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Vassar College Student Letters

Washburn, Lucy M. | to Alvah, Feb. 1871:

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February 23, 1871
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VC Spec 1870-1871

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Vassar College Student Letters

Washburn, Lucy M. Letter, 1871

Date
Feb 23 1871
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1 letter from Washburn to her friend Alvah from Ann Arbor, who is also away at college. Washburn describes the reaction among the Vassar students to the death of their Lady Principal, the strict visionary [Hannah Lyman]. She congratulates Alvah on her 22nd birthday. Washburn discusses popular

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Vassar College Memorial Minutes

Washburn, Margaret Floy, 1871-1939 | Memorial Minute:

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[After 1939]
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Vassar College Memorial Minutes

Washburn, Margaret Floy, 1871-1939 | Memorial Minute:

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[After 1939]
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Vassar College Memorial Minutes

Washburn, Margaret Floy, 1871-1939 | Memorial Minute:

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[After 1939]
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Vassar College Memorial Minutes

Washburn, Margaret Floy, 1871-1939 | Memorial Minute:

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[After 1939]
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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Water Basketball team portrait

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Date
1922-1923
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Varsity water basketball team

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Water basketball team portrait

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approximately 1923
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Varsity water basketball team

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Water basketball team portrait

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Date
1925-1926
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Varsity water basketball team. Mary K. Marshall (VC 1926), team manager, is in the back row, left.

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Vassar Scholarship

Water the Roots: The Fluidity of Blackness and Time

Publication Date
2021-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Stevens, Lena
Department or Program
Media Studies Program
Film Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

This project is a meditation on Blackness, life, death, loss, and spirituality. Although this thesis was executed in hopes of fulfilling an academic requirement, each frame provides insight into my experiences as a low-income Black and Native Hawaiian woman living...

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Vassar College Early Images

Watercolor of Vassar College, 1865

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Date
19-?
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Main Building, Observatory and Riding School of Vassar College with paths, trees, shrubs and people. Some people are on horseback.

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