Correspondence

The bulk of the Claflin collection is from the years 1927-1934, the period in which she received her graduate degrees and began to teach at Vassar College as an associate professor and later as a full professor. While the collection itself is mainly made up of correspondence, it also contains an eclectic selection of material, including: various drafts of her doctoral thesis, newspaper clippings concerning her career, programs of exhibits, class notes and assorted miscellanea.

A collection of handwritten letters,
formal notes, autographs, poetry, short writings, and lithograph portraits of
prominent nineteenth-century women authors, including Maria Edgeworth, Caroline L.
Herschel, Hannah More, Lydia Huntley Sigourney, and Lady Emmeline Stuart
Wortley.

Correspondence, clippings, notes,
speeches, interviews, photographs, manuscript and published versions of her
writings, other publications, bibliographies, and copies of historic documents
pertaining to materials on women's history. There are also family letters and
photographs, biographical materials, and miscellaneous items relating to Vassar
College.

Letters, manuscripts,
speeches, poems, and other items, primarily resulting from an official connection
with Vassar College, written by Vassar students, faculty or staff, or by persons of historical
and cultural significance.

Correspondence, manuscripts,
clippings, journals, business and legal documents and photographic prints relating
the Benét Family’s personal, professional, and creative activity. A significant
volume of the collection contains correspondence between family members, including
letters to and from Stephen Vincent Benét and William Rose Benét. The collection
includes manuscript drafts by Laura Benét, as well as some ephemera and printed
material collected by the family.

Collection includes manuscripts,
professional and personal correspondence, subject files, teaching files, publicity
and press clippings. Files hold typescripts, handwritten notes and drafts, as well
as academic notebooks. Family papers in the collection include correspondence, press
clippings, photographs and family history files, including some genealogy
documentation. Press clippings include reviews of Coyle's writings, as well as
clippings regarding selected family members. Collection contains photographic
prints, CDs, DVDs, as well as audio and video cassettes.

The collection contains
correspondence between C. Matilda (Mortimer) Remington, her brother Benjamin
Mortimer, her sister-in-law Sarah (Bates) Mortimer, and her mother. Also included are
childhood drawings and sketches by Charlotte and a poem entitled "Reading" she wrote
at age 13.

The Caroline Furness Papers consist
of correspondence, personal and professional papers, writings, research, and
photographs created and assembled by American astronomer and Vassar faculty member
Caroline E. Furness. Notable correspondents include Furness’s father, Henry B.
Furness; Vassar faculty member Mary W. Whitney; Kan'ichi Asakawa; Sakusaburo
Uchigasaki; Rose O'Neill; Vilhjalmur Stefansson; and other astronomers, including
Jan van der Bilt, Phoebe Waterman Haas, and Ruth E. Smith.

The collection contains
correspondence, ephemera, and photographs, mostly relating to Charlotte and Clara
Barnum's education and continued association with Vassar College. Also included are
materials related to Clarine Warner Curtis (VC 1888), a life-long friend and
correspondent of Clara Barnum, whose daughter, Virginia H. Curtis Milburn Robertson
(VC 1930), continued correspondence with Clara after Clarine's death in
1945.

Diary of Christine Ladd-Franklin,
Vassar College Class of 1869. Describes her experiences as a Vassar student, the
challenges of financing her education, and her early years of teaching before
beginning her graduate work in mathematics.

The collection contains records of Vassar College’s transition to a coeducational institution accumulated and created by History Department professor, one-time Dean of Freshmen, and co-chair of the Committee on a Coeducation for Tomorrow, Clyde Griffen. Materials include research on other American colleges and universities; correspondence with coeducational institutions; data gathered at Vassar regarding admissions, transfers, costs, and athletics; committee reports and correspondence; and clippings and other publications.

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.

The Elizabeth Bishop Estate and Posthumous Events Collection consists of materials pertaining to the literary estate of Elizabeth Bishop, managed by Alice Methfessel after the poet's death in 1979. The collection also includes ephemera and realia from various events celebrating Elizabeth Bishop since her death. Included are, pamphlets, posters, flyers, clippings, video and audio recordings, and files of general information.

Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, manuscripts and drafts, memorabilia, artwork, publications, and photographs relating to Bishop's personal and professional life. Also, letters, minutes, contracts, and financial records from her teaching and publishing activities, 1943-1979; manuscripts, typescripts, drafts, revisions, and fragments of her poetry and prose writings, 1929-1979; Vassar student notebooks, travel diaries, notes from her 17-year residence in Brazil, and family information, 1931-1977; manuscripts, typescripts, articles, essays, and poetry by or about other writers, especially Robert Lowell, 1925-1979; and printed poetry, prose, reviews, and articles by or about Bishop.

The collection contains material related to Elizabeth Cady Stanton's work for women's suffrage, abolition, temperance, and other social causes. Includes family and professional correspondence, biographical and autobigraphical material, transcripts of her speeches, and photographs. Also includes material by others, such as her daughter, Margaret Stanton Lawrence, about the women's movement and Stanton's life and career.

The collection contains
correspondence, writings, photographs, and clippings related to the life and career
of American classicist and Vassar College professor Elizabeth Hazelton Haight (1872-1964).

Variety of rare manuscripts relating
to American and European history, art and literature.

The collection contains materials
from 1921 celebrating Florence Cushing's contributions to Vassar College in
connection with the 50th anniversary of the college's Alumnae Association, including
a decorated autograph book. Also included are a scrapbook compiled by Elizabeth G.
Houghton, and letters from the Board of Trustees, the College President, and the
Secretary of the Alumnae Association congratulating Cushing on having a residence
hall named in her honor in 1927.

Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, contracts, publications, and other materials pertaining to Henry Noble MacCracken's tenure as president of Vassar College.

Materials relating to the Hill family's personal, professional, and political activities. The bulk of the collection relates most directly to Elsie M. Hill (VC 1906).