Academic rites and ceremonies

Third and final part of the Annual Meeting of the Alumnae and Alumni of Vassar College (AAVC), held in Walker Field House. President Fergusson addresses the classes at the end of the meeting.

Narrated film offering an overview and highlights of the inauguration of Virginia B. Smith. Featured speakers include Barbara Austin Foote (VC 1940), Winifred Asprey (VC 1938 and faculty), Barbara W. Newell (VC 1951 and Wellesley College), Martin Meyerson (University of Pennsylvania), and Elizabeth

Professionally edited film commemorating the 75th anniversary of Vassar College. The bulk of the film centers on the weekend of commencement, but it begins with the dedication of Baldwin Infirmary. People visible at the dedication include President Henry Noble MacCracken and Jane North Baldwin

Silent film with title cards featuring members of the Class of 1915 at their 18th reunion. Events featured include the Alumnae Parade and Class Day exercises. The Class of 1873 lead the parade from Rockfeller Hall to the President's House where President H. N. MacCracken and his wife Marjorie Dodd

Personal camera footage likely taken by a member of the Class of 1940. The original film was transferred to cassette before being gifted to the library; thus, the image quality is poor. Includes scenes of the college in winter and spring, the Athletic Circle gardens, Sunset Lake, the Shakespeare

Personal camera footage taken by Margaret (Loose) Krell, Class of 1939, and her friends and family. There are many scenes of campus during winter, including Taylor Gate, Thompson Library, Sunset Lake, Skinner Hall, the Vassar Chapel, Main Building, the Residential Quad, and Alumnae House, as well as

Personal camera footage shot by Frances White Field (VC 1936) including winter scenes of the college, students smoking, convocation, an anti-war protest, and the 1936 commencement

Archival footage taken by Elizabeth S. Brooks (VC 1935) and her family. Begins with the Class of 1935 walking in the commencement processional, followed by a brief clip of Brooks feeding goldfish with a Vassar friend. Next is footage of the 1935 Alumnae Parade beginning with the Class of 1885 and

Personal camera footage of Vassar campus in spring 1949. Includes footage of Skinner Hall, the Shakespeare Garden, and Class of 1951 Daisy Chain

Personal camera footage of campus and the academic processional on commencement day, 1934, followed by scenes of a senior and her family. The family could be the Pogues of Cincinnati, Ohio. Virginia Pogue Weinland graduated in 1934, and her sister, Margaret Pogue Macneale, graduated in 1936

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