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Maria Mitchell, 1865: Vassar College astronomy professor, 1865-1888

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1865
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Facial picture of Maria Mitchell.

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Maria Mitchell, 1865: Vassar College astronomy professor, 1865-1888

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12555-Service File.jpg
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1865
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Full-length picture of Maria Mitchell wearing a dark hat, long, button-down dress and shawl. She is seated behind a table, her chin is resting on her right hand and her left hand is holding the page of an open book.

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Maria Mitchell, 1872: Vassar College astronomy professor, 1865-1888

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1872
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Head and shoulders picture of Maria Mitchell wearing a white blouse and dark clothing. Her cheek is resting on her right hand.

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Maria Mitchell: Vassar College astronomy professor, 1865-1888

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12465-Service File.jpg
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not after 1874
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Half-length picture of Maria Mitchell wearing a dark hat, white ruffled blouse and dark suit. She is seated.

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Maria Mitchell: Vassar College astronomy professor, 1865-1888, and her father

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12594-Service File.jpg
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187-?
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Full-length picture of Maria Mitchell and her father, William. She is wearing a dark headpiece, white collar and long, dark button-down dress. She is seated on the right of a small, round table, her cheek is resting on her right hand and her left hand is pointing to papers on the table. Her father

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Maria Mitchell: Vassar College astronomy professor, 1865-1888, and her father

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12476-Service File.jpg
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187-?
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Full-length picture of Maria Mitchell and her father, William. She is wearing a dark headpiece, white collar and long, dark button-down dress. She is seated on the right of a small, round table, her cheek is resting on her right hand and her left hand is pointing to papers on the table. Her father

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Markwick, Marjorie (Anthony). Diary, 1914

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1914
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Daily entries from July through December 1914. Newspaper clippings concerning Vassar's field day, moonlight sail, and mountain climb; a letter from Markwick's aunt Mollie; an invoice for directing song practice and class meeting; and a Vassar room deposit receipt are pasted into the diary beginning

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Marshall, Katherine (Manson). Letter, 1910

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1 postcard, postmarked 11 Feb 1910, from Marshall (VC 1910) to Emma Stewart. Referring to the image of the Vassar College campus on the back of the postcard, Marshall asks Stewart how many of the depicted buildings she could identify. Marshall explains that she is too busy at Vassar to write to

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Martin, Elma G. Diary, 1892

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49251-Service File.jpg
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1892-1907
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Daily entries of varying length concerning Martin's experiences as a special student at Vassar College between September 22, 1892 and June 28, 1893. Further entries until June 23, 1894 discuss Martin's return home and work teaching. After a break of several years, Martin resumes the diary with an

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Mary E. Allen, Vassar College physician [1881-1884]:

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12602-Service File.jpg
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n.d.
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Head and shoulders picture of Mary E. Allen.

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Matthew Vassar, Jr., ca. 1876-1877: Vassar College trustee, 1861-1881

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12582-Service File.jpg
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ca. 1876-1877
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Head and shoulders picture of Matthew Vassar, Jr. as a mature man wearing a black bow tie, white shirt and dark suit.

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McAndrew, Marjorie. Letters, 1916-1917

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VC Ex 1920,11 letters to McAndrew (VC Ex 1920) from friends and family, dated between 1916 and 1917. The longer letters from McAndrew's family discuss social and family news, Vassar activities, naval exercises, correspondence and gifts from other family members, and promised clothing. A letter from

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McGraw, Maria (Dickinson) | to Harriette Warner, Helen Warner, and Martha Warner, Dec. 23, 1866

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December 23, 1866
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VC 1867

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McGraw, Maria (Dickinson) | to Thomas S. McGraw, May 15, 1867

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May 15, 1867
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VC 1867

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McGraw, Maria (Dickinson). Letters, 1866-1867

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1 letter from McGraw to her [future] husband Thomas S. McGraw, 1 from McGraw to her friends Harriette Warner, Helen Warner, and Martha Warner. The letter to her future husband includes details about Commencement, most notably her winning the Salutatory. She also describes a photographer on campus

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Memorial remarks made to M. Jewett in my office, 17 Mar 1864: . .

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March 17, 1864
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Memorial remarks made to M. Jewett in my office

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Milo P. Jewett: president of Vassar College 1861-1864

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12496-Service File.jpg
Date
19-?
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Head and shoulders picture of Milo P. Jewett as an elderly man with long, white beard. He is wearing glasses, white shirt and black suit.

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Milo P. Jewett: Vassar College President, 1861-1864

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12421-Service File.jpg
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19-?
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Head and shoulders picture of Milo P. Jewett as an elderly man with long, white beard. He is wearing glasses, a white shirt and black suit.

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Mineah, Mary A. Letters, 1869-1870

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2 letters, from Mary A. Mineah to her mother, about her spring semesters at Vassar in 1869 and 1870. In the first letter, Mineah describes lectures by Vassar astronomy professor Maria Mitchell, Yale professor Silliman, missionary in Brazil J.L. Fletcher, and Vassar religion professor Farrar. In

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Mineah, Mary A. | to mother, Feb. 19, 1869

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February 19, 1869
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VC 1870

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