College of William & Mary

~ College of William & Mary ~

Updated 11 September 2006.

Address: Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William & Mary, P.O. Box 8794, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8794

Directions: For directions and parking information, see http://swem.wm.edu/directions.cfm. Some metered parking spaces are available behind the Library.

Hours: Hours when classes are in session: Swem Library: Swem Library: Mon.-Thurs. 8 a.m.-midnight, Fri. 8 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sun. 1 p.m.-midnight. Special Collections: Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-4:45 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Call (757) 221-3096 for hours during interim, summer and holiday periods. See www.swem.wm.edu/hours.cfm.

World Wide Web: http://swem.wm.edu

Phone: Reference: (757) 221-3067. Special Collections: (757) 221-3090.

Fax: (757) 221-2635

E-Mail: sweref@wm.edu

Collection Scope: Large collection in early Virginia history including (1) "Virginia Reference" collection in the Reference area of the first floor, (2) published family histories and local histories in the regular book stacks on the second and third floors, and (3) several manuscript collections containing genealogical correspondence and notes in the Manuscripts and Rare Books Department.

Special Collections: Virginia tax lists for the 1780s. Census microfilm: Virginia, 1810-1920; North Carolina, 1790-1850; and other states, 1790-1820. Published compilations of Virginia county, marriage, land, probate, church, military, emigration and immigration records.

Library Catalog: http://lion.wm.edu/uhtbin/webcat. Manuscript collections are listed in the online library catalog, but collection inventories and card files at the library provide more detailed information.

Reference Services: The Reference Department will do limited research in response to phone, fax or e-mail questions. They will check to see if the library has materials on a certain subject and they will consult an indexed book or collection for a specific name. See http://swem.wm.edu/resources/genealogy/research.cfm.

Guides: See the guides to Virginia History and Genealogy http://swem.wm.edu/resources/genealogy/key-guides.cfm and to the library’s genealogical resources http://swem.wm.edu/resources/genealogy/index.cfm. Handouts are available in the Virginia Reference area on the first floor of Swem Library.

Copies: Self-service copies are 10 cents from paper and 25 cents from microfilm. Most self-service machines require the use of a copy card which costs $1. Photocopies are not available by mail.

Circulation: Only members of the William and Mary community and college alumni may check out books.

Interlibrary Loan: Swem Library will lend any circulating item from its collection to libraries in the U.S. and abroad which submit requests through standard ILL channels.

Thanks to Donald Welsh, Coordinator of Reference Services, and John Haskell, Associate Dean for Administration and Director of Manuscripts and Rare Books, for help in preparing this library profile.