The Miko and the Itako: The Role of Women in Contemporary Shinto Ritual
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Gaming Across the Divide: Racial Dynamics in e-Sports and the Changing Landscape of East-West Relations
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Designing Lysistrata: Reconciling Aristophanes and the Twenty-First Century Audience
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The Fires of September: The Lay of Mohamed and the Tragedy of the Two Towers
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The Original Storyteller: an Exploration of the Metanarrative Frame in Homer
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Listening Versus Skimming: What White Hip Hoppers at Vassar College Learn or Overlook When they Listen to Rap
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Music Scene Gentrification in the Lower East Side and Williamsburg
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Artistic Value in America: The Educational Significance of the Arts
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Architecture as Instruction: Paradigmatic Interventions in the Favelas of Rio de Janeiro
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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.