University of Virginia Library

7. PHASES OF THE LIBRARY SERVICE

989. See page 160, Section VI, of this history.

990. See, for examples, page 7 in Section I and page 16 in Section II of
this history.

991. During the session 1949-1950 the regular schedules of open hours per
week called for ninety-eight for the Alderman Library, eighty-eight for
the Engineering Library, 108½ for the Law Library, and ninety-seven for
the Medical Library.

992. The proverb is familiar, but its origin is apparently not known. See
Putnam's Complete Book of Quotations, p. 851b.

993. Faculty Library Committee Minutes for 13 December 1944.

994. "And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain."
King James version of Matthew 5:41.

995. Alumni News, vol. 37, no. 9, June 1947, p. 4.

996. From about 1948 on the subjects of exhibitions were regularly reported
to the Board of Aldermen and are listed in the minutes of that Board.
The same is true of the special class meetings held in the McGregor Room,
for which exhibition material was prepared.

997. There had been fifteen McGregor Seminars held up to July 1950. A
list of the dates, subjects, and speakers follows:-

• 1. 5 December 1946. The Poetry of William Butler Yeats, by Donald
  A. Stauffer, Professor of English, Princeton University.

• 2. 16 January 1947. The Work of James Joyce, by Edwin Berry Burgum,
  Professor of English, New York University.

• 3. 21 March 1947. The Poetry of T. S. Eliot, by Willard Thorp, Professor
  of English, Princeton University.

• 4. 16 May 1947. The Poetry of W. H. Auden, by Theodore Spencer, Professor
  of English at Harvard University.

• 5. 31 October 1947. Poetry in the Age of Anxiety, by Cleanth Brooks,
  Professor of English at Yale University.

• 6. 27 February 1948. Poetry and Freedom, by W. H. Auden, English poet.

• 7. 2 April 1948. Literature and Ideas, by René Wellek, Professor of
  Comparative Literature, Yale University.

• 8. 7 May 1948. The Work of F. Scott Fitzgerald, by Arthur Mizener,
  Professor of English, Carleton College.

• 9. 5 November 1948. The Value of Literary Study Today, by Basil Willey,
  Professor of English Literature at Cambridge University.

• 10. 18 February 1949. Some Theological Aspects of Contemporary Poetry,
  by A. T. Mollegen, Professor of Christian Ethics, Theological
  Seminary, Alexandria.

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• 11. 21 April 1949. Modern Poetry in the Modern World, by Stephan Spender,
  English poet and critic.

• 12. 6 May 1949. William Faulkner's Legend of the South, by Malcolm
  Cowley, American critic.

• 13. 18 November 1949. Freudianism in Contemporary Literature, by Lionel
  Trilling, Professor of American Literature, Columbia University.

• 14. 3 March 1950. The Lion and the Honeycomb, by R. P. Blackmur,
  Professor of English, Princeton University.

• 15. 5 May 1950. The Use of Metaphor in Prose Fiction, by Caroline
  Gordon, author, and Lecturer at Columbia University.

998. Board of Aldermen Minutes, 6 November 1946 and 5 March 1947. The
initial meeting of the University of Virginia Bibliographical Society was
held in the McGregor Room on 12 October 1946, at which Dr. Chalmers L.
Gemmill read a paper on John Baskerville. The Society was formally
organized at a meeting on 26 February 1947, at which a Constitution was
adopted and the following officers were elected: President, Dr. Chalmers
L. Gemill; Vice-President, Dr. Fredson T. Bowers; Secretary-Treasurer,
Mr. John C. Wyllie; Councillors, Miss Lucy T. Clark, Mr. Linton R.
Massey, Mr. Charles W. Smith, and Dr. Hugh M. Spencer. Lists of the
"Papers which have been read before the Bibliographical Society" are
given in the Studies in Bibliography, vol. I, p. 206, vol. II, p. 212, vol.
III, p. 305.

