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Inauguration of Frances Daly Fergusson - Residence house festivities, part 1

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Inauguration of Frances Daly Fergusson - Residence house festivities, part 1
Date
1986 October 10
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President-elect Fergusson visiting the first four of nine dormitory open house events, where each dorm was meant to represent a different presidential era of Vassar history. The dorms visited were Lathrop, Jewett, Raymond, and Main. There was dancing, an acapella group performance (the Raymond

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Inauguration of Frances Daly Fergusson - Residence house festivities, part 2

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Inauguration of Frances Daly Fergusson - Residence house festivities, part 2
Date
1986 October 10
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President-elect Fergusson visiting the second four of nine dormitory open house events. The dorms visited were Davison, Josselyn, Strong and Cushing. President Emeritus Alan Simpson can be seen at the Cushing House event.

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Inauguration of Frances Daly Fergusson - Residence house festivities, part 3

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Inauguration of Frances Daly Fergusson - Residence house festivities, part 3
Date
1986 October 10
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President-elect Fergusson visiting the last of nine dormitory open house events. The dorm visited, which is either Noyes or Ferry House, was having a casino-themed event

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Inauguration of Virgina Smith as President of Vassar College

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Inauguration of Virgina Smith as President of Vassar College
Date
1978 April 15
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Narrated film about the Inauguration of Virginia Smith as President of Vassar College. Includes clips of the procession into the Vassar College Chapel. followed by remarks by Barbara Austin Foote (VC 1940), President of the Alumne and Alumni of Vassar College (AAVC); Winifred A. Asprey

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Life at Vassar

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Life at Vassar
Date
1943
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Silent film with title cards, produced for the Vassar College Bureau of Publication by Jules Bucher and Willard Pictures. Begins with the arrival of new students followed by descriptions of academic and student life. Events include the 1943 spring convocation, Class Day, and commencement. The Class

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Meeting Emotional Needs in Childhood: The Groundwork of Democracy, part 1

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Meeting Emotional Needs in Childhood: The Groundwork of Democracy, part 1
Date
1947
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Part one of the fifth film in the Vassar College Child Study Department series, "Studies of Normal Personality Development." This installment tracks the evolution of personality development through favorable and unfavorable interpersonal relationships in the home, school, and neighborhood. The

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Meeting Emotional Needs in Childhood: The Groundwork of Democracy, part 2

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Meeting Emotional Needs in Childhood: The Groundwork of Democracy, part 2
Date
1947
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Part two of the fifth film in the Vassar College Child Study Department series, "Studies of Normal Personality Development." This installment tracks the evolution of personality development through favorable and unfavorable interpersonal relationships in the home, school, and neighborhood. The

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One Night At Vassar

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One Night At Vassar
Date
1990
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Promotional film produced for the Admissions Office. The narrator portrays a student writing a description of the college over the course of one evening. Themes include student life, friendship, intellectual rigor and curiosity, diversity, and open-mindedness. Spaces featured include the All Campus

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Playwrights In The Contemporary Theatre: Brecht and Piscator

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Playwrights In The Contemporary Theatre: Brecht and Piscator
Date
1959
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Norris Houghton speaking on "Playwrights in the Contemporary Theater," a television program produced by New York's Metropolitan Educational Television Association (META) in conjunction with Hunter College and the Phoenix Theatre. Additional credits include Amram Nowak (producer); Frank Jacoby

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Playwrights In The Contemporary Theatre: Introductory Lecture

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Playwrights In The Contemporary Theatre: Introductory Lecture
Date
1959
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Norris Houghton speaking on "Playwrights in the Contemporary Theater," a television program produced by New York's Metropolitan Educational Television Association (META) in conjunction with Hunter College and the Phoenix Theatre. Additional credits include Amram Nowak (producer); Frank Jacoby

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Playwrights In The Contemporary Theatre: Miller, Odets

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Playwrights In The Contemporary Theatre: Miller, Odets
Date
1959
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Norris Houghton speaking on "Playwrights in the Contemporary Theater," a television program produced by New York's Metropolitan Educational Television Association (META) in conjunction with Hunter College and the Phoenix Theatre. Additional credits include Amram Nowak (producer); Frank Jacoby

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Reflections For Tomorrow

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Reflections For Tomorrow
Date
1977
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TIAA-CREF informational film. Includes faculty and staff interviews and campus footage from Cooper Union, New York University, Rockefeller University, and Vassar College. Produced by Peter Rosen Productions

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Reunion, part 1

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Reunion, part 1
Date
1992 June 6
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First part of the Annual Meeting of the Alumnae and Alumni of Vassar College (AAVC), held in Walker Field House

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Reunion, part 1

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Reunion, part 1
Date
1983 June 3-5
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Vassar Press Secretary Dixie Sheridan interviewing alums as they enter the chapel for the Annual Meeting of the Alumnae and Alumni of Vassar College (AAVC). She spoke to members of the Classes of 1933, 1952, 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1980. Members of the Class of 1933 included Polly Bryan and Caroline

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Reunion, part 1

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Reunion, part 1
Date
1987 June
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First part of the Annual Meeting of the Alumnae and Alumni of Vassar College (AAVC), held in Walker Field House

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Reunion, part 1

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Reunion, part 1
Date
1990 June 9
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First part of the Annual Meeting of the Alumnae and Alumni of Vassar College (AAVC). Includes classes parading into Walker Field House

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Reunion, part 1

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Reunion, part 1
Date
1993 June 5
Description

First part of the Annual Meeting of the Alumnae and Alumni of Vassar College (AAVC), held in Walker Field House

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Reunion, part 1

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Reunion, part 1
Date
1988 April 12
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First part of Palm Sunday Chapel services, dedicated to Black Alumnae/Alumni and officiated by Reverend Petero A. Sabune (VC 1977). Video quality is poor. Audio quality varies.

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Reunion, part 1

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Reunion, part 1
Date
1991 June 8
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First part of the Annual Meeting of the Alumnae and Alumni of Vassar College (AAVC). Includes classes parading into Walker Field House

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Reunion, part 2

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Reunion, part 2
Date
1992 June 6
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Second and final part of the Annual Meeting of the Alumnae and Alumni of Vassar College (AAVC), held in Walker Field House

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