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Vassar College. Class of 1931

Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Daisy picking for Class Day

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Date
1929-06-01
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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
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Students, likely sophomores, in an automobile at the college farm to collect flowers for the Class Day daisy chain

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Daisy picking for Class Day

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Date
1929-06-10
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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
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Students, likely sophomores, picking daisies for the Class Day daisy chain

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Daisy picking for Class Day

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Date
1929-06-01
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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
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Students, likely sophomores, picking daisies for the Class Day daisy chain

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Daisy picking for Class Day

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Date
1929-06-01
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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
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Students, likely sophomores, picking daisies for the Class Day daisy chain

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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
Creator
Wolven, Edmund L.
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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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Sophomore Party

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Date
1928-10-27
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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
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Scene from "The Man with the Green Whiskers," Act II of "The Sophomoric Sophistries of 1931," a skit show presented by the Class of 1931 to the Class of 1932

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Sophomore Party

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Date
1928-10-27
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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
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Scene from "The Man with the Green Whiskers," Act II of "The Sophomoric Sophistries of 1931," a skit show presented by the Class of 1931 to the Class of 1932

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Sophomore Party

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Date
1928-10-27
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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
Description

Scene from "The Man with the Green Whiskers," Act II of "The Sophomoric Sophistries of 1931," a skit show presented by the Class of 1931 to the Class of 1932

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Sophomore Party

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Date
1928-10-27
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
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Scene from "What, No Watermelons," Act III of "The Sophomoric Sophistries of 1931," a skit show presented by the Class of 1931 to the Class of 1932. Behind a chorus of dancers, a number of students are in blackface and costumed as "washerwomen, cotton pickers, [a] blackberry vendor" and fishermen

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Sophomore Party

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Date
1928-10-27
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
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Scene from "Mariposita," Act I of "The Sophomoric Sophistries of 1931," a skit show presented by the Class of 1931 to the Class of 1932

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Sophomore Party

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Date
1928-10-27
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

Scene from "Mariposita," Act I of "The Sophomoric Sophistries of 1931," a skit show presented by the Class of 1931 to the Class of 1932

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Sophomore Party

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Date
1928-10-27
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

Scene from "What, No Watermelons," Act III of "The Sophomoric Sophistries of 1931," a skit show presented by the Class of 1931 to the Class of 1932. A number of students are in blackface and costumed as "washerwomen, cotton pickers, [a] blackberry vendor" and fishermen

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Sophomore Party

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Date
1928-10-27
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

Scene from "What, No Watermelons," Act III of "The Sophomoric Sophistries of 1931," a skit show presented by the Class of 1931 to the Class of 1932. A number of students are in blackface and costumed as "washerwomen, cotton pickers, [a] blackberry vendor" and fishermen

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Sophomore Party

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Date
1928-10-27
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
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Scene from "Mariposita," Act I of "The Sophomoric Sophistries of 1931," a skit show presented by the Class of 1931 to the Class of 1932

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Tree Ceremonies

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Date
1929-05-08
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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
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Performance given by the Class of 1931. Most participants are wearing sterotypical Native American costumes

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Tree Ceremonies

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Date
1929-05-08
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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
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Performance given by the Class of 1931. Most participants are wearing sterotypical Native American costumes

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Tree Ceremonies

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Date
1929-05-08
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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
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Class of 1929 marching toward the Class of 1929's Tree Ceremonies

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Tree Ceremonies

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Date
1929-05-08
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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
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Performance given by the Class of 1931. Most participants are wearing sterotypical Native American costumes, including Professor Herbert E. Mills

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Tree Ceremonies

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Date
1929-05-08
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
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Performance given by the Class of 1931. Most participants are wearing sterotypical Native American costumes, including Professor Herbert E. Mills

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Tree Ceremonies

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Date
1929-05-08
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
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Performance given by the Class of 1931. Most participants are wearing sterotypical Native American costumes

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