Callender Irvin | to Jasper Parrish, 1803 May 18: . .
Members of the Cambridge and Vassar debate teams on the steps of Josselyn Hall. Left to right: A.P. Marshall, Mary Virginia Heinlein (VC 1925), Ruth Driver (VC 1926), Richard Austin Butler, Winifred Comstock (VC 1925), and Gerald Sparrow
VC Spec 1866-1867
1 letter from Camp to her friend Abigail L. Slade (VC Spec 1866-1867) including gossip about their social set, as well as happenings at the college.
View from Sunset Hill of the tops of buildings as well as the power plant chimney
View from Sunset Hill of the tops of buildings. Cropped version of Box269_026
In this thesis, I analyze queer representation in seven popular audio drama podcasts. By studying examples of implicit and explicit mentions of sexuality and gender identity, queerness as an integral plot point, and general discussions of sexuality, along with fan...
Yellow, Red, grey chalk shaded all over background,Condition assessment (2014): Good
Formal portrait of Vassar Professor Caroline Ellen Furness
Formal portrait of Vassar Professor Caroline Ellen Furness
Formal portrait of Vassar Professor Caroline Ellen Furness
Caroline Furness, Astronomy Professor, in the observatory with Maria Mitchell's twelve inch Henry Fitz telescope. The telescope was later donated to the Smithsonian Institution
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