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New Exhibit, "Milestones: Superhero Comics by Black Writers, Artists, and Editors"

Posted February 15, 2022

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Strollin’: A History of Black Greek Letter Organizations at William & Mary

Posted February 1, 2022

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Outtakes, Known Unknowns, and a Problem with the Archive

Posted March 23, 2021

<html><body>Written by graduate student assistant, Erna Anderson. This exhibit is on view in the Swem Library lobby through April 1, 2021.

Flying Further: More Stories from the William & Mary Flight School

Posted June 3, 2019

<html><body>Recent visitors to Swem Library will have noticed a change in the exhibit facing the front entrance.

The Resurrection of Frankenstein

Posted October 29, 2018

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World War I in the Everyday Experience

Posted April 11, 2018

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Founders: The People Behind William & Mary

Posted February 14, 2018

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

The Dark Side of College Life

Posted February 1, 2018

<html><body>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

Christmas Behind the Scenes

Posted December 20, 2017

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The World Before QWERTY

Posted April 5, 2017

<html><body>Can you type without looking at the keyboard? This used to be a skill taught to people who wanted secretarial or clerical jobs.

SCRC's Exhibition Now Open at the Muscarelle Museum of Art

Posted February 15, 2017

<html><body>On February 11 the exhibition, <a href="https://libraries.wm.edu/e

Santa Claus descending a chimney with a full sack, sleigh with gifts on the rooftop.

"'Twas the Night Before Christmas"

Posted December 21, 2016

<html><body>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

Posted December 14, 2016

<html><body>In the basement of Swem Library is a room used mostly for storage. Along two walls are machines and wooden cases full of drawers.

The Library of Lady Jean Skipwith: "a small, but well-chosen library"

Posted October 10, 2016

<html><body>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

"Exceptional in Any Age": The Library of Lady Jean Skipwith

Posted March 16, 2016

<html><body>The Library of Congress's reconstruction of Thomas Jefferson's library now receives many visitors who wander through the remarkable library of a remarkabl