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 gift of $3,000 from
Mr. Alfred W. Erickson of New York City has enabled 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.