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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection: Drama, Music and Dance, 1900-1935

1,414 plates

Images of plays, skit shows, dance performances, and musical events comprise the largest series in the Wolven collection. Junior and sophomore parties were generally skit shows written by students. These events included racist and stereotypical costumes and performances, including use of blackface. The major dramatic productions ("Hall" plays) include previously produced pieces as well as material written by students, faculty, and alumnae, including Edna St. Vincent Millay.

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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
 

Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Sophomore Party

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Date
1915-10-30
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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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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

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Date
1917-11-03
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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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Skit show presented by the Class of 1920 to the Class of 1921

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Sophomore Party

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Date
1926-10-23
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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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A Comedy of Errants, the skit show presented by the Class of 1929 to the Class of 1930

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Sophomore Party

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Date
1924-10-25
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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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Students in caps and gowns on stilts in front of the "Ivory Soap Palace" in Act I of the skit show presented by the Class of 1927 to the Class of 1928

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Sophomore Party

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Date
1934-10-20
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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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Library scene in "Phoebe-in-Fumbleland or Death Begins at 8:15," a skit show presented by the Class of 1937 to the Class of 1938

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Sophomore Party

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Date
1925-10-24
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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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The Philalethian overall chorus in "Vassar Days," a skit show presented by the Class of 1928 to the class of 1929

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Sophomore Party

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Date
1923-10-27
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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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Archaeologist and daughter in the skit show presented by the Class of 1926 to the Class of 1927

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Sophomore Party

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Date
1915-10-30
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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
Description

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

95542-Service File.jpg
Date
1934-10-20
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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Phoebe-in-Fumbleland or Death Begins at 8:15, a skit show presented by the Class of 1937 to the Class of 1938

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Sophomore Party

92863-Service File.jpg
Date
1926-10-23
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 of Sing Sing prisoners in "A Comedy of Errants," the skit show presented by the Class of 1929 to the Class of 1930

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Sophomore Party

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Date
1924-10-25
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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Babies and the devil in from of the "Ivory Soap Palace" in Act I of the skit show presented by the Class of 1927 to the Class of 1928

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Sophomore Party

95652-Service File.jpg
Date
1930-10-25
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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Metamorpha Sis, a play performed as part of a skit show presented by the Class of 1933 to the Class of 1934

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Sophomore Party

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Date
1934-10-20
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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Dorm room scene in "Phoebe-in-Fumbleland or Death Begins at 8:15," a skit show presented by the Class of 1937 to the Class of 1938

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Sophomore Party

92459-Service File.jpg
Date
1925-10-24
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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Classroom scene in "Vassar Days," a skit show presented by the Class of 1928 to the class of 1929

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Sophomore Party

92534-Service File.jpg
Date
1923-10-27
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
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1861 minuet dance couple in the skit show presented by the Class of 1926 to the Class of 1927

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Sophomore Party

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Date
1935-10-19
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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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Mail rush scene in "Within These Gates, or Revenge with Music," a skit show presented by the Class of 1938 to the Class of 1939

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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
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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

93184-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
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Confucius and the Spirit of Modern Education in the skit show presented by the Class of 1920 to the Class of 1921. Confucius is dressed in stereotypical Chinese costume

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Sophomore Party

92864-Service File.jpg
Date
1926-10-23
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 Sing Sing prisoner and Bob (lead role) in "A Comedy of Errants," the skit show presented by the Class of 1929 to the Class of 1930

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Sophomore Party

92742-Service File.jpg
Date
1924-10-25
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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The devil and his imps in fromt of the "Ivory Soap Palace" in Act I of the skit show presented by the Class of 1927 to the Class of 1928

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