Conceptions of Race in Higher Education: How Colleges and Universities' Injurious Relations with Predominantly Black Localities Exacerbate White Students' Racial Biases
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Which Time Is It? Multi-temporality and the Illegibility of the Vassar Campus
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Perennial Tensions in NYC Communty Gardens: An Analysis of New York City's Greenthumb Program
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Digital Communities and Cyborgs: E-sports and Hybridity of Community and Individuals
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The Success of Antimicrobials: A Scientifically and Societally Influenced Germ-Panic
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The Maenadic Myth: The Cult of Dionysos in Ancient Greece
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Lessons from Humanitarian GMOs: Case Studies of Vitamin a Biofortified Crops
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Application of New Genetic Engineering Technologies to Combat Malaria: Prospects, Challenges, and The Road Ahead For Genetically Modified Mosquitos
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Who is Driving This Thing?: Self-Driving Cars and 'Automobility' in the United States
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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.