Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

While these objects may no longer be on display, you can still view high-resolution images and read the exhibition labels within the subsections of this stop. Moreover, we invite you inside to explore the current exhibitions on display!

Additional sections

#1 Jefferson's Telescope
#2 Whalebone and Ivory Walking Stick
#3 Plans for the Academical Village
#5 South Elevation of the Rotunda
#7 First Minutes of the Board of Visitors
#9 Dunglison Chalice
#10 Jefferson's Hair
#11 Poe's Library Fine
#12 A Voyage to the Moon
#14 Photograph of Sally Cottrell Cole
#18 The Student
#19 Letter from Robert Lewis Dabney to His Brother
#20 William Barton Rogers' Cabinet
#21 Washington Society Medal
#22 Student Sketch of Maximilian Schele De Vere
#24 Bohn's Album
#25 Civil War Trepanning Kit
#26 John B. Minor's Diary
#27 Samuel Miller's Chair
#28 The University Memorial
#30 McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader
#31 First Edition of Corks and Curls
#32 Silk Handkerchief
#33 Graduation Invitation
#34 Pass Certificate of Caroline Preston Davis
#35 Key to the Rotunda
#37 Holsinger Photograph of the Rotunda Fire
#39 Original Piece of Tin Roof with Painting
#40 Cast Plaster Rosette from Stanford White Renovation
#41 Rouss Hall Floor Joist, Bracket, and Nails
#42 Wooden Doll
#43 Rotunda Cigar Box
#44 Consent Form from Walter Reed's Yellow Fever Experiment
#45 Cast of John Powell's Hand
#46 Knife of "The Honor Men" Poet
#48 Loving Cup
#49 Track Medal
#50 Hot Foot Crown
#51 Cartoon from First Class Reunion
#52 Buck Mayer on the Cover of Sporting Life
#53 Strip from James R. McConnell's Crashed Plane
#54 History of the University of Virginia
#55 Raven Society Bid Card
#59 The Eleusis of Chi Omega
#60 Mountain Lake Herbarium Collection
#61 Letter from Alice Jackson to the Board of Visitors
#62 John Lloyd Newcomb's Tea Service
#63 Nursing Cape
#64 Alumni News Article on the "Hand that Held the Dagger" Speech
#65 Photograph of Caroyl Beddow Gooch
#66 "The Gift Outright" by Robert Frost
#67 Parachute Wedding Dress
#68 John Cooke Wyllie's Japanese Radio Set
#69 Edward Stettinius's Gas Mask
#70 Ed Roseberry's Ciro-Flex Camera
#72 Bowie Kuhn's Student ID Card
#73 Walter Ridley's Scrapbook
#75 Cross Burned in Sarah Patton Boyle's Yard
#76 Carroll's Tea Room Menu
#77 Faulkner's Typewriter
#79 Mama Rotunda Outfit
#80 Bice Device
#82 University Mace
#83 Edgar Shannon's Blue and Orange Phone
#84 The Sally Hemings Underground Newsletter
#85 Coeducation Lawsuit
#86 First Women's NCAA Championship
#89 Peach Bowl Coke Bottles
#88 The Last Easters T-Shirt
#90 International Center Egyptian Plate
#91 Steve Keene Paintings for WTJU
#92 Bernard Mayes's March on Washington Flag
#93 Abercrombie & Fitch Catalog
#94 University of Virginia Barbie
#96 Shoe from Sullivan Controversy
#98 ACC Basketball Tournament Net
#99 Post-It Notes from Rolling Stone Controversy
#100 Cav Man