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Through our digital collections, Vassar College Libraries aim to provide access to high-quality digital content generated by the Libraries for research and study, as open as possible; support the teaching, learning, and research needs of the College; preserve at-risk or fragile physical collections through digitization, or at-risk born-digital collections through reformatting; expose hidden, less-used physical collections through access to digital surrogates; and foster experimental, cutting-edge, and innovative projects through technology. Learn More

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Woman on a horse

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1910-1940
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Unidentified woman on a horse

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Woman on a horse

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Date
1910-1940
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The Vassar College Archives within the Digital Library include some images, texts, and material items that are racist, xenophobic, or otherwise harmful. The Vassar Libraries have provided descriptive text and additional notes whenever possible to alert Digital Library users to these items. The Engaged Pluralism Initiative Race and Racism in Historical Collections Project Group is working with the library on contextualizing and facilitating community conversations about these materials. For more information see: https://library.vassar.edu/rrhc
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Unidentified woman on a horse

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Vassar Scholarship

Women on the Front of Change: Personal Histories from Japanese Female College Students from 1960 to the Current Day

Publication Date
2015-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Olivia Hayashi Groves
Department or Program
Asian Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
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This thesis will use narratives from five female alumnae of Japanese high schools and university to construct a more complete understanding of how education reform actually affects women in high school and university. After the Equal Employment Opportunity Law (EEOL)...

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Vassar College Student Letters

Wood, Fanny E. | to Aunt Villa, Mar. 1866

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Date
March 24, 1866
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The Vassar College Archives within the Digital Library include some images, texts, and material items that are racist, xenophobic, or otherwise harmful. The Vassar Libraries have provided descriptive text and additional notes whenever possible to alert Digital Library users to these items. The Engaged Pluralism Initiative Race and Racism in Historical Collections Project Group is working with the library on contextualizing and facilitating community conversations about these materials. For more information see: https://library.vassar.edu/rrhc
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VC Spec March 1866-1867

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Vassar College Student Letters

Wood, Fanny E. Letter, 1866

Date
Mar. 24th 1866
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The Vassar College Archives within the Digital Library include some images, texts, and material items that are racist, xenophobic, or otherwise harmful. The Vassar Libraries have provided descriptive text and additional notes whenever possible to alert Digital Library users to these items. The Engaged Pluralism Initiative Race and Racism in Historical Collections Project Group is working with the library on contextualizing and facilitating community conversations about these materials. For more information see: https://library.vassar.edu/rrhc
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1 letter from Wood to her Aunt Villa. Wood thanks her aunt and uncle for the shoes, pin, and buttons that they had sent her and promises to visit them during the following week's vacation from classes. She praises the view from her room, describes how easily she has made friends within her two weeks

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Vassar College Memorial Minutes

Wood, Frances A, 1840-1914 | Memorial Minute:

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[After 1914]
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Vassar College Student Letters

Wood, Harriet A. | to Nettie Dewitt, Apr. 1892:

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April 17, 1892
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he Vassar College Archives within the Digital Library include some images, texts, and material items that are racist, xenophobic, or otherwise harmful. The Vassar Libraries have provided descriptive text and additional notes whenever possible to alert Digital Library users to these items. The Engaged Pluralism Initiative Race and Racism in Historical Collections Project Group is working with the library on contextualizing and facilitating community conversations about these materials. For more information see: https://library.vassar.edu/rrhc
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VC 1893

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Wood, Harriet A. Letter, 1892

Date
Apr 17 1892
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The Vassar College Archives within the Digital Library include some images, texts, and material items that are racist, xenophobic, or otherwise harmful. The Vassar Libraries have provided descriptive text and additional notes whenever possible to alert Digital Library users to these items. The Engaged Pluralism Initiative Race and Racism in Historical Collections Project Group is working with the library on contextualizing and facilitating community conversations about these materials. For more information see: https://library.vassar.edu/rrhc
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1 letter from Wood to her friend Nettie (Brand) Dewitt (VC Ex 1896). Wood congratulates Dewitt on having decided to come to college at Vassar, advising her on how to move in. Wood suggests that Dewitt room with the younger sister of an 1890 alumna and the sister's friend. Wood has already befriended

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Vassar College Memorial Minutes

Wood, Jr., Frederic C., 1933-1970 | Memorial Minute:

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[After 1970]
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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Wooded glen

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Date
1900-1940
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The Vassar College Archives within the Digital Library include some images, texts, and material items that are racist, xenophobic, or otherwise harmful. The Vassar Libraries have provided descriptive text and additional notes whenever possible to alert Digital Library users to these items. The Engaged Pluralism Initiative Race and Racism in Historical Collections Project Group is working with the library on contextualizing and facilitating community conversations about these materials. For more information see: https://library.vassar.edu/rrhc
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Wooded area behind the observatory

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Wooded glen

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Date
1900-1940
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The Vassar College Archives within the Digital Library include some images, texts, and material items that are racist, xenophobic, or otherwise harmful. The Vassar Libraries have provided descriptive text and additional notes whenever possible to alert Digital Library users to these items. The Engaged Pluralism Initiative Race and Racism in Historical Collections Project Group is working with the library on contextualizing and facilitating community conversations about these materials. For more information see: https://library.vassar.edu/rrhc
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Wooded area with the observatory in the background

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Vassar College Memorial Minutes

Woodruff, Edith, 1887-1950 | Memorial Minute:

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[After 1950]
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