Basketball team portrait

Varsity basketball team
Varsity basketball team
Varsity basketball team
Class of 1911 basketball team
Class of 1933 basketball team
Class of 1933 basketball team
Varsity basketball team
View of the euthenics building arch
View of the euthenics building arch
Wooden bridge leading to path around Sunset Lake
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
View from Sunset Hill of the tops of buildings. Cropped version of Box269_026
View from Sunset Hill of the tops of buildings as well as the power plant chimney
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
A crowd watching a crane lifting the cornerstone for the new building into place
A crowd watching a crane lift the new building's cornerstone into place. President James Monroe Taylor is visible in the foreground
A crowd watching a crane lift the new building's cornerstone into place
Dedication of the Chapel Gate on Raymond Avenue, a gift of the Class of 1882
Here you will find digitized archival collections, oral histories, and more. We are continually expanding the collections and improving access. You may find additional digital resources that reside outside the digital library here, and a selection of Online Exhibitions here.
Collections Overview
The Archives & Special Collections Library is part of the Vassar College Libraries system. It holds the rare book, manuscript, and archival collections of the college. It collects, preserves, and makes available rare and unique collections, and also engages in teaching and outreach activities. This collection of finding aids describe items in both the Virginia B. Smith Memorial Manuscript Collection and the College Archives.
The Vassar College herbarium holds over 8,000 specimens of vascular plants, bryophytes, and algae. Holdings are primarily from northeastern North America, and include collections made by several notable 19th century botanists. To learn more about this project visit the website here.
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