School choice policies and education inequality in New York City
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Cødes: a poetry collection in three parts
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"Blind puppets of a capricious goddess": clothing and skin in fairy tale adaptations
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"Reading for our lives": healing from sexual violence and remembering stolen sisters in Tracey Lindberg's Birdie
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On the table: scripting and unscripting American domesticity
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The low-income, first generation and Latinx experience: resilience at an elite predominantly white liberal arts institution
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Barriers to racial consciousness in Asian Americans
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"War with stereotypes": the educational experiences, aspirations, and motivations of low-income, Asian American students
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One common picture: the politics of character development and discipline at a 'no-excuses' charter school
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Conversing with Ixil authors: understanding the dialogue between la ley indígena and international human rights to rethink law and justice in Guatemala
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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.
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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.