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Vassar College Buildings and Grounds Files

Materials related to basic service, construction, renovation and maintenance projects to the college’s buildings and property.

Vassar College Student Materials Collection

Diaries, letters, scrapbooks,
photograph albums and other materials documenting student life at Vassar
College.

Rick Lazio Papers

Material relating to Lazio's career in politics including his tenure as state legislator (1989-1992), as a four-term member of the House of Representatives (1993-2001), and concluding with his race for New York Senate in 2000.

Helen Drusilla Lockwood Papers

Correspondence, notes, manuscripts,
and diaries relating to Lockwood's life and work a professor of English at Vassar
College and her interests in euthenics, labor and the press.

Samuel L. Clemens Papers

Includes manuscripts, notes, diaries, clippings, certificates, deeds and photographs; but of particular note are the letters Clemens wrote to his family describing his early adulthood as well as the development and progression of his writing career.

McKinney Family Papers

Papers of the McKinney Family from
the McKinney Family Papers. Contains correspondence, notes, clippings, obituaries,
business papers and ephemera.

Jeanne R. Lowe Papers

The collection consists of journalist and educator Jeanne R. Lowe's correspondence, writings, notes, and substantial research materials pertaining to urban renewal, urban housing, the role of women in the sciences, race, public housing, and community planning in the United States. Specific cities covered include New York, New Haven, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Miami, Sunnyvale (CA), Chicago, Rochester, and Washington, D.C.. Writings include drafts of Lowe's book (1967), as well as numerous other publications written for the Ford Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and other non-governmental organizations. Also included are personal and professional materials related to Lowe's life and career, including her work with academic organizations as a lecturer and organizer for Goucher College, Vassar College, and New York University.

Elizabeth L. Eisenstein Papers

Includes correspondence, manuscripts
and typescripts, research and writing notes, contracts and financial statements,
academic administrative papers, syllabi and teaching notes, programs and other
conference materials; subject files; and scholarly papers by professional
colleagues. Files also hold a wide variety of printed materials related to
Eisenstein's scholarly interests. The collection also includes datebooks and a small
amount of realia.

Office of the President Records, Virginia B. Smith Files

Materials related to the work of the Vassar College's Office of the President during the tenure of Virginia B. Smith. The collection includes typical day-to-day administrative records, as well as documents related to noteworthy issues and events from the Smith Era (1977-1986).

Vassar College Infirmary Registers

Bound registers from the Vassar College Infirmary, containing logs of student and staff sick visits, symptoms, prescriptions, and treatments.