Vassar College archives files, 1860-1969, 1860-1914 (bulk).

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Vassar College archives files, 1860-1969, 1860-1914 (bulk).

Materials documenting the history of Vassar College, including letters, programs, college circulars and other publications, building specifications, contracts, bills and receipts, inventories, accounts, committee minutes, architectural and landscape drawings, reports, and club constitutions and records. Specific items include letters on the structure of college education for women, admission requirements, and references for some of Vassar's first students, 1860-1865; letters and applications of professors and staff, 1860-1864; correspondence on the role of alumnae at Vassar, 1884-1915; college journal containing entries on events, meetings, speakers, domestic concerns, and social life, 1870-1871; notebooks of directives from the President's Office to faculty and students, 1869-1883; correspondence of Adelaide Underhill and President MacCracken about the Library, 1915-1924; reports and correspondence relating to the Maids' Clubhouse, 1914; minutes, reports, memoranda, and correspondence of college trustees, 1861-1936; original manuscript and typescript reports by the college president, 1866-1918; correspondence, sketches, estimates, and bills relating to construction of the first college facilities; and manuscript and typescript reports from College departments, the comptroller, the Lady Principal, the Library, and the Physician, 1866-1869.

20 cubic ft.

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Vassar College. Board of Trustees.

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Vassar College.

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Vassar College. Library

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Vassar College. Lady Principal.

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MacCracken, H. N. (Henry Noble), 1880-

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MacCracken (1880-1970) was President of Vassar College, 1915-1946. From the description of Papers, 1914-1968. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155519414 From the description of Henry Noble MacCracken papers, 1914-1968. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 51618656 ...

Underhill, Adelaide, 1860-

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Vassar College. Comptroller.

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