The earliest poster for an athletic event in the Special Collections Research Center, on display in this exhibit, is for the football team from 1926. Records about sports and athletic teams at the university from earlier and to the present in a variety of other formats are also available in the collection. Posters such as these are not only visually interesting and trace printing and advertising in the 20th century, but may also serve as rich sources of information about students and university life as well as other College of William and Mary, local, and world events. The posters on display come from among the over 1,700 in the University Archives Poster Collection.The Special Collections Research Center actively collects material in a variety of formats from students and university departments. We encourage students and organizations to consider donating material to ensure that future students and researchers have access to these rich sources of information about life at William and Mary. Visit or contact the Special Collections Research Center for more information. Images of the posters in this exhibit are available from the department's Flickr page.

Curator: Amy Schindler, University Archivist; Exhibit design and installation: Chandi Singer, Burger Archives Assistant.