W&M Libraries Blog

  • March 1, 2022
    Posted in: Faculty Scholarship
    Candice Benjes-Small, head of research and librarian to Kinesiology and Health Sciences, spoke to Assistant Professor Carrie Dolan about her recently published article, “Cost-effectiveness of paediatric surgery: An evaluation of World Paediatric Project surgical interventions in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.”
  • Green Lanterns Hal Jordan and John Stewart appear on the cover of Green Lantern 87
    February 16, 2022
    Posted in: Special Collections
    Altogether, William & Mary’s Richard Wright Collection of Graphic Images of African Americans holds more than 1,500 comics.
  • February 9, 2022
    Posted in: Faculty Scholarship
    Candice Benjes-Small, head of research and librarian to Kinesiology and Health Sciences, spoke to Assistant Professor Iyabo Obasanjo about her recently published article, “A Case Study of a Community Health Worker Program Located in Low-Income Housing in Richmond Virginia.”
  • February 3, 2022
    Posted in: Faculty Scholarship
    Instruction & Research Librarian Camille Andrews spoke to Dr. Joel S. Levine about his published book, "The Impact of Lunar Dust on Human Exploration."
  • A student holds a poster advertising Strollin’, on view in the Marshall Gallery at Special Collections in Swem Library.
    February 1, 2022
    Posted in: Special Collections
    Strollin’, a new exhibit on view in the Marshall Gallery (1st floor rotunda in Swem Library), brings together belongings from members of Black Greek-letter organizations (BLGOs) at William & Mary.
  • January 20, 2022
    Posted in: Special Collections
    I was late, to begin with. I hadn’t written about my time at the Swem Library’s Special Collections Research Center, within The Chapin-Horowitz Dog Book Collection. I kept promising myself—and others—that I would do it. The work was imminent. Forthcoming, shortly. About to arrive.
  • January 7, 2022
    Posted in: Faculty Scholarship
    Candice Benjes-Small, head of research and librarian to Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies, spoke to Dr. Jennifer Putzi about her recently published book, Fair Copy: Relational Poetics and Antebellum American Women's Poetry. 
  • Stereoview of Santa
    December 17, 2021
    Posted in: Special Collections
    The poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas” was first published in 1823 and attributed to Clement Clarke Moore as author in 1837.
  • Covers of zines created by William & Mary students
    November 12, 2021
    Posted in: Special Collections
    Belonging is an ongoing goal for our archives, and our aim is to have collections that support and reflect the research and interests of students, faculty, staff, and the world.
  • ca. 1872 stereoview of DoG street
    October 20, 2021
    Posted in: Special Collections
    I am old enough that several of the places that I have lived over the years have been torn down, including the house on South Boundary Street that I lived in for two years as a W&M student. To all those who wander up and down DoG Street: think about the street's very different appearance before Colonial Williamsburg and many buildings were removed during its development. The stereoview below shows a very familiar building (the powder magazine), which had a very different setting prior to CW.