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Small Special Collections Library (UVA)

@RareUVA

Books, manuscripts, art, objects, digital collections, and more. Our name is Small but our collections are anything but.

 Charlottesville, Virginia
small.library.virginia.edu
Joined January 2014
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Happy Halloween—it’s another great pumpkin by Ed Morton! Inspired by R. Hooke’s 1667 Micrographia (Or, Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses…), our pumpkin is being eaten by fleas, cicadas, more! at.virginia.edu/micrographia
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University of Virginia Library@UVALibrary17 Oct 2024
What can a Gibson Girl’s impressive hairstyle tell us about early 20th-century aspirations? Check out “Issuing Modernisms,” the latest first-floor exhibition in Special Collections library.virginia.edu/news/20… Image—Charles Dana Gibson's “Gibson Girl” drawings for Life magazine
a detail of a magazine spread showing repeated pattern of heads of "Gibson Girls" with elaborate bouffant hairstyles

ALT a detail of a magazine spread showing repeated pattern of heads of "Gibson Girls" with elaborate bouffant hairstyles

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Behind-the-scenes of the installation of “Anne Spencer: I Am Here!” Celebrate the opening with us next Tuesday, Oct. 22 at 5:30 p.m. Food, drink, good times and gallery talks! at.virginia.edu/AnneSpencer-…
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Join us to celebrate the exhibition opening of "Anne Spencer: I Am Here!" on Tuesday, October 22, 2024 from 5:30-7 p.m. View the exhibition, hear gallery talks by curators and special guests—plus food and drink! Tickets are limited: RSVP your spot today: at.virginia.edu/AnneSpencer-…
Exhibition Opening for "Anne Spencer: I Am Here!"

Exhibition Opening for "Anne Spencer: I Am Here!"

You are welcome to join us on this special opening night!

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On our blog today: “We have had some adventures...” A rare Civil War letter chronicles the thwarted attempts of a Confederate family from Galveston, Texas—birthplace of Juneteenth—to evade the Union Naval blockade and reunite with their father in Cuba. wp.me/pfnjvG-1we
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We're headed to Lynchburg this Saturday for the Annual Pierce Street Harlem Renaissance Festival in collaboration with @AnneSpencerPoet! Join us as we celebrate the grand opening of their new Visitor and Education Center and Pop's Chicken House Stage.
Poster for Pierce Street Renaissance Festival, Saturday September 28, 12 pm - 6 pm 1310 Buchanan Street and 1313 Pierce St., Lynchburg, Virginia.

ALT Poster for Pierce Street Renaissance Festival, Saturday September 28, 12 pm - 6 pm 1310 Buchanan Street and 1313 Pierce St., Lynchburg, Virginia.

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We'll have posters to giveaway as we ready to open "Anne Spencer: I Am Here!"—an exhibition several years in the making—on October 22, 2024 in the Main Gallery of the Small Special Collections Library. More details (ya know there's gonna be a party!) coming soon ...
Poster for UVA Library's forthcoming exhibition, Anne Spencer: I Am Here!

ALT Poster for UVA Library's forthcoming exhibition, Anne Spencer: I Am Here!

Photo of our student curator, Tessa Berman, with Shaun Spencer-Hester, Executive Director and Curator of the Anne Spencer House and Garden Museum

ALT Photo of our student curator, Tessa Berman, with Shaun Spencer-Hester, Executive Director and Curator of the Anne Spencer House and Garden Museum

First page from Anne Spencer's own copy of the 1973 Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry, which she inscribed with her name and address

ALT First page from Anne Spencer's own copy of the 1973 Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry, which she inscribed with her name and address

In-progress photo documenting the installation of window graphics for the exhibition in the Main Gallery of the Small Special Collections Library

ALT In-progress photo documenting the installation of window graphics for the exhibition in the Main Gallery of the Small Special Collections Library

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In honor of #DisabilityPrideMonth, today on our blog: "Seeing the World from a Different Perspective." A recently processed collection (MSS 16844) gives insight into how Helen Keller wrote and typed her personal letters. Learn more: wp.me/pfnjvG-1ur #Deaf #Blind
Scan of a typed letter, addressed to Miss Margie Bourne and from Helen Keller. Dated November 25, 1944, New York. The content of the letter is soliciting funds for the American Foundation for the Blind.

