By Jake Beardsley '21
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In the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd, protestors in Bristol toppled the statue of Edward Colston (1636-1721) in an act representative of an accelerated global reckoning with the legacies of enslavement and colonialism.
This February marks the annual celebration of Black History Month, officially recognized by President Gerald Ford as a period to "honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history."
Beatific. Sympathetic. Spiritually illuminated. An ecological, fresh-planet consciousness. So Beat writers Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac described their work, their art, their lives.
On January 18, 2021 our nation marks the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. On this day we honor his life and legacy as a civil rights leader. W&M Libraries provides access to a host of resources chronicling the life and legacy of Dr. King.
A common and complex practice within Tibetan Buddhism is the millenia-old, slow and careful creation of sand mandalas.
This summer, the Research Department at William & Mary Libraries reprised a workshop series for undergraduate researchers that we'd first held in Summer 2020 as a response to the pandemic. We built on the success of last year's series to offer greater variety, expanded topics, and more flexibility for students.
In this post, we introduce W&M Libraries' new digital archivist, Michelle Runyon!
With the turning of the seasons we at Special Collections look back on our histories of outdoor activities, and the community that can be found therein.
Tracy Melton '85, member of the William & Mary Libraries Board of Directors, reflects on the university's previous experience with pandemic. Melton is generously donating the journal that he is keeping during the global health crisis; the journal will be open to research in 2022.
In today's blog post, we introduce W&M Libraries' new oral historian!
Bill Cole ('70) shares the stories behind the names in Catherine Sheild's 20th-century Yorktown guest book.
As we reflect on the past thirty years of the Americans with Disabilities Act at W&M—and the even longer history of activism preceding it—now we ask: What might the next thirty years look like?
Did you know July is International Zine Month? To celebrate, Mosaic Fellow Shayna Gutcho introduces zines and their importance in our library.
In celebration of Pride Month, discover collections that highlight community and peer LGBTQ+ organizations.
Artist Jen Fisher documents the beauty of the everyday, and finding the silver linings in our new normal. Her artwork will become part of the Special Collections' archive of personal experiences and documentaries of the coronavirus pandemic.
Digitized manuscripts reveal the injustices of slavery, the hope for liberation, and opportunities to critically engage with the present.
The path to allyship is not easy; it is paved by unlearning practices, thoughts, and challenging those around you that hold onto racist ways. Changing our societal structure is not the mission of one person, but the mission of all of us.
Nature builds sharing into our DNA. Even the most cynical of us needs to be part of other people's lives by giving at least a bit of our selves. During a pandemic, however, sharing is not a good thing.
When the Libraries closed our buildings for safety reasons, students and faculty who rely on our print collections suddenly found themselves in a bind. Librarians jumped in to help our scholars make it through this difficult time.