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Commencement Weekend, 1930

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Commencement Weekend, 1930
Date
1930 June
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Personal camera footage taken the weekend of commencement, 1930. Consists mostly the Alumnae Parade but also includes graduates exiting the chapel after Commencement, as well as a survey of buildings and grounds, including Cushing, Taylor, Kendrick, Vassar Lake, Main Building, the Library

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Elwell, Abbie (Nickerson). Diary, 1878-1928

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55673-Service File.jpg
Date
1878-1928
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Abstract

Her diary entries describe her arrival at Vassar, entrance examinations, and details of student life, like walks to the cider mill, gymnastics, ice skating. She also includes descriptions and anecdotes from classes, religious services, and lectures. She mentions the Sophomore Party, the Society for

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Guide to the Alice Huyler Ramsey Papers, 1905-1989

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Alice Huyler Ramsey Papers
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Scrapbook and printed materials about Alice Huyler Ramsey's automobile trip across the United States in 1909. Also correspondence from Alice Huyler Bruns, research notes, and manuscripts of unpublished book about the trip by Earluth Abbitt.
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Guide to the Anne Gardner Edna St. Vincent Millay Collection, 1917-circa 1952

Collection Title
Anne Gardner Edna St. Vincent Millay Collection,
Abstract
Correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, printed material, scrapbook documenting Anne Gardner's friendship with Edna St. Vincent Millay.
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Guide to the Edna St. Vincent Millay Papers, 1892-1988

Collection Title
Edna St. Vincent Millay Papers
Abstract
Examinations, student papers, accounts, programs, publications, and photographs from her years at Vassar College, circa 1913-1917; manuscripts of two poems; and forty-five letters to Elizabeth Hazelton Haight, Vassar President Henry Noble MacCracken, Walter Adolphe Roberts, Charlotte Babcock Sills, and others. Also includes letters of husband Eugen Boissevain, Mrs. A.W. Parsons (Millay's "Auntie Kem) and others. The remainder of the collection consists of published works by Millay or material about her life and career, such as her involvement in the Sacco-Vanzetti murder trial, and includes photographs, articles, clippings, reviews, programs.
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Guide to the Elizabeth Brownell Collier Papers, 1895-1968

Collection Title
The Elizabeth Brownell Collier Papers
Abstract
Correspondence, notes, transcripts, and photographs related to Collier's turn-of-the-century childhood, as well as her time at Vassar and beyond.
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Guide to the Elizabeth Spires Papers, 1971-2013

Collection Title
Elizabeth Sprires Papers
Abstract
Audio visual materials, correspondence, manuscripts, and printed materials documenting the career of poet Elizabeth Spires.
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Guide to the Ellen Swallow Richards Papers, 1868-1934

Collection Title
Ellen Swallow Richards Papers
Abstract
Correspondence , manuscripts, clippings, photographs, and other material relating to Richards' personal life, her education, and her work at MIT and Vassar College, the home economics movement, and womens education.
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Guide to the Eva March Tappan Papers, 1881-1925

Collection Title
Eva March Tappan Papers
Abstract
Material relating to Tappan's work as a children's book author. Also includes some of her artwork, items relating to her time at Vassar College, and other biographical material.
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Guide to the Florence Cushing Papers, 1921, 1927

Collection Title
Florence Cushing Papers
Abstract
2 scrapbooks celebrating Florence Cushing's contributions to Vassar College in 1921 in connection with the 50th anniversary of the college's Alumnae Association. Also, communications from the Board of Trustees, the College President and the Secretary of the Alumnae Association congratulating her on having a residence hall named in her honor in 1927.
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Guide to the Frances P. Taft Papers, 1942-2008

Collection Title
Frances P. Taft Papers
Abstract
Correspondence, subject files, news clippings and manuscripts documenting Frances P. Taft’s tenure with the Alumnae and Aulmni Association of Vassar College (AAVC),as well as documentation of her coursework (Class of 1942) at Vassar College.
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Guide to the Helen Morris Hadley Papers, approximately 1880-1928

Collection Title
Helen Morris Hadley Papers
Abstract
Bills and accounts from Hadley's days at Vassar and from subsequent reunions; and correspondence, speeches, and notes concerning her service at Vassar, approximately 1903-1927, including letters from Presidents Taylor and MacCracken; her Alumnae Association activities, 1913-1919; the Vassar budget, 1918-1928; and the controversy over dividing the Vassar History Department, 1906-1907.
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Guide to the Henry Noble MacCracken Papers, 1907 - circa 1968

Collection Title
Henry Noble MacCracken Papers
Abstract
Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, contracts, publications, and other materials pertaining to Henry Noble MacCracken's tenure as president of Vassar College.
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Guide to the Jean Elizabeth Crego Papers, 1923-1999

Collection Title
The Jean Elizabeth Crego Papers
Abstract
Correspondence, photographs, clippings, and floor plans from Crego's positions at the Vassar College Alumnae House and as the Vassar College Class of 1932 Correspondent, as well as some personal papers.
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Guide to the Judith Osgood Papers, 1950-1988

Collection Title
Judith Osgood Papers,
Creator
Abstract
Correspondence, diaries, photographs, manuscript writings, and ephemera documenting the life and career of Judith Osgood.
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Guide to the Katharine Brownell Collier Papers, 1895-1977 (bulk 1904-1934)

Collection Title
Katharine Brownell Collier Papers
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, 1874-1944

Collection Title
The Laura Brownell Collier Papers
Abstract
Material relating to and created by Laura Brownell Collier covering her time at Vassar and beyond. Mostly personal correspondence, notes, and diaries.
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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 Lucinda Franks Papers, approximately 1999-2013

Collection Title
Lucinda Franks Papers
Creator
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Correspondence, manuscrips and typescripts of Lucinda Franks's book, .
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Guide to the Lucy Maynard Salmon Papers, 1818-1992 (bulk 1854-1933)

Collection Title
Lucy Maynard Salmon Papers
Abstract
The Lucy Maynard Salmon Collection
includes the personal papers of Lucy Maynard Salmon along with two smaller collections
of papers belonging to her mother, Maria Clara Maynard Salmon, and her brother, Pomeroy L. Salmon. The materials relate
to her work as an historian and professor at Vassar College as well as her work with
the suffrage movement and local political issues. There are also materials relating
to her family, education and personal life. Formats include correspondence,
manuscripts, printed material, clippings, minutes, reports, notes, and
photographs.
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