Vintage Points

Welcome to the weblog of the Chapin Library and Williams College Archives. The Chapin Library is an internationally-renowned collection of rare books, manuscripts, prints, and ephemera. Williams College Archives is devoted to the history of Williams, and administers special collections for the Williams College Library. Although administratively separate, these departments have a common mission – to support education at Williams College through primary sources and related reference materials – as well as a common point of service. Currently, College Archives and the Chapin Library are located in the historic Southworth Schoolhouse at 96 School Street in Williamstown, only a short walk from the center of campus. Our opening times can be found at this link.

Future posts to Vintage Points will provide news of the Chapin Library and College Archives – about new acquisitions, exhibitions, resources, and services – as well as occasional comment by staff on issues pertaining to special collections. – WGH

Shown above, at left, is the seal of the Williamstown Free School (later Williams College; see further on the Archives web site), and at right, one version of the bookplate designed for the Chapin Library by Fridolf Johnson (1905-1988).