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Photographs

Guide to the Louise Seaman Bechtel Papers, 1877-1987 (bulk 1913-1980)

Collection Title
Louise Seaman Bechtel Papers
Abstract
Papers primarily concerning her work
in literature, publishing, and editing, especially for children, and including
correspondence, manuscripts, illustrations, biographical information, and published
articles and reviews from or pertaining to authors, illustrators, and
publishers.
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Guide to the Lucy Maynard Salmon Historical Materials Collection, 1690-1982 (bulk 1790-1899)

Collection Title
Lucy Maynard Salmon Historical Materials Collection
Abstract
An artificial collection of letters,
diaries, account books, land grants, deeds, wills, and other historical materials
originally established by the History Department at Vassar College.
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Guide to the Lucy Maynard Salmon Papers, 1818-1992 (bulk 1854-1933)

Collection Title
Lucy Maynard Salmon Papers
Abstract
The Lucy Maynard Salmon Collection
includes the personal papers of Lucy Maynard Salmon along with two smaller collections
of papers belonging to her mother, Maria Clara Maynard Salmon, and her brother, Pomeroy L. Salmon. The materials relate
to her work as an historian and professor at Vassar College as well as her work with
the suffrage movement and local political issues. There are also materials relating
to her family, education and personal life. Formats include correspondence,
manuscripts, printed material, clippings, minutes, reports, notes, and
photographs.
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Guide to the Margaret Grace Bondfield Papers, 1854-1951 (bulk 1898-1951)

Collection Title
Margaret Grace Bondfield Papers
Abstract
Correspondence, clippings, speeches, publications, government documents, and other materials concerning Bondfield's work with labor and trade unions, primarily in Great Britain, but also Australia, Canada, the United States and other countries.
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Guide to the Maria Mitchell Papers, 1843-2016 (bulk 1853-1889)

Collection Title
Maria Mitchell Papers
Abstract
Correspondence, manuscripts,
research material, photographs, and glass plate negatives relating to Mitchell's work as an astronomer and
member of the faculty of Vassar College.
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Guide to the Martha May Reynolds Papers, 1918-1919

Collection Title
Martha May Reynolds Papers
Abstract
Papers from her work with the YMCA in France during World War I consisting of her letters to her family, letters and cards from servicemen, a guidebook, photographs, and other memorabilia.
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Guide to the Mary Augusta Scott Papers, approximately 1870-1917

Collection Title
Mary Augusta Scott Papers
Abstract
Correspondence, manuscripts, printed material, journals and photographs relating to Scott's personal life and professional life as an author and professor of English at Smith College.
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Guide to the Mary McCarthy Papers, circa 1915-2013 (bulk 1960-1989)

Collection Title
Mary McCarthy Papers
Abstract
Includes manuscripts of works by McCarthy, correspondence with agents and publishers, correspondence with publications like the and ; and subject files on a variety of issues such as dissidents, Spanish Refugee Aid and the Vietnam War. There is also extensive correspondence with friends, family members and other literary figures like Carmen Angleton, Hannah Arendt, Nicola Chiaromonte, Elizabeth Hardwick, Lotte Kohler, Dwight Macdonald, Cees Nooteboom, Philip Rahv, Arthur Schlesinger, Stephen Spender and Niccoló Tucci. Among the legal papers are items on Lillian Hellman. There are also photos, videotapes, scrapbooks and realia.
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Guide to the Mary Parmele Hamlin Papers, 1915-1958

Collection Title
Mary Parmele Hamlin Papers
Creator
Abstract
Papers relating to her play , 1915-1958, include her manuscript, contracts, correspondence with George Arliss (1868-1946) who collaborated with her on rewriting it and played the lead on Broadway and in the film version, 1917-1931, Hamlin's letters to her husband while the play was in rehearsal and on tour, 1917, and other correspondence concerning movie rights and reviews. Other items include manuscripts of other plays, essays, and a novel; and clippings, letters, programs, and photographs (some arranged in scrapbooks) concerning her plays, 1917-1931.
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Guide to the Matthew Vassar Papers, 1730-1975

