Through the eyes of time
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Poetics of the flesh: the rearticulation and recuperation of the black body
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"Raw with the shame that I'd tried to be like the rest and couldn't": sexual control of immigrant girls in public schools and in literature in early twentieth century America
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Stand up comedy, narrative, and pain; a case study: Homecoming King
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Conservation in conflict: an assessment of plurality in environmental management
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Taking the poet's part: Sulpicia's elegy
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"The Seattle way": urban governance before and during Amazon's boom
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It's happened a thousand times before: the process of adapting Ariadne - a new musical
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Commodity, conservation, and nation building: the orchid and the Singaporean identity.
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Love, rape, and godly metamorphosis: gender mutability in ancient Roman and Early Modern English literature
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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.