We build complete institutions around our books, but do you know how a book is built? In a display done in collaboration with Collection Management and with Special Collections, the underappreciated art and practice of bookbinding is brought into the spotlight. Continue reading »
The reading will be indoors due to the weather. On July 4th the Chapin Library and the Williamstown Theatre Festival will once again mark Independence Day with readings of the Declaration of Independence and other American documents. Sawyer Library, 1:30 p.m., admission free. This year’s reading will feature Ben… Continue reading »
On view in the Special Collections Instruction Gallery (Sawyer 408) through mid-September are important works in the history of Astronomy and Astrophysics, from Copernicus to Newton, chosen from the collection of Jay and Naomi Pasachoff on deposit in the Chapin Library. The display is in honor of Prof. Pasachoff’s… Continue reading »
2018 Student Theses are now available in Unbound: unbound.williams.edu/theses If you have questions about this collection, please contact [email protected] Continue reading »
"Proven and Published: Research by Science Quad Professors", in Schow Library features publications in the sciences. "What Are They Thinking?: Current Faculty Scholarship" in Sawyer Library includes publications in humanities and social sciences. Continue reading »
Marking a century since the end of the First World War, and in conjunction with Williams courses to be taught in Fall Term 2018, the Special Collections department presents “The Great War at 100: Williams College and Beyond”. In the Schow Gallery (Sawyer 455), items from the College Archives… Continue reading »
Thesis students and advisors: remember that theses are submitted electronically using our new online form. Paper release forms are no longer required. Further details on submitting your thesis and obtaining a personal copy can be found on the Special Collections website. In order for your thesis to appear… Continue reading »
In the 1960’s, Hao Wang and Robert Berger produced a set of aperiodic tiles with matching rules that, if used to completely cover the plane, produce a pattern that is not similar to itself under translation. Smaller sets were discovered in the subsequent years, until the 1970’s when… Continue reading »
Featuring the final projects of students in REL/CLAS 215, “The New Testament: From Word to Book”, includes 24 New Testament selected by students from Sawyer Library or the Chapin Library. Focusing on the Gospel According to John, each student draws our attention to how one specific material feature of their New Testament works to make that New Testament a particular type of meaning-making thing. Materials from the Chapin Library used for this class, are on display in the Special Collection Teaching Gallery. Continue reading »
The Sawyer Loggia is open, and thanks to the Great Ideas committee with fabulous outdoor furniture. The chairs and the view await you ! Continue reading »
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