Featured Collections
The following descriptions highlight some of the department's most important holdings. For access to other collections and to individual items, please search VIRGO, the Library's online catalog.
Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature
Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia (Minutes, 1817-2002)
Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Collection
The Jackson Davis Collection of African-American Educational Photograph
The William Faulkner Collection
The Douglas H. Gordon Collection of French Books
The Holsinger Studio Collection
John Henry Ingram's Poe Collection
- A Bibliography of Sources in Special Collections Related to Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings and the Hemings Family of Monticello
- Thomas Jefferson's Music
(The music section of Jefferson's Catalogue of 1783 and An Inventory of the Collections of Jefferson Family Music, Appendices I and II of Thomas Jefferson and Music by Helen Cripe.)
The James Rogers McConnell Memorial Collections
Tracy W. McGregor Library of American History
Selected Music Materials in Special Collections
Newspapers in Special Collections
Oral Histories: U.Va. in the 20th Century
Kevin Barry and Kelly Scott Perdue Archive of Traditional Culture
Printing, Calligraphy, Wood Engraving, and Book Illustration Collections
Sadleir-Black Collection of Gothic Fiction
The Marion duPont Scott Sporting Collection
The Albert H. Small Declaration of Independence Collection
University of Virginia Online Visual History Image Collection