On Display: April 28 - December 4, 2011
Location: 3rd Floor Rotunda Gallery
During the Jim Crow Era, law and custom in this country dictated racial segregation, and Jim Crow provided blacks a mirror through which to see themselves—as lazy, shiftless, womanizing drunks or…
On Display: May 5 - November 28, 2011
Location: Read & Relax
The first issue of The Flat Hat was printed on October 3, 1911. Its name was derived from a secret society, dating back to 1750, nicknamed the “Flat Hat Club.” This club claimed Thomas Jefferson as a…
On Display: March 16 - October 23, 2011
Location: Marshall Gallery, 1st Floor Rotunda
The end of the Civil War brought the passage of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution. Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) made “separate but equal” the law of the land. Materials in the…
On Display: March 22 - October 11, 2011
Location: Flat case near the Brown Board Room and Library Administration, 3rd Floor
This year marks the 250th Anniversary of Thomas Jefferson attending William & Mary. In 1760, Jefferson set off from his rural estate in Albemarle County, Virginia to Williamsburg in order to further…
On Display: April 1 - September 30, 2011
Location: Marshall Gallery, 1st Floor Rotunda
The Civil War and the years leading up to it are among the most studied periods in American history. Many of the interpretations of the coming of the War may be grouped into one of two major schools…
On Display: March 1 - September 30, 2011
Location: Special Collections Lobby
The history of slavery at William & Mary is almost as old as the university itself. William & Mary owned slaves on its plantation at Nottoway Quarter, leased land to farmers, had slaves cut wood and…
On Display: October 15, 2010 - September 8, 2011
Location: Kaplan Arena
The first gymnasium at William & Mary was the "old gym," which opened in 1900 and served the campus' athletic needs for over two decades before the opening of Blow Gym in 1925. This exhibit marks the…
On Display: January 25 - April 20, 2011
Location: Read & Relax
Founded on December 3, 1991, FASA- the Filipino-American Student Association at William & Mary - is celebrating its 20th anniversary as a student organization in 2011. Since its inception, FASA has…
On Display: January 25 - April 20, 2011
Location: Read & Relax
The Mu Upsilon Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. at William & Mary was chartered on February 7, 1976. Members of Mu Upsilon will mark their 35th anniversary in 2011 during Charter Day…
On Display: October 15, 2010 - March 22, 2011
Location: Flat case near the Brown Board Room and Library Administration, 3rd Floor
Since opening, Swem Library has undergone several rounds of renovations and additions, continuing to meet the evolving demands of its public. A 2010 Princeton Review survey even ranked Swem as the…
On Display: February 19 - 21, 2011
Location: School of Education, First Floor Exhibit Space
This exhibit includes original documents and reproductions of documents from the Special Collections Research about the Indian School at William & Mary In conjunction with the Virginia Indian Nations…
On Display: November 23, 2010 - February 7, 2011
Location: Marshall Gallery, 1st Floor Rotunda
Most people today know Clement Clarke Moore’s enchanting tale of the mysterious Christmas Eve visitor, St. Nicholas. Moore, a noted theologian and biblical scholar, wrote this classic more than 180…
On Display: February 4 - 5, 2011
Location: Special Collections Lobby
Charter Day weekend at William & Mary will include a special display of the university’s oldest copies of the Royal Charter in the Earl Gregg Swem Library’s Special Collections Research Center.
On Display: October 2, 2010 - January 5, 2011
Location: Read & Relax
The Flat Hat celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. The Flat Hat has been William & Mary’s student newspaper since the first issue on October 3, 1911. It covers the College and the surrounding…
On Display: April 14 - October 29, 2010
Location: 3rd Floor Rotunda Gallery
From William & Mary's own Nottoway Quarter tobacco, to the Tau Chi Literary Society's "large and curious smoking pipe," a cigarette holder decorated with (near-mascot) pugs, to a musical ashtray in…
On Display: February 1 - September 30, 2010
Location: Kaplan Arena
This exhibits highlights Tribe teams from the 1970s-2000s including men's gymnastics, football, men's and women's soccer, volleyball, and swimming & diving. On display are posters, programs, news…
On Display: March 1 - June 4, 2010
Location: Front lobby flat case
The annual Commencement exhibit marks the tradition of exercises for graduates of William & Mary first held in 1700 and the awarding of honorary degrees. Honorary degrees were granted by the College…
On Display: January 27 - April 7, 2010
Location: Read & Relax
This exhibit commemorates Black History month with a look at the evolution of African American student life at William & Mary. On March 22, 1951, Hulon Willis became the first African American…
On Display: January 21 - March 30, 2010
Location: One flat case near the front door of Swem Library
In honor of William & Mary's annual Charter Day Ceremony on February 6, 2010, an exhibit case of original material and reproductions is on display at the entrance to Swem Library. Items on exhibit…
On Display: September 18, 2009 - February 8, 2010
Location: Marshall Gallery, 1st Floor Rotunda
A proposal to build a gymnasium on the second floor of the Wren Building? A swimming pool in the basement of the women’s dormitory? Basketball at William & Mary Hall without heat? Stadium expansion…