This collection contains information about the College of William and Mary from the Eighteenth Century to the present. Included in the collection are faculty lecture notes from a variety of classes, scrapbooks, research notes, correspondence, textbooks used at the College of William and Mary, minute and account books, poetry books, student notebooks, a literary manual, and various other miscellaneous bound volumes.

Two black notebooks, 11.5" x 9.25", listing publications issued by the College or written by individuals while they were associated with the College, arranged by date of publication. The location of each publication is also listed. Volume 1 covers 1693-1880; Volume 2 covers 1881-1906. Acc 1988.100

The Works of Washington Irving, vol. 14: Conquest of Granada, published in 1860. This book was stolen from the William and Mary library during the Civil War in 1862 by Union soldier William Hazlitt. Several people subsequently wrote in the book. It was found by Union officer Sherman Morse and returned to the College by Morse's nephew. The cover has been lost. See an article in the student newspaper, The Flat Hat, 1/18/1938, p.2. Acc 1989.148.