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  • Founders: The People Behind William & Mary

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    <html><body><p>This year's Charter Day marked the 325th anniversary of the founding of William &amp; Mary by William III and Mary II, the first and (to date) only joint-m

  • The Dark Side of College Life

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    <html><body><p>In my everlasting search for materials relating to African Americans in Special Collections, I was pointed to the 1921 edition of the Colonial Echo. Within its worn

  • "His Soul is Marching On": Artifacts from the Raid on Harpers Ferry

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    <html><body><p>On the night of Sunday October 16, 1859, twenty-three men emerged from the woods surrounding the town of Harpers Ferry, which sits at the confluence of the Potomac

  • Mourning Lincoln

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    <html><body><p>In reviewing boxes labeled as "unprocessed ephemera," a colleague and I came across something really cool.  It is a tiny image of Abraham Lincoln framed i

  • From One Box to Another

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