University of Virginia Library

Section F. Education.

The Heck Memorial Library of Education at the University of
Virginia contains 13,729 volumes. Secondary, higher, and adult
education are the major divisions emphasized, and among the
fields of special strength are curriculum construction, educational
psychology, educational statistics, and the history of
education. There is a fairly large group of administrative
reports of colleges and universities, and some attention has
been given to the assembling of early textbooks as illustrations
of textbook trends and school subject developments. The
current periodical material includes the American School Board
Journal, California Journal of Secondary Education, Education,
Educational Administration and Supervision, Educational Record,
Educational Review, Educational Screen, Elementary School
Journal, English Journal, Journal of Education, Journal of
Educational Method, Journal of Educational Psychology, Journal
of Educational Research, Journal of Higher Education, Journal of

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The education section in the State Library numbers 7,560
volumes not including periodicals. This is a general collection
without special emphasis. But considerable strength may be
noted in the publications of educational societies and of state
and city departments of education. In the latter group thirty-five
states are represented, the sets being fullest for the
southern and eastern sections of the country.

At the College of William and Mary there are 4,400 volumes
on educational subjects, the major emphasis being laid on elementary
education, with especial strength in curriculum study
and development. Eighteen educational periodicals and twenty-nine
fraternity publications are currently received. There is a
collection of about 600 early textbooks, the main objective being
to throw light on curriculum development in William and Mary and
other colleges.

In the library at Hampton Institute there are 3,856 volumes
in education, and twenty-one current serials are received. The
emphasis in this collection is on industrial education, physical
education, educational sociology, curriculum construction, and
tests and measurements.

The Virginia Polytechnic Institute, which has 3,600 volumes
in education, is, like the State Library, strong in the publications
of associations and institutions. The emphasis is general,
but some stress has been placed on industrial education and educational
psychology.

Of the four State Teachers' Colleges, the institution at
Farmville has 2,396 volumes in education, the institution at
Fredericksburg has 1,825, the institution at East Radford has
1,434, and the institution at Harrisonburg has 1,365. In all
four cases elementary and secondary education are emphasized.
Farmville and East Radford have fairly extensive collections of
educational journals and of society publications and yearbooks.
Fredericksburg has an interesting assortment of early school
texts, mainly in English language and literature.