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Uncovering Royal Perspectives on Slavery, Empire, and the Rights of Colonial Subjects

King's College London Feed - January 21, 2019 - 3:13pm

By Brooke Newman Dr. Newman is Associate Professor of History and Associate Director of the Humanities Research Center at Virginia Commonwealth University. She was awarded an Omohundro Institute Georgian Papers Programme Fellowship in 2017. In 2017 I spent a month in the Royal Archives tracing how the Georgian monarchs responded to contemporary debates over the… Read More »

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New Georgian Papers Programme Fellowship Announced

King's College London Feed - January 14, 2019 - 7:19am

At the recent annual conference of the British Society of Eighteenth-Century Studies, it was announced that the Society is joining forces with King’s College London to sponsor a new fellowship in the Georgian Papers Programme which will be awarded for the first time in 2019. The British Society for Eighteenth Century Studies fellowship with the… Read More »

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Georgian Papers Programme Websites awarded British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Prize for Digital Resources 2019

King's College London Feed - January 11, 2019 - 7:00am

                          We are delighted to report that at the 48th annual conference of the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, held at St Hugh’s College Oxford 4-6 January 2019, it was announced that the Georgian Papers Programme’s websites had been awarded their prestigious prize… Read More »

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GEORGE III AND THE SEVENTY YEARS WAR, 1744–1815

King's College London Feed - January 3, 2019 - 5:46am

As we begin to publish the main body of George III’s correspondence, we hope to provide an appropriate context for those approaching this remarkable series for the first time, reflecting the main new approaches that historians have been taking in the years since the bulk of the scholarship on George’s role in the polity was… Read More »

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The 18th Century Materializes on Stage

King's College London Feed - December 20, 2018 - 6:28am

By Karin Wulf and Arthur Burns There is so much eighteenth century on view in the much acclaimed Nottingham Playhouse staging of Alan Bennett’s The Madness of  George III.  The Georgian Papers Programme had a wonderful opportunity to host lead actor Mark Gatiss at Windsor Castle to view some of the archival materials selected to… Read More »

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Visitors to the Presidents’ House

SLSC Blog - December 17, 2018 - 10:00am
Cover of President's Guestbook

Cover of President’s Guestbook

John Stewart Bryan was the nineteenth President of William & Mary, serving from 1934-1942.  On the event of his inauguration, his children presented him with a guestbook for use at the President’s House.  The guestbook’s cover is embossed with the college seal and titled “Guests of John Stewart Bryan at the College of William & Mary.”  Visitors from near and far passed through during Bryan’s years as President.  In addition to documenting individual visits, the guestbook also provides the signatures of folks who stopped by during specific events, including Charter Day, Homecoming, and the ceremony to reinter the remains of President Thomas R. Dew in the Wren crypt in April 1939.

Howard Chapin mentioned his collection of dog-related books in the margin where he signed his name.

Hope and Howard Chapin mentioned their collection of dog-related books at Special Collections next to their names.

The first person to sign the guestbook was President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, followed by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.  They attended the ceremonies to mark Bryan’s inauguration, and FDR received an honorary degree.

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The Roosevelts’ signatures.

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Quartet’s signatures and drawing.

Other recognizable signatures include Cary T. Grayson, John D. and Abby Rockefeller, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Frank Lloyd Wright.  Some visitors just signed their names, but others, such as Frank Lloyd Wright, provided additional inscriptions, or even drew out a partial music score – twice! – as did the Kedroff Quartet.

Quartet's signatures and drawing.

Quartet’s signatures and drawing.

Georgia O'Keeffe's signature.

Georgia O’Keeffe’s signature.

Frank Lloyd Wright's signature.

Frank Lloyd Wright’s signature.

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Musical Moments: Handel’s “Messiah,” Musical Patronage, and Princess Augusta

King's College London Feed - December 7, 2018 - 11:00am

Welcome back to our Georgian Goodies blog series, where we highlight interesting, fun, timely, or just nifty documents from the Georgian Papers Programme! Handel’s oratorio “Messiah” is staple of the Christmas season, and December inevitably brings about performances of this piece. However, George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), the composer, thought of the piece as one for… Read More »

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Illuminating the Virtuous King George III

King's College London Feed - December 3, 2018 - 3:22pm

Cassandra Good is an assistant professor of History at Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia. She was awarded an Omohundro Institute Georgian Papers Programme fellowship in 2017. Professor Good is currently working on a study of George Washington’s family in the late eighteenth and nineteenth century, examining how the next generation shaped the family’s public image… Read More »

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In God’s Hands: Inoculating the Royal Children against Smallpox

King's College London Feed - November 23, 2018 - 6:52am

In the second of our postings linked to the first release of medical materials among the Georgian Papers, Helen Esfandiary of King’s College London considers inoculation in the royal family. ‘Queen Charlotte (1744-1818) with members of her family’, Johan Zoffany, 1771-72; Royal Collection Trust 401004: the picture includes Ernest duke of Mecklenburg to left, Lady… Read More »

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The Madness of George III revisited – Sir Simon Wessely on George’s illness

King's College London Feed - November 20, 2018 - 9:54am

  Today, 20 November 2018, Britain’s National Theatre Live is screening a live relay of Alan Bennett’s now classic play, The Madness of George III from Nottingham Playhouse to cinemas across Britain, and in coming weeks the recording of that performance will also be shown in cinemas across the world (and not just in English-speaking… Read More »

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Fading in to the Archives: Queen Charlotte’s (Missing) Papers

King's College London Feed - November 15, 2018 - 8:25am

By Rachael Krier, Metadata Creator at the Royal Archives Who was Queen Charlotte? Wife of George III and mother to George IV (and many others) is only part of the answer. As with many queens in history, Queen Charlotte is often overshadowed by the larger personalities of her husband George III and her favourite son,… Read More »

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Behind the Scenes in the Chapel Royal: The Chapel Royal Memorandum Book

King's College London Feed - November 8, 2018 - 10:53am

Welcome back to our Georgian Goodies blog series, where we highlight interesting, fun, timely, or just nifty documents from the Georgian Papers Programme! What’s so special about the Chapel Royal? That phrase refers not to the building itself, but to the group of people responsible for running religious services for the monarch and their family.… Read More »

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Ghosts! In the Archives! We Thought You Ought to Know

King's College London Feed - October 22, 2018 - 10:15am

Welcome back to our Georgian Goodies blog series, where we highlight interesting, fun, timely, or just nifty documents from the Georgian Papers Programme! It’s almost Halloween! We may or may not have found some ghosts in the archives… but we shall leave the final determination about whether or not there are specters in the stacks… Read More »

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