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Guide to the Jeanne Russell Janish Papers, 1924-circa 1970

Collection Title
Jeanne Russell Janish Papers
Creator
Janish, Jeanne R.
Abstract
The collection contains botanical illustrator Jeanne Russell Janish's original paleontology drawings from a class at Stanford University and her original drawings for by Roxana Ferris (Berkeley, University of California Press, 1970). Also included are two oil paint sketches by Janish of Vassar College's Chapel and Library and Chapel.
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Guide to the Jeannette Hopkins Papers, 1922-2011

Collection Title
Jeannette Hopkins Papers,
Creator
Hopkins, Jeanette, 1922-
Abstract
Papers concern Hopkins' work on behalf of authors as an editor and agent and include correspondence, memoranda, contract summaries, and production records; correspondence often includes extensive discussion of a book's ideas, of changes and alterations, and of public response. Authors include Ben H. Bagdikian, Robert Bendiner, James MacGregor Burns, Marquis W. Childs, Eugene Genovese, Leonard W. Levy, Frank Mankiewicz, Edwin Newman, and Stan Steiner.
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Guide to the Jesse Isidor Straus Autograph Collection, approximately 1727-1873

Collection Title
Jesse Isidor Straus Autograph Collection
Creator
Straus, Jesse Isidor
Abstract
Letters, notes, receipts, dispatches, and some facsimile reproductions of documents pertaining to political and cultural events of the 18th and 19th centuries, including the French Revolution. Signers include Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI, Johann Gottfried Von Herder, Helmuth Graf von Moltke, Mozart, Jean Paul Richter, August Wilhelm von Schlegel, Johann Strauss, and Robert Walpole.
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Guide to the Jessica Levy Papers, approximately 1965-1966

Collection Title
Jessica Levy Papers
Creator
Levy, Jessica
Abstract
Material from the film version of Mary McCarthy’s "The Group." Includes photographs, clippings, and a bound typescript of the screenplay by Sydney Buchman.
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Guide to the Jessie F. Wheeler Papers, 1852-1929

Collection Title
Jessie F. Wheeler Papers
Creator
Wheeler, Jessie F., 1858-1946
Abstract
Scrapbooks, logbooks, album, diploma, and daguerreotypes, primarily concerning Wheeler's family. Other items include programs from Vassar College events, 1878-1879.
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Guide to the John Burroughs Papers, 1850-1991 (bulk 1860-1921)

Collection Title
John Burroughs Papers
Creator
Burroughs, John, 1837-1921
Abstract
Includes 53 original Burroughs
journals as well as a typescript of the journals prepared by his granddaughter,
Elizabeth Burroughs Kelley, and another typescript prepared by his literary
executor, Dr. Clara Barrus. In addition, there are manuscripts, sketch books,
scrapbooks and correspondence, including letters to Burroughs from Edith Rickert,
Walt Whitman, and others; as well as letters by Burroughs to family, friends,
colleagues and readers. The bulk of the correspondence is to and from his wife
Ursula and son Julian, but other correspondents include Georgia Avery Kendrick,
Clara S. Reed, Minnie and Orlando Rouland, James M. Taylor, Mary W. Whitney, and
others. Also included are published and unpublished materials and photographs
relating to Burroughs.
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Guide to the John H. Bushnell Papers, 1950-1976

Collection Title
John H. Bushnell Papers
Creator
Bushnell, John H.
Abstract
Field notes and manuscripts related to American anthropologist John Hempstead Bushnell's ethnographic work in Mexico.
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Guide to the John Howard Raymond Papers, 1823-1913 (bulk 1823-1878)

Collection Title
John Howard Raymond Papers
Creator
Raymond, John H. (John Howard), 1814-1878
Abstract
Correspondence, manuscripts, a scrapbook, and other materials relating to Raymond's personal life as well as his work as a minister, one of the founders of the University of Rochester and then president of Vassar College.
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Guide to the John S. Van E. Kohn Edna St. Vincent Millay Collection, 1917-1976

