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The Ghost of Edmund Mitchell

Posted May 28, 2019

<html><body> Written by Tracy Melton '85.

Basque in the Archives

Posted November 22, 2017

<html><body>Down in the belly of Special Collections sits a mysterious blue velvet box.

Family Donates Civil War Diary of Henry Alexander Scandrett

Posted November 13, 2017

<html><body>This past spring Sharon Summers, Charles W. Scandrett, Janet S. Hunt, Barbara J. Kaufman, and Sandra S.

Processing Reveals Trading Cards of Decades Past

Posted October 25, 2017

<html><body>As a child of the 90's, I'm pretty familiar with trading cards.

John Marshall Letters Document Writing of George Washington's Biography

Posted August 30, 2017

<html><body>In December 2016, David B.

"From my hand": A letter written by King William III enters Swem Library Special Collections

Posted June 14, 2017

Printing Anti-Spanish Propaganda for European Purposes

Posted May 31, 2017

<html><body>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

Believable Lies

Posted March 29, 2017

<html><body>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

Posted March 22, 2017

<html><body>The arrival of Europeans in the Americas was an event of global importance, and its effect on the people already living here was devastating.

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

Ramsey Stereograph Collection Grants the Illusion of a 3-Dimensional Trip through Time

Posted October 19, 2016

<html><body>This year Kelvin W.

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

A Rebel's Book of Napoleon

Posted March 9, 2016

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Get to Know Cuban Artists' Books with Ediciones Vigía

Posted October 28, 2015

Web Archiving at W & M

Posted October 8, 2015

<html><body>Have you ever found an old website with the <a href="https://archive.org/web/" target="_blank&

Teamwork: Saving History the William & Mary Way

Posted September 23, 2015

<html><body>In 1997, William & Mary purchased property on Ironbound Road from a prominent African American couple, Charles E. (d. 2001) and Zelda DeBerry Gary (d.