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University of Virginia Library @uvalibrary.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

We're gearing up for Revolutionary Printing & hope to see you there! It goes from 11-3 at @rareuva.bsky.social. Drop in any time! NOTE that ALL other UVA Library spaces & services are closed on both Fri July 3 & Sat July 4. Whatever your plans, stay cool! Details: bit.ly/3SICdbV

Poster for "Revolutionary Printing" event on July 4, 2026, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., featuring an image of a neoclassical building with columns. Special Collections will be open during the event. Note that all other UVA Library spaces and services will be closed on July 3 and 4.

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Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library @rareuva.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

We're hiring a Reference Librarian/ Archivist to join our Public Services Team! Please visit at.virginia.edu/reference for more information about the position. Application review begins May 18.

Graphic with text over photo of Special Collections Library. Text reads, “We're hiring: Reference Librarian/Archivist Informational webinar, May 12, 10AM EST Learn more: https://at.virginia.edu/reference.”

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Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library @rareuva.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Today—on her birthday—we honor the memory of our dear colleague and beautiful friend, Grace Hale, Reference and Instruction Librarian in the Small Special Collections Library since August 2021. Grace passed away from cancer, surrounded by her loving family, on February 3, 2026.

A portrait of Grace standing in front of a lush green background

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Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library @rareuva.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

In celebration of #ValentinesDay, UVA Today took a look at love letters, lithographs, poetry and first edition books, among other items, that document love that was sometimes hidden. news.virginia.edu/content/deep...

Sheet with 40 portrait illustrations of an individual and a large coffee stain. Printed text: “Tom Phillips. Pella on Saturdays.”

Corner of a letter featuring signed initials “AH.”

Book open to title page for White Fire by Michael Laurie with embellishments in red ink.

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University of Virginia Library @uvalibrary.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

**Tuesday Jan 27 Library hours** ONLY Clemons Library will be open — from 10 am to 10 pm. Stay safe, and come in and get warm. Library hours can always be checked at library.virginia.edu/hours @rareuva.bsky.social

A snowy view of Clemons Library with text stating "Clemons Library will be open Tuesday, Jan 27."

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Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library @rareuva.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

What’s on your #Thanksgiving menu? This 1887 menu from Woman’s Home Companion features some dishes that have remained mainstays and others that might be a surprise—like turtle soup!

Text on book page: “A Feast for Thanksgiving: Raw Oysters, Turtle Soup, Boiled Fish with Anchovy Sauce, Roast Turkey with Giblet Sauce, Smothered Guinea Fowl, Chicken Pie, Roast Haunch of Venison, Mashed Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Mashed Turnips, Cauliflower, Boiled Onions, Baked Salsify, Cabbage Salad, Celery, Cranberry Sauce, Sweet Peach Pickle, Pumpkin Pie, Mince Pie. Thanksgiving Pudding, Ice Cream, Thanksgiving Cake, Crackers, Cheese, Pickles, Fruit, Oranges, Grapes.”

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Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library @rareuva.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

💛Swipe to see how much the Pratt Ginkgo has grown over the past century! Planted on the northwest side of the Rotunda in 1859, the tree is named for William A. Pratt, the University’s first superintendent of buildings and grounds. #ginkgowatch2025 @uvalibrary.bsky.social

Color photo of a large ginkgo tree with brilliant yellow leaves

Black-and-white photo of a medium-sized ginkgo tree

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University of Virginia Library @uvalibrary.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

The exhibition entries for Kits and Sea Monsters and much more are in the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, UVA, while Horror is on the 4th floor of Clemons, near the DVDs. Read more about H is for Horror on UVA Today: news.virginia.edu/content/look...

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Looking for a good scare? Here’s what to watch this Halloween

Horror movie enthusiasts on UVA Library’s staff offer their recommendations.

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University of Virginia Library @uvalibrary.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Happy Halloween!! For today, a few #Halloween adjacent entries from our ABCs of the UVA Library exhibition. K is for Kits (in this case, a vampire killing kit), S is for Sea Monsters, and H is for Horror (more on that here: smallnotes.library.virginia.edu/2025/10/29/h... )

K is for Kits image, featuring a stylized blue chest with several golden compartments on a yellow background with a large white letter 'K' overlaying the image. The blue chest is a vampire killing kit with axe and cross visible.

S is for Sea Monster showing a stylized drawing of a sea monster with a sailor in its mouth, twined around a large capital S, on a bluegreen background

H is for Horror graphic, a stylized illustration of a movie zombie and a large capital H.

