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Guide to the Ruth (Goodkind) Calvin Photograph Album, 1918-1923

Collection Title
Ruth (Goodkind) Calvin Photograph Album
Creator
Calvin, Ruth Goodkind, 1902-1957
Abstract
The photograph album contains images from Ruth Goodkind Calvin's years at Vassar College, as well as her travels across the United States, particularly the American West and the National Parks.
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Guide to the Ruth Cutler Papers, 1910-1919 (bulk 1918-1919)

Collection Title
Ruth Cutler Papers
Creator
Cutler, Ruth
Abstract
Letters from Ruth Cutler (VC 1912) to her family, and four letters from Elinor Prudden (also VC 1912), who traveled with Cutler. The letters document Cutler's travel by ship to France and her service there with the Red Cross. Prudden’s letters are to Cutler’s family describing the circumstances of Cutler’s death from pneumonia.
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Guide to the Ruth Fitch Mason Papers, 1908-1962

Collection Title
Ruth Fitch Mason Papers
Creator
Mason, Ruth, 1890-1974
Abstract
Material relating to Mason's work as a writer and literary agent as well as more personal material regarding her family, friends, marriage and education. Includes, professional and personal correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, postcards, and biographical information; and Eliot F. Bartlett's correspondence and notes regarding these papers.
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Guide to the Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, 1857-1958

Collection Title
Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers
Creator
Benedict, Ruth, 1887-1948
Abstract
Personal and professional papers
consisting of correspondence, diaries, notebooks, manuscripts and typescripts,
articles, speeches, financial papers, reports, teaching materials, and photographs.
Correspondents include Franz Boas with whom she studied and worked. Subjects include
American Anthropological Association, Progressive Education Association, West Side
Defense Council (New York City), Council Against Intolerance in America, American
Association of University Women, American Folklore Journal, Mary Wollstonecraft,
Indians of the American Southwest including Pima, Zuni, Dakotas, Sioux, and
Shoshone, civil rights, and Japan and Japanese culture. Other items include her
published and unpublished poetry; grant proposals; correspondence, clippings, and
reports from field work, including her Mescalero trip, 1931-1932; and a draft of
Margaret Mead's .
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Guide to the Ruth Hornblower Churchill Papers, 1932-1963 (bulk 1933-1934)

Collection Title
Ruth Hornblower Churchill Papers,
Creator
Churchill, Ruth Hornblower
Abstract
Correspondece and other materials relating to Churchill's time as a trustee of Vassar College, particularly regarding international alumni.
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Guide to the Ruth Lamb Atkinson Papers, 1781-1975 (bulk 1928-1947)

Collection Title
Ruth Lamb Atkinson Papers
Creator
Atkinson, Ruth Lamb, 1896-1978
Abstract
Correspondence, clippings, reports, speeches, articles, pamphlets, and government documents relating to Atkinson's work in advertising and with the Food and Drug Administration. Also includes collected Americana and Indian art and manuscripts.
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Guide to the Ruth Robinson Carroll Papers, 1913-1962

Collection Title
Ruth Robinson Carroll Papers
Creator
Carroll, Ruth, 1899-
Abstract
Memory book of Ruth Robinson, 1913-1918; drawings, sketches, and manuscript drafts of Ruth and Latrobe Carroll's children's books, 1934-1962, including , , , , and ; and drafts and published versions of the article "Through the World of Silence," 1950.
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Guide to the Samuel L. Caldwell Scrapbook, 1878-1885

Collection Title
Samuel L. Caldwell Scrapbook
Abstract
Scrapbook documenting Samuel L.
Caldwell's tenure as president of Vassar College, primarily through event ephemera, notes, and letters.
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Guide to the Samuel L. Clemens Papers, 1796-1984 (bulk 1853-1909)

Collection Title
Samuel L. Clemens Papers
Creator
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
Abstract
Includes manuscripts, notes, diaries, clippings, certificates, deeds and photographs; but of particular note are the letters Clemens wrote to his family describing his early adulthood as well as the development and progression of his writing career.
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Guide to the Sarah Josepha Hale Papers, 1850-1877 (bulk 1863-1867)

Collection Title
Sarah Josepha Hale Papers
Creator
Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell, 1788-1879
Abstract
Thirty original letters by Hale and typescript copies of letters to and from Hale (originals also available) concerning the inclusion of the word "female" in Vassar Female College, women's education, other business of Vassar College, missionary work, and women in the church. Other correspondents include Milo P. Jewett, Benson J. Lossing, John H. Raymond, and Matthew Vassar.
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Guide to the Scottie Fitzgerald Smith Papers, 1858-1996 (bulk 1921-1986)

