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Guide to the Encyclopedia
- Preface
Alumnae/i of Distinction
- Ruth Adams
- Ruth Benedict
- Mary Steichen Calderone
- Elizabeth Williams Champney
- Adelaide Crapsey
- Florence Cushing
- Patricia Goldman-Rakic
- Grace Murray Hopper
- Emily Jordan Folger
- Caroline E. Furness
- Mary Augusta Jordan
- Helen Kenyon
- Christine Ladd-Franklin
- Mary Fisher Langmuir
- Julia Lathrop
- Lois Long
- Antonia Maury
- Mildred McAfee
- Inez Milholland
- Edna St. Vincent Millay
- Ruth Crawford Mitchell
- Princess Oyama
- Margaretta Palmer
- Ellen Swallow Richards
- Josephine Roche
- Blanchette Rockefeller
- Ellen Churchill Semple
- Belle Skinner
- Baroness Uriu
- Jean Webster
- Mary Watson Whitney
Athletics
- Athletics, 1865-1945
- Athletics, 1945-Present
- Field Day
- Posture and Photographs
- Tennis
- Touch Football
Buildings and Grounds
- Technology at Vassar
  - Electricity
  - The Telephone
- Buildings
- Grounds
Coeducation
- A History of Coeducation
- The Vassar-Yale Study
Collections and Curiosities
- Autograph Books & Scrapbooks
- A Bust of Mary Somerville
- The Morris and Adele Bergreen Albert Einstein Collection at Vassar College
- Hidden Histories
- The Ferry Sisters and Alumnae House
- The French Tank
- Mastodon
- Natural History Museum
- Plaster Casts
- "Prexy on the Half-Shell"
- Tapestries
  - Cupid and Psyche
- Vassar College Seal
- Vassar Relief Unit, WWI
Curriculum
- Original Course Catalogue
- A History of the Curriculum 1865-1970s
- Preparatory School
- School of Art & Music
The College and Its Environs
- Arlington
- Lake Mohonk
- Lincoln Center
Faculty
- Overview of Original Faculty
  - Maria Mitchell
  - Original Faculty
  - Alida Avery
  - Henry Buckham
  - Charles Farrar
  - William Knapp
  - John H. Raymond
  - Sanborn Tenney
  - Henry Van Ingen
  - Edward Wiebé
- Prominent Faculty
Friends and Acquaintances of the College
- John Burroughs
- Emma Church
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Local Trustee
Interviews and Reflections
- Conversations about Vassar History with Historian Elizabeth A. Daniels
  - Conversation One
  - Conversation Two
  - Conversation Three
  - Conversation Four
- Forrest Cousens: A Short History of the Vassar Veterans and Some Memories
- Hunting Down Vassar History
- Carl N. Degler: "Vassar College"
- "Diabolus": "Commencement at Vassar Female College"
- Elizabeth M. Drouilhet's Convocation Speech, 1976
- Interview with Elizabeth Moffatt Drouilhet
- Mary Augusta Jordan: "Spacious Days at Vassar College"
- Informal Interview with Maisry MacCracken
- Informal Interview with Mary McCarthy
- Ron Patkus on Vassar College Special Collections
- Informal Interview with Head Gardener Martin Pinnavaia
- John Raymond: "A College for Women, in Poughkeepsie, N.Y."
- Royal Holloway College: A Memoir
- Interview with Ruth Timm
- Christine Vassar Tall: The Story of One British Evacuee
- Claudia Lynn Thomas '71:Takeover of Main Building, 1969
- James Monroe Taylor: "Vassar's Contribution to Educational Theory and Practice"
- Three Vassar Girls Excerpts
- Twas the Night of the Sit-In: A Parody in Verse
- Vassar Female College and Sarah Josepha Hale
Letters Home: Social Life at Vassar 1865-1880
Organizations, Events, and Activities
- images
- Cooperative Living Projects at Vassar
- Fire of 1918
- The Folklore Foundation
- Goodfellowship Club
- Greek Plays
- Phi Beta Kappa, Mu Chapter of Vassar
- Philaletheis
- The Society for Religious Inquiry
- The Seven Sisters
- Vassar's First Intercollegiate Debate
- Vassar Radio/WVKR-FM
- Vassar Student Association (VSA)
- The Vassar Summer Institute
- The Suffrage Movement at Vassar
Presidents
- Milo P. Jewett
- John H. Raymond
- Samuel L. Caldwell
- James Monroe Taylor
- Henry Noble MacCracken
- Sarah Gibson Blanding
- Alan Simpson
- Virginia B. Smith
- Frances Daly Fergusson
Student Publications
- The Miscellany Monthly
- The Vassar Miscellany News to 1969
- The Modern Vassar Miscellany News
- Vassar Newspapers Tackle Pressing Concern: Which College Men are Best for the "Vassar Girl?"
- The Chronicle
- The Chronicle of the 1970s
Vassar Traditions
- Class Trees
- Convocation
- Daisy Chain
- Founder's Day
- Senior Parlor
- Vassar Proms
Matthew Vassar--The Founder and the Founding
- Hannah Lyman
  - Hannah Lyman: The Lady's Principles
- Lydia Booth
- Civil War
- Springside
- Top Hat Scandal
- The Vassars at Home
- Catharine Valentine Vassar
- Matthew Vassar
- "Monumental Honors": The Founder's Wish Fulfilled After 139 Years
- William Smith: Steward to Vassar College
Vassar Myths & Legends
Vassar Visitors
Three Chapters from Elizabeth A. Daniels's "Bridges to the World: Henry Noble MacCracken and Vassar College"
- The Disappointing First Thrust of Euthenics
- MacCracken's "Dream Child": Sarah Lawrence College
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Local Trustee
Board of Trustees
- Vassar's Communications to the Board of Trustees
- A Brief Guide to Vassar's Charter Trustees
- First Women Trustees
- Board of Trustees Chairmen, 1861-2000
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