As the Albert & Shirley Small Special Collection’s Curator of Material Culture, Meg oversees curation, description, and access to the University’s Fine and Decorative Arts Collection and several significant archaeological and records collections including the Flowerdew Hundred Collection and recently excavated and legacy collections of archaeological artifacts associated with the history of the University of Virginia.
A 19th-century printer, journalist and essayist, Walt Whitman became America’s renowned poet many years after he shocked and unsettled American culture with the first publication of “Leaves of Grass” in 1855.
In February, the University of California system (the UC) made a remarkable announcement: they are not renewing their “Big Deal” subscription with Elsev
In the first of many steps to promote openness about our spending, we are releasing the following information, outlining the costs and usage of several large journal packages, which together represent nearly 40% of our collections budget. We expect to release more detailed information, including title-level data, on a regular basis.
David Hennigan is Finance & Grants Generalist.
Celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Walt Whitman, the exhibition pays tribute to the incalculable cultural influence of the great American poet through display of first printings of his immortal work, Leaves of Grass, early drafts of his poems in manuscript, personal correspondence, and photographs.
After nearly a century, everything first published in 1923 has finally ascended to the public domain and is free for all to use and share. An exhibition by the UVA Library tells the story of copyright, from Jefferson to how 1923 got free, and what took so long.
A Black History Month 2019 exhibition of select anonymous and familiar African-American images from the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library. Individually and collectively, these faces are of those whose ordinary or extraordinary achievements for themselves and their communities shaped a nation.
The University of Virginia Library is a member of the Whitman 2019 Consortium, a collective of east coast organizations, institutions, venues, and individuals planning events in celebration of the poet’s 200th birthday.