Vassar College Art Library
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- Matthew Vassar's plan for the college for women that he chartered in 1861 included among its facilities a cabinet for paintings and sculpture to support instruction in art and aesthetics. To this purpose, on June 6, 1864 Vassar purchased for the college from the Albany minister and art collector Elias Lyman Magoon a substantial art collection as well as a library of over 1,000 volumes on art and architecture. This foundational book collection has been maintained to support the curriculum of the Art Department so that today it is one of the truly exceptional college art library collections in the nation, consisting of over 65,000 volumes whose records may be accessed via the Vassar College Libraries Online Catalog. Included are monographs, periodicals, exhibition catalogs, and other works related to the art and architectural history of Europe, the United States, Asia and Africa.
The Vassar College Art Library is a rare example of a complete modernist interior from the pre-World War II period in the United States. Built in 1937, the interior was designed by John McAndrew, an architect as well as educator, who taught architectural history and drafting in the Vassar College Department of Art from 1932 to 1937. - Added By
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