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Vassar College Archives Film and Video Collection

Inauguration of Frances Daly Fergusson - Ceremony, part 2

Inauguration of Frances Daly Fergusson - Ceremony, part 2
Date
1986 October 11
Description

Second and final part of the inauguration of Frances Fergusson as President of Vassar College. This recording begins mid-performance of the Vassar College Choir and brass quartet; University of Rochester President Dennis O'Brien; the installation ceremony performed by Chair of the Board of Trustees

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Vassar College Archives Film and Video Collection

Inauguration of Frances Daly Fergusson - Interview

Inauguration of Frances Daly Fergusson - Interview
Date
1986 October 8
Description

Interview by the Vassar Press Office with Frances D. Fergusson in the President's House three days before her inauguration. The interviewers' voices are frequently inaudible.

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Vassar College Archives Film and Video Collection

Inauguration of Frances Daly Fergusson - Picnic

Inauguration of Frances Daly Fergusson - Picnic
Date
1986 October 10
Description

Raw footage from the picnic on Ballentine Field, outside Walker Field House, the evening before inauguration. Includes a performance by the Vassar Jazz Band

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Vassar College Archives Film and Video Collection

Inauguration of Frances Daly Fergusson - Residence house festivities, part 1

Inauguration of Frances Daly Fergusson - Residence house festivities, part 1
Date
1986 October 10
Description

President-elect Fergusson visiting the first four of nine dormitory open house events, where each dorm was meant to represent a different presidential era of Vassar history. The dorms visited were Lathrop, Jewett, Raymond, and Main. There was dancing, an acapella group performance (the Raymond

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Vassar College Archives Film and Video Collection

Inauguration of Frances Daly Fergusson - Residence house festivities, part 2

Inauguration of Frances Daly Fergusson - Residence house festivities, part 2
Date
1986 October 10
Description

President-elect Fergusson visiting the second four of nine dormitory open house events. The dorms visited were Davison, Josselyn, Strong and Cushing. President Emeritus Alan Simpson can be seen at the Cushing House event.

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Vassar College Archives Film and Video Collection

Inauguration of Frances Daly Fergusson - Residence house festivities, part 3

Inauguration of Frances Daly Fergusson - Residence house festivities, part 3
Date
1986 October 10
Description

President-elect Fergusson visiting the last of nine dormitory open house events. The dorm visited, which is either Noyes or Ferry House, was having a casino-themed event

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Vassar College Archives Film and Video Collection

Inauguration of Virgina Smith as President of Vassar College

Inauguration of Virgina Smith as President of Vassar College
Date
1978 April 15
Description

Narrated film about the Inauguration of Virginia Smith as President of Vassar College. Includes clips of the procession into the Vassar College Chapel. followed by remarks by Barbara Austin Foote (VC 1940), President of the Alumne and Alumni of Vassar College (AAVC); Winifred A. Asprey

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Vassar Scholarship

Inclusive STEM Education at Vassar College: Perceptions, Practices, and Lessons Learned from Teaching Under COVID-19

Publication Date
2021-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Ye, Naike
Department or Program
Education Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

The sudden outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has distributed our lives in every aspect. After a year of living under the 'new normal, we are finally seeing vaccinations becoming available, which greatly benefits everyone at risk. This pandemic uncovered the...

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Jaspar Parrish Papers

Indian annuity invoice, 1826 July 7

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Date
1826-07-07
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Jaspar Parrish Papers

Indian annuity invoices, 1805

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Date
1805
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Jaspar Parrish Papers

Indian annuity receipt, 1831 Jan 29

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Date
1831-01-29
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Jaspar Parrish Papers

Indian annuity receipts, 1821 May 28

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Date
1821-05-28
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Vassar Scholarship

Individualization and Collectivity in Networks of Discursive Cyberspace: A case study on reddit

Publication Date
2014-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Mark, Raymond
Department or Program
Sociology Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

The diminishing of temporal and spatial boundaries in the contemporary age of connectivity has fully realized Beck, Giddens and Nash's "reflexive" modernity. This reflexive modernity refers to the diminishing control of traditional institutions on individual lives. In the shift towards...

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Vassar Scholarship

Inequality in Pakistan, 1984-85 to 1987-88: A social welfare approach

Publication Date
1991-August-01
Document Type
working paper
Authors
Jehle, Geoffrey A.
Department or Program
Economics Department
Document Type
Working Paper
Abstract

This paper presents new results on income distribution in Pakistan from an analysis of the full HIES data tapes for 1984-85, 1985-86, 1986-87, and 1987-88. An explicit social welfare methodology is adopted to measure changes in inequality at the national...

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Vassar Scholarship

Inflation, growth, and import bottlenecks in the Turkish manufacturing sector

Publication Date
1989-November-01
Document Type
working paper
Authors
Bilginsoy, Cihan
Department or Program
Economics Department
Document Type
Working Paper
Abstract

This paper argues that, in economies heavily dependent on imported inputs, the responsiveness of price and output to cost and demand factors are altered by foreign exchange bottlenecks if the government resorts to nonmarket allocation of import licenses. A model...

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