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Guide to the Boris Koutzen Papers, approximately 1916-2002

Collection Title
Boris Koutzen Papers
Abstract
Music manuscripts, correspondence, and recordings relating to the life and work of Boris Koutzen.
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Guide to the Charles Gilbert Spross Papers, 1907-1982

Collection Title
Charles Gilbert Spross Papers
Abstract
Drafts of sheet music, scrapbooks,
and biographical ephemera related to Charles Gilbert Spross's career as a pianist,
accompanist, and composer.
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Guide to the Dewey Owens Papers, circa 1977-2007

Collection Title
Dewey Owens Papers
Creator
Abstract
Music manuscripts, programs, and a small amount of other material relating to Owens' work.
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Guide to the Edna St. Vincent Millay Papers, 1892-1988

Collection Title
Edna St. Vincent Millay Papers
Abstract
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.
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Guide to the Frédéric Louis Ritter Papers, approximately 1840-1891

Collection Title
Frédéric Louis Ritter Papers
Abstract
Materials relating to the life and work of the noted composer and Vassar College professor of music.
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Guide to the Harriet Isabel Ballintine Papers, 1881-1916

Collection Title
Harriet Isabel Ballintine Papers
Abstract
Papers pertaining to her interest in folk dances and singing games including her arrangements of music scores for dances, a notebook containing descriptions of folk dances and a glossary to dance positions, and sheet music and dance instructions she used in classes, 1881-1916, including works by Elizabeth Burchenal and Louis H. Chalif.
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Guide to the John S. Van E. Kohn Edna St. Vincent Millay Collection, 1917-1976

Collection Title
John S. Van E. Kohn Edna St. Vincent Millay Collection
Abstract
Materials collected by John S. Van E. Kohn, bibliophile and co-founder of the Seven Gables Bookshop in New York City. Includes manuscripts, correspondence, clippings, sheet music, miscellaneous printed material, photographs and notes compiled by Kohn about Millay's publication and his collection. The correspondence includes 8 letters to Frank Crowinshield, managing editor of Vanity Fair, and Karl Yost, a Millay bibliographer.
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Guide to the Mary C. Schlosser Collection of Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1838-2021 (bulk 1852-1934)

Collection Title
Mary C. Schlosser Collection of Harriet Beecher Stowe
Abstract
The collection consists of published
articles, printed ephemera, visual media, and a variety of popular culture artifacts
and realia related to American author and abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe and her
most popular novel, .
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Guide to the Ruth Lamb Atkinson Papers, 1781-1970 (bulk 1928-1947)

Collection Title
Ruth Lamb Atkinson Papers
Abstract
Correspondence, clippings, reports, speeches, articles, pamphlets, and government documents relating to Atkinson's work in advertising and with the Food and Drug Administration. Also includes collected Americana and Indian art and manuscripts.
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Guide to the Teresa Carreño Papers, 1862-1991 (bulk 1862-1920)

Collection Title
Teresa Carreño Papers
Abstract
Includes musical manuscripts of Carreño and others, such as Edward Macdowell, Amy Beach and Teresita Carreño-Tagliapietra; literary manuscripts of Carreño; letters to and from Carreño and to and from Marta Milinowski, her biographer; and a variety of scrapbooks, diaries and other materials relating to Carreño's life and professional career; Among the correspondents are Frances Macdowell, Gioachino Rossini, Edward Grieg, and Ede Poldini. There are also many articles about Carreño and programs of her concerts.
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Guide to the Vassar College Drama Department Records, circa 1910-2008

Collection Title
Vassar College Drama Department Records
Abstract
Material documenting the history of the Vassar College Drama Department and its many components and programs (including the Experimental Theatre). Includes programs, news clippings, production material, photographs, negatives, slides, and film.
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Guide to the Vassar College Founder's Day Records, 1866-2008

Collection Title
Vassar College Founder's Day Records
Abstract
Programs, invitations, songs, sheet music, play scripts, committee records, and other materials related to Vassar College's Founder's Day tradition.
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Guide to the Whittaker Family Charles Dickens Manuscript Collection, 1831-2003

Collection Title
Whittaker Family Charles Dickens Manuscript Collection
Abstract
Correspondence, sheet music, playbills, artwork, ephemera, realia as well as other miscellany relating to Dickens and his work.
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