Foster, Frances (Harmon) Miller | to Louisa, Apr. 14, 1866:

VC Spec 1865-1867
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VC Spec 1865-1867
VC Spec 1865-1867
4 letters and a clipping from Foster to her cousin Louisa Burton and to Jennie Elizabeth Clark. The clipping is about the death in battle of Foster's husband Captain Oscar O. Miller on Sep. 2 1864. The letters describe Foster's dedication to her Vassar academic responsibilities and student life
Students in costume at the faculty-student baseball game
Students in costume at the faculty-student baseball game
Students in costume at the "County Fair"
Students in costume at the "County Fair"
Students boxing at the "County Fair"
Students in costume at the faculty-student baseball game
Student in costume at the the faculty-student baseball game
Students and faculty at the faculty-student baseball game. The man in the straw hat is Professor E. David Fite
Students in costume
Students with doughnuts and programs
Students of the Class of 1924 in costume, most likely at a faculty-student baseball game
Students in costume at the faculty-student baseball game
Students in costume at the faculty-student baseball game
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