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Christina Bleyer College Librarian and Director of Special Collections and Archives, Watkinson Library At the Watkinson Library, our collection favorites are not objects so much as commitments. They are the moments when curiosity sparks, when students handle history with care, and when collections stop being quiet and start talking back. As stewards of Trinity College’s […]https://www.trincoll.edu/reporter/wp-content/uploads/sites/143/2026/09/Trinidadian-CutoutimageLloyd-scaled.jpg12162560