The Society for the College records contains materials related to 2007's Wren Cross Controversy, or the decision to remove and then replace, the brass cross from William & Mary's Wren Chapel. Four yellow buttons with green lettering read: "One College, Under Glass" with a cross, feathers, and thinking man statue in silhouette, "The New William & Mary." Also included is one package of green napkins wrapped in cellophane, with "End of an Error" printed in gold.
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The collection contains one series: Accession 2019.350: Artifacts.
Society for the College records, Special Collections Research Ceneter, William & Mary Libraries.
Four yellow and green buttons with inscription "One College Under Glass"