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.
Special Collections
Jun 2019
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June 3, 2019Recent visitors to Swem Library will have noticed a change in the exhibit facing the front entrance.
May 2019
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May 28, 2019A daguerreotype of a young Baltimore merchant, the first victim of a bitter, homicidal political era, resides in the Special Collections Research Center in Swem Library—a ghostly message from the past. -
May 14, 2019The Reverend Curtis W. Harris is best known for his role in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), the Civil Rights organization founded by Martin Luther King, Jr., though he has not been studied closely by historians.
Mar 2019
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March 27, 2019A broadside for the performance of a traveling minstrel show, advertising “an evening of singing, dancing, music, and jokes,” caught the attention of a student in the Special Collections Reading Room this past week.
Feb 2019
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February 27, 2019Landrum passport, Grace Warren Landrum Papers -
February 1, 2019At the close of the eighteenth century, a series of revolutions broke out throughout the Atlantic World.
Jan 2019
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January 15, 2019Great News! The Office of the Bursar Records have been digitized and are available for researching, right from your computer. -
January 11, 2019The holiday season is a season for gift giving for many.
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.