University of Virginia Library

THE HECK MEMORIAL LIBRARY.

The Department of Education maintains its own library in Peabody
Hall, named in honor of the first Professor of Education in the University,
the late Professor William Harry Heck. The library was made possible
through the gift by Mrs. Anna Tuttle Heck of Professor Heck's private
library containing approximately 2000 well-selected volumes on Education,
and the transfer of all books on Education from the General Library of the
University. Splendid equipment was procured through a gift of money from
students in Education, the Education Club and friends of Professor Heck.
A recent gift of $2000 from Mr. Alfred W. Erickson of New York City will
enable the Department so to strengthen its professional library as to offer

very superior facilities to its rapidly growing student body, by making
possible the enrichment of every course now offered. At present the library
consists of several thousand select books covering most fields of Education,
a complete file of publications of the United States Bureau of Education,
various national, state and foreign documents, state school laws, annual
reports of state superintendents of public instruction, city superintendent's
reports, etc. Files of the leading educational magazines are available for
free use of the students. Exhibits of elementary and high school texts for
comparative studies are made available through the generosity of various
publishers.