Founder's Day
President James Monroe Taylor's grave at the Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery, visited by a contingent from Vassar on Founder's Day
President James Monroe Taylor's grave at the Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery, visited by a contingent from Vassar on Founder's Day
Song contest
Student dressed in costume at the faculty-student baseball game
Students performing as a minstrel band in blackface at the faculty-student baseball game
Faculty-student baseball game
Henry Noble MacCracken at the faculty-student baseball game
Professor Lucy Maynard Salmon's grave, Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery
Faculty-student baseball game. Sarah H. McLean (VC 1930) is playing catcher
Class of 1925 performing at the song contest
Student dressed as a pirate at the faculty-student baseball game
Song contest
Students in costume at the faculty-student baseball game
Faculty-student baseball game
Class of 1926 performing in the song contest
Students in costume for the Founder's Day parade
The students's team at the faculty-student baseball game
Class of 1927 at the song contest
Student dressed as a pirate at the faculty-student baseball game
Song contest
Faculty-student baseball game. Geology professor Thomas M. Hills is playing catcher
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
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.
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 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.