Swem Special Collections Research Center

Join us TODAY from 12-4pm for our Lunar New Year Open House! We'll have coloring pages & activities, as well as selections on display related to Asian American history @williamandmary. Co-sponsored by KASA, CSO, & VSA! @WMDiversity @WMLibraries

The SCRC will begin accepting applications for the 2025-2026 round of Research Travel Grants on April 1. Read more about this program and the application process on our website. libraries.wm.edu/scrc/research/…

Join us TODAY from 2-5pm for a Science Open House, curated by Special Collections Student Assistant, Paul Johnson, and featuring materials related to various branches of science, including our 1st edition of Isaac Newton's Principia! We will have refreshments. @WMLibraries

It's #NationalFossilDay so we bring you beautiful plates from the pages of John Hill's _A general natural history: or, New and accurate descriptions of the animals, vegetables, and minerals..._ (1748-1752). 🤩

Can't make it during our regular hours (Mon-Fri 10:00am-5:00pm)? You're in luck! We're open Saturdays & Sundays from 10:00am-3:00pm for exhibit viewing through November 10. For more info: libraries.wm.edu/exhibits/lafay…

Visit the SCRC now thru Nov. 15 to see the honorary diploma that @williamandmary awarded to the Marquis de Lafayette on October 20, 1824. The diploma is on view along w/ letters, documents, & images relating to Lafayette’s service in VA during the American Revolution.

Join us at the Rockefeller Library on Tuesday, Oct. 15th for highlights from their collections and ours! This promises to be an exciting opportunity! Free & open to all. @WMLibraries @colonialwmsburg

Join us @ 4:30 today for a talk from Dr. Kelvin Ramsey, alumnus/library board member/donor of our fantastic collection of stereoviews! Dr. Ramsey will discuss his collecting & share what he finds most fascinating about these early images. Free event! go.wm.edu/1xsMxK

YOU'RE INVITED to Peter Chapin's Birthday Party on Friday, Sept. 20th from 11:00am-3:00pm. There will be cake. 🍰There will be dog books. 🐾There will be CORGIS. 🐕‍🦺Don't miss this new annual tradition in Special Collections! @WMLibraries @williamandmary

Happy National Library Day! We love @WMLibraries 💛💚 Take a look at what our library looked like 55 years ago 🤯 Do you recognize anything?? youtube.com/watch?v=kqMQWS…

Art of the Book Spring 2024 was a HUGE success! A huge thank you to all our wonderful participants and the @muscarelle for such an exciting partnership. We spent two days talking about and exploring love in the archives and in art! 🎨🖌️📚 @WMLibraries

In or around Williamsburg, Virginia? Hear #rarebook dealer Heather O’Donnell on “What’s So Special about Special Collections?” March 5 at William & Mary’s @SwemSCRC. See the details. dailypress.com/2024/02/28/rar… @honeyandwaxbks

Her legacy is getting the wider public interested in southern cuisine and sharing the role African Americans have played in culinary and American history. 3/3 #BlackHistoryMonth @WMLibraries

including “The Edna Lewis Cookbook” (1972), based heavily on her learned cooking expertise. We have just acquired two of Lewis's cookbooks for our collections. She is one of the first southern Black women to publish a cookbook under her own name... 2/3

Edna Lewis was born on April 13, 1916, in Freetown, Virginia. She learned how to cook from formerly enslaved people, including her grandfather, who helped establish the Freetown community in Orange County, VA. She wrote or co-wrote four cookbooks... 1/3

Check out our new exhibit in the front lobby of Swem!! “Migration and Relocation” displays immigrant and refugee stories 🌎 @WMLibraries

@WMLibraries Just TWO spots left! Join us for a 2-day workshop, in which we discover the history of books/bookmaking & make book art of our very own! No artistic experience or book history knowledge required. @wmlibraries go.wm.edu/M697sW

We have THREE spots left for our next round of Art of the Book! Join us for a 2-day workshop, in which we discover the history of books/bookmaking & make book art of our very own! No artistic experience or book history knowledge required. @wmlibraries go.wm.edu/M697sW

Will you be our Valentine? ❤️💕 Come join our Love in the Archives open house starting at 5:00p tonight!! @WMLibraries

@WMLibraries Today is the day! Come join us for our first annual Valentine's Day Open House - Love in the Archives! Refreshments to be provided.

Come celebrate L ❤️VE with us! Join us February 13 at Special Collections for some lovely works! @WMLibraries #LoveDataWeek