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Vassar College--Alumni and alumnae

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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 U. T. Summers Papers, 1937-1995 (bulk 1937-1939)

Collection Title
U.T. Summers Papers
Creator
Summers, U. T.
Abstract
This collection primarilly documents U. T. Summers' friendship with Edna Stephenson. The bulk of the collection consists of letters Summers sent from Vassar College to Stephenson in their hometown of McKenzie, Tennessee.
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Guide to the Vassar Club of Boston Records, 1867-2004

Collection Title
Vassar Club of Boston Records
Abstract
Materials from various graduating classes including alumnae questionnaires, programs, bulletins, invitations, songbooks, clippings and articles on class members, and some notes and letters, 1867-1981; a reunion survey with photographs of the Class of 1914, 1964; minutes and account books from class organizations, 1871-1922; and correspondence, publications, and miscellaneous items from the Class of 1898.
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Guide to the Vassar Club of Philadelphia Records, 1903-2011

Collection Title
Vassar Club of Philadelphia Records
Abstract
Materials relating to the creation and subsequent activities of the Vassar Club of Philadelphia.
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Guide to the Vassar Club of Washington, D.C. Records, 1887-2012

Collection Title
Vassar Club of Washington, D.C. Records
Abstract
Four volumes of minutes and financial
accounting of the early incarnations of the Vassar Club of Washington, D.C., as well as photographs of a scholarship event in 2012.
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Guide to the Vassar College Alumnae/i Biographical Files (AAVC), circa 1865-2015

Collection Title
Vassar College Alumnae/i Biographical Files (AAVC)
Abstract
Clippings, biographical information forms, correspondence, articles, and other items gathered by the Alumnae and Alumni of Vassar College (AAVC) on women who attended the college from 1865-1942 and 1951-1958. The collection includes material on graduates, non-graduates, Special Students and Preparatory Students.
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Guide to the Vassar College Archives Files, circa 1855-1969 (bulk 1860-1914)

Collection Title
Vassar College Archives Files
Abstract
An artificial collection of materials
documenting the history of Vassar College, collected by various departments of the
Library over several decades. Materials include letters, photographs, programs,
college circulars and other publications, building specifications, contracts, bills
and receipts, inventories, accounts, committee minutes, architectural and landscape
drawings, reports, and club constitutions and records.
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Guide to the Vassar College Biographical Files, 1872-2023

Collection Title
Vassar College Biographical Files
Abstract
Clippings, biographical information forms, news releases, memoranda, pamphlets, correspondence, photographs, book jackets, and articles. pertaining to the lives and careers of faculty, staff, administrators, trustees, and presidents of the college, as well as alumnae/i and other individuals with a siginificant relation to the development of the college.
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Guide to the Vassar College Class Records, 1865-2021

Collection Title
Vassar College Class Records
Abstract
Materials from the various classes of Vassar College, mostly concerning graduation, reunion, and alumnae/i activities.
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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
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 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
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 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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Vassar College Student Diaries

Haight, Helen I. Diary, ca. 1928

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Date
unknown
Content Warning
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 College Archives Film and Video Collection

Inauguration of Frances D. Fergusson - AAVC Panel, part 1

Inauguration of Frances D. Fergusson - AAVC Panel, part 1
Date
1986 October 11
Description

AAVC (Alumnae and Alumni of Vassar College) panel discussion chaired by President-elect Fergusson the morning of her inauguration. The speakers were Willa Baker (VC 1987), Maryellen Hadjisky (VC 1945), Helen King Ikeler (VC 1922), Judith West McCarter (VC 1962), Demetrios Papanikolas ( VC 1987)

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Vassar College Archives Film and Video Collection

Inauguration of Frances D. Fergusson - AAVC Panel, part 2

Inauguration of Frances D. Fergusson - AAVC Panel, part 2
Date
1986 October 11
Description

Second and last part of the AAVC panel discussion chaired by President-elect Fergusson. The speakers were Willa Baker (VC 1987), Maryellen Hadjisky (VC 1945), Helen King Ikeler (VC 1922), Judith West McCarter (VC 1962), Demetrios Papanikolas ( VC 1987), Mediera Meder (VC 1937), Katharine Forbes

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Reunion

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Date
1915 June 8
Content Warning
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
Description

Class of 1900 at the Alumnae Parade

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