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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 Registrar Records, 1865-1998

Collection Title
Vassar College Registrar Records
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 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-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 Violet Oakley Papers, 1921-1982

Collection Title
Violet Oakley Papers
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 Washington State Vassar Club Records, 1909-1956 (bulk 1945-1957)

Collection Title
Washington State Vassar Club Records
Abstract
Materials relating to the creation and subsequent activities of the Washington State Vassar Club.
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Haight, Helen I. Diary, ca. 1928

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Date
unknown
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The Vassar College Archives within the Digital Library include some images, texts, and material items that are racist, xenophobic, or otherwise harmful. The Vassar Libraries have provided descriptive text and additional notes whenever possible to alert Digital Library users to these items. The Engaged Pluralism Initiative Race and Racism in Historical Collections Project Group is working with the library on contextualizing and facilitating community conversations about these materials. For more information see: https://library.vassar.edu/rrhc
Abstract

This volume is a travel journal post-dating Haight's time at Vassar.

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Vassar at 75

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Vassar at 75
Date
1940 May-June
Description

Professionally edited film commemorating the 75th anniversary of Vassar College. The bulk of the film centers on the weekend of commencement, but it begins with the dedication of Baldwin Infirmary. People visible at the dedication include President Henry Noble MacCracken and Jane North Baldwin

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Vassar Commencement, June 1933

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Vassar Commencement, June 1933
Date
1933
Description

Silent film with title cards featuring members of the Class of 1915 at their 18th reunion. Events featured include the Alumnae Parade and Class Day exercises. The Class of 1873 lead the parade from Rockfeller Hall to the President's House where President H. N. MacCracken and his wife Marjorie Dodd

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[Home movie]

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[Home movie]
Date
1935
Description

Archival footage taken by Elizabeth S. Brooks (VC 1935) and her family. Begins with the Class of 1935 walking in the commencement processional, followed by a brief clip of Brooks feeding goldfish with a Vassar friend. Next is footage of the 1935 Alumnae Parade beginning with the Class of 1885 and

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