"Portraits from the Golden Age of Jazz" features a collection of black and white photographs of jazz musicians by William P. Gottlieb. During the 1930s and 1940s, Gottlieb photographed the contemporary jazz scene for The Washington Post and Down Beat magazine. His incisive portraits evoke the essence of the era and capture unforgettable images of jazz greats such as Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Charlie Parker, and many others.

Celebrating the bicentennial of Edgar Allan Poe, "From Out That Shadow" was created out of a partnership between the Mary and David Harrison Institute of American History, Literature, and Culture and the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia, and the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin.

This exhibition showcases some of the landmarks of dystopian fiction. The popularity of this genre suggests that readers have a fascination with societies in which poverty, suffering, and oppression isolate the individual, and populations are ruled by nightmarish totalitarian regimes. The exhibition is inspired by the critically-acclaimed young adult novel Quarantine, written by Tom Voorhies and Lex Hrabe. Hrabe is a UVA graduate and one-time student employee of the Small Special Collections Library.

Were the sixties the best of times or the worst of times? Did America evolve as a nation and we as individuals? Are we better for the experience? We who were there have our own answers, but it is the historians who will write the collective answers for posterity. In any case, for better or worse, this dynamic, controversial, exciting time was our youth, our creation, and our legacy, and this exhibition is an attempt to revisit it, share it, and interpret it.

James Rogers McConnell, who is commemorated by the Aviator Statue outside of Clemons Library, was a UVA student who died while flying for France in the first World War. The James Rogers McConnell papers consist of approximately 210 items, including 160 letters written by McConnell. The letters date from 1915, when McConnell served with the American Ambulance service on the Western Front in France, 1916, the year of the formation of the Lafayette Escadrille, and, 1917, ending a few days before McConnell's death.

An exhibition on the history of the Armed Services Editions, featuring paperbacks distributed to members of the American Military during World War II.

Our annual mini-exhibition in honor of Martin Luther King Day. This year we share artifacts revealing the diversity of the University of Virginia student body.

This mini-exhibition in the First Floor Gallery of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library celebrates the bicentenary of the war, with original manuscripts, printed books, and artifacts related to the war and to its most famous musical offspring, “The Star Spangled Banner.”

The University of Virginia Library Celebrates the Acquistion of its Four Millionth Volume: a handmade book by Claire Van Vliet of the Janus Press based on Rita Dove's poem, "Lady Freedom Among Us."

Overshadowed by the tremendous contributions made by Thomas Jefferson to establish the University, Madison's role is often overlooked, although he worked closely with Jefferson to realize his vision for an institution of higher education to prepare students for their responsibilities as citizens of the new Republic.