A resource primarily intended to be heard
To commemorate the passing of Elizabeth Eisenstein (VC'46) last month we will re-air our 2014 interview with her about her last book Divine Art, Infernal Machine: The Reception of Printing in the West (U Penn 2011). "Eisenstein's research is impressive, reaching far and wide across languages and
Vassar College President Elizabeth H. Bradley talks about the book she co-authored with Lauren A. Taylor entitled, The American Health Care Paradox: Why Spending More is Getting Us Less, published by Public Affairs Press in 2013. "In The American Health Care Paradox, Bradley and Taylor illuminate
Ellen Condiffe Lagemann, Levy Institute Research Professor at Bard College and Distinguished Fellow in the Bard Prison Initiative, discusses her book Liberating Minds: The Case for College in Prison (New Press, 2017) in the next installment of our series on The Role of the Liberal Arts in
Emily S. Warner, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art at Vassar College, talks about the exhibition she composed with her students in Art 385, Surveys and Souvenirs: American World's Fairs 1876-1939, on view in the Vassar College Art Library March 12-June 29, 2018. "Sell the cookstove if necessary,"
Emily Sheketoff, Associate Executive Director of the American Library Association and head of the Washington Office of the ALA, talks about the important public policy issue of Network Neutrality and the threat that AT&T, Verizon, and other corporate media giants pose to equal access to information
Eve D'Ambra, art historian and Professor of Art at Vassar College, talks about the subject of her new book, Roman Women, published this year by Cambridge University Press.
Vassar Associate Professor of English Eve Dunbar discusses African American writers abroad and her book Black Regions of the Imagination: African American Writers Between the Nation and the World, published this year by Temple University Press. Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Wright, James Baldwin, and
Field of study: sociology; current occupation: sex educator. Founder, PleasureMechanics.com; founder, Squirm Magazine, Vassar College (1999). This interview was conducted as part of Spring 2013 Women's Studies Class (WMST 219), "Queering the Archives.",Items are presented in accordance with the
Field of study: neuroscience and behavior. Current occupation: Freshkills Park Manager for Science and Research Development, Freshkills Park, Staten Island, N.Y. Born and raised on Long Island, lived in San Francisco briefly after Vassar College, moved to Brooklyn. Keywords: LGBTQ; oral history
Field of study: neuroscience and behavior. Current occupation: Freshkills Park Manager for Science and Research Development, Freshkills Park, Staten Island, N.Y. Born and raised on Long Island, lived in San Francisco briefly after Vassar College, moved to Brooklyn. Keywords: LGBTQ;oral history
Field of study: neuroscience and behavior. Current occupation: Freshkills Park Manager for Science and Research Development. Born and raised on Long Island; lived in San Francisco briefly after Vassar; moved to Brooklyn. Keywords: LGBTQ; oral history; queer; Long Island; San Francisco; Colgate
Librarians and information advocates Jim A. Jacobs (UCSD) and James R. Jacobs (Stanford University) talk about their organization, Free Government Information and their efforts to raise all Congressional, Executive & Judicial Branch information, publications and data, including current fee-based
Geoffrey C. Bowker, Regis and Dianne McKenna Professor and Executive Director of the Center for Science, Technology, and Society at Santa Clara University, discusses his book, Memory Practices in the Sciences, winner of the 2007 Ludwig Fleck Prize of the Society for Social Studies and Science, and
Eugenio Giusti grew up in Lucca, Italy and was active in gay liberation efforts in Italy. \n Went to school at the University of Florence, Italy; received his Ph.D. in Italian Medieval Literature from New York University in 1999. \n He has published several articles on Giovanni Boccaccio's
Art historian, editor, and publisher Gloria Kury (VC '65) talks about art history, literature, education, and the fabrication of the Renaissance in the 19th century and her book When Giorgione Died: A Rebuildungsroman in Two Volumes (Periscope, 2016). "A memory book with a fierce verve for piercing
In the first of a series of episodes to be aired this season devoted to the value and uses of the liberal arts and liberal arts education in contemporary society, Grace G. Roosevelt, intellectual historian and Associate Professor of History and Education at Metropolitan College of New York, returns
Grace Roosevelt, Professor of History and Education at Metropolitan College of New York and author of Reading Rousseau in the Nuclear Age, talks about the history of the liberal arts curriculum, the encroachment of market forces on higher education, and the relation between liberal education and
Born in Albany, New York; moved to North Carolina at 8 years old; move back to Albany at 11 years old; moved to Kennesaw, Georgia at 14 years old; graduated from Vassar in 2013; went back to Albany after graduation. Current occupation: Artist.
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.