News and Exhibits

Reception postponed

February 12: Due to the weather, tonight’s reception for Abraham Lincoln: American Icon is postponed. Look for forthcoming details about a lecture and rescheduled reception on April 29. You can still visit the exhibit weekdays between 10:00 and 5:00 in the Chapin Gallery (Sawyer 406) through August 2. Continue reading »

Abraham Lincoln: American Icon

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Abraham Lincoln: American Icon, in the Chapin Gallery (Sawyer 406) through August 23, celebrates Lincoln’s 210th birthday and the publication of Monument Man, Harold Holzer’s biography of Daniel Chester French, sculptor of the seated Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial. Books, broadsides, letters, and prints – and a life mask… Continue reading »

Poetry and the Second Wave: Student Curatorial Project

The close alliance between second wave feminism (the women’s liberation movement) and feminist poetry reshaped the landscape of American poetry in the postwar period. As Nancy Berke has argued, “In the feminist movement of the late 1960s and 1970s, poets, and the poetry they wrote, were integral to the… Continue reading »

The Haystack, Mission Park, and Institutional Histories

The College Archives invites the Williams community to reflect on our evangelical heritage and add new perspectives to the historic context of our public monuments in the Stetson lobby exhibit, “The Haystack, Mission Park, and Institutional Histories.” In 1806, as a summer storm approached, five Williams students sought shelter by… Continue reading »

Fifty years of Africana Studies at Williams

This Spring's exhibit in the Steven Schow '81 Gallery celebrates fifty years of Africana Studies, an interdisciplinary field of study that emerged during the 1960s Freedom Movements, and that expands our knowledge of the vast experiences of people of Africa and the African Diaspora. Commemorating Africana Studies at Williams College is a recognition that, even in the rural hills of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Black Lives have always and continue to matter. Continue reading »

Library provides campus Access to Wall Street Journal

Williams Libraries now offers campus-wide access to the Wall Street Journal web site. This includes unlimited access to wsj.com,  WSJ mobile and tablet apps,  and membership in WSJ+. The service is available to all students, faculty, and staff. It is accessible from anywhere in the world.  Get started at wsj.com/Williams Send questions to Ask A Librarian Continue reading »

Libraries closed Dec. 21 – Jan. 4 for winter break.

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The library catalog and online resources remain available. Remote access instructions are available on the Researching Off Campus guide. Any acquisitions, interlibrary loan, or streaming requests submitted during the break will be processed after January 4. Wishing everyone a peaceful and restful break.  See you in 2021. Continue reading »