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Workers Hit Treasure in Wren Yard Non-Profit Organization U.S. Postage PAID Williamsburg, VA Permit No. 26 WILLIAM & MARY NEWS Volume XXVI, Number 21 A Newspaper for Faculty, Staff and Students Monday, July 21, 1997 Workers Hit Treasure In Wren Yard Preliminary excavation yields artifacts predating s soon as he saw the Sir Christopher Wren Building mortar on the bricks, Jon Lawson knew that his pipe-laying crew had hit something old. "It was the oyster shells that gave it away," said Lawson, a plumbing inspector for the De¬ partment of Facilities Manage¬ CW archaeologist David ment. "Working around archaeolo¬ Muraca and Dennis Blanton, direc¬ gists you pick up cues as to what's tor of the College's Center for Ar¬ old and what's not. I knew from the chaeological Research, who are shells in the mortar that we should heading the study of the site, said stop digging." that an extensive excavation is now Archaeologists, who had been needed to determine more pre¬ monitoring the progress of Lawson cisely the structure's age, its size and his crew across the Wren Yard, and the lifestyle of the people who were immediately called in to in¬ lived there. vestigate the find. They later de¬ "Everything is an educated termined that the backhoe had guess at this point," said Muraca. sliced into the foundation of pos¬ "But given what we know about the sibly one of the oldest structures site's location and the unusual ever discovered in Williamsburg. brick foundation, it's possible that In a preliminary excavation of it was a dwelling belonging to a the site July 11, archaeologists from member of the elite class during Colonial Williamsburg and the Col¬ the Middle Plantation period, per¬ lege discovered artifacts including haps Thomas Ballard." a hog's tusk, nails, and, most reveal¬ The fact that the foundation ing, pieces of ceramics and bottle is brick, added Muraca, offers glass. After careful study, CW ex¬ the best evidence that someone perts dated the ceramics and glass of Ballard's elite stature lived in ^ +"&$%•'yfjfat&je^fy . * $-6? ^^ - ,*"*'*>.*?'' to the third quarter of the 17th cen¬ the structure. Only the very tury. That would likely place the wealthy and politically powerful Anthropology students Andrew Butts (left) and Bryan Lewis carefully scrape layers of soil from the test pit dwelling's age in the Middle Plan¬ could build homes with a brick where the foundation to the dwelling was discovered. Pieces of ceramic and bottle glass (above) dating to tation Period before William and the late 17th-century were discovered during the excavation. Butts and Lewis participated in the dig as part Mary was chartered and the city of of a summer archaeological field school sponsored jointly by the College and Colonial Williamsburg. Williamsburg founded. CONTINUED ON PAGE 3. Employees Mark Milestones any things have changed puter technicians. This year's hon- struction continued, students at the College in 36 orees also include nine 25-year em¬ staged a day-long boycott of cafete¬ years, but food service ployees. VIMS employees James ria food. employee Thomasine Lewis still Green, William Jenkins, and Susan The profiles that follow loves working with students now as Presson will also celebrate a 25-year chronicle the experiences of four much as she did when she began anniversary. employees who have served the in 1961. Her job has defined much These long-time workers have College for virtually their entire of her life, and like other long- watched the face of the College careers and whose stories reflect its term employees, Lewis has left her change since the mid-1960s. When evolution. own mark on the College in subde, they began their careers, the cam¬ but substantial, ways. pus was smaller, typewriters and Thomasine Lewis: Lewis will join four other em¬ carbon, not computers, were used, Always A Dime ployees being honored for 30 or William and Mary Hall did not ex¬ more years of service at a July 29 ist, and the College had only one To Spare Employee Appreciation Day. The dining hall. Completion of the sec¬ annual ceremony recognizes all ond—the Commons—was repeat¬ ach morning before she William and Mary's hourly and edly postponed, partly because the leaves for work, Thomasine Thomasine Lewis is one of five employees who will be recognized for 30 classified staff whose jobs keep the Vietnam war had slowed down E Lewis fills her pocket with a or more years 0f service to the College at the annual Employee Apprecia¬ College running—from secretaries steel production required for the tion Day on July 29. Lewis has worked in food service for 36 years. to maintenance workers to com- hall's kitchen equipment. As con¬ CONTINUED ON PAGE 5. \f\ Library Dean, Associate Provost 1/1 <J) For Info Technology Appointed Perkins Library. She will take her to George Washington for the next I'll carry those ideas with me." "I am looking forward to work¬ new post at the College Nov. 1. 