Acknowledgements

THE Earl Gregg Swem Library of The College of William and Mary in Virginia is pleased to publish this record of its beginnings in commemoration of the college’s 275th year.

Two persons are primarily responsible for the publication. The project could not have been undertaken without the generous assistance of Frances Lois Willoughby, M.D. Dr. Willoughby’s gift was made in memory of her brother, Edwin Eliott Willoughby, professor of library science at the college from 1932 to 1935 and then chief bibliographer at the Folger Shakespeare Library until his death in 1959. With typical graciousness, John Melville Jennings, Director of the Virginia Historical Society, permitted use of his manuscript and, moreover, devoted much time and thought to its preparation for publication. The Swem Library is deeply indebted to them both.

Williamsburg, Virginia
September 1968