The journey's not over: a veteran's homecoming in The Odyssey and Ulee's Gold
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Redefining Medea's magic and power in Ovidian poetry
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The death of American homes: A consideration of everyday objects, ritual, and emotions at the estate sale
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Black birthing mothers: the historical context and potential benefits of midwifery-based care
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How communication evolved: reflections on the evolution process of an in silico embodied robotic system
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Case studies on contemporary Asian migration, diaspora, and community building practices in Montana
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Does social capital compound moral hazard? evidence from Naloxone access
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Investigation of optimal receptive field size for maximizing mutual information and increasing learning efficiency
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The link between body and behavior: A new way to quantify morphological computation with variations in the snake morphology
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Assessing the arterials: environmental impacts and injustice along Poughkeepsie's east-west arterial roads
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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.