Through our digital collections, Vassar College Libraries aim to provide access to high-quality digital content generated by the Libraries for research and study, as open as possible; support the teaching, learning, and research needs of the College; preserve at-risk or fragile physical collections through digitization, or at-risk born-digital collections through reformatting; expose hidden, less-used physical collections through access to digital surrogates; and foster experimental, cutting-edge, and innovative projects through technology. Learn More
ThemTube is a 3-part video essay, running about an hour in total. I aimed to characterize the contradictory, ambiguous status of YouTube, a site that claims to level the playing field for video creators while promoting certain users over the...
Main (Thompson) Library location: South wing -- End window. Theodosius Rihel (c.15-- – 1608) was active as a printer in Strasbourg beginning in 1555, when he and his brother Josias took over the printing press of their father Wendelin. Before their father's retirement, they printed their first book
Bringing together Tim Ingold’s anthropology of lines, the internal
movement of Chinese calligraphic lines described by Zhenzhong Qiu and the
philosophies of Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari, I argue that the internal movement
of lines, as a concept in its...
Main (Thompson) Library location: South wing -- First window. Thielman Kerver (c. 14-- – c. 1524/5) was born in Coblentz, Germany and moved to Paris to work as a bookseller at the Sign of the Unicorn. There, with printer Jean Philippe, he became interested in the publication of Books of Hours. In
Main (Thompson) Library location: South wing -- Third window. Thierry Martens (c. 1446 - 1534) was born in Aalst, Belgium in 1446 and received his early education from the Guillelmites. Various manuscript colophons indicate that he probably studied under Girardus de Lisa in Venice. In 1473, Martens
The Duenna
Twelfth Night
Lorenzo the Magnificent
Lorenzo the Magnificent
Lorenzo the Magnificent
Lorenzo the Magnificent
Here you will find digitized archival collections, oral histories, and more. We are continually expanding the collections and improving access. You may find additional digital resources that reside outside the digital library here, and a selection of Online Exhibitions here.
Collections Overview
The Archives & Special Collections Library is part of the Vassar College Libraries system. It holds the rare book, manuscript, and archival collections of the college. It collects, preserves, and makes available rare and unique collections, and also engages in teaching and outreach activities. This collection of finding aids describe items in both the Virginia B. Smith Memorial Manuscript Collection and the College Archives.
The Vassar College herbarium holds over 8,000 specimens of vascular plants, bryophytes, and algae. Holdings are primarily from northeastern North America, and include collections made by several notable 19th century botanists. To learn more about this project visit the website here.
Vassar College's institutional repository reflects the research and scholarly output of the Vassar College community. It provides access to senior theses, peer reviewed open access articles, and projects from a wide range of disciplines.