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Taylor, James Monroe, 1848-1916

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

50th Anniversary

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1915-10-01
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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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Presidents Henry Noble MacCracken and James M. Taylor with Julia Lathrop (VC 1880), Mary Augusta Jordan (VC 1876), Ellen Churchill Semple (VC 1882), and Louise Lawrence Meigs (VC 1891) on the steps of the chapel

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

50th Anniversary

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1915-10-01
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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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Presidents Henry Noble MacCracken and James Monroe Taylor with Julia Lathrop (VC 1880), Mary Augusta Jordan (VC 1876), and Ellen Churchill Semple (VC 1882) on the steps of the east side of the chapel

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Chapel cornerstone laying event

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1902-10-04
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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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A crowd watching a crane lift the new building's cornerstone into place. President James Monroe Taylor is visible in the foreground

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Founder's Day

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Date
1930-04-25
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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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President James Monroe Taylor's grave at the Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery, visited by a contingent from Vassar on Founder's Day

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Founder's Day

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1930-04-25
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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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An unidentified woman placing a wreath on President James Monroe Taylor's grave at the Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery, which was visited by a contingent from Vassar on Founder's Day

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Guide to the Benson J. Lossing Papers, 1861-1891

Collection Title
Benson J. Lossing Papers
Creator
Lossing, Benson J. (Benson John), 1813-1891
Abstract
Correspondence concerning Vassar College activities, speeches, and engagements with Lyman Abbott, Nathan Bishop, Stephan M. Buckingham, Charles S. Farrar, Milo P. Jewett, Maria Mitchell, John H. Raymond, Lucy M. Salmon, James Monroe Taylor, Matthew Vassar, and Henry Van Ingen, with some family correspondence. Other items include his notes from a trip to Washington, D.C. in 1861, and miscellaneous programs.
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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 James Monroe Taylor Papers, 1865-1916

Collection Title
James Monroe Taylor Papers
Creator
Taylor, James Monroe, 1848-1916
Abstract
Personal and professional papers relating to Taylor's tenure as President of Vassar College as well as his larger interests in education and religion. Includes correspondence, manuscripts, clippings, photographs, articles, and certificates.
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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 Maria Mitchell Papers, 1843-2016 (bulk 1853-1889)

Collection Title
Maria Mitchell Papers
Creator
Mitchell, Maria, 1818-1889
Abstract
Correspondence, manuscripts,
research material, photographs, and glass plate negatives relating to Mitchell's work as an astronomer and
member of the faculty of Vassar College.
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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 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 Milo Parker Jewett Papers, 1828-1913 (bulk 1856-1882)

Collection Title
Milo Parker Jewett Papers
Creator
Jewett, Milo P.
Abstract
Papers related to Jewett's involvement with the founding of Vassar College and its early operation, as well as biographical and Jewett family materials
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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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Vassar College Memorial Minutes

Taylor, James Monroe, 1848-1916 | Memorial Minute:

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[After 1916]
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