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Stereoviews and Culture: Santa and His Reindeer

Posted December 19, 2022

Last year when I wrote about Santa stereoviews, I stated that I did not know of any stereoviews that depicted reindeer. Now, I stand corrected.
Stereoviews and Culture: Thanksgiving

Posted November 16, 2022

Although National Thanksgivings were periodically proclaimed from Colonial times in America, Thanksgiving as a Holiday was not formally adopted until Abraham Lincoln declared a day of Thanksgiving in 1863.

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Charting Diverse Pathways

The First Three Asian Ancestry Women at W&M
Swem Entrance Gallery
January 25, 2023 to April 16, 2023

Charting Diverse Pathways explores the lives of the first three Asian ancestry women to attend William & Mary: Hatsuye Yamasaki Kajiwara ‘37, Margaret Lee Masters ‘45, and Beatrice Fujiwara Sakai ‘53.

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Posted January 25, 2023

FDOC classes are the best classes! So excited to welcome @mxdibe and @DrJajuan ’s Public Humanities at W&M course to explore some of our preserved student work over the years! @WMLibraries 💪📚 https://t.co/AO9aQ9Cwlf
Posted January 9, 2023

Swem Library, including Special Collections, will be closed on Thursday. We look forward to assisting you via email that day. https://t.co/65hE6Topix