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Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library @rareuva.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Brittany Murray (she/her) recently joined @uvalibrary.bsky.social as the Charlottesville and Virginia Collections Conservator. She is responsible for the conservation and preservation of collection items from local communities in Charlottesville and Albemarle County.

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Heidi Zmick @hczmick.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Had an absolutely glorious time today looking at medieval books of hours and breviaries at Albert and Shirley Small special collections! @rareuva.bsky.social I always am fascinated by looking at signs of use - seeing how worn some pages were and where other codices fell open to was amazing!

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Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library @rareuva.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

New on our blog: Senior Imaging Specialist Stacey Evans reflects on the process of re-digitizing African American portraits in the Holsinger Studio Collection for our 2022-23 Visions of Progress: exhibition. Read her post here: smallnotes.library.virginia.edu/2025/10/21/h....

A screenshot from working with Capture One software showing a 4”x5” black-and-white film target and object, content, and speculative artist’s intent versions of two plates featuring African American women.

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Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library @rareuva.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Repost from @/abigailenjoysliterature on TikTok: “to this day, still one of the best days ever. this was one of the highlights of grad school. i yearn for access to special collections again oh my god. what’s the coolest book related artifact you’ve seen?? #reading #BookTok #literature #reader #fyp”

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Scholars' Lab @scholarslab.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

"P is for Point Clouds" exhibit is up in our Common Room! These aren't 3D models—they're clouds of tons of tiny points of measured, preservation-level accurate 3D data. 5 local historical locations including the Pine Grove Rosenwald School=explorable in VR, or as flythrus on our display or online +

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Rosie @rarebookrosie.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

In the American Civil Wars class visiting Special Collections today, students were greatly intrigued by a new acquisition: the James Thomas Watt Hairston Civil War prison ledger. archives.lib.virginia.edu/repositories...

“Mrs. Van Lew, postmistress of Richmond, and a great friend of the prisoners.”

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University of Virginia Library @uvalibrary.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

New exhibition—the ABCs of the UVA Library! From Artists' Books to Zines, with 24 stops in between. (Actually more, as the article notes) This evening's event is a sold out full house, but the exhibition will be up for the academic year at @rareuva.bsky.social (with outposts in other libraries)

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Exploring the ABCs of the UVA Library

A yearlong exhibition showcases nearly 200 items, spotlighting rare books, artifacts and surprising objects from the collection.

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Scholars' Lab @scholarslab.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

The A-Z exhibits include 2 from the lab: "P is for Point-Cloud Data" by Will Rourk & @arinbb.bsky.social (on 3D captures of historic artifacts+architecture); and "Z is for Zines" by @literaturegeek.bsky.social

Poster graphic by Jeff Hill that says "ABCs of the UVA Library" with a colorful grid of squares behind each letter of the alphabet, with each letter decorated with something referring to the exhibits associated with that letter, such as a z-folded zine image on the letter Z

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Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library @rareuva.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

"A Discovery and an Eclipse: Langston Hughes’ Rise to Fame": In a new post on our blog, Curator George Riser highlights a set of poems addressed from Langston Hughes to Vachel Lindsay—whose endorsement contributed to Hughes' rise in acclaim as a poet. smallnotes.library.virginia.edu/2025/07/21/a...

Typed copy of "The Weary Blues” signed and inscribed by Langston Hughes: “For Vachel Lindsay, whose poetry I much admire, these jazz poems of mine.” Lindsay writes below Hughes’ signature, “This is to certify I think these five poems are poetry.”

News page clipping featuring photo captioned "Langston Hughes, Washington's Bus Boy Poet"

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Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library @rareuva.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Join printer Josef Beery as he recreates the first printing of the Declaration of Independence in the South Gallery of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library on Thursday, July 3, from 1:00 to 3:00 pm. No tickets required!

"Print your own copy of the Declaration of Independence with Josef Beery. South Gallery. Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library. Thursday, July 3, 2025. 1:00-3:00 p.m. University of Virginia Library." Graphic features a photo of Beery spreading ink on a printing plate and a photo of a copy of the Declaration of Independence.

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Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library @rareuva.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

On June 9, 2012, UVA’s first female president, Teresa Sullivan, was controversially fired by the Board of Visitors. The President’s Office received hundreds of letters of support—none was more unusual than this red shoe, sent by the Reverends Mary and Milton Cole from Des Moines, Iowa.

Red shoe covered with words written in black marker.

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Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library @rareuva.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

One of just eight known copies in the world, this lovingly adorned copy of White Fire, a story about gay male love, was gifted by its author Michael Laurie (likely a pseudonym) to his lover, Julian—whose likeness is captured in an intimate pencil and white gouache portrait drawn by Michael.

