Vassar College Memorial Minutes
Griffin, Carroll Wardlaw, 1900-1959 | Memorial Minute:
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[After 1959]
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Vassar College
Vassar College
Vassar College Memorial Minutes
Griffin, Charles Carroll, 1902-1976 | Memorial Minute:
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[After 1976]
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Vassar College Student Letters
Griffis, Katharine (Stanton). Letters, 1877
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1877
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4 letters from Griffis to Mary Grace Toll Hill between Jul 1874 and Nov 1875. Griffis discusses news of her family and friends, homesickness, and the excitement of student life. She describes the grounds and rooms at Vassar, her new classmates, social gatherings, clubs, and the Philalethean
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Vassar College Student Letters
Griffith, Caroline. Letters, 1878-1885
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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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VC 1884,19 letters to Griffith (VC 1884), dated between 6 Jan 1878 and 19 Jun 1885, from Vassar College students, alumni, and administrators. Both letters from Emma B. (Wentworth) Hull (VC 1880) and the letter from VC treasurer W.L. Dean concerning Griffith's diploma were sent from Vassar. The 2
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Vassar College Early Images
Group of eight Vassar College students, ca. 1878
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ca. 1878
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Full-length picture of eight female students wearing long dresses. Two are kneeling, four are seated and two are standing behind them.
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Vassar College Early Images
Group of four Vassar College students, 1865
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19-?
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Full-length picture of four female students wearing long, black dresses. Two are seated, two are standing behind them. A pillar is in the background.
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Vassar College Early Images
Group of four Vassar College students, ca. 1872
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ca. 1872
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Full-length picture of four female students wearing long, dark dresses with ruffles. They are seated around a small, round table. One of the students is holding and looking at an open book. A tall window with fringed drape, hanging plant and terrarium are in the background.
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Vassar College Early Images
Group of six Vassar College students, 1873-1874
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1873 or 1874
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Full-length oval picture of six female students. Some are wearing hats or holding books. Two are seated in the grass, one is lying on her side propped on her left arm and two are behind them, leaning against trees. Large trees with a few leaves are in the background.
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Vassar College Early Images
Group of six Vassar College students: "The Pleiades", 1876
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1876
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Full-length picture of six female students wearing long dresses with ruffles. They are kneeling, seated or standing around a fringed, armless chair. One is holding an open book. Two pillars are in the background.
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Vassar College Early Images
Group of ten Vassar College students, ca. 1874
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ca. 1874
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Full-length picture of ten female students wearing long dresses. Four are kneeling, three are seated and three are standing behind them. An open balcony is in the background on the left.
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Group of three Vassar College students, ca. 1870
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ca. 1870
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Three-quarter length picture of three female students wearing hats, long dresses with ruffles and short coats. Two are seated, one is standing behind them.
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Vassar College Memorial Minutes
Guernsey, Raymond Gano, 1878-1959 | Memorial Minute
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[After 1959]
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Guide to the Agnes Rindge Claflin Papers, circa 1901 - circa 1977
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Agnes Rindge Claflin Papers
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The bulk of the Claflin collection is from the years 1927-1934, the period in which she received her graduate degrees and began to teach at Vassar College as an associate professor and later as a full professor. While the collection itself is mainly made up of correspondence, it also contains an eclectic selection of material, including: various drafts of her doctoral thesis, newspaper clippings concerning her career, programs of exhibits, class notes and assorted miscellanea.
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Guide to the Alice Kavounas Papers, 1962-2010
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Alice Kavounas Papers
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Correspondence, printed material, photographs, and audiotape relating to Kavounas' time as a student at Vassar College as well as her work as a poet.
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Guide to the Andrew Tallon Papers, 1990-2016
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Andrew Tallon Papers
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This collection contains syllabi, course outlines, notes, journals, drafts and
offprints of scholary essays, and photocopies of academic articles documenting the
career of Anddrew J. Tallon.
offprints of scholary essays, and photocopies of academic articles documenting the
career of Anddrew J. Tallon.
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Guide to the Ann Imbrie Papers, 1950-2006
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Ann Imbrie Papers
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Materials relating to Imbrie's work as a writer and professor of English. There is some additional material relating to her personal life. Of particular note are Imbrie's letters home from Smith College and the University of North Carolina, letters from her friend John M. Randall while he was serving in Vietnam, and Imbrie's research material and drafts for .
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Guide to the Antonio Márquez Papers, 1877-2010 (bulk 1932-2010)
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Antonio Márquez Papers
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Collection includes correspondence,
subject files, research notes and associated correspondence. Files hold typescripts,
manuscripts and drafts. Journals and diaries include poetry and sketches. Press
clippings document reviews of Márquez’s writings. Collection also includes some
photographic documentation relating to Márquez’s personal and professional life.
Personal papers contain some correspondence, academic administrative papers, as well
as family genealogy documentation.
subject files, research notes and associated correspondence. Files hold typescripts,
manuscripts and drafts. Journals and diaries include poetry and sketches. Press
clippings document reviews of Márquez’s writings. Collection also includes some
photographic documentation relating to Márquez’s personal and professional life.
Personal papers contain some correspondence, academic administrative papers, as well
as family genealogy documentation.
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Guide to the Autograph Files, 1669-1995
Collection Title
Autograph Files
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Letters, manuscripts,
speeches, poems, and other items, primarily resulting from an official connection
with Vassar College, written by Vassar students, faculty or staff, or by persons of historical
and cultural significance.
speeches, poems, and other items, primarily resulting from an official connection
with Vassar College, written by Vassar students, faculty or staff, or by persons of historical
and cultural significance.
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Guide to the Barbara Swain Papers, approximately 1926-1965
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Barbara Swain Papers
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Class materials, presumably from Swain's teaching career at Vassar College.
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Guide to the Benét Family Papers, 1803-1970
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Benét Family Papers
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Correspondence, manuscripts,
clippings, journals, business and legal documents and photographic prints relating
the Benét Family’s personal, professional, and creative activity. A significant
volume of the collection contains correspondence between family members, including
letters to and from Stephen Vincent Benét and William Rose Benét. The collection
includes manuscript drafts by Laura Benét, as well as some ephemera and printed
material collected by the family.
clippings, journals, business and legal documents and photographic prints relating
the Benét Family’s personal, professional, and creative activity. A significant
volume of the collection contains correspondence between family members, including
letters to and from Stephen Vincent Benét and William Rose Benét. The collection
includes manuscript drafts by Laura Benét, as well as some ephemera and printed
material collected by the family.
