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 <a href="https://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Royal_Charter">Royal Charter</a> in the…
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…
On Display: November 1, 2009 - January 30, 2010
Location: Read & Relax
Most people today know 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 years ago…
On Display: October 16 - November 30, 2009
Location: Read & Relax
The first Homecoming celebration at William & Mary took place on October 23, 1926. It featured dances and a football game against George Washington University, in which the Tribe prevailed 14-0. This…
On Display: June 1 - October 15, 2009
Location: Read & Relax
Swem Library has recently mounted an exhibit to honor Will F. Jenkins, whom the General Assembly honored by resolution in February declaring June 27, 2009, Will F. Jenkins Day in Virginia. William…
On Display: April 1 - August 31, 2009
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: April 1 - August 31, 2009
Location: Marshall Gallery, 1st Floor Rotunda
Mass meetings demanding that Williamsburg’s city government spend more? Unionized workers striking? Bruton Parish’s rector and William & Mary’s president quarreling over racial equality? All this…
On Display: January 15 - June 30, 2009
Location: Read & Relax
In September 1918, the first class of women enrolled at William & Mary making it the first state-supported four-year college in Virginia to admit women. The decision to make the College co-ed was met…
On Display: January 1 - June 30, 2009
Location: 3rd Floor Rotunda Gallery
The earliest posters from the Department of Theatre, Speech, and Dance in the Special Collections Research Center are from the 1920s and continue to the present. All posters on display are from the…
On Display: January 1 - March 31, 2009
Location: One flat case near the front door of Swem Library
In honor of William & Mary's annual Charter Day Ceremony on February 7, 2009, an exhibit case of material was available for viewing near the entrance to Swem Library. Items on display included the…
On Display: January 16 - February 28, 2009
Location: One flat case near the front door of Swem Library
As the United States celebrated the 56th formal inauguration of a president, the smooth transition of power in this republic is notable. In early 1801, the nation breathed a sigh of relief when John…