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The University of Virginia Library, 1825-1950 :

story of a Jeffersonian foundation
Clemons, Harry (1879-1968)
  
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LIBRARY
  
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[dedication]
  
Foreword
  
Contents
  
Illustrations
  
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LIBRARY

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I The Founding of the Library
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II From the Death of Thomas Jefferson to the War of 1861–1865
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1. A TORPID INTERVAL
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2. THE PROSPEROUS 1850's
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III From the War of 1861–1865 to the Burning of the Rotunda
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1. THE WAR
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2. RECONSTRUCTION
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3. THE ROTUNDA FIRE
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IV From the Burning of the Rotunda to the End of the Library's First Century
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1. AFTERMATH OF THE FIRE
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2. PRESIDENT ALDERMAN
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3. GIFTS AND THE STATUS QUO
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V The Librarians of the First Hundred Years
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1. JOHN VAUGHAN KEAN (1803–1876) Librarian 1825
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2. WILLIAM WERTENBAKER (1797–1882) Librarian 1826–1831, 1835–1857, 1865–1881 Librarian Emeritus 1881–1882
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3. WILLIAM HENRY BROCKENBROUGH (1812–1850) Librarian 1831–1835
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4. THOMAS BEVERLEY HOLCOMBE (1823–1872) Librarian 1857–1861
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5. ROBERT RIDDICK PRENTIS (1818–1871) Acting Librarian 1861–1865
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6. WILLIAM AYLETT WINSTON (1827–1894) Librarian 1882–1886
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7. JAMES BISCOE BAKER (1834–1902) Librarian 1886–1891
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8. FREDERICK WINSLOW PAGE (1826–1913) Librarian 1881–1882, 1891–1903
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9. JOHN SHELTON PATTON (1857–1932) Librarian 1903–1927
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VI The First Quarter of the Second Century
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1. GRAPHS OF THE UNIVERSITY AND THE LIBRARY
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2. BEGINNINGS OF REORGANIZATION
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3. THE ALDERMAN LIBRARY BUILDING
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4. THE CATALOGUE
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5. THE COLLECTIONS
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6. THE STAFF
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7. PHASES OF THE LIBRARY SERVICE

  
A FOOTNOTE
  
SUNDRY ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  
Index
  
COLOPHON
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The University of
Virginia Library
1825–1950

Story of a Jeffersonian Foundation

BY

Harry Clemons

LIBRARIAN 1927–1950 Foreword BY Dumas Malone PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY BIOGRAPHER OF THOMAS JEFFERSON AND EDWIN ANDERSON ALDERMAN
CHARLOTTESVILLE
University of Virginia Library
1954
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