Has Special Collections acquired a Jamestown spy map from the Civil War era? Lindsay Bliss weighs in!
Special Collections
Dec 2018
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December 10, 2018As the holiday season begins, we thought it appropriate to highlight a recent addition to our collection that coincides with the festivities of the season. -
December 6, 2018William & Mary’s Hip-Hop Collections features two unopened CD cases of “Urban Legend” by Richmond MC, JayQuan. -
December 5, 2018A good romantic love story has universal appeal. -
December 4, 2018As an archival processor in Swem’s Special Collections Research Center, Mariaelena DiBenigno, PhD candidate, has been reading a lot about World War II.
Nov 2018
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November 12, 2018On December 25, 1918, Edith Neele Gibbons, of Cleveland, Ohio, was aboard the S. S. Coronia en route to London.
Oct 2018
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October 29, 2018This year is the 200th anniversary of the release of Mary Shelley’s classic Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. -
October 25, 2018During the month of October we celebrate National Archives Month! Often the profession of an archivist can seem ambiguous, since the role can entail varied duties and areas of expertise. -
October 11, 2018This exhibit celebrates the return of Lord Botetourt's coffin plate to the University Archives and commemorates the anniversary of his death on October 15, 1770. This is the first time it has been exhibited on the William & Mary campus since 1956.
Sep 2018
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September 24, 2018Recently, Kim Sims, university archivist, and Christina Luers, archives collections specialist, had a unique opportunity to view scientific artifacts at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. -
September 20, 2018August 12-18th was the Society of American Archivist’s Annual Conference, held in Washington, D.C.