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Babbott, Elizabeth (French). Scrapbook, 1913-1914

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Babbott, Elizabeth (French). Scrapbook, 1913-1914
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1913-1915
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Elizabeth (French) Babbott was an avid scrapbooker, and created thorough volumes for each of her four years at Vassar, from 1910 through 1914. She preserved voluminous correspondence with her family, particularly her mother, father, and maternal grandmother. Her letters are expressive and

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Babbott, Elizabeth French 1914

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Babbott, Lydia Pratt, 1880

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Baccalaureate service, part 1

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1991 May 25
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First part of the 1991 baccalaureate service held in the Vassar Chapel, sponsored by the Black Commencement Committee. Includes the procession; an opening prayer by Rev. Richard Thompson; welcome by President Frances Fergusson; a performance by the Martin Luther King Choir; a scripture reading by

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Baccalaureate service, part 2

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1991 May 25
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Second and final part of the 1991 baccalaureate service. Includes the end of Jesse Jackson's address; a second performance by the West Point Gospel Choir; and an address by Ria Grosvenor (VC 1991), Chair of the Black Commencement Committee, accompanied by committee members Yolanda Hill (VC 1991) and

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Badgley, Mary M. | to Kate Flanders, Dec. 1866:

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1866-12-16
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VC Spec 1866-1867

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Badgley, Mary M. | to Kate Flanders, Jan. 1867:

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January 4, 1867
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VC Spec 1866-1867

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Badgley, Mary M. | to Kate Flanders, Nov. 1866:

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November 24, 1866
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VC Spec 1866-1867

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Badgley, Mary M. | to Kate Flanders, Oct. 15, 1866:

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October 15, 1866
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VC Spec 1866-1867

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Badgley, Mary M. | to Kate Flanders, Oct. 28, 1866:

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October 28, 1866
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VC Spec 1866-1867

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Badgley, Mary M. | to Kate Flanders, Sep. 13, 1866:

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September 13, 1866
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Badgley, Mary M. | to Kate Flanders, Sep. 24, 1866:

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September 24, 1866
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VC Spec 1866-1867

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Badgley, Mary M. Letters, 1866-1867

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1866-1867
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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

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Bagg, Sophia D. or Sophia R. Burnham | to Annie M. Glidden, n.d.:

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n.d.
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VC 1869

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Bagg, Sophia D. or Sophia R. Burnham. Letter, n.d.

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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

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Bailey Van Hook

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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

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Baldwin, James Fosdick, 1871-1950 | Memorial Minute

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[After 1950]
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Baldwin, Jane North, 1876-1975 | Memorial Minute:

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[After 1975]
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Ballintine, Harriet Isabel, 1864-1951 | Memorial Minute:

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[After 1951]
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Banfield, Edith C. | to family, Jun. 1888

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June 1888
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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.

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