Photograph collection, 1865-[ca. 1982]

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Photograph collection, 1865-[ca. 1982]

Photographs of Vassar College buildings; Vassar College views such as faculty gardens and houses, the farm, the golf course, Sunset Hill, Sunset Lake, Vassar Lake, and winter scenes; Vassar College alumnae, anniversaries, Class Days, departments, employees, ceremonies and events, dormitory scenes, student groups, athletics, classroom scenes, student dramatics, and wartime activities; other colleges; Eleanor Roosevelt and Vassar College; women in the armed services, suffrage activities, women's war work, child and female labor scenes, temperance crusade and other views of women; individual photographs of Vassar College faculty, trustees, and students; and miscellaneous subjects such as the 1925 eclipse of the sun, Lake Mohonk, Poughkeepsie scenes, and the 1938 World Youth Congress. Photographers include James E. Biddle, Christopher Gullmann, William Notman of Montreal, the Slee Brothers (George M., John N. and William P.), Alonzo H. Vail, and J. Watson Vail.

40 cubic ft.

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Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962

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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was the longest-serving First Lady throughout her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s four terms in office (1933-1945). She was an American politician, diplomat, and activist who later served as a United Nations spokeswoman. A shy, awkward child, starved for recognition and love, Eleanor Roosevelt grew into a woman with great sensitivity to the underprivileged of all creeds, races, and nations. Her constant work to improve their lot made her one of the most loved–...

Vassar College.

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Notman, William

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Vail, J. Watson.

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Biddle, James.

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Vassar College. Class Day.

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Vail, Alonzo H.

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Vassar College. Board of Trustees.

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Gullmann, Christopher.

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Slee, William P.

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Slee, George M.

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Slee, John N.

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