University of Virginia Library

V. SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

The list which follows is of special collections within
libraries. It does not include special libraries such as the
Library of Colonial Williamsburg, Incorporated, the Colonial
National Historical Park Library at Yorktown, the Mariners' Museum
Library, the Library of the Virginia Historical Society, the Transportation
Library of the Norfolk and Western Railway at Roanoke,
or the James Taylor Adams Library at Big Laurel. The collections
are listed with little if any description; and it is altogether
probable that the list is quite incomplete. It will again be
noted that in the bibliothocal lexicon of this Commonwealth a
favourite term is `Virginiana'.

Alexandria

ALEXANDRIA PUBLIC LIBRARY. Alexandriana, including minutes and
records of the Alexandria Library and Free Reading Room back
to 1794.

PACKARD-LAIRD MEMORIAL LIBRARY OF THE VIRGINIA EPISCOPAL THEOLOGICAL
SEMINARY. Books from the library of the Lees at Stratford
(Richard Henry Lee and Thomas Ludwell Lee).

Ashland

WALTER HINES PAGE LIBRARY OF RANDOLPH-MACON COLLEGE. John Marvin
Burton collection of Romance languages and literature; Carleton
reference collection; Darden English collection; Simpson mathematical
collection; Virginiana; Walton classical collection.
The most important collection for research is that on Methodism
and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

Blacksburg

VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE LIBRARY. Alwood collection on
entomology, horticulture, and agriculture in general; Campbell
collection on French and German literatures; Episcopal loan
collection on religion; Walker collection on general literature.

Bridgewater

BRIDGEWATER COLLEGE LIBRARY. There is a collection of material
on the Church of the Brethren.

Bristol

SULLINS COLLEGE LIBRARY. The Baskerville collection, consisting
of the private library of the late William Malone Baskerville.

Charlottesville

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LIBRARY. Barksdale collections in chemistry
and engineering; Bruce collection in English; Byrd collection
of Virginiana; Heck collection on education; Hertz classical
collection; James collection on the Negro; Lomb collection
on optics; Raleigh C. Minor collection on law; John Bassett
Moore collection on international law; David Schwab collection
on T. S. Eliot; Tunstall collection on poetry; various collections
of manuscripts.

Danville

AVERETT COLLEGE LIBRARY. T. L. Sydnor memorial collection, consisting
of the late Doctor Sydnor's private library.

East Radford

JOHN PRESTON McCONNELL LIBRARY OF EAST RADFORD STATE TEACHERS
COLLEGE. Juvenile collection; Southwest Virginia collection.

Emory

EMORY AND HENRY COLLEGE LIBRARY. Holston Conference records of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

Farmville

LIBRARY OF THE FARMVILLE STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE. Morrison collection
of juvenile books.

Fredericksburg

LIBRARY OF THE FREDERICKSBURG STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE. Collection
of textbooks, including about 600 readers for elementary
grades.

Hampden-Sydney

LIBRARY OF HAMPDEN-SYDNEY COLLEGE. Dickinson collection of Virginiana;
Lewis collection of books on the South; collection of
records of the Presbyterian Church, South; collection of records
of local literary societies.

Hampton

COLLIS P. HUNTINGTON MEMORIAL LIBRARY OF HAMPTON INSTITUTE. The
collection of material on the Negro is especially strong, and
includes the Brooks and the Malone collections on this subject.

Harrisonburg

LIBRARY OF THE HARRISONBURG STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE. Collections
of juvenile literature and of textbooks.

Hollins

CLARLES L. COCKE MEMORIAL LIBRARY OF HOLLINS COLLEGE. Collection
on art and music.

Lexington

LIBRARY OF VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE. Collections on Confederate
military history, Stonewall Jackson, Matthew Fontaine
Maury, and Virginia.

LIBRARY OF WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY. Franklin Society
collection; Howard collection of Greek and Latin classics;
collection on journalism; Robert E. Lee collection; Mercer
collection of standard authors; Thomas H. Hogue Patterson
collection of books in fine bindings.

Lynchburg

JONES MEMORIAL LIBRARY. Newspaper collection; Quaker collection;
Virginiana.

LIBRARY OF RANDOLPH-MACON WOMAN'S COLLEGE. Browsing room collection;
facsimile collection; incunabula; John Randolph manuscripts.

Newport News

NEWPORT NEWS PUBLIC LIBRARY. Collections on history of ships and
shipping, on marine engineering, on Virginia.

Norfolk

NORFOLK PUBLIC LIBRARY. Collection of local newspapers, collection
of Virginiana, Americana, and genealogical books housed
in Sergeant Memorial Room.

Petersburg

PETERSBURG PUBLIC LIBRARY. Petersburg Mechanics Association
collection, including early newspapers; Virginiana.

Richmond

RICHMOND PUBLIC LIBRARY. Collection of Richmond imprints and of
books on Richmond generally; children's collection.

SPENCE MEMORIAL LIBRARY OF THE UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. Collection
of theological and religious journals; collection of Presbyterian
records and manuscripts.

VIRGINIA STATE LIBRARY. Collections of archives and manuscripts,
of books for the blind, of Confederate history, of maps, of
Southern history, of Virginiana.

UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND LIBRARY. Margaret James memorial collection
of music; Victor Sharp Metcalf memorial alcove collection;
Howard Osgood collection of church history and German theology;
Virginia Baptist Historical Society collection.

VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY LIBRARY. Maclay collection of books
about the Negro.

Roanoke

ROANOKE PUBLIC LIBRARY. Illuminated manuscript collection;
collections on Roanoke authors and on southwest Virginia.

Salem

DAVID F. BITTLE MEMORIAL LIBRARY OF ROANOKE COLLEGE. Collection
on fine arts.

Sweet Briar

MARY HELEN COCHRAN LIBRARY OF SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE. Estill collection
of books on the South; James Elmer Bailey collection of
material on George Meredith.

Williamsburg

LIBRARY OF THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY. William and Mary
collection, including record books, letters, and textbooks;
collections of Bibles, hymnals, and prayer books; family
libraries of Landon Carter of Cleve, of John Hartwell Cocke of
Bremo, and of Francis Jerdone; collection of early American
narratives acquired through the McGregor Fund; John Barton
Payne collection of books of private presses and of rare books;
Virginia collection, including the John Hart collection.

Winchester

THE HANDLEY LIBRARY. Collections of local history, of Virginiana,
of the War between the States; home library of Major Holmes
Conrad.