria Mitchell bust, Maria Mitchell Observatory

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Date
1920-1936
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Bronze bust of astronomer and professor Maria Mitchell at the top of the stairs of the first Vassar observatory

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Maria Mitchell bust, Maria Mitchell Observatory

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Date
1920-1936
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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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Bronze bust of astronomer and professor Maria Mitchell at the top of the stairs of the first Vassar observatory

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Maria Mitchell Observatory interior

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Date
1900-1910
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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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Living space on the ground floor of the observatory, possibly when it was occupied by Professor Mary Whitney

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Maria Mitchell Observatory interior

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Date
1900-1910
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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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Living space on the ground floor of the observatory, possibly when it was occupied by Professor Mary Whitney

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Maria Mitchell Observatory interior

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Date
approximately 1925
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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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Living space on the ground floor of the observatory while it was occupied by Professor Caroline Furness. A console radio and Western Electric loudspeaker are visible at the back right

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Maria Mitchell Observatory interior

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Date
approximately 1925
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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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Living space on the ground floor of the observatory while it was occupied by Professor Caroline Furness

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Maria Mitchell Observatory interior

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Date
approximately 1925
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Living space on the ground floor of the observatory while it was occupied by Professor Caroline Furness

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Maria Mitchell Observatory interior

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Date
1925
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Professor Caroline Ellen Furness and two students in the clock and chronograph room. Furness is seated at a desk, one student is at the chronograph, and the other is in front of the clock

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