Earl Gregg Swem Library - Williamsburg, VA
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N 37° 16.189 W 076° 42.980
18S E 347822 N 4126184
The main library at the College of William and Mary in Colonial Williamsburg.
Waymark Code: WM11WKA
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 12/29/2019
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About the Person:
Taken from Wikipedia, "Dr. Earl Gregg Swem (December 29, 1870 – April 14, 1965) was an American historian, bibliographer and librarian. Swem worked at the Library of Congress and Virginia State Library, and for more than two decades was primary librarian at the College of William & Mary, where the Earl Gregg Swem Library (in construction during his final years) was named in his honor."
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About the Place:
Taken from Wikipedia, "The Earl Gregg Swem Library (colloquially Swem Library) is located on Landrum Drive at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. The library is named for Earl Gregg Swem, College Librarian from 1920-1944. In 2008, the Princeton Review rated William & Mary's library system as the eighth best in the United States. The ranking was based on a survey of 120,000 students from 368 campuses nationwide."
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