Benson J. Lossing papers, 1861-1891.

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Benson J. Lossing papers, 1861-1891.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51576931

Papers are largely correspondence concerning Vassar College activities, speeches, and engagements with Lyman Abbott, Nathan Bishop, Stephan M. Buckingham, Charles S. Farrar, Milo P. Jewett, Maria Mitchell, John H. Raymond, Lucy M. Salmon, James Monroe Taylor, Matthew Vassar, and Henry Van Ingen, with some family correspondence. Other items include his notes from a trip to Washington, D.C. in 1861, and miscellaneous programs.

2 cubic ft. (8 boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7640412

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Mitchell, Maria, 1818-1889

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Maria Mitchell, astronomer, was born on the island of Nantucket in 1818. Through her father, William Mitchell, she became interested in astronomy and assisted him in his observatory. In the late 1830s she was appointed librarian at the Nantucket Athenaeum, using its collection to educate herself while she worked with her father in the evenings. In 1847 she discovered a new comet, named for her, and was subsequently awarded a gold medal by the King of Denmark. A year later she became the first wo...

Buckingham, Stephan L.

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Vassar College.

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Raymond, John H. (John Howard), 1814-1878

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Raymond was a minister who left his position at Colgate to help found the University of Rochester. He was on the first Board of Trustees of Vassar College and became its President in 1865. From the description of John Howard Raymond papers, 1823-1913, 1823-1878 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 51576938 From the description of Papers, 1823-1913, 1823-1878 (bulk) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155519596 ...

Farrar, Charles S. (Charles Samuel), 1826-1903

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Taylor, James Monroe, 1848-1916

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Baptist minister, President of Vassar College, 1886-1914. From the description of Papers, 1865-1916. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155519841 From the description of James Monroe Taylor papers, 1865-1916. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 51576943 ...

Van Ingen, Henry H., b. ca. 1831.

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Abbott, Lyman, 1835-1922

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American clergyman, author, and editor who worked with Henry Ward Beecher as co-editor of the "Christian Union." From the description of Autograph, 1897. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367554802 American author. From the description of Letter : Cornwall on Hudson, [N.Y.] to Mr. Bok, 1908 Oct. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 33376379 Lyman Abbott was an influential American pastor and author. Born in Massachusetts and educated i...

Lossing, Benson John, 1813-1891

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Historian, author. From the description of Transcriptions of documents, n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122583022 Wood engraver, author, editor. From the description of Benson J. Lossing papers, 1861-1891. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 51576931 From the description of Papers, 1861-1891. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155519295 Benson John Lossing, editor, illustrator, and historian born in New York. Edited the Poughkeepsie Telegraph, Poughk...

Bishop, Nathan, 1808-1880

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Vassar, Matthew, 1792-1868

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Vassar, who emigrated to Dutchess County in 1796, was a prominent businessman in Poughkeepsie. He used his fortune from his brewery and other business interests to set up a college for women. He married Catherine Valentine in 1813. From the description of Papers, 1769-1890. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155520292 From the description of Matthew Vassar papers, 1797-1890. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 51576922 ...

Lossing family.

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Jewett, Milo Parker, 1808-1882.

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Jewett was an original Trustee and first President of Vassar College, 1861-1865. He moved to Milwaukee in 1867 where he was active in educational, philanthropic, and religious affairs. From the description of Milo Parker Jewett papers, 1828-1913, 1856-1882 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 51576934 From the description of Papers, 1828-1913, 1856-1882 (bulk) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155519211 ...

Salmon, Lucy Maynard, 1853-1927

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College teacher, historian, pacifist, suffragist. Salmon taught at Vassar College from 1887 to 1927. From the description of Papers, 1818-1976, 1887-1927 (bulk) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155519675 College teacher, historian, pacifist, suffragist. Salmon taught at Vassar College from 1887 to 1927. From the description of Lucy Maynard Salmon papers, 1818-1976, 1887-1927 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 51...