999. Papers of the Albemarle County Historical Society, vol. I, pp. 40-42.
The Society developed from a meeting held in the office of the Archivist
in the Alderman Library on 23 February 1940. An organization meeting was
held in the Court House on 4 April 1940, and the first regular meeting,
also at the Court House, convened on 23 May 1940. The first officers
were: President, Mr. Henry B. Goodloe; Vice-President, Mrs. C. Nelson
Beck; Secretary, Mr. Glenn Curtis Smith; Treasurer, Dr. Atcheson L. Hench;
Editor, Dr. Lester J. Cappon; Executive Council, the five officers and
Mrs. James C. Bardin and Mr. L. Gordon White; and Archivist, Mr. Francis
L. Berkeley, Jr.

1000. The Studies in Bibliography supplied a much needed outlet for research
in bibliography; and the excellent quality of the papers, of the editorial
work, and of the printing won quick recognition both in the United States
and in Great Britain.

1001. The Virginia World War II History Commission was created by act of
the General Assembly in 1944, and was organized in October of that year.
Dr. Lester J. Cappon was the first Director, and headquarters were established
at the Alderman Library. Dr. W. Edwin Hemphill was Assistant
Director, and followed Doctor Cappon as Director in 1945. See Papers of
the Albemarle County Historical Society, vol. V, p. 81. Mr. Rachal was a
member of the headquarters staff.

1002. The Reading Guide was started in 1946, and five volumes had been
issued by 1950. Its distribtuion was free.

1003. Of the twenty annual reports from 1930 to 1950, the first ten bore
the title Annual Reports of the Archivist, University of Virginia Library,
and the second ten the title Annual Reports on Historical Collections,
University of Virginia Library. Of the whole series of twenty, Doctor
Cappon compiled the first fifteen with the exception of the ninth, which
was the work of Dr. W. Edwin Hemphill, and Mr. Berkeley compiled the last
five. The sixteenth and seventeenth were issued in one volume and the
eighteenth and nineteenth in one volume.

Doctor Cappon's introductions to the fourteen reports which he compiled
give statements of the original planning, details of survey and collecting
activities, year by year records of the expansion of archival
undertakings throughout the nation, a manual for collectors (fourteenth
and fifteenth reports), and a description of the method of handling manuscripts
in the Alderman Library (thirteenth report).

In supplements to some of the earlier reports were contributions towards
the guide to Virginia historical materials. There were, for example,
"Parish Records of the Diocese of Virginia, 1653-1900" (compiled by Doctor
Cappon and published as an appendix to the fourth annual report), "Parish
Records of the Diocese of Southern and of Southwestern Virginia, 1648-1900"
(compiled by Dr. W. Edwin Hemphill for the fifth annual report), a
"Bibliography of the Unprinted Official Records of the University of
Virginia" (compiled by Doctor Hemphill for the sixth annual report), a
"Bibliography of Original Baptist Church Records in the Virginia Baptist
Historical Society, University of Richmond" (compiled by Doctor Cappon for
the seventh annual report), a "Checklist of Bound Business Records in the
Manuscript Collections of the University of Virginia Library" (compiled by
Mr. Francis L. Berkeley, Jr., for the eighth annual report), and a "Checklist
of Newspapers to 1821 in the Alderman Library, University of Virginia"
(compiled by Dr. Glenn Curtis Smith for the ninth annual report).

1004. The nine numbers (to July 1950) of the University of Virginia Bibliographical
Series were as follows:

• 1. A Survey of Research Materials in Virginia Libraries, 1936-37. Compiled
  by Harry Clemons... with the cooperation of many Virginia Librarians.
  Charlottesville, Alderman Library, 1941. Printed at the University of
  Virginia Press.

• 2. Annotated Geological Bibliography of Virginia. Compiled by Joseph
  Kent Roberts... Charlottesville, Alderman Library; Richmond, The Dietz
  Press, 1942.

• 3. Early English Books at the University of Virginia: A Short-Title
  Catalogue compiled by C. William Miller... Charlottesville, Alderman
  Library, 1941. Printed at the Stone Printing and Manufacturing Company,
  Roanoke, Virginia.

