Using the Library
Our Collections
Exhibits & Digital Publications
Doing Your Research
Upcoming Events:
The Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia is sponsoring a Book Collecting Contest and is inviting graduate students to submit papers for a symposium at its Annual Meeting.
New Exhibition:
The Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library presents a new exhibition, Beyond Words: The Writer’s Art.
The exhibition is on display in the First Floor Exhibit Gallery from October 27, 2011 through March 13, 2012. Find out more…
PLEASE NOTE: Some items in our collections are temporarily inaccessible. Please read more.
Visit our Civil War blog "150 Years Ago Today" and follow the war day by day with postings from letters, diaries and broadsides in our collections, including letters from Generals Robert E. Lee and Elisha F. “Bull” Paxton, Confederate belle Hettie Cary, and foot soldiers and civilians on both sides of the conflict. Previous collections of letters and diaries are still available.
Spotlight
Longtime supporters of the University and the Library, Albert ('46) and Shirley Small made a substantial gift toward the construction of the special collections library that bears their name 
and houses Mr. Small's remarkable collection of autograph documents and rare, early printings of the Declaration of Independence.