14 years, ultimately serving as as¬ McCarthy replaces Nancy ing with William and Mary faculty 0) "Connie McCarthy's dedica¬ sistant university librarian for col¬ Marshall, who is retiring after serv¬ members, students, and adminis¬ tion to providing the best learning lections for three years. ing 11 years as dean of William trators to continue development of c environment for students and fac¬ "I lived in Virginia for 20 years and Mary libraries. Marshall, who the campus network and comput¬ to ulty members makes her the ideal before I moved to North Carolina, became dean of university librar¬ ing services to serve the needs of person to guide the development and to some extent it's like com¬ ies in August 1986, was given a spe¬ the entire campus," said Aeber¬ of our libraries at this critical ing back home," she said of her cial commendation by the College sold. time," said Provost Gillian Cell. move to Williamsburg. Board of Visitors on July 18. Recipient of a 1993 award from Last fall, William and Mary "Another thing that attracts Aebersold is currently vice CAUSE (a national organization launched an initiative to raise $36 me to William and Mary is that the president for strategic informa¬ for information resource profes¬ E million from public and private library has been successful, so it's tion resources at Gettysburg Col¬ sionals) for the quality of Gettys¬ sources to renovate and expand a matter of continuing to move lege of Pennsylvania. At the Col¬ burg's computer network, Aeber¬ the Earl Gregg Swem Library. forward into the next century," she lege, he will be in charge of the sold was responsible for network¬ A graduate of Rosary College added. "The challenge of a dean offices of computing services, ing, computing, and library ser¬ he Board of Visitors approved (III.), McCarthy moved to north¬ of libraries today is to find an ap¬ telecommunications, and tech¬ vices. He led the development of on Friday the appointment of ern Virginia in 1968 to work at propriate balance of traditional nology services. His assumes his a campus-wide fiber-optic network Connie McCarthy as dean of George Washington University and and electronic resources for the new position Aug. 1. that linked every classroom, resi¬ university libraries and Dennis to study for a master's degree in institution. Certainly William and "As the College continues its dence hall room, and faculty of¬ Aebersold as associate provost for library science at Catholic Univer¬ Mary has vast original materials, development of a network to sup¬ fice. In addition, he helped attract information technology. sity. After completing require¬ along with an increasing array of port innovation and excellence in major grants from the Mellon Connie McCarthy is currendy ments for that degree and work¬ electronic resources." its educational programs, Dennis Foundation for introducing tech¬ associate university librarian at ing as a cataloger at the Folger As associate university librarian Aebersold's extensive experience in nological innovations into distance Duke University's William R. Shakespeare Library, she returned at Duke's Perkins Library since information technology and par¬ learning among the schools of the 1990, McCarthy was responsible ticularly his insight into how it can Central Pennsylvania Consortium. for managing a materials budget be applied to advance the academic A native Californian, Aeber¬ in excess of $5 million, and coor¬ mission of William and Mary will be sold earned his bachelor's degree dinating a collection management invaluable," Cell said. "We also look from Occidental College in 1967, program of more than 30 bibliog¬ to him to improve administrative and a Ph.D. in chemical physics raphers. services and efficiency." from Brown University in 1971. He "Duke has given me very good Aebersold has 15 years of ex¬ has taught physics at Brown Uni¬ experience to move to William and perience managing computing op¬ versity, Bennington College, and Mary—the experience of a large erations for liberal arts colleges, Gettysburg. I research library and a large residen¬ including Bennington (Vt.), Will¬ tial campus," McCarthy said, "and McCarthy Aebersold iams (Mass.) and Gettysburg. by Peggy Shaw and Bill Walker Ndegwa To Assess Aftermath Of Apartheid South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe doing field observations and exam¬ proximately 55 grants were and Mary, focusing on political ining documents at archives," awarded to American professors in developments in Africa. I focus of year-long study Ndegwa said. a national competition. During the time Ndegwa will In addition to conducting re¬ by Whitney Untiedt spend in Africa, he also plans to search in citizenship theory, University Relations Intern For Assistant Professor of "Apart from figuring out what interview government officials and Ndegwa has authored a textbook, Government Stephen exacdy is happening, I am inter¬ review court cases that reflect con¬ written a journal article and is co- Ndegwa, 1998 will be a ested in finding out how defini¬ flicting positions regarding land editing a book that reflects his year of adventure and new experi¬ tions of citizenship, especially reform.
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