On December 25, 1918, Edith Neele Gibbons, of Cleveland, Ohio, was aboard the S. S. Coronia en route to London.
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November 12, 2018Posted in: Special Collections
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October 29, 2018Posted in: Special CollectionsThis year is the 200th anniversary of the release of Mary Shelley’s classic Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.
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October 25, 2018Posted in: Special CollectionsDuring the month of October we celebrate National Archives Month! Often the profession of an archivist can seem ambiguous, since the role can entail varied duties and areas of expertise.
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October 19, 2018Posted in: WM LibrariesOctober 21 is the start of Open Access Week, that time every year when we salute all things open access. This year, W&M Libraries is focusing on Open Education Resources (OER), which are freely accessible, openly licensed text, media, and other digital assets that are useful for teaching, learning, and assessing as well as for research purposes.
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September 24, 2018Posted in: Student VoicesHey, fellow Swem-goers! My name is Alexis and I have been working at Swem Circulation for over a year now. I started out as an assistant, shelving and sorting from the books needed for final papers. Last year, I was able to help deliver books to professors all over campus. And as it turns out, books can bring more excitement when you get to drive them in a golf-cart, trying not to get stuck behind tour groups (otherwise known as flamingos).
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September 24, 2018Posted in: Special CollectionsRecently, Kim Sims, university archivist, and Christina Luers, archives collections specialist, had a unique opportunity to view scientific artifacts at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.
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September 20, 2018Posted in: Special CollectionsAugust 12-18th was the Society of American Archivist’s Annual Conference, held in Washington, D.C.
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September 19, 2018Posted in: Special CollectionsCruising for pleasure in 1926 was not quite the same as a cruise ship vacation ride today.
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August 10, 2018Posted in: Special CollectionsIn September 1931 William & Mary established a department of aeronautics.
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July 20, 2018Posted in: Student VoicesHello lovely people! My name is CeeCee and I’m a Student Associate in the Circulation department here at Swem.
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