Introduced on Matthew Vassar’s 219th birthday, April 29, 2011, A Documentary Chronicle of Vassar College was completed to the end of 2001 during the sesquicentennial year, 2011. It will continue by 10-year increments into the future. Search the Chronicle →

Also see the Vassar Encyclopedia for many articles on Vassar's history.

This week in history

1973, May 24 The faculty voted that the college "should not undergo any substantial expansion, so that it may have time to consolidate its efforts to maintain educational excellence with a student body of approximately the present size." The Miscellany News