University of Virginia Library

Section A. General Social Science.

What has been found to be generally true in this survey of
Virginia libraries proves to be specifically true with regard to
the general classes in social science; namely, that there are a
score or so of collections in which a good start has been made in
the gathering of the essential materials. The keenest interest
is obviously in current publications and in types associated with
local problems or persons. For example, sets of the Encyclopedia
of the Social Sciences are to be found at the College of William
and Mary, Hampton Institute, Hollins College, Randolph-Macon
College and Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Richmond Public Library,
the State Teachers Colleges at Farmville and at Harrisonburg,
Sweet Briar, Union Theological Seminary, University of Richmond,
University of Virginia, Virginia Military Institute, Virginia
Polytechnic Institute, Virginia State Library, Washington and Lee
University, and doubtless in a number of other libraries. Almost
the same list of locations could be repeated for the Annals of the
American Academy of Political and Social Science. The collection
of works of statesmen has not at all been limited to sectional
boundaries. Yet the sets that are found most generally in Virginia
are those of Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Woodrow
Wilson, Patrick Henry, and Jefferson Davis. The simpler items

of statistical material are also more commonly available. But in
these libraries there are few of the important foreign publications
on the subject of statistics.