Originally published in Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture, vol.26, pp.287-[312], 1998. © 1998 by The American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Reproduced here by permission of the author and The American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Images © 1998 by The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia Appendix, Commentaries on the Engravings and Woodcuts The nine […]
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Gothic Gold: Footnotes
Originally published in Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture, vol.26, pp.287-[312] © 1998 by The American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Reproduced here by permission of the author and The American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies NOTES The primary documents relating to the formation and content of the Sadleir-Black Collection are: the pamphlet by Robert K. Black containing Michael […]
Gothic Gold: The Sadleir-Black Gothic Collection by Frederick S. Frank
Originally published in Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture, vol.26, pp.287-[312] © 1998 by The American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Reproduced here by permission of the author and The American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies. See also the Appendix of commentaries on illustrations. This narrative is the saga of the formation and content of the Sadleir-Black Gothic collection, […]
The Sadleir-Black Collection of Gothic Fiction
The Sadleir-Black Collection of Gothic Fiction numbers over a thousand titles. Focusing on English writers and imprints, it is unique in its coverage of minor authors writing in this genre and in its holdings of original and subsequent editions of their works. Although its holdings consist mainly of English imprints issued from 1765 to 1830, […]
Printing, Calligraphy, Wood Engraving, and Book Illustration Collections
The Special Collections Department’s noteworthy holdings in the history of books and printing, which now span the period from the very earliest printers’ manuals to those of the 20th century and include the productions of fine private presses as well, have been strengthened in recent years by the acquisitions of the collections of three artists […]
The Kevin Barry and Kelly Scott Perdue Archive of Traditional Culture
The Kevin Barry and Kelly Scott Perdue Archive of Traditional Culture at the University of Virginia was first established when Professor Charles L. Perdue began teaching here in September 1971. With the assistance of his wife, Nancy J. Martin-Perdue, numerous student papers, books, recordings, and other priceless items were acquisitioned into the Archive over the […]
The Tracy W. McGregor Library of American History
One of the cornerstones of the University of Virginia special collections is the American history library of Tracy W. McGregor(1869-1936). In his later years, McGregor had become interested in Virginia and had visited the Charlottesville area from his Detroit home. In 1925, he and his wife had established the McGregor Fund to support charitable works […]
The Douglas H. Gordon Collection of French Books
In early winter of 1986 the Special Collections Department became the repository for one of the great American collections of French books dating from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century, arguably the most important collection of its kind in private hands before it was bequeathed to the University of Virginia by the late Douglas Huntly […]
Faulkner Library, October 2000
List of the William Faulkner Library Deposited in the Special Collections Department, October 2000 Entries preceded by an asterisk (*) indicate titles or copies not mentioned in: William Faulkner’s library, a catalogue / compiled with an introduction by Joseph Blotner. (Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia, Published in cooperation with the Bibliographical Society of the […]
Faulkner Library, July 1998
List of the William Faulkner Library Deposited in the Special Collections Department, July 1998 Entries preceded by an asterisk (*) indicate titles or copies not mentioned in: William Faulkner’s library, a catalogue / compiled with an introduction by Joseph Blotner. (Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia, Published in cooperation with the Bibliographical Society of the […]