Library buildings, all departments and services are closed. The library catalog and the e-resources/databases remain available. To access the databases or the full-content of online resources, you need login to your library account and/or the proxy server. For instructions, go to Researching Off Campus. Continue reading »
The Paul Whiteman Collection is currently estimated to be 582 linear feet. Taken all at once, processing such a collection would be a daunting and seemingly impossible task. In fact, the collection is so large (it contains not only paper files, but also a door and a small piano--more on these artifacts later), that it cannot be housed in a single location. Continue reading »
A small display of original art for Christmas and the winter season painted by Pauline Baynes is on view through December in the Special Collections Instruction Gallery, Sawyer Room 408, Monday through Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Baynes (1922–2008), a prolific artist and designer, is best known as the… Continue reading »
Paul Whiteman was a Denver-born musician turned international showman. His career in the entertainment industry lasted more than fifty years, and he cultivated relationships with artists from George Gershwin to Bix Beiderbecke and Bing Crosby. Whiteman’s outsized presence and natural charisma won him fans of all ages in arenas from concert halls to radio broadcasts and the silver screen. Continue reading »
Students in Michael Lewis’s Modern Architecture course (ARTH 262) have written labels for a small exhibition on Frank Lloyd Wright now in the Special Collections Instruction Gallery (Sawyer 408), complementing the Wright exhibition currently in the Chapin Gallery. The student display, an exercise in how to concentrate art historical analysis,… Continue reading »
Special Collections welcomes Remy Gates as our Simmons Archives Management intern for the Fall semester. Remy is currently enrolled in the Simmons College Masters Program in Library and Information Science, with a concentration in Cultural Heritage Informatics. He is a 2016 graduate of Williams College with a degree in Japanese. Continue reading »
Visit Sawyer Library to view a display in celebration of Latinx Heritage Month. The display highlights recent and upcoming events at Williams, supplemented by relevant library materials. Continue reading »
Special Collections is delighted to welcome a new Project Archivist to the staff, Laurel Rhame. Laurel comes to Williams by way of The Morton Arboretum, located in Lisle, Illinois. Continue reading »
Created by Christine Tamir ’18, the display features Sawyer Library materials depicting the major themes from Antigone in Ferguson: tragedy, race-based violence, the interaction between citizens and the law, and the sentiments surrounding those themes. The display is organized in three sections: the classic Greek tragedy, the political climate, and… Continue reading »
The Antigone of Sophocles is being discussed in multiple venues on the Williams campus this semester. The Antigone Project, a course in comparative literature and theater, explores the richness and meaning of the play by understanding it as a performance, social practice, text, translation, and adaptation. On Saturday September 30,… Continue reading »