Vassar College Archives
"Miscellaneous Files and Collections"
"Miscellaneous Files and Collections"
Vassar College.
- Title: Archives files, 1860-1969, 1860-1914 (bulk)
Physical Details: 20 cubic ft.
Summary: 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.
Finding Aids: Finding aid available .
Subjects:
Underhill, Adelaide, 1860-
MacCracken, H. N. (Henry Noble), b. 1880.
Vassar College--History.
Vassar College--Buildings.
Vassar College--Admission.
Vassar College--Faculty.
Vassar College--Employees.
Vassar College--Alumnae.
Vassar College--Students.
Vassar College--Presidents.
Vassar College. Library.
Vassar College. Board of Trustees.
Vassar College. Lady Principal.
Vassar College. Comptroller.
Women's colleges--New York (State)--Poughkeepsie.
Women--Societies and clubs.
Women--Education.
Women college students--New York (State)--Poughkeepsie.
Landscape architecture--New York (State)--Poughkeepsie.
Genre Or Form:
Architectural drawings.
Drawings.
Vassar College.
- Title: Biography file, 1900-1983.
Physical Details: 48 cubic ft.
Notes: Alphabetical.
Summary: Clippings, biographical information forms, news releases, memoranda, pamphlets, correspondence, photographs, book jackets, articles, and other items pertaining to the lives and careers of faculty, trustees, employees, and alumnae authors.
Finding Aids: Finding aid available.
Subjects:
Vassar College--Alumnae.
Vassar College--Faculty.
Vassar College. Board of Trustees.
Vassar College--Employees.
Vassar College--Public relations.
Literature--Women authors.
Authors.
Women--Education.
Women's colleges--New York (State)--Poughkeepsie.
Women college teachers.
Genre Or Form:
Photoprints.
Vassar College.
- Title: Chronological file, 1860-1985.
Physical Details: 18 cubic ft.
Notes: Chronological.
Summary: Clippings, pamphlets, catalogs, bulletins, press releases, copies or typescripts of letters, programs, articles, newsletters, and other items pertaining to Vassar College.
Finding Aids: Finding aid available.
Subjects:
Vassar College--Public relations.
Women's colleges--New York (State)--Poughkeepsie.
Women--Education.
Genre Or Form:
College catalogs.
Vassar College.
- Title: Subject file, 1864-1986.
Physical Details: 46 cubic ft.
Notes: By subject.
Summary: Minutes, reports, questionnaires, letters, publications, programs, speeches, autograph albums, handbooks, articles, clippings, bibliographies, curriculum materials, and other items concerning Vassar College alumnae, anniversaries, art exhibits, athletics, Black Studies, buildings, offices and departments, classes, clubs and organizations, community relations, conferences, deans, faculty, faculty committees, folklore, gardens, Jewish Studies, Library, presidents, religious life, students, trustees, World Wars I and II, and women. There are also some materials on Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, the Hudson Valley, students in general, and other colleges.
Finding Aids: Finding aid available
Subjects:
Vassar College. Board of Trustees.
Vassar College. Jewish Studies.
Vassar College. Black Studies.
Vassar College. Library.
Vassar College--Curricula.
Vassar College--Religion.
Vassar College--Students.
Vassar College--Alumnae.
Vassar College--Anniversaries, etc.
Vassar College--Athletics.
Vassar College--Buildings.
Vassar College--Administration.
Vassar College--Faculty.
Vassar College--Presidents.
Art--Exhibitions.
Women--Education.
Women college students--New York (State)--Poughkeepsie.
Community and college--New York (State)--Poughkeepsie.
Folklore.
Gardens.
Women--Societies and clubs.
Blacks--Study and teaching.
Judaism--Study and teaching.
World War, 1914-1918.
World War, 1939-1945.
Poughkeepsie (N.Y.)--Description.
Dutchess County (N.Y.)--Description and travel.
Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)--Description and travel.
Genre Or Form:
Autographs.