Poems: from water and to water
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Complex culpability: childhood morality and the rights of citizenship in Jim Shepard's The Book of Aron
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The Old English Phoenix
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Cracking the textual chrysalis: Crafting universes in Nabokov's novels
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Adapting Lamb: retelling a retelling of the oldest story ever told
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The formation of the hero: Achilles, Cú Chulainn, and Beowulf
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There's something queer about that Jake: marginalized in the Margins
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Planning, policy and the use of bike share programs in Montréal and New York City
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Undeutsch: Ein spiel von toleranz und akzeptanz im modernen Berlin
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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.