Vassar College Digital Library
Subject

College students--Social life and customs

Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Sophomore Party

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Date
1928-10-27
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
Description

Scene from "The Man with the Green Whiskers," Act II of "The Sophomoric Sophistries of 1931," a skit show presented by the Class of 1931 to the Class of 1932

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Sophomore Party

93551-Service File.jpg
Date
1916-11-11
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
Description

New Lamps for Old, a skit show centered around "Arabian Nights" presented by the Class of 1919 to the Class of 1920. This scene includes students in stereotypical Middle Eastern costumes

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Sophomore Party

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Date
1918-11-02
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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Skit show presented by the Class of 1921 to the Class of 1922

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Sophomore Party

95562-Service File.jpg
Date
1931-10-24
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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Skit show presented by the Class of 1934 to the Class of 1935

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Sophomore Party

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Date
1915-10-30
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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We're Roaming Through the Past To-night, a skit show set in the 1870s presented by the Class of 1918 to the Class of 1919

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Sophomore Party

92554-Service File.jpg
Date
1928-10-27
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
Description

Scene from "What, No Watermelons," Act III of "The Sophomoric Sophistries of 1931," a skit show presented by the Class of 1931 to the Class of 1932. Behind a chorus of dancers, a number of students are in blackface and costumed as "washerwomen, cotton pickers, [a] blackberry vendor" and fishermen

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Sophomore Party

93552-Service File.jpg
Date
1916-11-11
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
Description

Flag Shop scene from "New Lamps for Old," a skit show centered around "Arabian Nights" presented by the Class of 1919 to the Class of 1920

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Sophomore Party

93298-Service File.jpg
Date
1918-11-02
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
Description

Skit show presented by the Class of 1921 to the Class of 1922

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Sophomore Party

95563-Service File.jpg
Date
1931-10-24
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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A chorus line of students in blackface in the skit show presented by the Class of 1934 to the Class of 1935.

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Sophomore Party

93704-Service File.jpg
Date
1915-10-30
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
Description

Full cast of "We're Roaming Through the Past To-night," a skit show set in the 1870s presented by the Class of 1918 to the Class of 1919

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Sophomore Party

92555-Service File.jpg
Date
1928-10-27
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
Description

Scene from "Mariposita," Act I of "The Sophomoric Sophistries of 1931," a skit show presented by the Class of 1931 to the Class of 1932

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Sophomore Party

93556-Service File.jpg
Date
1917-11-03
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
Description

Full cast of skit show presented by the Class of 1920 to the Class of 1921. Some students are in stereotypical Chinese costumes and one is in blackface

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Sophomore Party

95564-Service File.jpg
Date
1931-10-24
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
Description

Skit show presented by the Class of 1934 to the Class of 1935

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Sophomore Party

93705-Service File.jpg
Date
1919-11-01
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
Description

Skit show presented by the Class of 1922 to the Class of 1923

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Sophomore Party

92556-Service File.jpg
Date
1928-10-27
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
Description

Scene from "Mariposita," Act I of "The Sophomoric Sophistries of 1931," a skit show presented by the Class of 1931 to the Class of 1932

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Sophomore Party

93564-Service File.jpg
Date
1916-11-11
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
Description

New Lamps for Old, a skit show centered around "Arabian Nights" presented by the Class of 1919 to the Class of 1920. This scene includes students in stereotypical Middle Eastern costumes, some in dark makeup

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Sophomore Party

95858-Service File.jpg
Date
1929-10-19
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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Ring-Around-a-Rosie, a skit show presented by the Class of 1932 to the Class of 1933

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Sophomore Party

95570-Service File.jpg
Date
1932-10-15
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
Description

A chorus line of nurses in Baldwin Infirmary scene in the skit show presented by the Class of 1935 to the Class of 1936

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Sophomore Party

93707-Service File.jpg
Date
1919-11-01
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
Description

Skit show presented by the Class of 1922 to the Class of 1923

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Sophomore Party

92557-Service File.jpg
Date
1928-10-27
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
Description

Scene from "What, No Watermelons," Act III of "The Sophomoric Sophistries of 1931," a skit show presented by the Class of 1931 to the Class of 1932. A number of students are in blackface and costumed as "washerwomen, cotton pickers, [a] blackberry vendor" and fishermen

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