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Baccalaureate service, part 1

Date
1991 May 25
Description

First part of the 1991 baccalaureate service held in the Vassar Chapel, sponsored by the Black Commencement Committee. Includes the procession; an opening prayer by Rev. Richard Thompson; welcome by President Frances Fergusson; a performance by the Martin Luther King Choir; a scripture reading by

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Baccalaureate service, part 2

Date
1991 May 25
Description

Second and final part of the 1991 baccalaureate service. Includes the end of Jesse Jackson's address; a second performance by the West Point Gospel Choir; and an address by Ria Grosvenor (VC 1991), Chair of the Black Commencement Committee, accompanied by committee members Yolanda Hill (VC 1991) and

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Fall Convocation

Date
1986 September 3
Description

Vassar's 125th convocation featuring speaker Professor Curt Beck of the Chemistry Department. Other speakers include President Frances Fergusson and VSA president Richard Feldman (VC 1987).

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Guide to the E. L. Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection, 1897-1944

Collection Title
E. L. Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection
Abstract
This collection includes 3,538 glass plate negatives created by photographer Edmund L. Wolven. Most of the images are of Vassar College people, events, buildings and grounds, but there is a subset that relates to Poughkeepsie and other local educational institutions.
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Guide to the Mary Thaw Thompson Papers, 1880-1928

Collection Title
Mary Thaw Thompson Papers
Abstract
Material pertaining to Vassar College, the Association of Collegiate Alumnae, and the Association to Aid Scientific Research by Women.
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Reunion, part 1

Date
1988 April 12
Description

First part of Palm Sunday Chapel services, dedicated to Black Alumnae/Alumni and officiated by Reverend Petero A. Sabune (VC 1977). Video quality is poor. Audio quality varies.

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Reunion, part 1

Date
1983 June 3-5
Description

Vassar Press Secretary Dixie Sheridan interviewing alums as they enter the chapel for the Annual Meeting of the Alumnae and Alumni of Vassar College (AAVC). She spoke to members of the Classes of 1933, 1952, 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1980. Members of the Class of 1933 included Polly Bryan and Caroline

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Reunion, part 2

Date
1988 April 12
Description

Second and final part of Palm Sunday Chapel services, dedicated to Black Alumnae/Alumni and officiated by Reverend Petero A. Sabune (VC 1977)

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Reunion, part 2

Date
1983 June 3-5
Description

Alums leaving the chapel after the Annual Meeting of the Alumnae and Alumni of Vassar College (AAVC), followed by Vassar Press Secretary Dixie Sheridan interviewing members of the Class of 1977 and 1979. She also spoke to Kitty Kitchel Lincoln (VC 1933), chair of her class's 50th Reunion Fund

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