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The Flat Hat 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.

The most recent issues of The Flat Hat are available online at http://www.flathatnews.com/. All issues of The Flat Hat from 1911, September 1939 through May 1950, August 2002-April 2003, and September 2004-May 2009 are available for browsing and keyword searching here via the digital archive. The remaining issues of The Flat Hat from 1911 through April 1990 and August 1992 through March 1999 are available for browsing at http://swem.wm.edu/beta/flathat/.

All issues of The Flat Hat are available in paper form in the Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) and from the microform collection in Swem Library. The issues from the 1990s-2000s which were not previously microfilmed and thereby not digitized in 2007, will be added in the future. The ability to search all digitized issues will also be added in the future.

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) in Swem Library for public use.

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