Over the past eight weeks the presidential records interns for summer 2019 arranged and described the papers of William College’s ninth and tenth presidents, Tyler Dennett and James P. Baxter III. Though our primary goal was to make these papers accessible by standardizing titles, delineating the papers into series, and… Continue reading »
This exhibit features a selection of books from Schow which celebrate Apollo 11 and the astronauts who made history. Located in the display case outside of Schow Science Library. Continue reading »
A selection of materials from Williams Special Collections speak to the idealism of an inclusive franchise, as well as the factionalism the permeated the suffragist movement of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Continue reading »
This year’s reading will take place inside Sawyer Library. On July 4th the Chapin Library and the Williamstown Theatre Festival will once again mark Independence Day with readings of the Declaration of Independence and other American documents. Sawyer Library, 1:30 p.m., admission free. Actors (Priscilla Lopez, Warner Miller, Thomas Sadoski,… Continue reading »
We are pleased to announce the conversion of one set of multi-stall restrooms in the Sawyer Library to all-gender restrooms. We hope this small change contributes to making the libraries more inclusive and supportive of all members of the Williams community. Continue reading »
Stop by Sawyer Library's atrium and Schow Science Library to view recent creative and scholarly works by Williams faculty. Continue reading »
From palm-leaf manuscripts to Chinese handscrolls and Islamic codices, books have long served as vehicles of religious, cultural, and artistic expression in Asia. Owing both to their portability and status as vehicles of knowledge, books have acted as agents of exchange in the continent for centuries, spreading… Continue reading »
This exhibit commemorates the 15th Anniversary of the Latinx/a/o Studies Program as an academic unit at Williams. However, the roots of the program start decades before its institutionalization. Student activism was central in its implementation, and thus this exhibit also honors their consistent commitment to and struggles with the institution. Continue reading »
Spring 2019 intern Julia Callahan arranged and described two collections of personal papers in Special Collections. Housed in the College Archives, the Ezra Jones Peck correspondence comprises letters between Peck, a Williams 1851 graduate, and his Zeta Psi fraternity brothers. The second collection, in the Chapin Library, is the… Continue reading »
Harold Holzer, one of the leading historians of Abraham Lincoln and the political culture of the Civil War era, will speak at Williams College on Monday, April 29 about the life and work of American artist Daniel Chester French. Holzer recently published the biography Monument Man: The Life and Art… Continue reading »