Family--New York (State)--Poughkeepsie

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.

Papers related to Jewett's involvement with the founding of Vassar College and its early operation, as well as biographical and Jewett family materials

Deeds, mortgages, bonds, insurance papers, agreements, wills, complaints, letters, accounts, cancelled checks, leases, and other items concerning estate and business matters of George Booth, James Booth, Charles Vassar, James Vassar, John Guy Vassar, and Matthew Vassar, Jr.

Correspondence, 1884-1942, manuscript poems by William Bancroft Hill and poems in honor of William Bancroft and Elise Hill; booklet from the 50th anniversary of the Harvard Class of 1879, 1929; scrapbook from Hill's 85th birthday, 1942; and biographical information and clippings on Hill and his family.