Sense and Sensibility in literature and film: mapping patriarchal critique through measures of female investigation and cinematic cues
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Beetle
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Education from Perón to Videla to now: how education policy and curricula shaped national consciousness in Argentina during three periods of leadership
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Al-Khatun and artifact: Gertrude Bell and Imperial archaeology in the colonization of "The Orient"
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Quarantine : a visual documentation of a modern pandemic
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The past, present, and future of blackness: writings on the wall and the importance of natural archives
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A Documentation of Thing-Thinking
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Education from Perón to Videla to now: how education policy and curricula shaped national consciousness in Argentina during three periods of leadership
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Following a new lead: Black women on the small screen
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Life under surveillance: an examination of surveillance capitalism, technology, and the reactions of the United States, the European Union, and China
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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.