October 30, 2009
The Special Collections Library recently acquired a collection of book illustrator Barry Moser’s works. Moser, who operates Pennyroyal Press, is a nationally recognized illustrator who won the American Book Award for design and illustration in 1982 for his Alice Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass.
Barry Moser was born in 1940 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. After schooling in Tennessee, he found his way to New England where he began honing his craft. He currently has more than 300 titles published and is in wide demand for his illustrating skills.
The purchase by Special Collections marks the first time the library has bought a collection via auction. The Moser works include books, proofs, variant printings, and elephant folios of some of his finest works. The library is cataloging the collection which will be available for research by mid-December.
August 3, 2009
Special Collections and University Archives re-opened to the public on schedule. We have now resumed our regular hours of Monday - Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm.
July 6, 2009
Special Collections and University Archives will be closed for renovation from July 6 – 31, 2009. We will re-open to the public on Monday, August 3rd. During this time, none of our collections will be available, and we will not be accepting any on-site patrons.
We will resume full public services on Monday, August 3rd.
Researchers may contact us by phone at (615) 322-2807 or As resources permit, we will respond to questions received during this time. Once we open for service on August 3rd, we will reply to any remaining questions in the order they were received.
June 12, 2009
Our Archives move dates have been confirmed for July. Special Collections and University Archives will be closed to the public from July 3 - 31, 2009. During this time, the Reading Room will be closed, and we will not be accepting any on-site patrons.We will re-open to the general public on Monday, August 3rd.
Due to the move, the last day to request any Annex stored materials is Wednesday, June 24th. All material must be returned to its off-site storage facility by the morning of June 29th.
April 16, 2009
Our current close date for the moving project has been set for the second and third weeks of July. These dates are still tentative, however, so be sure to call ahead if you plan on visiting us around this time.
March 2, 2009
Our main Exhibits page has moved to the new site design.
Work on the new Archives Annex proceeds at a steady clip. The move of the University Archives and select Special Collections material is tentatively scheduled for June/July. We will probably shut down for up to two weeks around this date to devote time to this project. Researchers planning summer visits to Special Collections are encouraged to monitor this page for up-to-date news regarding this move.
January 12, 2009
We've continued our conversion to a new web site design. Our home page and our main internal pages have been converted to the new site design. We've debuted a new Research section which we hope will guide users to resources they need. For Vanderbilt faculty, we've added a new section called Faculty Services which provides information on scheduling class visits to the department. Exhibt and individual manuscript guides pages will be converted to the new site design over the next few months.
December 16, 2008
Special Collections has begun implementing a new web design to improve site navigation. We have started to replace internal site pages with the new design and expect to have the entire site updated by early January.
December 10, 2008
Renovation has begun on the new Archives Annex which will house the University Archives and some of our book and manuscript collections. Once this new facility has been completed, Special Collections will move all the material we currently store at the Library Annex to the new building. This move will most likely take place in mid to late summer of 2009.