ALT Scan of a typed letter, addressed to Miss Margie Bourne and from Helen Keller. Dated November 25, 1944, New York. The content of the letter is soliciting funds for the American Foundation for the Blind.

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Did you know that we have one of the largest miniature book collections in the United States? Do you want to learn more about the collection? Check out the collection update in our new blog post! Blog: wp.me/pfnjvG-1ui #MiniatureBooks #MiniatureMonday #McGeheeMiniatures
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Archival Resources of the Virginias@ARVASarchives27 Jun 2024
Lean more about this interesting item from UVA! Bernard Proctor Black History Scrapbook c.1949-1950 is a homemade Black history notebook of clippings and illustrations compiled by Bernard S. Proctor, a Tuskegee Airman. @UVALibrary @RareUVA ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf…
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UVA Alumni@UVA_Alumni2 Jun 2024
Yes they are. To the women of 1974: thank you. #uvareunions
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University of Virginia Library@UVALibrary24 May 2024
Just a reminder, UVA Library spaces will be closed on Monday for Memorial Day. As always, check library.virginia.edu/hours for Library hours. #memorialday
"The Aviator" — a statue of a man with outstretched wings, is in the foreground and a brick library building, Clemons Library, is in the background under a blue sky. Text overlay states: "All Library locations and services will be closed Monday, May 27 in observance of Memorial Day.

ALT "The Aviator" — a statue of a man with outstretched wings, is in the foreground and a brick library building, Clemons Library, is in the background under a blue sky. Text overlay states: "All Library locations and services will be closed Monday, May 27 in observance of Memorial Day.

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University of Virginia Library@UVALibrary13 May 2024
On Grounds this week? @RareUVA is open Mon-Fri—stop by and check out the Collective Bargaining for the Common Good — a student-curated exhibition on 2 decades of labor unions at UVA & in Charlottesville. Read more: bit.ly/3UGU1Bu
A colorful red, black, and yellow illustration shows a women carrying a sign reading WE NEED THE UNION! next to large lettering reading "COLLECTION BARGAINING for the COMMON GOOD." At the top of the illustration is a row of figures carrying various signs and placards.

ALT A colorful red, black, and yellow illustration shows a women carrying a sign reading WE NEED THE UNION! next to large lettering reading "COLLECTION BARGAINING for the COMMON GOOD." At the top of the illustration is a row of figures carrying various signs and placards.

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Two facets of the 1970 May Strike we haven’t highlighted yet this week: the faculty response, and that infamous telegram the Alumni Administration sent home to UVA parents:
Flyer notice of Meeting: Assembly of Professors on Wednesday, May 6, 1970 at 9:30 a.m. in Old Cabell Hall

ALT Flyer notice of Meeting: Assembly of Professors on Wednesday, May 6, 1970 at 9:30 a.m. in Old Cabell Hall

Photo of yellowed Western Union telegram with perforated edges sent May 9, 70. This copy was sent to John W. Mannix, father of then Student Council vice-president.

ALT Photo of yellowed Western Union telegram with perforated edges sent May 9, 70. This copy was sent to John W. Mannix, father of then Student Council vice-president.

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"The administration is determined to do all it can to avoid violence, to keep the university operating while maintaining orderly and free discussion. Whether these objectives can be accomplished rests primarily with the student body."
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The following day, May 10, 1970, the Virginia Strike Committee circulated this flyer, also encouraging students to call their parents and “explain to them the situation as it is at The University. This will prevent vague speculations from becoming unsubstantiated 'truths.'"
Typed flyer, "To all students: The following telegram was sent to your parents yesterday." Handwritten annotation of Atcheson Hench at the bottom; "Picked up Sunday afternoon, May 10, 1970 U Va."

ALT Typed flyer, "To all students: The following telegram was sent to your parents yesterday." Handwritten annotation of Atcheson Hench at the bottom; "Picked up Sunday afternoon, May 10, 1970 U Va."

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