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The Colonial Echo, the student yearbook of William & Mary, began publication in 1899. There were no volumes produced in 1900 or 1904. In addition to photographs of individual students, it includes information and photographs of student groups and activities, scenes of campus and the surrounding area, and occasionally administrators and faculty. It is one of many William & Mary publications.

The Colonial Echo is available via the W&M Digital Archive (1899-1995 only), in the Swem Library stacks, Swem Reference, and Special Collections Research Center in Swem Library.

Material in the Special Collections Research Center

  • There are not many direct references to the yearbook in William & Mary office records (like the Dean of Students for instance), so users should search for indirect mentions like the Publications Council and Student Organizations too.
  • Student Organizations Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, William & Mary.
  • Colonial Echo Ledger, 1930-1931, University Archives Bound Volume Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, William & Mary.
  • Claude Vernon Spratley, Transcript p. 16-18, University Archives Oral History Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, William & Mary.
  • University Archives Subject File Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, William & Mary.
  • Colonial Echo Photograph Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, William & Mary.

Are you an Alumnus searching for a copy of the Colonial Echo?

The Special Collections Research Center in Swem Library keeps multiple copies of the Colonial Echo for use by researchers and in exhibits as well as extra back-up copies in storage. For some years, Special Collections has a number of extra copies of yearbooks which have come to the department from a variety of sources - university offices reducing their own extra copies, alumni who are downsizing, families of alumni, and a dozen other ways. If you are searching for a copy of the yearbook from your William & Mary years, contact the University Archivist at spcoll@wm.edu or 757-221-3090 to inquire if a copy is available.

For issues of the Colonial Echo from 1995 to the present, contact the Editor-in-Chief of the Colonial Echo at colonialecho@wm.edu or visit the yearbook's website.

 

Want to find out more?

To search for further material, visit the Special Collections Research Center's Search Tool List for other resources to help you find materials of interest.

Questions? Have ideas or updates for articles you'd like to see? Contact the Special Collections Research Center at spcoll@wm.edu or 757-221-3090.

A note about the contents of this site

This website contains the best available information from known sources at the time it was written. Unfortunately, many of the early original records of William & Mary were destroyed by fires, military occupation, and the normal effects of time. The information in this website is not complete, and it changes as we continue to research and uncover new sources.