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MacCracken, H. N. (Henry Noble), 1880-1970

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Guide to the E. L. Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection, 1897-1944

Collection Title
E. L. Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection
Creator
Wolven, Edmund L.
Abstract
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.
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Guide to the Edna St. Vincent Millay Papers, 1892-1988

Collection Title
Edna St. Vincent Millay Papers
Creator
Millay, Edna St. Vincent, 1892-1950
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 Frederic Goudy Papers, 1903-1966

Collection Title
Frederic Goudy Papers
Creator
Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William), 1865-1947
Abstract
Correspondence, articles by and about
Goudy, type specimens, type and other printing hardware, memorabilia, and other
materials relating to Frederic Goudy and his type designs.
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Guide to the Hallie Flanagan Papers, circa 1890-1988

Collection Title
Hallie Flanagan Papers
Creator
Flanagan, Hallie, 1890-1969
Abstract
Papers primarily concerning Flanagan's teaching and theater activities at Vassar College and her work with the Federal Theater Project. Includes correspondence, curriculum materials, scripts and other play records, reports, speeches, programs, playbills, photographs, scrapbooks, and clippings.
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Guide to the Helen Morris Hadley Papers, approximately 1880-1928

Collection Title
Helen Morris Hadley Papers
Creator
Hadley, Helen Morris, 1863-1939
Abstract
Bills and accounts from Hadley's days at Vassar and from subsequent reunions; and correspondence, speeches, and notes concerning her service at Vassar, approximately 1903-1927, including letters from Presidents Taylor and MacCracken; her Alumnae Association activities, 1913-1919; the Vassar budget, 1918-1928; and the controversy over dividing the Vassar History Department, 1906-1907.
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Guide to the Lucy Maynard Salmon Papers, 1818-1992 (bulk 1854-1933)

Collection Title
Lucy Maynard Salmon Papers
Creator
Salmon, Lucy Maynard, 1853-1927
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 Marian Parker Whitney Papers, 1842-1945 (bulk 1871-1945)

Collection Title
Marian Parker Whitney Papers
Creator
Whitney, Marian P. (Marian Parker), 1861-
Abstract
Materials relating to Whitney's position at Vassar College as well as her involvement with the American Association of University Professors, the International Council of Women, the National Council of Women, Connecticut Association of Working Girls' Clubs, and other women's groups. There are also biographical materials, including correspondence and diaries, containing information about Whitney's family, intellectual pursuits, travels and other personal issues.
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Guide to the Marjorie Dodd MacCracken Papers, 1908-1948

Collection Title
Marjorie Dodd MacCracken Papers
Creator
MacCracken, Marjorie Dodd
Abstract
Correspondence and other materials pertaining to Marjorie Dodd MacCracken, wife of Henry Noble MacCracken, president of Vassar College 1915-1946. Also includes poems and miscellaneous personal papers.
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Guide to the Mary Thaw Thompson Papers, 1880-1928

Collection Title
Mary Thaw Thompson Papers
Abstract
Material pertaining to Vassar College, the Association of Collegiate Alumnae, and the Association to Aid Scientific Research by Women.
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Guide to the Moritz Geiger Papers, 1941-1969

Collection Title
Moritz Geiger Papers
Creator
Geiger, Moritz, 1880-1937
Abstract
Typescripts of and correspondence pertaining to an English translation of Geiger's writings on aesthetics.
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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
Creator
MacCracken, H. N. (Henry Noble), 1880-1970
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 Vassar College Archives Files, circa 1855-1969 (bulk 1860-1914)

Collection Title
Vassar College Archives Files
Abstract
An artificial collection of materials
documenting the history of Vassar College, collected by various departments of the
Library over several decades. Materials include letters, photographs, programs,
college circulars and other publications, building specifications, contracts, bills
and receipts, inventories, accounts, committee minutes, architectural and landscape
drawings, reports, and club constitutions and records.
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Guide to the Woman Suffrage and Women's Rights Collection, 1866–1989

Collection Title
Woman Suffrage and Women's Rights Collection
Abstract
An artificial collection of
petitions, speeches, correspondence, publications, scrapbooks, and broadsides
relating to the struggles for woman suffrage and other women's rights. Includes
documents relating to debates over the suffrage issue at Vassar College.
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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Henry Noble MacCracken

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1930-1939
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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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Portrait of Henry Noble MacCracken, seated at desk in office

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Henry Noble MacCracken

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Date
1930-1939
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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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Portrait of Henry Noble MacCracken, seated at desk in office

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Henry Noble MacCracken: Vassar College President, 1915-1946

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Head and shoulders picture of Henry Noble MacCracken as a mature man wearing glasses, black tie, white pin-striped shirt and checkered suit.

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Institute for a Christian Basis of World Relations

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Date
1924 June 14-20
Content Warning
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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Helene Pold, Elizabeth Sornam Cornelius Appasamy, President Hentry Noble MacCracken, Ding Shujing of China's YWCA, and unidentified international student

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Institute for a Christian Basis of World Relations

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Date
1924 June 14-20
Content Warning
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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Carolyn Wolfstein (VC 1924), President MacCracken, two unidentified women and Stephen Duggan

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Institute for a Christian Basis of World Relations

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Date
1924 June 14-20
Content Warning
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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Lydia Bucena (VC 1924, Latvia), Marja Celina Slomczanka (VC 1925, Poland), President MacCracken, two unidentified international students

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Institute for a Christian Basis of World Relations

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Date
1924 June 14-20
Content Warning
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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President MacCracken, three unidentified women, Stephen Duggan, unidentified woman, W. Carson Ryan. Seated: Samuel Guy Inman, Helen Howell Moorhead, two unidentified women, and Richard Ferris Fitch

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