The Odds of Changing the Odds: Adapting the Harlem Children's Zone through the Promise Neighborhoods Initiative
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The Rise of Urbanization and Social Control: Secondary Schooling, the Reformatory Movement and the Realignment of Separate Spheres in the United States
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Author(ity) of the Original: A Celebration of Influence and Appropriation in Writing Today
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Here Comes Every Body: Languaging, Imminence and Immanence in Finnegans Wake
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The Emergence of A Cultural Phenomenon: Mediation in Samuel Richardson's Pamela
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More Than a Midnight Snack: Charles Johnson's Dr. King's Refrigerator and Other Bedtime Stories and the (Eightfold) Path to Enlightenment
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Route 9 Urbanism: Animating the Architecture of Consumption
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Exploring Identity Zones: A Case Study in Urban After-School Space and Black Masculinity
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On the Beat: A survey of surveillance in Brooklyn, NY
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Digital Collections
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
Finding Aids
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.
Herbarium
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 Scholarship
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.