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All Aboard! Tourist Manuscripts at the Special Collections Research Center
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Cooking by the Book: Mary Randolph's The Virginia Housewife
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Travel Grant Recipient Research Report: Russell Hooper
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"I seek only equality…"
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Who's Susie?
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"[W]hy must I always suffer every misfortune which happens": An eyewitness account of revolution in the streets
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<html><body><p>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.
"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
Basque in the Archives
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<html><body><p>Down in the belly of Special Collections sits a mysterious blue velvet box.
Family Donates Civil War Diary of Henry Alexander Scandrett
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<html><body><p>This past spring Sharon Summers, Charles W. Scandrett, Janet S. Hunt, Barbara J. Kaufman, and Sandra S.
John Marshall Letters Document Writing of George Washington's Biography
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<html><body><p>In December 2016, David B.
"[T]o be published in the usual places": The proclamation of William & Mary as King and Queen
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<html><body><p>What is the difference between printing and publishing? This is perhaps something many of us don't think about, but there is a difference.
"From my hand": A letter written by King William III enters Swem Library Special Collections
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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.
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 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
A Sculptor's Sketches
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<html><body><p>While his family was busy with operating the Eastern State Hospital in Williamsburg, Norfolk-born Alexander Galt, Jr. (1827-1863) possessed artistic aspirations.
Remembering the 1918 Earthquake and Tsunami in Puerto Rico
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<html><body><p style="text-align: left;">On October 11, 1918, an 7.5 magnitude earthquake shook the homes of residents in <a href="
First Woman in the British Parliament
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<html><body><p>Just as Great Britain is on the eve of having its first woman prime minister to serve since Margaret, Lady Thatcher stepped down in 1990, Swem Library's Specia
Scrapbooks of a Young Theater Fan
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<html><body><p>Alma Mae Clarke Fontaine (1909-1999) loved the theater.