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University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
170 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Primary Collecting Areas:
American literature, antiquarian and contemporary, American history (Southeastern United States), Virginiana, British literature, Sporting books and manuscripts, World War I, Bibliography, the book arts, history of the book and typography
Fine press and artist’s books, Pop-up books, Victorian publishers bindings, Typography, Archives of the University of Virginia
Description:

The Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library administers over 13 million manuscripts, 3.6 million items in the University archives, and 325,000 rare books, as well as approximately 5,000 maps, over 4,000 broadsides; more than 250,000 photographs and small prints; over 8,000 reels of microfilm; and substantial holdings of audio recordings, motion picture films, and ephemera.

The major emphasis of the Department’s collections are American history and literature, with additional substantive collections in Virginiana, British literature, African-American history, book arts, the history of sporting and World War I, among others. In addition, the library serves as the University Archives, holding records of historic significance to UVA.

POC: Special Collections Public Services & Reference Staff
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Start Over Repository University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept. Date range 1779

N 281/N 282 - President's house; Governor's house, Richmond [MSS 770], 1779/1781 Flat_Box Oversize Box 4, Folder 2

Thomas Jefferson's first floor plans showing rotunda house with wings. Nichols mis-identified the second plan (N 282) as the second floor plan of the governor's house. It is the first floor. 2 items. ink on paper.

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  2. The University of Virginia Jefferson Papers, 1751/1898
  3. Thomas Jefferson Architectural Drawings, 1769/1898

"New System of Anatomy, " Dictionary entry from an unknown text, 1750/1799 Box 02 [oversize]

The source of this entry is unknown; however, the text is similar to an entry for "Anatomy" that appears in The Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: In Which the Whole of Human Learning is Explained, and the Difficulties Attending the Acquisition of Every Art, Whether Liberal or Mechanical, are Removed, in the Most Easy and Familiar Manner, by Temple Henry Croker, Thomas Williams, and Samuel Clark, 1764-1766. Gift of Elizabeth Mandell, MD.

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  2. Miscellaneous Oversize collection, 1958/2007

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