W&M Libraries Blog

Jamestown Island Civil War map with troop positions and encampments labelled
Posted on May 1, 2024

Has Special Collections acquired a Jamestown spy map from the Civil War era? Lindsay Bliss weighs in!

Previous Posts

Feb 2023

Jan 2023

  • Posted on January 23, 2023
    We are delighted to share about the work of Kate Conley, Professor of French & Francophone Studies and Chancellor Professor of Modern Languages & Literatures, who recently co-edited "So You Want to be a Dean? Pathways to Deanship."
  • Posted on January 4, 2023
    Dr. Stephen Sheehi (Sultan Qaboos bin Said Chair of Middle East Studies) co-authored with Lara Sheehi (George Washington University Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology) to publish "Psychoanalysis under occupation: practicing resistance in Palestine."

Dec 2022

Nov 2022

  • mountains by the ocean
    Posted on November 30, 2022
    William & Mary Libraries and the Dean of Arts & Sciences are pleased to provide funding to cover the registration costs for up to 5 faculty and graduate students interested in attending the Digital Humanities Summer Institute, June 5-9 (on-site at University of Victoria) and June  12-16, 2023 (online).
  • Posted on November 30, 2022
    The Provost's Office and William & Mary Libraries invite you to a Writers’ Retreat in Swem Library.  The purpose of the retreat is to give you uninterrupted time to work on a specific writing project, complete research, edit a manuscript or prepare a grant proposal.  The retreat will provide quiet space in Swem, along with food, beverages and (perhaps most importantly) STRUCTURE.
  • Posted on November 28, 2022
    Take a minute each day during final exams to recharge with these activities at Swem! All events will take place in the first-floor lobby area unless otherwise noted.
  • The Beggar Boys Thanksgiving, F.G. Weller No. 339, Littleton New Hampshire
    Posted on November 16, 2022
    Although National Thanksgivings were periodically proclaimed from Colonial times in America, Thanksgiving as a Holiday was not formally adopted until Abraham Lincoln declared a day of Thanksgiving in 1863.