October is LGBTQ+ History month, and the Libraries are highlighting the queer history of Williams. We want the Williams community to be part of this display: The doors to the cases are open! Feel free to remove and checkout any of the books and zines that are on display. We're also collecting your queer Williams histories. Take a card, record your story, and add it to our display. Continue reading »
Howdy world! This is your friendly neighborhood processing archivist, Irene, with an exciting update about the Sterling A. Brown (SAB) papers: materials are now available for use in the Weber reading room through our finding aid! … Continue reading »
For the occasion of James Baldwin’s centennial, Williams Special Collections presents a modest selection of materials representing his significant life and legacy. Born in Harlem in 1924, Baldwin began his career as a child preacher. The oratorical skills he developed in the church, and literary knowledge he… Continue reading »
What, like, even really is “curation”? Or, like, a research practice that has organization and visual representation at the core of it, to maximize thoughts and connections. How is thematic collecting and curation of disparate images and texts, a kind of research that can be harnessed for whackier, more rigorous, and… Continue reading »
Join the librarians, archivists, staff, and student employees of Special Collections to celebrate the new academic year with tea, cookies, and activities in the Schow Gallery. Experiment with historic technology by typing on a typewriter, using a quill, and playing a vintage record. Plus browse our picture frame giveaway… Continue reading »
On July 12, we will be changing how you authenticate to access library resources, from on and off campus. This change will also affect how you authenticate to place interlibrary loan requests. As part of a campus-wide shift, we’re switching from Shibboleth to Okta. Okta will give you a more… Continue reading »
Please join Rose McCandless, Manuscript Data Curation Fellow for the Digital Scriptorium consortium, for a talk and interactive session on the history of biblioclasm and systematic fragmentation of medieval manuscripts in North America in the 20th and 21st centuries. The talk, which is open to the public, will provide… Continue reading »
The Chapin Library of Rare Books at Williams College will host its annual July 4th reading of historical documents by actors from the Williamstown Theatre Festival at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 4, 2024. Readers at this year’s event include Rachel Bloom, Kamilah Bush, and President of the Stockbridge Munsee… Continue reading »
On view May 31 through June 8 in the Weber Reading Room, special collections (4th floor of Sawyer Library). Special Collections, in collaboration with Darlie Kerns '24, emeritus professor Brad Wells, and the Music Department, invites you to visit and reflect on our exhibit, Echoes of the Archives: A Sonic Study of Special Collections. Continue reading »
In commemoration of Jewish American Heritage month this display highlights a cross section of Jewish American focused materials, organized by the level in Sawyer where they are normally shelved. Continue reading »