"Collecting American Histories: The Tracy W. McGregor Library at 75" features rare and significant broadsides, books, prints, and letters that illuminate many aspects of the American experience spanning from the early settlement of Virginia; to the clash of European powers over the North American continent; and to the servants and slaves on whose backs the American economy depended.

Throughout the twentieth century, artists, writers, and small publishers have reinterpreted the genre of the magazine time and again.  Issued serially and sent through the mail to subscribers like most popular magazines, the projects on display variously reimagine the magazine as both a medium for the work of a particular creative community and as a creative genre in and of itself.

Maps of North America printed during the three centuries after European contact illustrate not only the great strides in scientific, technological, and geographical knowledge during this period, but also express the aesthetic tastes, political agendas, and economic ambitions of those who made and used maps as they shaped the modern world. These rare and treasured documents offer insights into past human experience and attract people with diverse historical interests, who continue to find new ways to read old maps. In celebration of Dr. Seymour I.

"Drawn from Life: Collecting Cartoons and Caricatures" is an exhibition featuring original and printed artworks from the Golden Age of Illustration. Selections from the private collection of John Francis are on view alongside highlights from the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, including published works by the artists featured in Francis's collection, works by other artists in a similar vein, and selected examples of American commercial art of the same period.

The recorded history of Flowerdew Hundred begins in 1618, when the Virginia Company of London granted George Yeardley a thousand acres on the James River, but as early as ten thousand years ago, successive groups of Virginia Indians began to occupy the site. English colonists, enslaved African Americans, Union soldiers, and countless others later followed—each group leaving behind evidence of their daily lives. Over the past several decades, a clearer picture of Virginia’s early inhabitants and their ways of life has emerged through archaeological excavations at this property.

This exhibition explores the City of Charlottesville’s 250 years of history, from the periods through the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, annexation and the industrial revolution, and racial segregation and urban development. The exhibition is a collaboration between the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library and the University of Virginia Community Relations Office.

Featuring rare and beautiful first editions from the University Library's Lillian Gary Taylor Collection of Popular American Fiction, "Bestsellers" explores American reading habits from the earliest works of popular fiction in the late 18th century to today's blockbusters. Mrs. Taylor compiled a significant collection of bestselling novels and lovingly recorded details of each book in her collecting journals. Mrs.

While the Rotunda undergoes a comprehensive, critically-needed renovation, artifacts typically on view there are on temporary display in the South Gallery of the Mary and David Harrison Institute for American History, Literature, and Culture. Items on display include the bell from the Rotunda, busts of Thomas Jefferson and the Marquis de Lafayette, and Alexander Galt's statue of Jefferson.

From October 1–26, “Shakespeare by the Book” will become the backdrop for the visiting Folger Shakespeare 
Library exhibition featuring the celebrated First Folio of 1623. First Folio! The Book That Gave Us Shakespeare is a national traveling exhibition to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death. The First Folio contains 36 of Shakespeare's plays, 18 of which were never printed before.

This permanent exhibit offers highlights of the Albert H. Small Declaration of Independence Collection, the most comprehensive collection of letters, documents, and early printings of the Declaration of Independence. The exhibition sheds light on not only the writing and signing of the Declaration, but also on its first printing, distribution across the colonies, and future impact on American history.