Archives and Photographs
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Phi Delta Phi program (1903)
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The library serves as the repository for certain law school administrative records and publications. (Official student records are retained elsewhere in the University.) Of primary significance are the records of the Dean's Office dating from the 1930s through the tenure of Dean Richard A. Merrill (1980-1988). In addition there are records of associate deans, the admissions office, the library, the alumni association, and the graduate degree program for judges. A number of faculty committees are documented from the 1960s, as well as some student organizations' activities. There is a growing collection of nineteenth and early twentieth century student notebooks, exams, and other records of the educational experience. Publications include archival copies of the journals published by student organizations, a complete set of the Law Weekly, The Barrister, Virginia Law School Report, UVa Lawyer, and similar works.
Locating Archival Records
Contact a member of the special collections staff to learn specifically what archival records are available and open to research. Some of these collections require advance permission for access. Law school publications are identified in the library's VIRGO catalog by a call number beginning with the letters "VL."
Photograph Collection
The Special Collections staff are curators of the law school's substantial collection of photographs. Now numbering over nine hundred images, they have been acquired and preserved for many years, the earliest dating from the 1880s. Particularly rare and valuable, for example, are class photos from the late nineteenth century, and group shots of attendees at the Virginia Bar Association meetings in the early 1900s. Also included are photos of faculty and students, speakers or other visitors of the law school, alumni, and law school rooms and buildings.
Locating Photographs
A database has been created for retrieving information about the photographs. Contact a member of the special collections staff for further information.
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