In commemoration of First-Generation College Celebration Day this display features books by and about prominent figures who also identify as first-generation students. Located in Sawyer Library's Lippmann Atrium. Continue reading »
Five lovely pastel portraits by Daniel Chester French (1850–1931) are on display through December in the Steven Schow ’81 Gallery (Sawyer 455), Monday through Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. They are only a few of nearly 350 drawings, paintings, and prints given to the Chapin Library… Continue reading »
This new exhibit features books that display the strange, out of the ordinary, and bizarre creatures and phenomena in science. Demogorgons not included. Located in the display case outside of Schow Science Library. Continue reading »
November 2 2018, beginning at 8:30am. ProShred, a professional confidential disposition company, will shred (on-site at the Library Shelving Facility) records in need of destruction. If you have materials to shred, see full post for details. Continue reading »
Food is ubiquitous but such a meaningful part of our lives. Williams Foodways presents photographs, letters, menus, yearbooks and account books to uncover what we ate, where it came from, where we ate and with whom from the 1790s to the present. Come experience salmon wiggle on rusk as well… Continue reading »
Since we launched the new library catalog in July 2016, we’ve been gathering feedback from users about what works, and what doesn’t. In response to what doesn’t work, we’ve made a number of enhancements to improve the user experience. Visit our catalog enhancements page to see what we’ve… Continue reading »
Join us at Schow Science Library room 027 on Thursday, September 12th. We will stream the live webcast of the 2019 Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony. Enjoy free popcorn and beverages. Improbable Research’s goal is to make people LAUGH, then THINK. They also hope to spur people’s curiosity, and to raise… Continue reading »
A World of Comparisons documents European efforts to make sense of the diversity of humankind during the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries. Writing in a wide variety of genres, from dictionaries and grammars to histories, geographies, travel accounts, and costume books, Europeans sought to understand other people… Continue reading »
As one of the two presidential records interns for summer 2019, Jean Kim arranged and described the papers of Williams president James P. Baxter III. Following Tyler Dennett’s three-year presidency, Baxter became the tenth president of the college in 1937 and served for twenty-four years until 1961. The various correspondence,… Continue reading »
Companion exhibit to Exit West, the 2019 Williams Reads book. Designed by Research Services Summer Student Nasir Grissom, the display is organized around three central themes in the book: nativism, imaginary borders, and connection . Read the Curator's Statement Copies of Exit West are available at Sawyer Library, Schow Library and the Williams bookstore. Continue reading »