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
2,000 well-selected books 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 $3,000 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 superintendents' 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.