The Chapin Library of Rare Books at Williams College will host its annual July 4th reading of historical texts by actors from the Williamstown Theatre Festival at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, July 4, 2025. Readers at this year’s event include President of the Stockbridge Munsee Community Shannon Holsey. The… Continue reading »
On June 13, 1825, the last surviving Major General of the Revolutionary Continental Army, the Frenchman Marquis de Lafayette, processed through Pittsfield, Massachusetts to great fanfare. He was almost a year into a memorial tour of the United States that served to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Declaration… Continue reading »
June is pollinator awareness month, the perfect time to appreciate the amazing process of pollination! We all breathe pollen-laden air, eat food that wouldn’t be possible without pollination, and appreciate flowers that evolved with the express purpose of attracting pollinators. Come by the Schow Science Library… Continue reading »
The publications from the end-of-year Dean of Faculty and Library reception are now on display in the Sawyer and Schow libraries. Sciences publications are in Schow, Humanities and Social Sciences are in Sawyer. Print copies of the bibliography of publications are available on site and online through the library… Continue reading »
Visit the Sawyer New Books display area to view artistic interpretations and expressions of consent presented by the Title IX Office and members of the student body. Continue reading »
Ever wondered how tuberculosis shaped modern medicine, or who the first paramedics were? The practice and science of medicine has a long and varied history interwoven with imperialism, politics, and cultural taboos. In this display, explore books from the Schow stacks on how social undercurrents and systems… Continue reading »
Please join us for a workshop on Tuesday, April 29 from 11am-12:30pm. Participants do not need to stay for the entire time – feel free to drop in late or leave early! In 1869, Samuel Chapman Armstrong (Williams 1862), the son of Hawaiian missionaries, founded the Hampton Agricultural and Industrial… Continue reading »
On view now until May 9 2025 in the Sawyer Library Atrium (across from the circulation desk). As this year marks eighty-five years of radio at Williams College and 68 years of FM broadcasting, the likes of WCFM aims to recollect and… Continue reading »
How will you remember your time in college 40 years from now? University students in the nineteenth century had a novel answer to this question: by looking at photographs. Within a few years of the photography’s invention in 1839, Edward Lasell, Professor of Chemistry at Williams College,… Continue reading »
The library’s Alexander Street platforms and services are scheduled for maintenance on Wednesday March 26, 2025, between 6AM and 2PM. During that time, we may experience some service interruption for the following databases: Academic Video Online (AVON) Black Thought and Culture Civil War Letters and Diaries Meet the Press Oral… Continue reading »