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Vassar College Student Letters

Pratt, Mary (Morris). Letters, 1874, 1877-1880

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8 letters from Mary Pratt to her mother, one dated Nov. 1874 and the remaining seven between April 1877 and May 1880. The 1874 letter recounts making molasses with her classmates at Vassar. Remaining letters describe making chicken costumes for the Philalethean entertainment, the junior class

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Vassar College Archives Audio Collection

Prelude & fugue in E min., op. 35, no. 1 / Mendelssohn

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[1954?]
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Prelude & fugue in E min., op. 35, no. 1 / Mendelssohn: Audio disc side 1

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Vassar Scholarship

Price collusion in an infinitely repeated Hotelling duopoly

Publication Date
1998-August-01
Document Type
working paper
Authors
Powers, Jonathan
Department or Program
Economics Department
Document Type
Working Paper
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This paper explores the effect product differentiation has on the ability of firms to collude in setting prices. It is often thought that product differentiation can be an impediment to collusion. However, the results in this paper suggest that product...

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Printers' Marks in the Vassar College Library

Printers' Marks in the Vassar College Library

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This collection provides images of, and information about, all of the extant printer's marks in the windows of the Vassar College Library. Printer's marks are visual emblems that identify the printer of a particular book. They first appeared in the 15th century, and helped early printers establish

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Vassar College Early Images

Priscilla H. Braislin: Vassar College mathematics professor, 1865-1887

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187-?
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Three-quarter length picture of Priscilla H. Braislin wearing a black choker, white lace collar and long, dark dress. She is seated, holding an object on a table on the right.

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Vassar Scholarship

Private school choice and the returns to private schooling

Publication Date
1996-June-01
Document Type
working paper
Authors
Smith, John Z., Jr.
Department or Program
Economics Department
Document Type
Working Paper
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This paper analyzes the magnitude of earnings differentials and differences in the rates of return to education for individuals who attended private and public high schools in the U.S. from 1976 to 1983, controlling for self-selection into school sector, as...

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Vassar Scholarship

Problems with Analyzing Nero's Debasement

Publication Date
2012-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Williams, Zachary T.
Department or Program
Greek and Roman Studies Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
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I examined Nero's debasement in the literary sources; the possible reasons for it, the consequences of it, and other details of it. Following, I examined the techniques that have been used over the last 150 years in attempts to discern...

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Vassar College Early Images

Prof. S.F.B. Morse: Vassar College trustee, 1861-1872

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not before 1871
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Head and shoulders oval picture of Samuel F.B. Morse as an elderly man with mustache and beard. He is wearing a white shirt and dark suit.

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Vassar College Early Images

Proposed statue of Matthew Vassar

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19-?
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Picture of full-length statue of Matthew Vassar standing with his right hand outstretched and his left hand resting on a model of Vassar College Main Building. The model is on a pedestal decorated with a globe, telescope and book in an emblem.

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