About the Finding Aid Collections
Many of the Library's manuscript and archival collections are available online as finding aids that describe and provide an inventory of primary source materials -- manuscripts, papers, pictures, etc. — housed in the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collection Library.
Authentication: Many items in the Digital Collections are restricted to the UVa community - users must be on Grounds, or authenticated through UVa Anywhere. The Finding Aids are all publicly accessible.
There are minimum software requirements for some functionality, including the installation of Java on your machine. No special software is required to view the Finding Aids. Please see the Finding Aid Collection help for more information.
See our FAQ for more information about UVa Library's Central Digital Repository
Ways to explore the Finding Aid Collections:
Use the form on the Finding Aid Collections home page for simple keyword searches of the image collections in the Repository. An advanced search of the finding aids is also available.
Help with Searching
For more guidance in searching the Finding Aid Collections, please read the Finding Aids Collection Help.