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==Williams History 101 - The Essentials==

* From Williams.edu, the [http://www.williams.edu/home/history.php official brief history of the college].

* From Williams.edu, [http://www.williams.edu/home/traditions/ a brief background on our traditions,] such as the Purple Cow and "[[The Mountains]]."

==Williams History 201 - On specific subjects==

* From the Archives: [http://archives.williams.edu/ewilliamsexhibit/ The Life of Ephraim Williams, Jr.]

* From the Administration: [http://committees.williams.edu/ Information on the Committees that study and propose college policy]

Williams's lobbying and investment activities.

*From the thesis archive, [http://library.williams.edu/theses/pdf.php?id=166 The Elimination of Fraternities at Williams College] (PDF).

**Additional information is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elimination_of_fraternities_at_Williams_College here.]

* From the archives, a [http://archives.williams.edu/timeline.php timelin] of Williams's history.

==Williams History 301 - For the intrepid and curious==

* From the History of Science Program: [http://www.williams.edu/resources/sciencecenter/center/histscipub.html The History of Science at Williams] (LONG)

* From Guidestar.com, [http://www.ephblog.com/2009/07/27/williams-forms-990-available-history/ Williams's financial disclosure to the government]

**This document is chock full of information relating to Williams as a non-profit organization. Besides compensation information, it reports on Williams's lobbying and investment activities.

*From the thesis archive, [http://library.williams.edu/theses/pdf.php?id=165 Voices of Change (1987)].

**Black students at Williams

**The 1969 occupation of Hopkins Hall

*From the archive, [http://archives.williams.edu/williamshistory/documentindex.php our founding documents]

==Books to Read==

*[Perspectives: A Williams Anthology http://francis.williams.edu/search~S0?/aRudolph%2C+Frederick/arudolph+frederick/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=arudolph+frederick&10%2C%2C16]

*[Mark Hopkins and the Log: Williams from 1836 to 1872 http://francis.williams.edu/search~S0?/aRudolph%2C+Frederick/arudolph+frederick/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=arudolph+frederick&8%2C%2C16]

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