A World of Comparisons documents European efforts to make sense of the diversity of humankind during the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries. Writing in a wide variety of genres, from dictionaries and grammars to histories, geographies, travel accounts, and costume books, Europeans sought to understand other people… Continue reading »
As one of the two presidential records interns for summer 2019, Jean Kim arranged and described the papers of Williams president James P. Baxter III. Following Tyler Dennett’s three-year presidency, Baxter became the tenth president of the college in 1937 and served for twenty-four years until 1961. The various… Continue reading »
Companion exhibit to Exit West, the 2019 Williams Reads book. Designed by Research Services Summer Student Nasir Grissom, the display is organized around three central themes in the book: nativism, imaginary borders, and connection . Read the Curator's Statement Copies of Exit West are available at Sawyer Library, Schow Library and the Williams bookstore. Continue reading »
Over the past eight weeks the presidential records interns for summer 2019 arranged and described the papers of William College’s ninth and tenth presidents, Tyler Dennett and James P. Baxter III. Though our primary goal was to make these papers accessible by standardizing titles, delineating the papers into series, and… Continue reading »
This exhibit features a selection of books from Schow which celebrate Apollo 11 and the astronauts who made history. Located in the display case outside of Schow Science Library. Continue reading »
A selection of materials from Williams Special Collections speak to the idealism of an inclusive franchise, as well as the factionalism the permeated the suffragist movement of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Continue reading »
This year’s reading will take place inside Sawyer Library. 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. Actors (Priscilla Lopez, Warner Miller, Thomas Sadoski,… Continue reading »
We are pleased to announce the conversion of one set of multi-stall restrooms in the Sawyer Library to all-gender restrooms. We hope this small change contributes to making the libraries more inclusive and supportive of all members of the Williams community. Continue reading »
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Stop by Sawyer Library's atrium and Schow Science Library to view recent creative and scholarly works by Williams faculty. Continue reading »
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