Vassar College Digital Library
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World War (1914-1918)--Social aspects

Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Farmerettes

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Date
1918-06-01
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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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Group portrait of the Vassar students who volunteered for farm work on campus during World War I

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

French Tank presented to Vassar College

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Date
1920-11-01
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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 atop the tank presented by the French government to Vassar College in honor of the work of the Vassar Relief Unit of the American Red Cross during World War I.

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Guide to the E. L. Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection, 1897-1944

Collection Title
E. L. Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection
Creator
Wolven, Edmund L.
Abstract
This collection includes 3,538 glass plate negatives created by photographer Edmund L. Wolven. Most of the images are of Vassar College people, events, buildings and grounds, but there is a subset that relates to Poughkeepsie and other local educational institutions.
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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Liberty Loan Campaign

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Date
1918
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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Photos of students taken to advertise Liberty loans. Featured were a baseball game against the Kaiser, and portayals of Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Liberty Loan Campaign

103090-Service File.jpg
Date
1918
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
Description

Photos of students taken to advertise Liberty loans. Featured were a baseball game against the Kaiser, and portayals of Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Liberty Loan Campaign

103091-Service File.jpg
Date
1918
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
Description

Photos of students taken to advertise Liberty loans. Featured were a baseball game against the Kaiser, and portayals of Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Liberty Loan Campaign

103092-Service File.jpg
Date
1918
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
Description

Photos of students taken to advertise Liberty loans. Featured were a baseball game against the Kaiser, and portayals of Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Liberty Loan Campaign

103120-Service File.jpg
Date
1918
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
Description

Photos of students taken to advertise Liberty loans. Featured were a baseball game against the Kaiser, and portayals of Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Liberty Loan Campaign

103121-Service File.jpg
Date
1918
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
Description

Photos of students taken to advertise Liberty loans. Featured were a baseball game against the Kaiser, and portayals of Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Liberty Loan Campaign

103122-Service File.jpg
Date
1918
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
Description

Photos of students taken to advertise Liberty loans. Featured were a baseball game against the Kaiser, and portayals of Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Shorthand class

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Date
approximately 1917
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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Teacher at the chalkboard and students with what look like stenography pads. May be one of the preparedness courses Vassar offered after the United States entered World War I

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