Vassar College Memorial Minutes
Fite, Emerson David, 1874-1953 | Memorial Minute:
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[After 1953]
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Fite, Emerson David, 1874-1953
Fite, Emerson David, 1874-1953
Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection
Founder's Day
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1923-04-27
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Students and faculty at the faculty-student baseball game. The man in the straw hat is Professor E. David Fite
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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection
Founder's Day
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1929-04-26
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The Vassar College Archives within the Digital Library include some images, texts, and material items that are racist, xenophobic, or otherwise harmful. The Vassar Libraries have provided descriptive text and additional notes whenever possible to alert Digital Library users to these items. The Engaged Pluralism Initiative Race and Racism in Historical Collections Project Group is working with the library on contextualizing and facilitating community conversations about these materials. For more information see: https://library.vassar.edu/rrhc
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The faculty team at the faculty-student baseball game. Members included President MacCracken. College treasurer Raymond Guernsey, assistant treasurer George Polk, and professors Oscar Imer (French), Philip Davis (Classics), Thomas Hills (Geology), E. David Fite (Political Science), and Paul Northrup
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Finding Aid
Guide to the E. L. Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection, 1897-1944
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E. L. Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection
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This collection includes 3,538 glass plate negatives created by photographer Edmund L. Wolven. Most of the images are of Vassar College people, events, buildings and grounds, but there is a subset that relates to Poughkeepsie and other local educational institutions.
Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection
St. Stephen's College cross country running team
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1928 Fall
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The Vassar College Archives within the Digital Library include some images, texts, and material items that are racist, xenophobic, or otherwise harmful. The Vassar Libraries have provided descriptive text and additional notes whenever possible to alert Digital Library users to these items. The Engaged Pluralism Initiative Race and Racism in Historical Collections Project Group is working with the library on contextualizing and facilitating community conversations about these materials. For more information see: https://library.vassar.edu/rrhc
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Group portrait of the cross country team. Third from the left may be Harvey Fite, later a Vassar College professor
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Vassar College Archives Film and Video Collection
[Home movie]
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![[Home movie]](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-07/VCFV0003_01.png?itok=n5ph2JdW)
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1930-1932
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The Vassar College Archives within the Digital Library include some images, texts, and material items that are racist, xenophobic, or otherwise harmful. The Vassar Libraries have provided descriptive text and additional notes whenever possible to alert Digital Library users to these items. The Engaged Pluralism Initiative Race and Racism in Historical Collections Project Group is working with the library on contextualizing and facilitating community conversations about these materials. For more information see: https://library.vassar.edu/rrhc
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Personal camera footage from Founder's Day 1931 and 1932 as well as Class Day 1932. Scenes from Founder's Day 1931 begin with a treasure hunt, followed by the faculty-student baseball game, the hoop-rolling contest (won by Marcia Wheelock, VC 1931), and dancing the Virginia Reel to a performance by
