Bill Cole (’70) shares the stories behind the names in Catherine Sheild's 20th-century Yorktown guest book.
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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.
Apr 2019
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April 17, 2019It only took one tour of William & Mary for me to know that the College was for me. I remember that day fondly. -
April 8, 2019On a whiteboard in the lobby we asked, "Which book best captures your identity or culture?" Students gave us over 50 fantastic responses that highlighted the wonderful diversity in our community! -
April 3, 2019On February 28, 2019, the University of California System announced the end of its relationship with publishing giant Elsevier, when a deal between the two could not be met despite months of negotiation.
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. -
March 14, 2019W&M Libraries is lucky to have many talented student employees. Today's post will introduce Alicia Draper. -
March 14, 2019With February officially behind us, we say good-bye to that infamous holiday of love--Valentine’s Day. This year the Libraries celebrated Valentine’s Day with an event universally known (among libraries anyway) as Blind Date with a Book.
Feb 2019
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February 27, 2019Landrum passport, Grace Warren Landrum Papers -
February 21, 2019W&M Libraries is lucky to have many talented student employees. As a library student employee myself -- I am a Mosaic Diversity intern working in Swem Library's External Relations Office -- I decided to get to know miy fellow student assistants.