Small Special Collections Library (UVA)

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

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/2024/thor… Image—Charles Dana Gibson's “Gibson Girl” drawings for Life magazine

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-Op…

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-Op…

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

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 ...

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.

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

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

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/view?d…

Yes they are. To the women of 1974: thank you. #uvareunions

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

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

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.'"

"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."

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: