The impact of environmental regulations on the West Virginia coal economy: assessing the "coal means jobs" mantra and the prospect of deregulation
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Embodying American rituals: a corporeal understanding of cultural production
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Representations and belonging: a brief study of the social contexts of museums in Samoa and Fiji
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Dziedot Dzimu, Dziedot Augu: Latvian identity through folk poetry and choral music during the Soviet era
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Windows, mirrors, and tables: methodologies and theories of anthropological photography
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From archetypes to actors: the impact of the repatriation movement on museum displays of Native America
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Let women live: (dis)ability at work in Mexican maquiladoras
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With not for: community design in Murphy Park
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The city and the citizen: shifts in Argentine national identity through the contested spatial production of Buenos Aires 1880-1955
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Reconsidering bus shelters: design interventions for public space
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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.