• 4. Check List of Letters to and from Poe. Compiled by John Ward Ostrom...
  Charlottesville, Alderman Library, 1941. Issued in mimeographed form.

• 5. New Market, Virginia, Imprints, 1806-1876. A Check List. Edited by
  Lester J. Cappon and Ira V. Brown... with the Cooperation of the
  Historical Records Survey... Charlottesville, Alderman Library, 1942.
  Printed at the University of Virginia Press.

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• 6. 1828 Catalogue of the Library of the University of Virginia. Reproduced
  in Facsimile with an Introduction by William Harwood Peden...
  Charlottesville, Alderman Library, 1945. Lithoprinted by Edwards
  Brothers, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan.

• 7. Catalogue of the Adolph Lomb Optical Library at the University of
  Virginia, with an Introduction by James P. C. Southall... Charlottesville,
  Alderman Library, 1947. Lithoprinted by Edwards Brothers, Inc., Ann
  Arbor, Michigan.

• 8. The Jefferson Papers of the University of Virginia. A Calendar compiled
  by Constance E. Thurlow & Francis L. Berkeley, Jr. With an
  appended Essay by Helen D. Bullock on the Papers of Thomas Jefferson.
  Charlottesville, University of Virginia Library, 1950 (Published with
  assistance from the Research Council of the Richmond Area University
  Center.)

• 9. The Papers of Randolph of Roanoke: A Preliminary Checklist of his
  Surviving Texts in Manuscript and in Print. By William E. Stokes, Jr.,
  and Francis L. Berkeley, Jr. Charlottesville, University of Virginia
  Library, 1950. (Published with assistance from the Research Council of
  the Richmond Area University Center.)

1005. The eight publications which by 1950 had been issued by the Tracy W.
McGregor Library are listed below. The presses which performed the printing
are indicated.

Dunmore's Proclamation of Emancipation. With an Invitation to the McGregor
Library [by John Cook Wyllie] & An Account by Francis Berkeley of the
Publication of the Proclamation. Charlottesville, Tracy W. McGregor
Library, 1941. Printed at the Stone Printing and Manufacturing Company,
Roanoke, Virginia.

Thomas Jefferson and his Unknown Brother Randolph. Twenty-eight letters
exchanged between Thomas and Randolph Jefferson... during the years 1807
to 1815... together with an Introduction by Bernard Mayo [Professor of
American History at the University of Virginia]. Charlottesville, Tracy
W. McGregor Library, 1942. Printed at the Stone Printing and Manufacturing
Company, Roanoke, Virginia.

More News from Virginia: A Further Account of Bacon's Rebellion.
Reproduced in Facsimile with an Introduction by Thomas Perkins Abernethy
[Professor of American History at the University of Virginia]. Charlottesville,
Tracy W. McGregor Library, 1943. Printed at the Stone Printing and
Manufacturing Company, Roanoke, Virginia.

A Brief Description of the Province of Carolina On the Coasts of Floreda.
Reproduced in Facsimile with an Introduction by John Tate Lanning [Professor
of History at Duke University]. Charlottesville, Tracy W. McGregor
Library, 1944. Printed at the Stone Printing and Manufacturing Company,
Roanoke, Virginia.

Iron Works at Tuball: Terms and Conditions for their Lease as stated by
Alexander Spotswood on the twentieth day of July 1739. Together with an
Historical Introduction by Lester J. Cappon of the University of Virginia,
and a Map of Virginia showing Germanna in 1738. Charlottesville, Tracy W.
McGregor Library, 1945. Printed at the Stone Printing and Manufacturing
Company.

By the King: A Proclamation for Setling the Plantation in Virginia.
With an Introduction by Thomas Cary Johnson, Junior. [Professor of
History at the University of Virginia] and an Essay on the Printing of
the Proclamation by John Cook Wyllie. Charlottesville, Tracy W. McGregor
Library, 1946. Printed by the Dietz Printing Company of Richmond, Virginia.
A Plea for Federal Union, North Carolina, 1788. A Reprint of Two Pamphlets,
with an Introduction by Hugh T. Lefler, Professor of History, University
of North Carolina. Charlottesville, Tracy W. McGregor Library, 1947.
Printed by the Journalism Laboratory Press, Washington and Lee University,
Lexington, Virginia.

