Women, islam, and the state in Pakistan
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The missing link: a century-long story of public transit infrastructure in Boston
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Why don't Americans vote?: a study of modern challenges to the would-be voter
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Constructing identity in East Berlin: housing, identity, and power in the GDR
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Multi-species worlding on a toxic planet and other stories for earthly survival: a paper and some posters
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Placing (in)justice: a reassertion of urbanism in the age of mass incarceration
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Deep in the heart of Texas: analyzing spatial contestation using perspectives on urban farming in Austin
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Not all trees are timber: looking past the ontology of American homeownership through the lens of Detroit
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Rucksack revolution: long-distance hiking as an ecological resistance movement
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Nothing about us without us: the politics of race and compassion in heroin epidemics
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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
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