The Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) of William & Mary Libraries is pleased to announce that it will award travel grants to faculty members, graduate students, and/or independent researchers to support research use of its collections. Writers, creative and performing artists, filmmakers, and journalists are welcome to apply.
Special Collections
Posted on January 12, 2024
Dec 2019
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December 5, 2019Derek Vouri-Richard explores the history of New York media in this year's exhibition of the Nancy H. Marshall Collection.
Nov 2019
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November 22, 2019Jenna Hershberger discusses our lantern slides of Mount Vernon and their importance in the archaeological and architectural research of the famed George Washington home. -
November 20, 2019Shayna Gutcho explains the importance of Transgender Day of Remembrance and shares some trans narratives available at SCRC. -
November 14, 2019Brielle Popolla compares an early twentieth-century travel account to a trip of her own. -
November 8, 2019Alissa “Ali” Zawoyski is William & Mary Libraries’ new University Archivist! -
November 5, 2019Learn more about the history of Ultimate Frisbee at W&M and how you can help make a lasting home for this sport in the archive!
Oct 2019
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October 23, 2019One book can tell several different histories. Learn more about the journey of a book that was stolen and later returned to the William & Mary library. -
October 16, 2019An inside look into reclassifying and describing an early geography of the world with woodcut maps, portraits, diagrams, and other illustrations that depict the world as it was known in 1628. -
October 2, 2019Jenna Hershberger explores the omnipresent moon imagery in a recent acquisition, the Josephine W. Shinholser Collection of Sheet Music.
Sep 2019
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September 24, 2019In honor of Banned Books Week, Ute Schechter explores censorship and early modern science through an investigation of a clandestine edition of Galileo's Dialogo.