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Special Collections Blog Archive

Special Collections Blog Archive

  • Arthur Lee Philanthropos "Address to Virginia General Assembly"

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    At the close of the eighteenth century, a series of revolutions broke out throughout the Atlantic World.

  • January's Digitized-Collection-of-the-Month: Office of the Bursar Records

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    Great News!  The Office of the Bursar Records have been digitized and are available for researching, right from your computer.

  • "I seek only equality…"

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    From 1927-1947, Dr. Grace Warren Landrum served the William & Mary community as both Dean of Women and Professor of English. A graduate of the University of Chicago, Landrum completed her doctorate at Radcliffe College with a dissertation on Chaucer.

  • What's New in the Collections: Heritage Humane Society Scrapbooks

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    The holiday season is a season for gift giving for many.

  • Celebrating the Festival of Lights: New Donation

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    As the holiday season begins, we thought it appropriate to highlight a recent addition to our collection that coincides with the festivities of the season.

  • Hip Hop in the SCRC

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    William & Mary's Hip-Hop Collections features two unopened CD cases of "Urban Legend" by Richmond MC, JayQuan.

  • Recently Processed: Helen Rodgers Weber Letters

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    A good romantic love story has universal appeal.

  • Who's Susie?

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    As an archival processor in Swem's Special Collections Research Center, Mariaelena DiBenigno, PhD candidate, has been reading a lot about World War II.

  • Women in World War I: Preserving Humanity in History

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    On December 25, 1918, Edith Neele Gibbons, of Cleveland, Ohio, was aboard the S. S. Coronia en route to London.

  • The Resurrection of Frankenstein

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    This year is the 200th anniversary of the release of Mary Shelley's classic Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.

  • October is Archives Month!

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    During the month of October we celebrate National Archives Month! Often the profession of an archivist can seem ambiguous, since the role can entail varied duties and areas of expertise.

  • Lord Botetourt Coffin Plate Returns - Come See It!

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    This exhibit celebrates the return of Lord Botetourt's coffin plate to the University Archives and commemorates the anniversary of his death on October 15, 1770. This is the first time it has been exhibited on the William & Mary campus since 1956.

  • A 1926 Summer Cruise

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    Cruising for pleasure in 1926 was not quite the same as a cruise ship vacation ride today.

  • Special Collections Staff Participate in SAA

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    August 12-18 was the Society of American Archivist's Annual Conference, held in Washington, D.C. This year, two William & Mary staff members presented at the conference: Christina Luers, CA, Archives Collections Specialist for Special Collections Research Center, and Jay Gaidmore, Director of Special Collections. Their sessions were among 73 presentations at this year's conference that were selected from a record-setting 277 submitted proposals.

  • Sally Daingerfield's "Plastic" Photograph Album Cover from 1867

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    Recently, Kim Sims, university archivist, and Christina Luers, archives collections specialist, had a unique opportunity to view scientific artifacts at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.

  • W&M Flight School & the College Airport

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    In September 1931 William & Mary established a department of aeronautics.

  • A SCRC Volunteer's Exploration of Maps

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    I greeted my most recent assignment as a volunteer at the Special Collections Research Center enthusiastically.

  • Must Love Dogs: Royal Pooches

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    Last week, I had the opportunity to meet HRH Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester and show him some of the rich materials held in Special Collections.  I wanted to make sure to highlight the dog book collection, and I came across titles related to HRH's grandfather, King George V, as well as his first cousin, Queen Elizabeth II.  Of the ones I chose to display, the following titles are my favorites.

  • "[W]hy must I always suffer every misfortune which happens": An eyewitness account of revolution in the streets

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    The quotation in the title of this post is from a letter about an 1890 revolution in Buenos Aires known as The Revolution of the Park.

  • Must Love Dogs: E. J. Detmold

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    This month's "Must Love Dogs" blog series again focuses on an illustrator.