Babbott, Elizabeth French 1914

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VC Spec 1866-1867
VC Spec 1866-1867
VC Spec 1866-1867
VC Spec 1866-1867
VC Spec 1866-1867
VC Spec 1866-1867
7 letters from Badgley to Kate Flanders, a friend from home in Milwaukee, about her 1866-1867 fall semester at Vassar. She describes entrance examinations, classes, the rooms, food, exercise, and prayer meetings. She also chats about news from home. In one letter (Oct 15) she talks about the
VC 1869
1 brief thank you note to Annie Glidden Houts, possibly from Sophia D. Bagg or Sophia R. Burnham. All three were VC 1869.,VC 1869
Bailey Van Hook, Professor of Art History and co-director of the MA Program in Material Culture and Public Humanities at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, discusses her biography Violet Oakley: An Artist's Life (University of Delaware Press, 2016). "Violet Oakley: An Artist's Life
This letter contains three additional letters: correspondence from H.G. Sheldon to V.D. Brown on June 9, 1888; from V.D. Brown to H.G. Sheldon on June 10, 1888; and from H.G. Sheldon to L.B. Poppenheim on June 10, 1888.
VC 1892
VC 1892
1 letter from Banfield to her friend (or relative) Mary Banfield, and 2 letters from Banfield to her family. The letter to Mary Banfield contains information about a visiting Episcopal minister, a prayer meeting, academics (including a brief mention of Professor Salmon), and social news about
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