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Vassar College Student Letters

Ladd, Jennie A. | to Julie, Jun. 1873:

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June 08, 1873
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Vassar College Student Letters

Ladd, Jennie A. Letters, 1876

Date
1876
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3 letters from Ladd to her aunt Lee and 1 letter from Ladd to her cousin Julie. In her June 1873 letter to Julie, Ladd discusses her sophomore arrival at Vassar, including details of rooms, entrance examinations, the play Cinderella in which multiple acquaintances performed, and a sermon by a

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Vassar College Student Letters

Ladd, Jennie-A | to aunt, Oct. 1872:

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October 06, 1872
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VC Ex 1876

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Vassar College Student Diaries

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Vassar College Memorial Minutes

Lammert, Olive Madelaine, 1894-1932 | Memorial Minute

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[After 1932]
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Vassar College Memorial Minutes

Lamson, Genieve, 1886-1966 | Memorial Minute:

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[After 1966]
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Lance Ringel

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2013-07-15
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Picture of Lance Ringel during the interview.

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Vassar Scholarship

Land Use Restrictions and Segregation: The Effect of Single-Family Zoning in Austin

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2023-May-02
Authors
Case, Noah
Department or Program
Economics Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
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I study the effect of zoning on segregation in Austin, Texas. I use municipal data on zoning for each address in Austin, and census data on demographics. I find that a one standard deviation increase in single-family zoning in a...

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Landauer Longfellow Collection

Landauer Longfellow Collection

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The Landauer Longfellow Collection consists of approximately 300 pieces of sheet music and some bound volumes (totaling more than 6500 pages) featuring the poetry of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The items were published in the United States and Europe primarily throughout the nineteenth and early

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Vassar Scholarship

Landscape Consequences of Pennsylvanian Natural Gas Development: Fragmentation effects of unconventional gas development upon the future of Pennsylvania's old growth forests.

Publication Date
2013-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Jeremiah Bernau
Department or Program
Earth Science and Geography Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
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Pennsylvania's forests share a long and deep history that has been affected throughout the years by a number of external factors. The most recent threat to forest health is the development of unconventional shale gas production from the Marcellus Shale...

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Vassar College Student Scrapbooks

Lapham, Ella C. Scrapbook, 1871-1878

Lapham, Ella C. Scrapbook, 1871-1878
Date
1871-1878
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This scrapbook covers Ella C. Lapham's (VC 1876) experiences as a student at Vassar, including traditions like Trig Ceremonies, Tree Ceremonies, Class Day, Founder's Day, Commencement, Professor Maria Mitchell's Dome Party, and Thanksgiving. She also saved programs from concerts and events by the

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