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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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Guide to the Vassar College Library Records, 1890-2007

Collection Title
Vassar College Library Records
Abstract
Materials concerning exhibits, the Library building, the history of the Library, and other routine matters.
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Guide to the Vassar College Miscellaneous Campus Organizations Records, 1882-1997

Collection Title
Vassar College Miscellaneous Campus
Organizations Records
Creator
Vassar College
Abstract
Meeting minutes, constitutions, clippings, scrapbooks, and other material related to a variety of student clubs and campus organizations at Vassar College.
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Guide to the Vassar College Natural History Museum Records, 1866-1969 (bulk 1906-1944)

Collection Title
Vassar College Natural History Museum Records
Abstract
The collection contains
correspondence between Natural History Museum administrators, other museums and
educational institutions, and vendors and collectors; annual reports; inventories
and lists of specimens kept by the museum; clippings about the museum;
advertisements for, and descriptions of, various anatomical and biological specimens
and models; records of specimen loans and purchases; and floor plans for a proposed
addition to the New England Building.
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Guide to the Vassar College Office of College Relations Records, 1953-1986

Collection Title
Vassar College Office of College Relations Records
Abstract
Materials concerning the publicity work of the Vassar College News Office.
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Guide to the Vassar College Office of the Treasurer Records, 1861-1973 (bulk 1861-1934)

Collection Title
Vassar College Office of the Treasurer Records
Abstract
This collection contains materials
relating to the financial and business operations of Vassar College, primarily
records kept by the Treasurer, Cashier, Accountant, and other administrators involved
in college expenses and accounts.
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Guide to the Vassar College Philalethean Society Records, 1866-1939

Collection Title
Vassar College Philalethean Society Records
Abstract
Records of this student dramatic club include scripts from prize-winning plays, reports, scrapbooks, minutes, account books, membership records, a photograph album, and other items.
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Guide to the Vassar College Photograph Files, approximately 1865-2014

Collection Title
Vassar College Photograph Collection
Abstract
Photographs of Vassar College events, programs, buildings, grounds, faculty, students, staff and administration.
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Guide to the Vassar College Physical Education Department Records, 1890-1952

Collection Title
Vassar College Physical Education Department Records
Abstract
General office files, 1895-1952, as well as four volumes including extensive bodily measurements of individual students, with short biographies and health histories, 1890-1899.
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Guide to the Vassar College Postcard Collection, circa 1899 - circa 1982

Collection Title
Vassar College Postcard Collection
Creator
Vassar College
Abstract
This collection consists of postcards featuring Vassar College's campus, buildings, students, and events, as well as some postcards of Poughkeepsie, New York; Silver Bay, New York; and Vassar, Michigan.
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Guide to the Vassar College Programs Scrapbooks, 1865-1982

Collection Title
Vassar College Programs Scrapbooks
Abstract
Scrapbooks containing programs relating to
Vassar College events.
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Guide to the Vassar College Realia Collection, circa 1648-2020 (bulk 1818-2000)

Collection Title
Vassar College Realia Collection
Abstract
The collection consists of physical culture materials and objects related to Matthew Vassar, his family, and Vassar College, as well as miscellaneous items of historical note.
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Guide to the Vassar College Registrar Records, 1865-1998

Collection Title
Vassar College Registrar Records
Creator
Vassar College. Registrar
Abstract
Course schedules and student records
produced by the Vassar College Registrar, including permanent records, grades, information registers, and
student demographic information.
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Guide to the Vassar College Scrapbooks, 1860-1978

Collection Title
Vassar College Scrapbooks
Abstract
Scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings
and programs relating to Vassar College events and issues.
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Guide to the Vassar College Social Museum Records, 1937-1947

Collection Title
Vassar College Social Museum Records
Abstract
Material pertaining to projects and exhibits conducted by the Museum, 1937-1947. Topics include Latin America, the dairy industry, child welfare, folk art, housing, public health, science and industry, as well as economic and social issues in Poughkeepsie and Dutchess County.
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Guide to the Vassar College Student Materials Collection, 1859-2025 (bulk 1867-1967)

Collection Title
Vassar College Student Materials Collection
Abstract
Diaries, letters, scrapbooks,
photograph albums and other materials documenting student life at Vassar
College.
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Guide to the Vassar College Subject Files, 1864–2023

Collection Title
Vassar College Subject Files
Abstract
An artificial collection of materials documenting the history of Vassar College, collected by various departments of the Library over several decades. There are also some materials on Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, the Hudson Valley, students in general, and other colleges.
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Guide to the Vassar College Training Camp for Nurses Records, 1917-1999 (bulk 1918-1919)

Collection Title
Vassar College Training Camp for Nurses Records
Abstract
Materials relating to Vassar College's Training Camp for Nurses, a program initiated to supply much-needed nurses for World War I.
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Guide to the Vassar College Undergraduate Research Summer Institute Records, 1986-2005

Collection Title
Vassar College Undergraduate Research Summer Institute Records
Abstract
Materials relating to the creation and development of the Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI).
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Guide to the Vassar College Vietnam Era Protests Collection, 1962-1972

Collection Title
Vassar College Vietnam Era Protests Collection
Abstract
An artificial collection of clippings, leaflets, and correspondence related to campus protests at Vassar College during the height of the Vietnam War.
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Guide to the Vassar College Wimpfheimer Nursery School Records, approximately 1927-2009

Collection Title
Vassar College Wimpfheimer Nursery School Records
Abstract
The records consist of administrative files for the nursery school as well as the Child Study Department; student records for undergraduate students working in the nursery school or taking coursework in the Child Study or Psychology departments; and files on children who attended the nursery school.
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