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Vassar College Student Letters

Aaron, Fannie. Letters, 1919-1923.

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Fannie Aaron (VC 1923) attended Vassar from 1919-1923. Her letters are of particular interest to researchers and students because Aaron was one of the only Jewish students on campus, and her letters detail the social, cultural, and religious challenges she faced while here. She wrote more than 750

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Matthew Vassar Papers

Act to incorporate Vassar Female College

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January 18, 1861
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An Act to Incorporate Vassar Female College

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Vassar College Student Letters

Adams, Juliet Amelia. Letter, 1869

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1869
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1 letter from Adams to Minnie McInnes, a friend from home in Philadelphia, describing her first few days at Vassar. Topics include entrance examinations, classes, food, and the students' daily routine.

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Vassar College Student Letters

Adams, Ruth. Letters, 1900-1902

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1865
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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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85 letters from Adams to family, written between 1900 and 1902, and 1 letter from Flora A. Clarke to Ida, April 1901. Some of the letters are very brief notes or postcards. Adams' longer letters contain evocative landscape descriptions, references to student activities, orders for new clothing

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Matthew Vassar Papers

Address to Board of Trustees (facsimile of last page with note by B.J. Lossing on Matthew Vassar's death), 23 Jun 1868

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June 23, 1868
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Address to Board of Trustees (with X on p. 11 to mark where Vassar stopped reading), 23 Jun 1868

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June 23, 1868
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Matthew Vassar Papers

Address to Board of Trustees, 12-13 Apr 1865

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April 12, 1865
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Address to Board of Trustees, 23 Feb 1864

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Feburary 23, 1864
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Address to Board of Trustees, 24 Jun 1862

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June 24, 1862
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Address to Board of Trustees, 25 Feb 1862: . .

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February 25, 1862
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Matthew Vassar Papers

Address to Board of Trustees, 25 Jun 1867

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June 25, 1867
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Matthew Vassar Papers

Address to Board of Trustees, 26 Feb 1861

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February 26, 1861
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Address to Board of Trustees, 26 Jun 1866

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June 26, 1866
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Address to Board of Trustees, 27 Jun 1865

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June 27, 1865
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Address to Board of Trustees, 28 Jun 1864

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June 28, 1864
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Address to Board of Trustees, 30 Jun 1863

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30-Jun-63
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Matthew Vassar Papers

Address to Board of Trustees, draft, 23 Jun 1868

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June 23, 1868
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Address to Board of Trustees

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Address to Board of Trustees, draft, 23 Jun 1868

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June 23, 1868
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Address to Board of Trustees, draft, 25 Jun 1867

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June 25, 1867
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Vassar College Student Diaries

Adee, Ellen (Skeel). Diary, 1869-1870

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1869-1870
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Much of this volume focuses on Adee's year-long absence from Vassar College due to sickness, presumably typhoid fever. Adee became sick in October, 1868, during the first semester of her senior year. She spent a short time at Vassar's infirmary before returning home to her family in Balmville, a

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