Collection Title
Scottie Fitzgerald Smith Papers
Creator
Smith, Scottie Fitzgerald
Abstract
Materials relating to Scottie Fitzgerald Smith's career as a journalist, her work for the Democratic Party, her personal life, and the maintenance of her parents' estates and legacies.
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Guide to the Shigeko Nagai Uriu Papers, 1878–1995

Collection Title
Shigeko Nagai Uriu Papers
Creator
Uriu, Shigeko, 1861-1928
Abstract
General biographical material as well
as some documentation of Uriu's time at Vassar College.
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Guide to the Snider Family Papers, 1912-1938 (bulk 1914-1918)

Collection Title
Snider Family Papers
Creator
Snider Family
Abstract
Correspondence from Mary and Marguerite Snider to their parents and brother Frank tell of the day-to-day life of Vassar students, their classes, extra-curricular activities, and social life. Letters to and from Frank tell a similar story of his days at Mercersburg Academy in Pennsylvania, and Amherst College in Massachusetts.
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Guide to the Sondra Spatt Olsen Papers, 1940-2013

Collection Title
Sondra Spatt Olsen Papers
Creator
Olsen, Sondra Spatt, 1936-
Abstract
The papers of Sondra Spatt Olsen range from 1940-2013 and include business records, correspondence, journals, notebooks, manuscripts, typescripts, clippings and ephemera. The majority of manuscripts and typescripts include notations by the author, her peers, editors and publishers. Personal and professional files document the author’s management of her writing career spanning over six decades.
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Guide to the Springside Landscape Restoration Records, 1870-2024 (bulk 1972-2017)

Collection Title
Springside Landscape Restoration Records
Creator
Springside Landscape Restoration
Abstract
This collection consists of
administrative and financial records, correspondence, and photographs created by
Springside Landscape Restoration, a non-profit organization dedicated to the
preservation and maintenance of Springside--a United States National Historic
Site and the summer home of Matthew Vassar (1792-1868). Publications and
writings about Springside and its designer, landscape architect Andrew Jackson
Downing (1815-1852), as well as records related to Springside from its 20th-century
owners, the Nelson family, are also included.
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Guide to the Stanley S. Slotkin and Mark A. Slotkin Collection of Title Page Facsimiles with Attached Original Leaves from Books Published 1534-approximately 1750

Collection Title
Stanley S. Slotkin and Mark A. Slotkin Collection of Title Page Facsimiles with Attached Original Leaves from Books Published 1534-approximately 1750.
Creator
Slotkin, Stanley S.
Abstract
Title page facsimiles and original leaves collected by Stanley S. Slotkin and Mark A. Slotkin.
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Guide to the Susan B. Anthony Papers, 1854-1905

Collection Title
Susan B. Anthony Papers
Creator
Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906
Abstract
Copies and some originals of correspondence to and from Susan B. Anthony, as well as a few autographed statements.
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Guide to the Sutematsu Yamakawa Oyama Papers, 1872-1983 (bulk 1882-1919)

Collection Title
Sutematsu Yamakawa Oyama Papers
Creator
Oyama, Sutematsu, 1860-1919
Abstract
Papers created by and relating to
Sutematsu Yamakawa Oyama, "Princess Oyama," the first Japanese woman to receive a
college degree.
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Guide to the Sybil Huntington May Papers, 1898-1976 (bulk 1910-1919)

Collection Title
Sybil Huntington May Papers
Creator
May, Sybil Huntington
Abstract
Materials related to May’s life as a student at Vassar and during the years immediately after her graduation. There is also correspondence related to Leo Huberman, co-founder of the .
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Guide to the Teresa Carreño Papers, 1862-1991 (bulk 1862-1920)

Collection Title
Teresa Carreño Papers
Creator
Carreño, Teresa, 1853-1917
Abstract
Includes musical manuscripts of Carreño and others, such as Edward Macdowell, Amy Beach and Teresita Carreño-Tagliapietra; literary manuscripts of Carreño; letters to and from Carreño and to and from Marta Milinowski, her biographer; and a variety of scrapbooks, diaries and other materials relating to Carreño's life and professional career; Among the correspondents are Frances Macdowell, Gioachino Rossini, Edward Grieg, and Ede Poldini. There are also many articles about Carreño and programs of her concerts.
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