Jefferson's Ideas On a University Library. Letters from the Founder of
the University of Virginia to a Boston Bookseller. Edited by Elizabeth
Cometti, Associate Professor of History, Marshall College. Charlottesville,
Tracy W. McGregor Library, 1950. Printed at the University of Virginia
Press.

1006. Of the majority of these publications eleven hundred copies were printed;
and of the majority of them, there was free distribution to members of the
Southern Historical Association who made application.

1007. A statement concerning the reading list and the certificates to be
awarded for fulfilling certain requirements is given in the printed report
of the President of the University to the Board of Visitors for the year
1949-1950, pages 22, 23, and also in the mimeographed report of the
Librarian to the President for the same year, page 33.

1008. See page 160 of Section VI of this history.

1009. Tenth Annual Report of the Archivist, University of Virginia Library,
1939-1940, page 24; Wilson, Louis Round, and Tauber, Maurice F., The
University Library, pages 348, 349.

1010. Eighteenth and Nineteenth Annual Reports on Historical Collections.
University of Virginia Library, page 247. This is a list of the newspapers
being presented to the University Library for preservation.

1011. Doctor Cappon's Virginia Newspapers was published in 1936 by the
Appleton-Century Company as Institute Monograph No. 23 and as Guide to
Virginia Historical Materials, Part 1.

1012: The three numbers of the Virginia Imprint Series which had been
issued in preliminary, mimeographed form by 1950 were the following:-Number
1. Preliminary Checklist for Abingdon, 1807-1878. Compiled by
various heads and edited by John Cook Wyllie. Richmond, Virginia State
Library, 1946.

Number 4. Preliminary Checklist for Fredericksburg, 1778-1876. Compiled
by various hands and edited by Carrol H. Quenzel, Librarian, Mary
Washington College of the University of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia State
Library, 1947.

Number 9. Preliminary Checklist for Petersburg, 1786-1876. Compiled
by various hands and edited by Edward A. Wyatt IV of Petersburg,
Virginia. Richmond, Virginia State Library, 1949.

On page 8 of the typed report of Curator Wyllie to the McGregor Advisory
Committee at a meeting held on 1 November 1947 it was stated that the
pattern of this imprint inventory was "being initiated and followed in
both Florida and Pennsylvania."

1013. See pages 148-150 of Section VI of this history.

1014. See page 8 of the typed report of Curator Wyllie to the McGregor
Advisory Committee at a meeting held on 1 November 1947; and also the
supplementary statement on cooperative projects which was attached to the
minutes of a meeting of that Advisory Committee held on 18 April 1953.

1015. Mr. Coolie Verner's A Further Checklist of the Separate Editions of
Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia, a mimeographed 1950 publication
of the University of Virginia Bibliographical Society, mentions in
its Introduction and text the holdings at the University of Virginia
Library.

1016. There is a detailed statement concerning this checklist in the
article entitled "Thomas Jefferson Papers" by Mrs. Helen Duprey Bullock
which appeared first in The American Archivist, vol. 4, no. 4, October 1941,
pp. 238-249, and was reprinted on pp. 279-291 of The Jefferson Papers at
the University of Virginia, compiled by Constance E. Thurlow and Francis
L. Berkeley, Jr. The relation of the checklist and the Princeton edition
of the writings of Thomas Jefferson is discussed on pages 99-101 of the
Eighteenth and Nineteenth Annual Reports on Historical Collections,
University of Virginia Library.

1017. See page 18 of Section II of this history.

1018. Dr. Julian Parks Boyd, Editor of the Princeton Jefferson, has
expressed by letter and publicly his appreciation of the attitude of the
University of Virginia Library.

1019. The 1825 list of books has been referred to, beginning on page 6 of
Section I, a number of times in the course of this history.

1020. The liaison group is explained on page 127 of Section VI of this
history.