Collection Title
John S. Van E. Kohn Edna St. Vincent Millay Collection
Creator
Millay, Edna St. Vincent, 1892-1950
Abstract
Materials collected by John S. Van E. Kohn, bibliophile and co-founder of the Seven Gables Bookshop in New York City. Includes manuscripts, correspondence, clippings, sheet music, miscellaneous printed material, photographs and notes compiled by Kohn about Millay's publication and his collection. The correspondence includes 8 letters to Frank Crowinshield, managing editor of Vanity Fair, and Karl Yost, a Millay bibliographer.
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Guide to the Josephine Jewell Dodge Papers, 1873-1874

Collection Title
Josephine Jewell Dodge Papers
Creator
Dodge, Josephine Jewell, 1855-1928
Abstract
37 letters and 1 fragment to Mary Strong from Josephine Jewell (Dodge) while at Vassar; 8 letters and 1 fragment to Strong from Jewell while in Russia; and one letter and one fragment to Strong by Josephine's sister, Florence Jewell, describing social life and travel in Russia, where their father, Marshall Jewell, was U.S. Minister in St. Petersburg.
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Guide to the Josina van der Maas Papers, 1953-1955

Collection Title
Josina van der Maas Papers
Creator
Van Der Maas, Josina
Abstract
Letters (in Dutch) from van der Maas to her family in the Netherlands while she was a student at Vassar College.
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Guide to the Judith Osgood Papers, 1950-1988

Collection Title
Judith Osgood Papers,
Creator
Osgood, Judith
Abstract
Correspondence, diaries, photographs, manuscript writings, and ephemera documenting the life and career of Judith Osgood.
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Guide to the Julia Augusta Schwartz Papers, 1899-1953

Collection Title
Julia Augusta Schwartz Papers
Creator
Schwartz, Julia Augusta, 1873-1957
Abstract
Material relating primarily to Schwartz's writing but also her Vassar College education and other aspects of her personal life.
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Guide to the Karol Szymanowski Score, approximately 1921

Collection Title
Karol Szymanowski Score
Creator
Szymanowski, Karol, 1882-1937
Abstract
Holograph manuscript of 3 of the 5 songs from .
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Guide to the Katharine Brownell Collier Papers, 1890-1977 (bulk 1904-1934)

Collection Title
Katharine Brownell Collier Papers
Creator
Collier, Katharine Brownell
Abstract
Correspondence, notebooks, manuscripts and drafts, memorabilia, artwork, publications, and photographs relating to and/or created by Katherine Brownell Collier, covering her turn-of-the-century childhood as well as her time at Vassar and her life post-graduation.
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Guide to the Laura Brownell Collier Papers, 1867-1949

Collection Title
Laura Brownell Collier Papers
Creator
Collier, Laura Brownell
Abstract
The collection consists of correspondence, notes, diaries, and other material relating to and created by
Laura Brownell Collier (VC 1874), covering her time at Vassar and beyond.
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Guide to the Laura Johnson Wylie Papers, 1890-1961 (bulk 1898-1919)

Collection Title
Laura Johnson Wylie Papers
Creator
Wylie, Laura Johnson, 1855-1932
Abstract
Correpondence and other material documenting Wylie's work, health, travels, and family; as well as her friendships with Fanny Borden, Fanny Hart, Mrs. Nathan S. Hart, and Nina Katherine Hart; her career at Vassar College, and her relationship with Gertrude Buck.
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Guide to the Lawrence H. Mamiya Papers, 1943-2006

Collection Title
Lawrence H. Mamiya Papers
Creator
Mamiya, Lawrence H.
Abstract
Research files, survey data, oral
history transcripts, photographic prints and academic writings by Lawrence Mamiya,
documenting his research on the Nation of Islam and its role within African American
communities and the Black church.
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Guide to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Lives Manuscript Collection, 1990-2002

Collection Title
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Lives Manuscript Collection
Abstract
Memoirs, manuscripts, diaries, correpondence and other materials documenting the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons affiliated with Vassar College.
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Guide to the Leslie Koempel Papers, 1937-1972

Collection Title
Leslie Koempel Papers
Creator
Koempel, Leslie Alice, 1907-
Abstract
Material relating to Koempel's work
as a sociologist and a professor at Vassar College. Of particular interest is the
data she compiled relating to education and housing in Poughkeepsie and Dutchess
County.
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