Pencil and white gouache portrait of a young man, bordered in red and silver and initialed at lower right.

Dedication written in green ink: "For my Julian — without whom there would have been no White Fire: but with whom, all things are possible — from the author. ‘Oh boy whom I love, I will carry you with me in my flight!’ — Gide. Richmond Hill 25/viii/49.”

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Happy Juneteenth! Here in Virginia we traditionally celebrate Emancipation Day in April, on the 3, the day Richmond fell, & on the 9, the day Lee surrendered at Appomattox. Check out my short piece here. @rareuva.bsky.social Juneteenth in Virginia: Keeping the Celebration Going

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Juneteenth in Virginia: Keeping the Celebration Going

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Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library @rareuva.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Born in Chicago's South Side, Ernie McClintock (1937-2003) was an American director, actor, teacher, and major force behind the scenes of the #BlackArtsMovement. In Chicago in 1962, Ernie met his long-time partner Ronald “Ronn” Tyrone Walker (1936-1999)—an award-winning scenic artist. #QueerHistory

A page from one of Ernie’s journals featuring a love poem.

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Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library @rareuva.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Reference Librarian Anne Causey recommends Patchwork Voices by Emilee Taxman as part of @uvalibrary.bsky.social's compilation of book and film recommendations exploring the history, present, and future of trans people for #PrideMonth. Explore the full list at library.virginia.edu/news/2025/ce....

Cover of Patchwork Voices by Emilee Taxman, featuring the transgender symbol.

Two-page spread featuring a sketched portrait of a person with shoulder-length voluminous curly hair and wearing a low cut shirt with a necklace with pointed objects, perhaps stones, alongside text that reads, “A defining moment of my transition I would say was the realization that having these feelings of growing up (being socialized as a girl) and not fitting in with the labels of ‘man’ or ‘woman’ was valid. I realized being non-binary is not linear either. I learned that more than half of the animal kingdom and many common plants are intersex. With knowing that information, researching the tribes in Africa and speaking with the trans/2spirit indigenous community it donned on me that being trans, non-binary and gender variant is ancient, sacred, spiritual and always has been a part of nature. We all look and identify differently and it’s beautiful.”

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Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library @rareuva.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

If you’ve watched Tyler Perry’s award-winning 2024 film Six Triple Eight, you might be familiar with the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion of the U.S. Women’s Army Corps—the only Black female battalion overseas during the Second World War.

Black-and-white photograph of Madeleine Coleman Roach in uniform.

Newspaper clipping with two photos of the 6888th Battalion, shown working as switchboard operators and interacting with a bulletin board. Black-and-white photograph of the 6888th Battalion standing outdoors in formation with U.S. flag.

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Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library @rareuva.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

🎓In honor of Commencement this week, we’re highlighting our collection's oldest diploma—awarded to John A. Gretter as a graduate in the School of Mathematics—from UVA's first graduating class in 1828. 🎊Congratulations to all of the soon-to-be new alumni of UVA!

University of Virginia diploma honoring John A. Gretter of Richmond City as a Graduate in the School of Mathematics. Stained parchment featuring an engraving of the Rotunda and Lawn, a blue ribbon, and a faded seal of Virginia.

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Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library @rareuva.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

While planning our current exhibit: “Seeing Stars: The Universities Earliest Observatories,” we never imagined that the University’s first telescope—an 1828 W. & T. Gilbert four foot refractor—might still be on Grounds nearly two centuries later!

Photo of gallery installation featuring the W. & T. Gilbert telescope and related archival materials.

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University of Virginia Library @uvalibrary.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

The Thomas Jefferson Foundation Lecture will be given on Mon, May 12 at @rareuva.bsky.social & (free) tickets are still available. Historian @dwaldstreicher.bsky.social will speak on Black Poets & the Patriots who Mocked them in Jefferson's America. Full info: www.eventbrite.com/e/thomas-jef...

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Thomas Jefferson Foundation Lecture

given by David Waldstreicher (College '88)

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Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library @rareuva.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

How did you update your parents before cell phones or selfies? When #WilliamFaulkner was studying abroad in Paris in the fall of 1925, he included a few drawings of himself to update his mother on the growth of his beard. “Don’t faint,” he writes, saying it made him look quite “distinguished.”

One page of a letter written in blue ink and featuring a sketch of Faulkner smoking from a pipe.

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Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library @rareuva.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

The Harrison/Small building, including the reading room and exhibitions, will be closed this Saturday, May 10 due to scheduled facilities maintenance work.

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Rare Book School @rarebookschool.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Rare Book School is thrilled to announce this summer’s lecture series at the University of Virginia. All talks are free and open to the public. For the first time, RBS also will offer an option to attend virtually via Zoom livestream. Details at rarebookschool.org/lectures.

