We are stardust, we are golden: an exploration of female hippie ideals and an emerging hippie feminism in the 1960's counterculture
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A comparative analysis between Chinese opera and Vietnamese cai luong: the play of the butterfly lovers
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Reflecting on the past, looking toward the future: a collection of essays
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Rain can't drink cola
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Loneliness and society: theory, practice, and mismatches
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The role of agricultural science in the Washington state apple industry: extension, education, and its environmental health consequences
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Conflict exposure and human capital development: evidence from the Rwandan genocide
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Asbury: mending the living through landscape, memory, and writing
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All that we are going to become / all that we have ever been: a patchwork of life in collective memory
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Dissecting our heroes: Paul Atreides as catastrophic superhero in Frank Herbert's Dune
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Available collections
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.