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Website. www.vassar.edu. info.vassar.edu. Vassar College is a private, coeducational, liberal arts college situated in Poughkeepsie, New York. Founded as a women's college in 1861, it was the first member of the Seven Sisters to become coeducational. Vassar College is a leading undergraduate institution in the United States and the world.
History. Students of history at Vassar also enjoy the close mentorship of faculty who help them to become critical thinkers, strong writers, and eloquent, incisive speakers. Our graduates aim high, welcome challenges, and stand out on the job market. Read about what some of our alumnae/i are doing after Vassar.
18 de abr. de 2024 · The Catherine Pelton Durrell '25 Archives and Special Collections Library is the principal repository of Vassar College's noteworthy collections of rare books, manuscripts, institutional records, and other special materials. A large percentage of our collection documents the history of the College from its founding in 1861 to the present.
First bequest to the college of $30,000 from Jacob P. Giraud, Jr. to found the Natural History Museum. 1871. Great Chicago Fire ravages the city. 1871. Associate Alumnae of Vassar College is formed. 1873. Western Union telegraph line extended to Vassar. 1876. Elevator installed in Main Building. 1878
The 1930s. The next generation of historians, arriving in the 1930s, included Mildred Campbell, who taught England and Modern Europe, and alumna J. B. Ross. Charles C. Griffin, a noted historian of Latin America and U. S. foreign relations, arrived in 1934 and remained at Vassar until 1967; the Department today hosts an annual lecture in his ...
Embarking Matthew Vassar, business entrepreneur and founder of Vassar College, was born in Norfolk, England, in 1792. Like several others in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Vassar’s parents, James and Ann Vassar, planned on immigrating to America in hopes of starting anew, free of the social and political constraints imposed by the English […]
10 de ene. de 2015 · Matthew Vassar was an enormously successful businessman, a political force, a pioneer in women’s rights, a hobnobber with the stars and, of course, the founder — 150 years ago — of the college in Poughkeepsie that bears his name. But what he really wanted, when all was said and done, was a statue of himself.
