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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Alumnae Association Anniversary Play

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Date
1921-06-01
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The Lamp and the Bell, written for the fiftieth anniversary of the Vassar Alumnae Association by Edna St. Vincent Millay

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Alumnae Association Anniversary Play

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Date
1921-06-18
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The Lamp and the Bell, written for the fiftieth anniversary of the Vassar Alumnae Association by Edna St. Vincent Millay

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Alumnae House

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Date
approximately 1924
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Alumnae House soon after completion in 1924

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Alumnae House groundbreaking

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Date
1921-06-20
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Ground breaking for Alumnae House. Blanch Ferry Hooker (VC 1894) is speaking. Her sister, Queene Ferry Coonley (VC 1896), is seated with an unidentified woman

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Alumnae House groundbreaking

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Date
1921-06-20
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Procession to the "Rock Lot" for the Alumnae House groundbreaking

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Alumnae House groundbreaking

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Date
1921-06-20
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Blanch Ferry Hooker (VC 1894) and Queene Ferry Coonley (VC 1896) wielding the spade at the groundbreaking for Alumnae House

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Alumnae House groundbreaking

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Date
1921-06-20
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Blanch Ferry Hooker (VC 1894) and Queene Ferry Coonley (VC 1896) wielding the spade at the groundbreaking for Alumnae House

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Alumnae House groundbreaking

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Date
1921-06-20
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Ground breaking for Alumnae House. Queene Ferry Coonley (VC 1896) is speaking. Her sister, Blanch Ferry Hooker (VC 1894) is seated with an unidentified woman

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Alumnae House groundbreaking

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Date
1921-06-20
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Groundbreaking for Alumnae House. Blanch Ferry Hooker (VC 1894) and Queene Ferry Coonley (VC 1896), the buidling's donors, are seated.

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Alumnae House sketch

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Date
1932-1940
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Copy photograph of a sketch of Alumnae House dated 1932

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Alumnae House sketch

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Date
1932-1940
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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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Copy photograph of a sketch of Alumnae House dated 1932

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Printers' Marks in the Vassar College Library

Andrew Hester, 1550 -- Printer's Mark

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Date
1550
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Main (Thompson) Library location: North wing -- First window. Very little is known about the life and career of Andrew Hester (c.15 -- – c. 1556). He worked as a bookseller and printer at St. Paul's Churchyard in London, and his practice was most likely located at the Sign of the White Horse. In

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Archery practice

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Date
1936
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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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Five archery students in the circle near Students Building

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Archery team portrait

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Date
1932
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Archery team

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Printers' Marks in the Vassar College Library

Arnold Therhoernen, 1477 -- Printer's Mark

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Date
1477
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Main (Thompson) Library location: North wing -- First window. The earliest records concerning Arnold Therhoernen (c. 14-- – c. 1484) document him as a cleric of the Diocese of Utrecht who matriculated at the University of Cologne in 1468. He began to work at the press of Ulrich Zell, and the first

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Astronomy students outside the Maria Mitchell Observatory

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Date
1925
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Three students using a telescope outside the observatory

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Astronomy students outside the Maria Mitchell Observatory

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Date
1925
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Six students using telescopes outside the observatory

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Astronomy students outside the Maria Mitchell Observatory

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Date
1925
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Six students using telescopes outside the observatory

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Athletic Circle

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Date
1900-1920
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Circle of land at the north end of campus, used for track and field, basketball, and other sports. Either Strong House or Lathrop is visible in the background

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Athletic Circle garden

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Date
1900-1940
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Plot of irises in the gardens surrounding the Athletic Circle

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