The Flat Hat

From Special Collections Research Center Wiki

The Flat Hat, a student newspaper at the College of William and Mary, is a rich source of information, announcing events taking place on campus as well as reflecting student opinion. It began publication in October 1911 and, except during the fall of 1918, has been continuously published ever since. Issues of The Flat Hat also published online from Fall 1999-Fall 2006 are available at the newspaper's earlier website; http://flathat.wm.edu/2006-11-10/archives.php.

Flat Hat Online

A beta version of a database allowing users to browse and conduct keyword searches of issues of the student newspaper The Flat Hat is available for browsing online almost in its entirety from 1911 through 1999 and 2004 through 2007. All issues from September 1939 through May 1950 are available for keyword searching as well as most issues from August 2004 through February 2007. The remaining issues will be added in the coming months, and keyword searching will be expanded to include all issues. Until a few years ago, library staff indexed the The Flat Hat (as well as the Alumni Gazette and the William and Mary News) by subject and personal name. This index is still available as a card file in the Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) for public use. All three of these publications are available in the SCRC in Swem Library on microfilm and in paper format.

External Links

• Flat Hat stories related to the admission of women to the College of William and Mary are being used in the blog "Mary Comes to the College with William."
• Information gathered by students in LCST 201 "Constructing the News" about some College publications is available at the course Wiki.

A note about the information in this wiki

Unfortunately, many of the early original records of the College of William and Mary were destroyed by fire, military occupation, and the normal effects of time. The information available here is the best available from known documents and sources at the time it was written. Information in this wiki is not complete as new information continues to be uncovered in the SCRC's collections and elsewhere. Researchers are strongly encouraged to use the SCRC's access tools for their research as the information contained in this wiki is by no means comprehensive.