W&M Libraries Blog

2017

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  Believable Lies

  Posted on March 29, 2017
  From the Special Collections Blog
  The island of Taiwan, once commonly known in the West by the Portuguese name of Formosa, has recently resurfaced in the news in connection with the One China policy. In the past it was also a subject of interest, although information coming from Taiwan itself was often scarce.
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  Propaganda and the Beginnings and End of Spanish America

  Posted on March 22, 2017
  From the Special Collections Blog
  The arrival of Europeans in the Americas was an event of global importance, and its effect on the people already living here was devastating. That is why in 1552 the Dominican friar Bartolomé de las Casas wrote a book that he called Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias, or A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies.
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  Jennie's Search for "More to Life" in Maurice Sendak's "Higglety Pigglety Pop!"

  Posted on March 16, 2017
  From the Special Collections Blog
  Most of us, if we recognize the name Maurice Sendak, probably think of him as the man who wrote and illustrated the beloved children’s book “Where the Wild Things Are,” published in 1963. Yet what some may not know is that Sendak wrote (and illustrated) much more than that one popular book.