A vertically oriented white graphic has red and black text on it. At the top it reads “Rare Book School at the University of Virginia 2025 Summer Lecture Series”. Below this, a vertical black bar on the left has vertical white text in caps reading, “JUNE” and “JULY”. To the right of this in black and red are the names and talk titles of the summer lectures. At the bottom, a dark red bar has a QR code and a URL leading to rarebookschool/programs/lectures.

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Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library @rareuva.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

This #MayDay, AKA #InternationalWorkersDay, we’re looking back at the 1971 May Day protests that brought over 25,000 anti-war protestors to Washington, D.C., with the intent of shutting down the federal government. Their slogan: "If the government won't stop the war, we'll stop the government.”

A two-page full-color spread featuring a photo of two individuals surrounded by various protest signs featuring anti-war slogans and feminist symbols. “Dawn on the Potomac” is printed across an arching rainbow, and “May 1-7. Be Prepared!” is printed in rainbow text at the bottom.

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Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library @rareuva.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Today we remember the late John Casteen—UVA’s seventh president from 1990-2010 who passed away last month. Casteen was a library student assistant while studying @uva in the 1960s and an avid supporter of the @uvalibrary system throughout his career.

John Casteen photographed sitting at table with a book (Dan Addison, UVA Communications, 2021).

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Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Now that the excitement of yesterday’s news is subsiding, I must continue to give big thanks (& praise) to all the people/entities supporting the Bond Papers Project since its inception.The Albert and Shirley Smalls Special Collections is among that number, along w/the Center for Digital Editing.

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Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library @rareuva.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Congratulations to the Julian Bond Papers Project on a Mellon grant to accelerate digitization, annotation and publication of his vast archive! Learn more about Julian Bond's collection, open for research here in the Small Special Collections Library: ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view...

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Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library @rareuva.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Closing out #NationalLibraryWeek with Maureen Cummins' ReCategorized exploring the issue of categorizing people within library science. Maureen Cummins, Recategorized (Bearsville, N.Y.: Maureen Cummins, 2021). (N7433.4.C8 R43 2021).

Title page of Re-Categorized. Typed text reads, “Photo Shows: This little Arab refugee child gets a check-up from a Staff-nurse in a military hospital in Amman. 2145/J. Keystone. 2145/800388.” “12723” is written and circled in pencil, with a checkmark above it.

Book page featuring typed brief on brittle paper from New York Bureau dated September 23, 1947, and titled “Moslems Waiting to Leave for Pakistan. New Delhi, India.” Pencil annotations include a circle around “India” and “India-People,” with “people” crossed out and replaced with “refugees” in a different color.

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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

#NationalLibraryWeek kicks off today! It’s a time to celebrate the places that welcome everyone, spark curiosity, and strengthen our communities. This week, take a moment to discover—or rediscover—what makes your library special. What draws you to the library? ilovelibraries.org/national-lib...

Drawn to the Library, National Library Week. April 6-12, 2025. Colorful cartoon illustration of young people at the library drawing, sewing, reading together, and asking the librarian a question.

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University of Virginia Library @uvalibrary.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Love the Library? This #NationalLibraryWeek, celebrate the #UVA Library with a gift! Make a gift in support of the UVA Library April 6-12 and double your impact, thanks to a matching contribution! www.givecampus.com/fw4and

Promotional poster for National Library Week at the University of Virginia Library. Highlights include 5 million books, 1.7 million yearly visitors, 325,000 rare books, 5,000 maps, 380 staff and student assistants, 7 locations, and 1 heart of the University. Event dated April 6-12, with a $12,500 matching gift opportunity. Background features an artistic stack of books.

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Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library @rareuva.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

For #LibraryOutreachDay, we're highlighting some community outreach efforts organized by staff over the past two years! #NationalLibraryWeek 1-2: Holsinger Studio Family Day (June 2023) 3: Archiving Workshop, Black Family History Day @ Jefferson School African American Heritage Center (Feb. 2025)

An adult and three children pose outdoors for a tintype portrait taken by a a vintage camera.

A crowd of adults and children gathers in the Main Gallery for a storytime session.

Regina Rush and Krystal Appiah present a powerpoint slide on “Personal Archiving” in an auditorium.

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Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library @rareuva.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

In a new post on Notes from Under Grounds, Special Collections Conservator Sue Donovan describes the process of preserving The Zoological Keepsake (QL76.5.G72 L84 1830)—a book with silk-covered boards—by borrowing techniques from textile conservation. smallnotes.library.virginia.edu/2025/04/02/t...

