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The Ghost of Edmund Mitchell

Posted May 28, 2019

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

"His Soul is Marching On": Artifacts from the Raid on Harpers Ferry

Posted January 17, 2018

<html><body>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

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.

Must Love Dogs: 11/11/18

Posted November 8, 2017

<html><body>In 1918, at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, an armistice was signed between the Allies and Germany, effectively ending World War I.

Mourning Lincoln

Posted September 27, 2017

<html><body>In reviewing boxes labeled as "unprocessed ephemera," a colleague and I came across something really cool. It is a tiny image of Abraham Lincoln framed i

John Marshall Letters Document Writing of George Washington's Biography

Posted August 30, 2017

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

"[T]o be published in the usual places": The proclamation of William & Mary as King and Queen

Posted July 5, 2017

<html><body>What is the difference between printing and publishing? This is perhaps something many of us don't think about, but there is a difference.