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Vassar College Student Materials Collection

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

Antonio Márquez Papers

Collection includes correspondence,
subject files, research notes and associated correspondence. Files hold typescripts,
manuscripts and drafts. Journals and diaries include poetry and sketches. Press
clippings document reviews of Márquez’s writings. Collection also includes some
photographic documentation relating to Márquez’s personal and professional life.
Personal papers contain some correspondence, academic administrative papers, as well
as family genealogy documentation.

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.

Vassar College Photograph Collection

Photographs of Vassar College events, programs, buildings, grounds, faculty, students, staff and administration.

1555-1589

Main (Thompson) Library location: South wing -- Second window. Christopher Plantin (c.1520 – 1589) was born circa 1520 in the region of Touraine, France where he was raised in the home of a clergyman and received a classical education. He was apprenticed to bookbinder Robert Macé and later began to

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.

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).

Violet Oakley Papers

Correspondence, exhibition and publication programs, and other printed materials related to the work of American artist Violet Oakley, particularly the large-scale triptych she painted for the Vassar College Alumnae House in 1924, .