Image of the front board of a small book covered in light pink silk on a black background. The title “The Zoological Keepsake” is printed on the top of the book cover, with the words “London: Marsh and Miller” printed at the bottom. Underneath the title is an image of a small cherub reading a book, who is sitting on top of a lion. The silk is damaged, and there is silk missing at the bottom right corner, and the top left corner is also quite damaged, with the “t” of THE almost completely detached from the rest of the silk cover. A small piece of silk has already detached, and it rests to the side of the book.

Image of the back board of a small book covered in light pink silk on a black background. The silk is mostly gone from the right hand side of the image. There is a printed image of an eagle with spread wings printed in the middle of the cover.

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Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library @rareuva.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

#MiniatureMonday "This little miniature accordion-book adorned with a gold frame accented with pearls highlights the history of how pearls became the hallmark of the American woman. Vintage advertising photos of women wearing all lengths of pearls highlights the text..."

Cover of miniature book titled “Pearlessence” featuring a vintage photo of a white woman dressed in elegant garb in a golden frame adorned with pearls.

Book open to a spread featuring vintage photos of two white women wearing pearl necklaces. Pearl beads have been glued onto the illustration as earrings.

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Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library @rareuva.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

JUST A FEW SPOTS REMAIN for Spheres of Anne Spencer: A Symposium TOMORROW, Friday, March 21 (10 a.m.-1 p.m.) in Shannon Library Seminar Rm 330. Free, and there will be brunch! Let us know you're coming via Eventbrite: at.virginia.edu/event/AS-sph...

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Spheres of Anne Spencer: A Symposium on Scholarship, Poetry, and Legacy

A free symposium (registration required) exploring contemporary scholarship on Anne Spencer through her archives, poetry, and legacy.

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UVA Press @uvapress.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Next Thursday (3/20) at 5:30, join Richard Kopley, one of the world’s foremost experts on Edgar Allan Poe, at the UVA Special Collections Library for an in-depth look at this enigmatic and iconic figure. Reception to follow! Part of the Virginia Festival of the Book. web.cvent.com/event/bda10f...

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Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library @rareuva.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

#ErinGoBragh! With the Special Collections Conservation Lab’s work identifying bookcloth containing arsenic in the collections, we’ve been seeing green everywhere—but it’s not the kind of green you want to put in your beer or your river! #StPatricksDay

Charlie Webb using an XRF spectrometer on a green bodice.

Three bodices of various shades of green laid in boxes on a table.

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Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library @rareuva.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Join us on Friday, March 21 (10 a.m.-1 p.m.) in Shannon Library Seminar Rm 330 for a free symposium on the Spheres of Anne Spencer. Register in advance via Eventbrite: at.virginia.edu/event/AS-sph...

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Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library @rareuva.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Bid farewell to our celebration of the Marquis de Lafayette’s 1824-1825 farewell tour of America! Visit our exhibition "Life, Liberté, and the Pursuit of Lafayette" in the First Floor Gallery—  open today, Friday 3/7, through 5 p.m. and tomorrow, Saturday 3/8, noon - 4 p.m.

1. Rare broadside shows a full-length portrait of the Marquis de Lafayette standing alongside James Armistead Lafayette, an enslaved American who played a crucial role as a spy at the Battle of Yorktown in the American Revolutionary War. Lafayette is in full military uniform, holding two swords in his left hand while pointing his right hand to direct American troops at the Battle of Yorktown raging in the background. Conclusion de la Campagne de 1781 En Virginie (Broadside 1781.L43)

Photo of the first side of the exhibition installation and gallery, which includes rare and unique books, letters, and drawings detailing Lafayette's revolutionary influence in American and his friendship with Thomas Jefferson.

Photo of the second side of the exhibition installation and gallery, which includes contemporary accounts of Lafayette’s visit to central Virginia, including diary entries, letters, announcements, invitations to balls, and celebratory speeches.

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Francis (Buster) Whitfill @fwhitfill.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

I always love to visit Special Collections @rareuva.bsky.social here at UVA. When was the last time you got to touch a priceless piece of human history? #books #academicsky #earlymodern

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Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library @rareuva.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Our Wednesday afternoon Special Collections reference desk squad is excited to remind you to mark your calendar for our FINAL FRIDAY this Friday, Feb. 28 from 5-7pm!

Alt text: Ridiculous photo of Small Special Collections Library staff definitely not posing against their will while wearing cheap tricorne hats and holding inflatable horse heads on a stick with a large “Betsy Ross” revolutionary war flag in the background that’s unquestionably authentic. They are truly not hiding behind a large wood reference desk in the foreground.

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