University of Virginia Library

Whereas, Mr. Clifton Waller Barrett, a citizen of Virginia, has seen fit to
establish in the University of this Commonwealth, for the benefit of scholarship
and the admiration of all enlightened people, a Library of American Literature
that is unparalleled in the collecting annuals of this or any other country, and

Whereas, this library takes as its province 175 years of American literature
(the years from 1775 to 1950), and contains substantially all fiction, poetry,
drama, and essays published by an American through 1875, and for the remaining years,
contains a virtually complete collection of works of every major American writer,
with first and important later editions as well as manuscripts, to the extent of
hundreds of thousands of separate pieces of lasting significance to the American
heritage, and

Whereas, this gift stands as a beacon and symbol for all the devoted collectors
who have made and are making the libraries of this Commonwealth great, and

Whereas, so noble and generous an act deserves the commendation due it, now,
therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate of Virginia, the House of Delegates concurring, That the
General Assembly of Virginia salutes Clifton Waller Barrett for his generous and
unique contribution to the advancement of scholarship in this Commonwealth.

Resolved, further, that the clerk of the Senate send a suitably prepared copy
of this expression of appreciation to Mr. Barrett as a token of the admiration,
affection, and respect with which he is regarded by his fellow citizens.