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Library Trick-or-Treat and Open House

October 29, 5-7pm

Calling all ghosts and goblins! Trick-or-treat your way through all four floors of Swem Library, then stop by the Special Collections Research Center for refreshments and an open house featuring some of their eeriest, most bizarre, and spine-tingling items from the collections. Costumes are welcome and face painting will be available in the library lobby. Free and open to the public!

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Black Women's Diaries Project Launch

November 6, 3-6pm

Join us for the launch of the Black Women's Diaries Project, founded by Dr. Jennifer Putzi, W&M Libraries 2024 Faculty Scholar and Sara and Jess Cloud Professor of English & Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies. From 3-5pm in the MacKenzie Theatre, the project team will introduce the project and our brand-new website and host a panel with our student research team. From 5-6pm, join us for a reception in the Swem Lobby. More information and registration

The World of Publishing Webinar Series - Business of Being an Author

World of Publishing Webinar Series, Nov. 4 at noon

The Business of Being an Author

Join W&M Writer-in-Residence Sadeqa Johnson in an online conversation about the business of being an author with Cherise Fisher, Vice President of Wendy Sherman Associates, and Rachel Kahan, Vice President/Executive Editor at William Morrow. Register to receive the Zoom link

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In Perpetual Union

Commemorating the Original 13 States

On Display: July 1, 2026 - January 15, 2027