No Small Library for me, but a small library for me

I was disappointed after the fall board meeting of the Virginia Glee Club Alumni and Friends Association to head to the door of the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia, only to note that they have discontinued Saturday hours. A shame, as much of the research that made up the history I assembled in Ten Thousand Voices was gathered in Saturday afternoon sessions in that library. I shall have to arrange to fly in earlier on Fridays in the future. All is not lost, though, as I made my way to Gingko Bookshop (formerly Heartwood Books, as longtime proprietor of the latter Paul Collinge finally retired and sold the business to a younger energetic crew) and made my way through their Virginiana and “UVA-ana” section, finding more than a few treasures. Alderman Library 50 Years is a slim pamphlet discussing how the University’s library came to be built, how the major collections that lent it prominence were acquired, and how the library system expanded in its first…