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Interview by the Vassar Press Office with Frances D. Fergusson in the President's House three days before her inauguration. The interviewers' voices are frequently inaudible.
Raw footage from the picnic on Ballentine Field, outside Walker Field House, the evening before inauguration. Includes a performance by the Vassar Jazz Band
President-elect Fergusson visiting the first four of nine dormitory open house events, where each dorm was meant to represent a different presidential era of Vassar history. The dorms visited were Lathrop, Jewett, Raymond, and Main. There was dancing, an acapella group performance (the Raymond
President-elect Fergusson visiting the second four of nine dormitory open house events. The dorms visited were Davison, Josselyn, Strong and Cushing. President Emeritus Alan Simpson can be seen at the Cushing House event.
President-elect Fergusson visiting the last of nine dormitory open house events. The dorm visited, which is either Noyes or Ferry House, was having a casino-themed event
Narrated film about the Inauguration of Virginia Smith as President of Vassar College. Includes clips of the procession into the Vassar College Chapel. followed by remarks by Barbara Austin Foote (VC 1940), President of the Alumne and Alumni of Vassar College (AAVC); Winifred A. Asprey
The sudden outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has distributed our lives in every aspect. After a year of living under the 'new normal, we are finally seeing vaccinations becoming available, which greatly benefits everyone at risk. This pandemic uncovered the...
The diminishing of temporal and spatial boundaries in the contemporary age of connectivity has fully realized Beck, Giddens and Nash's "reflexive" modernity. This reflexive modernity refers to the diminishing control of traditional institutions on individual lives. In the shift towards...
This paper presents new results on income distribution in Pakistan from an analysis of the full HIES data tapes for 1984-85, 1985-86, 1986-87, and 1987-88. An explicit social welfare methodology is adopted to measure changes in inequality at the national...
This paper argues that, in economies heavily dependent on imported inputs, the responsiveness of price and output to cost and demand factors are altered by foreign exchange bottlenecks if the government resorts to nonmarket allocation of import licenses. A model...
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.
