University of Virginia Library

CLIFTON WALLER BARRETT READING ROOM IN THE MARY AND
DAVID HARRISON INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAN HISTORY,
LITERATURE, AND CULTURE, AND THE ALBERT AND SHIRLEY
SMALL SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARY

The Barrett Room honors the late Clifton Waller Barrett; the name is being transferred from a room, named some years ago, on the second floor of the Alderman Library. Mr. Barrett, who was a Member of the Board of Visitors from 1969 to 1979, was an alumnus and a noted bibliophile. He gave the University one of the finest collections of American literature ever assembled. He was a tireless and driving

force in building the University Library’s Special Collections.