In this post, we introduce the newest member of the External Relations team, Sarah Thompson!
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Oct 2013
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Posted on October 3, 2013In the world of archives, the topic of backlogs always comes up: Do you have one? How big is it? What are your plans to attack it?
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Posted on October 3, 2013Before starting work at the Special Collections Research Center, I assumed archives were repositories of serious things relating to very serious matters. There are most certainly serious documents which serve very important purposes, but there are just so many more things housed in the archives here. Many of these things
Sep 2013
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Posted on September 30, 2013Another semester is coming to an end at Swem Library’s Special Collections and student employees are getting ready for the hustle of the last few weeks of classes. It is my last semester working at Special Collections, and the year I have spent as a graduate apprentice here has gone by in the blink of an eye.
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Posted on September 26, 2013I have been researching, writing, and planning an exhibit on the Civil War Centennial to be displayed outside the Special Collections Research Center in the Nancy Marshall Gallery.
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Posted on September 26, 2013It might be an exaggeration to say that it’s been a dream of mine to work at a library, but I was pretty darn excited when I found out that I would be serving my graduate assistantship in Swem Library’s Special Collections Research Center.
Jan 2013
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Posted on January 6, 2013The generosity of Eloísa Cartonera and the relationship of Professor of Hispanic Studies Regina Root with this publishing cooperative has brought the book Nuevos Borders Argentinos : Antología Cartonera to the Rare Book Collection in Swem Library's Special Collections Research Center.
Dec 2012
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Posted on December 17, 2012
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Posted on December 1, 2012One of the cornerstones of the Swem Library'sSpecial Collections Research Center is its rare book collection.
Nov 2012
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Posted on November 28, 2012If you have ever seen the PBS series Antiques Roadshow, then you can understand what I do here.
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Posted on November 13, 2012In addition to an impressive archive of rare books, periodicals, photographs, and other physical documents, Swem Library'sSpecial Collections manages the W&M Digital Archive that includes both digitized versions of some parts of the physical archive (l