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Vassar Scholarship

Why only some industries unionize: insights from reciprocity theory

Publication Date
2005-February-14
Document Type
working paper
Authors
Flynn, Sean M.
Department or Program
Economics Department
Document Type
Working Paper
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This paper argues that the degree to which a given industry's labor contracts are complete or incomplete is the major factor determining whether its workforce will be unionized. For instance, assembly line industries feature complete labor contracts because of the...

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Vassar College Memorial Minutes

Wick, Frances Gertrude, 1875-1941 | Memorial Minute:

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[After 1941]
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Printers' Marks in the Vassar College Library

William Caxton, 1489-1491 -- Printer's Mark

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Date
1489-1491
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Main (Thompson) Library location: Class of '51 Reading Room. William Caxton (c. 1422 - c. 1492) was born in Kent and, by 1438, was apprenticed to a mercer in London. He eventually settled in Bruges, where his business prospered. In 1463, he became Governor of the English Nation of Merchant

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Vassar College Early Images

William I. Knapp: Vassar College ancient & modern languages professor, 1865-1867

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between 1865 and 1867
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Head and shoulders picture of William I. Knapp with mustache. He is wearing a white shirt and dark suit.

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Jaspar Parrish Papers

William J. Kerr | to Jasper Parrish, 1818 May 28

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1818-05-28
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The Library Café

William Noel

Date
May 27, 2008
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William Noel, Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books at the Walters Art Museum, talks about the book he co-authored with Reviel Netz entitled: The Archimedes Codex: How a Medieval Prayer Book is Revealing the true Genius of Antiquity's Greatest Scientist, and his ten-year project to uncover one of

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Jaspar Parrish Papers

William Spring | to Jasper Parrish, 1809 Aug 24

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1809-08-24
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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Williams House groundbreaking, Vassar College

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Date
1921-04-15
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Ground breaking for Williams House, a new building for faculty housing. Harriet Trumbull Williams (VC 1870) and President MacCracken stand in the center and students look on. There is also an unidentified man holding what appear to be building plans.

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Williams House groundbreaking, Vassar College

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1921-04-15
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Ground breaking for Williams House, a new building for faculty housing. Harriet Trumbull Williams (VC 1870) wields the spade while President MacCracken and students look on. There is also an unidentified man holding what appear to be building plans.

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Williams House groundbreaking, Vassar College

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1921-04-15
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Ground breaking for Williams House, a new building for faculty housing. Dean Ella McCaleb is speaking. Harriet Trumbull Williams (VC 1870), President MacCracken, and students look on.

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Vassar College Student Letters

Williams, Ellen (Boardman). Letters, 1865-1866

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49 letters from Williams to her family about her two semesters at Vassar from 1865 to 1866. Williams discusses her enjoyment of her geology and zoology classes with Professor Tenney, for which she collects butterflies and moths from the Vassar grounds (Jun 1866, letter to her mother September 1865)

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Williams, Ellen | to family, n.d.:

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n.d.
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VC Spec 1865-1866

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Williams, Ellen | to family, n.d.:

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n.d.
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VC Spec 1865-1866

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Vassar College Student Letters

Williams, Ellen | to father, May 1866:

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May 6, 1866
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VC Spec 1865-1866

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Williams, Ellen | to father, Sep. 1865:

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September 23, 1865
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VC Spec 1865-1866

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Vassar College Student Letters

Williams, Ellen | to mother, Apr. 1866:

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April 29, 1866
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VC Spec 1865-1866

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Williams, Ellen | to mother, Jan. 1866:

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January 28, 1866
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VC Spec 1865-1866

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