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University of Virginia Library

The University of Virginia Library, 1825-1950 :

story of a Jeffersonian foundation

Clemons, Harry (1879-1968)

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LIBRARY

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LIBRARY

I.

I The Founding of the Library

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II.

II From the Death of Thomas Jefferson to the War of 1861–1865

1.

1. A TORPID INTERVAL

2.

2. THE PROSPEROUS 1850's

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III.

III From the War of 1861–1865 to the Burning of the Rotunda

1.

2.

2. RECONSTRUCTION

3.

3. THE ROTUNDA FIRE

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IV.

IV From the Burning of the Rotunda to the End of the Library's First Century

1.

1. AFTERMATH OF THE FIRE

2.

2. PRESIDENT ALDERMAN

3.

3. GIFTS AND THE STATUS QUO

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V.

V The Librarians of the First Hundred Years

1.

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

3.

3. WILLIAM HENRY BROCKENBROUGH (1812–1850) Librarian 1831–1835

4.

4. THOMAS BEVERLEY HOLCOMBE (1823–1872) Librarian 1857–1861

5.

5. ROBERT RIDDICK PRENTIS (1818–1871) Acting Librarian 1861–1865

6.

6. WILLIAM AYLETT WINSTON (1827–1894) Librarian 1882–1886

7.

7. JAMES BISCOE BAKER (1834–1902) Librarian 1886–1891

8.

8. FREDERICK WINSLOW PAGE (1826–1913) Librarian 1881–1882, 1891–1903

9.

9. JOHN SHELTON PATTON (1857–1932) Librarian 1903–1927

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VI.

VI The First Quarter of the Second Century

1.

1. GRAPHS OF THE UNIVERSITY AND THE LIBRARY

2.

2. BEGINNINGS OF REORGANIZATION

3.

3. THE ALDERMAN LIBRARY BUILDING

4.

4. THE CATALOGUE

5.

5. THE COLLECTIONS

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7.

7. PHASES OF THE LIBRARY SERVICE

SUNDRY ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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For Jeannie Jenkins Clemons

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