Collections

The Don Eugene Detmer papers contain speeches, reprints, policy documents, committee meeting records, articles, correspondence, editorials, and born-digital materials that relate to the professional life of Don Eugene Detmer. Materials particularly document Dr. Detmer's work during 1973-2004 working at the Department of Surgery at the University of Wisconsin, the Department of Surgery and the Department of Medical Informatics at the University of Utah, the University of Virginia, and the University of Cambridge. Other materials relate to the Institute of Medicine, the UVA Health System, the American Medical Informatics Association, the China Medical Board of New York, the Friends of the National Library of Medicine, the American Association of Medical Colleges, and the Nuffield Trust.

This collection includes both processed series and unprocessed accessions of records created by the Earl Gregg Swem Library at the College of William and Mary including those from component offices and individual staff members. A majority of the collection contains correspondence from the dean of the libraries and library administration. Inventories for some series and accessions are available in the Special Collections Research Center and links to PDFs of those inventories can be provided when available.

Collection contains a marked director's script and program from Ella Jo Nguyen's play, "One and The Same," created and performed at William & Mary in March 2024.

Published issues of the zine Porch Beers and other smaller zines created by queer author Elliott Stewart and Porch Beers Press. These zines cover a variety of topics relating to specific aspects of Appalachian culture through a queer and transmasculine perspective. Topics include fandom, food, radical, unapologetic queerness in Appalachia, anti-fascism, and many more. Nine zines of varying sizes are included within this collection, being published from the early 2010s onward. Stewart grew up in Huntington, West Virginia, and then moved to Tennessee. Stewart has been making zines since age 14, and continues to make musings on his life and the world around him through the eyes of a queer trans man.

This file may include announcements, clippings, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, small exhibition catalogs, and other ephemeral material.

"Fall in Line" is a documentary produced and narrated by W&L alumnus Phifer Helms ('74) commemorating one of the university's most successful athletic teams, the 1974 Washington and Lee University Men's Lacrosse team. After an undefeated regular season, the 1974 team advanced to the NCAA Division I national tournament defeating Navy in their quarterfinal game and narrowly falling to eventual champion Johns Hopkins 11-10 in the semifinals. The loss brought their historic season to a close with a record of 15-1. The 1974 Men's Lacrosse team was inducted into the W&L's athletic hall of fame in 2023. The '74 team produced seven All-Americans and head coach Jack Emmer, after an incredible coaching career at Cortland State, Washington and Lee, and the United States Military Academy, was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2005. This documentary was made in 2024 and combines archival film footage and original photographs with interviews of team members Jim Farrar ('74), Skip Lichtfuss ('74), Skeet Chadwick ('74) , Ted Bauer ('74) and coaches John McDaniel ('64), Chuck O'Connell, and Jack Emmer.

Includes the papers of Garnie Wilma Walker Testa (1914-1999) and genealogical research about the Walker-Testa family. The papers include material retained from her high school, college, and graduate school years, like graduation photographs and academic texts – all in Series 1 Subseries 1. The collection also includes documentation of her military service in the Army during World War II, featuring items like field guides for military procedures, photographs of herself and peers in uniform, and travel books acquired while serving internationally – all in Series 1 Subseries 2. There are materials from Walker Testa's time as a teacher in Kanawha and Clay Counties, West Virginia, like certificates commemorating her work and books used in the classroom – all in Series 1 Subseries 3. A copy of Walker Testa's historical survey of education in Clay County, The Ringing of the Bells: A Bicentennial History of Education in Clay County, West Virginia, and other items related to the book's production are featured, including some digital material – all in Series 1 Subseries 4. Additionally, there is genealogical research material that explores her life and her family's lineage through material like descendant charts, biographical sketches, and old family photographs – all in Series 1 Subseries 5 and the collection's addendum of 2025.

Histories of the Shell/Schell family of the Northern Neck region of Virginia and West Virginia, the John and Betsy (Walker) Tucker family of the Northern Neck region of present-day West Virginia, the Martin and Ann (Giboney) McNemar family of the present-day Hardy/Grant County area of West Virginia, the Joseph (1777-1860) and Ruth McNemar family of Knobley Mountain in present-day Grant County, West Virginia, the Joseph Walker (1753-1834) family of present-day Grant County, WV, and the John Bishop family of Berks County, Pennsylvania.