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Printing Anti-Spanish Propaganda for European Purposes
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<html><body><p>It may seem like Spanish empire in the Americas would have little to do with European politics, but we should not assume that the Atlantic world of the sixteenth an
Williamsburg before Williamsburg
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<html><body><p>William & Mary was founded before the City of Williamsburg, the former in 1693, the latter in 1699.
The ties that bind: How the decay of a binding shows its construction
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<html><body><p>Swem Library has a great many books in very bad bindings. Most modern books, for instance, are held together only by glue at the spine.
Remembering World War I
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<html><body><p>On April 6, 1917 the United States entered World War I, then known as the Great War.
The World Before QWERTY
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<html><body><p>Can you type without looking at the keyboard? This used to be a skill taught to people who wanted secretarial or clerical jobs.
Believable Lies
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<html><body><p>The island of Taiwan, once commonly known in the West by the Portuguese name of Formosa, has recently resurfaced in the news in connection with the One China policy
Propaganda and the Beginnings and End of Spanish America
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<html><body><p>The arrival of Europeans in the Americas was an event of global importance, and its effect on the people already living here was devastating.
Jennie's Search for "More to Life" in Maurice Sendak's "Higglety Pigglety Pop!"
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<html><body><p>Most of us, if we recognize the name Maurice Sendak, probably think of him as the man who wrote and illustrated the beloved children's book "Where the Wil
SCRC's Exhibition Now Open at the Muscarelle Museum of Art
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<html><body><p>On February 11 the exhibition, <a href="https://libraries.wm.edu/e
The Research Behind a Catalog Record: Map of Coal Lands in Raleigh County, West Virginia
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<html><body><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">An interesting old map, recently cataloged and made accessible in the Earl Gregg Swem Library Rare Books Collection
"Sea Fables Explained"
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<html><body><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Imagine, if you will, a creature with a lower body made of the skin and scales of a carp, a human-like upper body wi
"'Twas the Night Before Christmas"
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<html><body><p>Everyone knows these famous lines even if the rest of the poems escapes them. "A Visit from St.
Lasting Impressions: Printing from the Fifteenth Century to Today
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<html><body><p>In the basement of Swem Library is a room used mostly for storage. Along two walls are machines and wooden cases full of drawers.
100 Years of Student History
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<html><body><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you're a senior at the College, you may know the </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400
Art in the SCRC Collections
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<html><body><p style="text-align: left;">SCRC has an active instruction schedule during the academic year, as professors from all departments bring their students in to
Ramsey Stereograph Collection Grants the Illusion of a 3-Dimensional Trip through Time
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<html><body><p>This year Kelvin W.
The Library of Lady Jean Skipwith: "a small, but well-chosen library"
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<html><body><p>The recent acquisition of seven letters written by Sir Peyton Skipwith and one by Sir Gray Skipwith reveal what Sir Peyton thought of his wife Lady Jean's libr
The Library of St. George Tucker
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<html><body><p>Swem Library's Special Collections holds the library of St. George Tucker. The library has been described by Jill M. Coghlan ("The Library of St.
Recollections of Two Beloved Wives
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<html><body><p>Bishop William Meade graduated at the top of his class at Princeton.