Collection Title
Matthew Vassar Papers
Abstract
Biographies, autographs, correspondence, diaries, maps, photographs created by and relating to Matthew Vassar, founder of Vassar College.
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Guide to the McKinney Family Papers, 1823-1964

Collection Title
McKinney Family Papers
Creator
Abstract
Papers of the McKinney Family from
the McKinney Family Papers. Contains correspondence, notes, clippings, obituaries,
business papers and ephemera.
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Guide to the Mitchell Kennerley Papers, 1898-1984

Collection Title
Mitchell Kennerley Papers
Abstract
Correspondence, contracts, printed ephemera, and other materials from publisher Mitchell Kennerley that document his work on behalf of
writers, including Randolph G. Adams, Zoe Atkins, Arnold Bennett, Dorothy Beall
Cunningham, Bliss Carman, Max Eastman, Frank Harris, Alfred A. Knopf, D.H. Lawrence,
Christopher Morley, and Edna St. Vincent Millay.
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Guide to the Morris and Adele Bergreen Albert Einstein Collection, 1919-1988

Collection Title
Morris and Adele Bergreen Albert Einstein Collection
Abstract
Composed mainly of correspondence between Einstein and the executor of his estate, Otto Nathan. Also includes letters from Elsa Einstein to Nathan, as well as some manuscripts, ephemera and photographs of Einstein.
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Guide to the Nancy Willard Papers, 1989-2010

Collection Title
Nancy Willard Papers
Creator
Abstract
This collection consists of drafts and unpublished material pertaining to poet, author, and teacher Nancy Willard's children's book , as well as collections of student writings and artwork from a number of Willard's Vassar College courses.
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Guide to the Office of the President Records, Henry Noble MacCracken Files, 1907 - circa 1968

Collection Title
Office of the President Records, Henry Noble MacCracken Files
Abstract
Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, contracts, publications, and other materials pertaining to Henry Noble MacCracken's tenure as president of Vassar College.
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Guide to the Office of the President Records, Sarah Gibson Blanding Files, 1911-1977 (bulk 1946-1964)

Collection Title
Office of the President Records, Sarah Gibson Blanding Files
Abstract
Records of the Vassar College Office of the President during the administration of Sarah Gibson Blanding, 1946-1964. Includes correspondence, memoranda, clippings, articles, speeches, and press releases from Blanding's time at Vassar, including those concerning women's education, academic freedom, 1950's politics, her stand against Congressional investigation of Communist influence in education, her introduction to Adlai Stevenson on a radio program, and her 1962 statement on pre-marital sex and Vassar students.
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Guide to the Oscar Serlin Collection of George Bernard Shaw Materials, 1920-2006 (bulk 1920-1951)

Collection Title
Oscar Serlin Collection of George Bernard Shaw Materials
Abstract
Portraits of George Bernard Shaw, as well as photographs, framed materials, notes, and memorabilia relating to Shaw.
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Guide to the Rebecca Lawrence Lowrie Papers, 1846-1996 (bulk 1909-1977)

Collection Title
Rebecca Lawrence Lowrie Papers
Abstract
The bulk of the collection consists
of Lowrie's manuscripts of published and unpublished book reviews, 1934-1952. Other
items include correspondence relating to Vassar College, her work as a book
reviewer, responses to her reviews, her health, comments on people and politics,
popular culture, her dogs, and other personal issues. There is also family and
biographical material, her Christmas card collection, and other items.
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Guide to the Robert E. Middleton Papers, 1939-1954

Collection Title
Robert E. Middleton Papers
Abstract
Correspondence, photographs and miscellaneous papers from Robert E. Middleton, VC Professor of Music 1953-1985.
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Guide to the Rosalie Thorne McKenna Papers, 1948-1983

Collection Title
Rosalie Thorne McKenna Papers
Abstract
The collection consists primarily of photographs taken by American photographer Rosalie Thorne "Rollie" McKenna (1918-2003) that document life and events at
Vassar College during the 1950s and 1960s, including contact sheets, negatives, and prints. It also includes photographs taken by
McKenna of Springside National Historic Site, Matthew Vassar's former estate in
Poughkeepsie, as well as correspondence with the National Park Service.
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