The Robert Taylor Collection Fund was established to maintain the collection of annual best sellers in the Alderman Library. Robert Coleman Taylor was an 1886 alumnus of the Law School; his wife, Lillian Gary Taylor (1865–1961), was a collector whose library of best-selling American fiction was donated to UVA in 1945.
To check availability of items purchased with this fund:
- Visit Virgo Advanced Search.
- Open the ‘Bookplate’ filter on the left side of the page.
- Click the box next to the name of this fund.
- Click the Search button.