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Guide to the Vassar College Women's Studies Program Records,
1977-2007

Collection Title
Vassar College Women's Studies Program
Records
Abstract
Materials documenting the history of
the Vassar College Women's Studies Program from its founding in 1977 to
2007.
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Guide to the Vassar Family Papers, 1804-circa 1992

Collection Title
Vassar Family Papers
Creator
Vassar family
Abstract
Deeds, mortgages, bonds, insurance papers, agreements, wills, complaints, letters, accounts, cancelled checks, leases, and other items concerning estate and business matters of George Booth, James Booth, Charles Vassar, James Vassar, John Guy Vassar, and Matthew Vassar, Jr.
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Guide to the Vassar Student Association Records, 1868-2017

Collection Title
Vassar Student Association Records
Abstract
Records from the Vassar Student
Association and its predecessors, including minutes, membership lists, rules and
regulations, reports, and other items pertaining to student clubs, self-government
activities, dormitory regulations, and other issues and events.
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Guide to the Vassar-Yale Study Records, 1966-1967

Collection Title
Vassar-Yale Study Records
Abstract
Records from the investigation into a proposed affiliation between Vassar College and Yale University, including relocation of Vassar to New Haven, Connecticut.
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Guide to the Vice President for Finance and Administration Records, 1948-2000 (bulk 1966-1999)

Collection Title
Vice President for Finance and Administration Records
Abstract
Materials relating to the financial and business operations of the college. Includes restricted material.
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Guide to the Violet Oakley Papers, 1921-1982

Collection Title
Violet Oakley Papers
Creator
Oakley, Violet, 1874-1961
Abstract
Correspondence, exhibition and publication programs, and other printed materials related to the work of American artist Violet Oakley, particularly the large-scale triptych she painted for the Vassar College Alumnae House in 1924, .
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Guide to the W. K. Rose Papers, 1914-1970 (bulk 1940-1968)

Collection Title
W. K. Rose Papers
Creator
Rose, W. K.
Abstract
The William K. Rose Papers document Vassar College English Professor Rose’s study of modernist literature, Vorticism, and in particular, the writings of Wyndham Lewis. The majority of the correspondence in the collection documents Rose’s efforts to locate and study Lewis’s letters to friends and associates. Files include correspondence, research and subject files, press clippings, manuscripts, notebooks, playbills, periodicals, photographs, and audio tape.
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Guide to the Walter A. Fairservis Papers, 1931-1994

Collection Title
Walter A. Fairservis Papers
Creator
Fairservis, Walter Ashlin, 1921-1994
Abstract
Correspondence, manuscripts, teaching materials, and other papers related to Fairservis's work as a professor, archaeologist and playwright. Of particular note is his correspondence with his family describing his trips overseas.
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Guide to the Washington State Vassar Club Records, 1909-1956 (bulk 1945-1957)

Collection Title
Washington State Vassar Club Records
Creator
Washington State Vassar Club
Abstract
Materials relating to the creation and subsequent activities of the Washington State Vassar Club.
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Guide to the Wayne R. Leitner Drawings, 1978-1981

Collection Title
Wayne R. Leitner Drawings
Creator
Leitner, Wayne R.
Abstract
Pen and ink drawings and posters created by Leitner for Vassar College events and publications while he was a student.
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Guide to the Werner Pfeiffer Collection, 1953-2017

Collection Title
Werner Pfeiffer Collection
Creator
Pfeiffer, Werner, 1937-
Abstract
Prints, drawings, paintings, collages, sculptures and artists books created by Pfeiffer, as well as publicity material and other records relating to his art career.
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Guide to the Whittaker Family Charles Dickens Manuscript Collection, 1831-2003

Collection Title
Whittaker Family Charles Dickens Manuscript Collection
Creator
Whittaker Family (Collectors)
Abstract
Correspondence, sheet music, playbills, artwork, ephemera, realia as well as other miscellany relating to Dickens and his work.
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Guide to the William Bancroft Hill Papers, 1884-1942

Collection Title
William Bancroft Hill Papers
Creator
Hill, William Bancroft, 1857-1945
Abstract
Correspondence, 1884-1942, manuscript poems by William Bancroft Hill and poems in honor of William Bancroft and Elise Hill; booklet from the 50th anniversary of the Harvard Class of 1879, 1929; scrapbook from Hill's 85th birthday, 1942; and biographical information and clippings on Hill and his family.
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Guide to the William Bronk Papers, 1955-1989

Collection Title
William Bronk Papers
Creator
Bronk, William
Abstract
Correspondence, manuscripts, broadsides and other material by or related to William Bronk.
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Guide to the William F. Rothwell Jr. Papers, 1959-1985

Collection Title
William F. Rothwell Jr. Papers
Creator
Rothwell, William F., Jr., 1920-2001
Abstract
Librettos, letters of commendation, and programs from Rothwell's work with the Experimental Theatre of Vassar College
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Guide to the William Gifford Papers, approximately 1955-2015

Collection Title
William Gifford Papers
Creator
Gifford, William
Abstract
The William Gifford Papers include correspondence between Gifford and former students and colleagues, including several poets and writers, such as Elizabeth Spires, Thomas Beller, Erica Funkhouser, and Curtis Sittenfeld.
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Guide to the William Jovanovich Papers, 1960-1999

Collection Title
William Jovanovich Papers
Creator
Jovanovich, William
Abstract
Personal and professional correspondence with Mary McCarthy, correspondence with McCarthy biographers, typescripts of McCarthy's publications with Harcourt, Brace and Javonovich, newspaper clippings relating to McCarthy and her work, and an audio tape of the 1989 memorial service for McCarthy.
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Guide to the Winifred Asprey Papers, circa 1933-2007

Collection Title
Winifred Asprey Papers
Creator
Asprey, Winifred A.
Abstract
The collection contains materials related to Winifred Asprey's work as a mathematician and computer scientist, particularly during her years as a faculty member at Vassar College. Materials include biographical materials, research and teaching materials, writings, and photographs.
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Guide to the Winifred Smith Papers, 1904-1959

Collection Title
Winifred Smith Papers
Creator
Smith, Winifred, 1879-
Abstract
Materials relating to Smith's life and work in the Drama Department of Vassar College.
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Guide to the Woman Suffrage and Women's Rights Collection, 1866–1989

Collection Title
Woman Suffrage and Women's Rights Collection
Abstract
An artificial collection of
petitions, speeches, correspondence, publications, scrapbooks, and broadsides
relating to the struggles for woman suffrage and other women's rights. Includes
documents relating to debates over the suffrage issue at Vassar College.
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