Rest in Peace, Colonial Clifford C. Neilson. We are honored to have your combat diary in our collections.
Special Collections
May 2024
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May 7, 2024How frequent was student dueling at William & Mary in the 19th century? Amy Weitzman weighs in! -
May 1, 2024Has Special Collections acquired a Jamestown spy map from the Civil War era? Lindsay Bliss weighs in!
Jan 2024
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January 12, 2024The Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) of William & Mary Libraries is pleased to announce that it will award travel grants to faculty members, graduate students, and/or independent researchers to support research use of its collections. Writers, creative and performing artists, filmmakers, and journalists are welcome to apply.
Sep 2023
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September 14, 2023Hearth: Memorial to the Enslaved, the week of its dedication, May, 2022
Jun 2023
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June 29, 2023Photography was a rapidly changing profession in the mid-19th century. -
June 9, 2023The SCRC is now accepting applications for its 2023-2024 research travel grants.
Apr 2023
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April 28, 2023This post is written by one of our 2020-2021 Special Collections Research Travel Grant Recipients, Kevin James (University of Guelph). -
April 14, 2023On Tuesday, March 28, 2023, Special Collections Research Center was delighted to collaborate with Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in welcoming over 25 guests and staff of the American Indian Initiative.
Mar 2023
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March 31, 2023Bring your four-legged friends to a tail-wagging celebration of Special Collections’ Chapin-Horowitz Dog Book Collection, the second largest collection of books about dogs in the United States. We’re opening our Reading Room for a full day of literary exploration and activities, with librarians and archivists on hand for chin scritches and belly rubs.
Feb 2023
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February 20, 2023Black History Month can trace its roots back nearly a century, to the work of Dr. Carter G. Woodson, a historian of African American History.