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Vassar Scholarship, the institutional repository formerly known as Digital Window, reflects the research and scholarly output of the Vassar College community.  It provides access to a variety of collections, including senior theses and projects across a wide range of disciplines.

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[Exhibition] Treasures of Americana, 1760-1830

Publication Date
2024-January-16
Authors
Patkus, Ronald
Merrell, James H.
Department or Program
Vassar College Libraries
History Department
Document Type
Archived Website
Access Level
Open
Abstract

The purpose of the exhibition “Treasures of Americana, 1760-1830” is to provide a view of what historians have traditionally called the Revolutionary Era (1763-1783) and the Federal Era (1789-1829) of United States history. The presentation of printed and manuscript material...

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Speaking to the Silences: Black Women's Mediation of Historical Trauma and Healing

Publication Date
2014-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Pétigny, Naimah Zulmadelle
Department or Program
Sociology Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

Black women's trauma, which is largely unclaimed, un-mediated and unrecognized, is transgenerational. The physical, social, and psychological effects of holding on to a racialized history of trauma, caused by systematic and structural racism and sexism, continue to effect the identity...

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Voice of the Machine

Publication Date
2015-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Eads, Sean Jackson
Department or Program
Media Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

Opening a discussion about digital voices in contemporary spaces and popular music in two parts: 1) An essay that traces discourses of disembodiment and the rise in prominence of digital voices in electronic music, enumerates the ways in which they...

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