Researching the University of Virginia

Residence by state data on alumni. Student data, e.g. admissions, enrollment, graduation rates, back to at least the 1990s and in some instances back to the late 1970s. From UVA's Institutional Research and Analytics

Bulk of coverage is for students who attended 1874-1883. An alphabetical index to University of Virginia students who attended between 1874 and 1883. Each card lists name, year of birth, home, and years of attendance.

1888 to date. LD5687.C7 - Shannon Reference Room & Special Collections. Missing yearbooks for 1983, 1988, 1990 and 1991, can be found in Clemons Library or in Special Collections. See also Corks and Curls. Barrister (Law School) edition, 1983-1991. LD5687.C72 - Shannon Reference Room & Special Collections. See also Corks and Curls. Medical School edition, 1983-1988. LD5687.C722 - Shannon Reference Room & Special Collections

This VIRGO record leads to scanned copies of Corks & Curls, the yearbook of the University of Virginia. The scanned copies are located at the very end of this record.

Described as "an attempt to put in orderly array some of the more important information contained in the volumes of Corks and Curls yearbooks....The index is complete through vol. 78 (1966)."

1900-date. LD5679.2.V55 - Shannon Reference Room.
Currently the University’s phonebook, this started as a student listing. For earlier years, or for missing years in the teens, see the following titles:

Compiled by UVA Librarian Jean Cooper.

Both a book (LD5679.8.U59 1996) and a searchable database (1895-current)

Lists all students and faculty at the University. Coverage - 1825. See also Students of the University of Virginia, A Semi-Centennial Catalogue - LD5675.3 19878a - Called the Schele catalogue. Coverage 1825-1875
University of Virginia . Decennial Catalogue, Visitors, Faculty, Officers and Students, 1874-1884- LD5669 1889 - Called the Decennial Catalogue

Title becomes The University of Virginia Record in 1907. LD5667.2. Shannon Reference Room. We keep 1825-1920 and the most current 5 years. The earliest volumes bind many year’s catalogs together and also contain student listings. A full run of the intervening years can be found in the general stacks, cataloged as Non-Circ. Many of these are digitized see this link

Current listing.

Read overview of UVA Clubs

Good history of these groups from an article, with photos, by Robert Viccellio in the University of Virginia Magazine.

From the The Office of the Dean of Students/ Fraternity & Sorority Life -- links to policies, councils and committees, and a listing of all fraternities and sororities active in the Greek Councils at UVA. Search VIRGO for materials: use this term as Subject or Keyword: greek letter societies charlottesville. Or, use a specific name, e.g. "delta delta delta" as Keyword.

Easters, Sororities and Fraternities, Amusements and "the typical UVA student" are a few examples of the topics illustrated, through photographs, letters and other mementos, in this section of the 1999 online exhibit All the Hoos in Hooville from Special Collections.

A 2003 online exhibit from Special Collections, "this exhibition highlights the experiences of some of the first women to live, study, and work at the University, who paved the way for full coeducation." See also Breaking Traditions section of the 1999 online exhibit All the Hoos in Hooville, which profiles breaking racial and gender barriers to admissions at UVA.

Use a VIRGO Advanced Catalog search to find materials on UVA student group and organizations, including older materials held in Special Collections. TIP: on the results screen use the limiters in the left column, e.g. Format (archive, photograph, etc.), Subject and/or Publication Era to refine your results. Sample searches:

Author = office of student affairs university of virginia
Subject = university of virginia honor system
Keyword = IMP society
Keyword = university of virginia student council

Former title Directory of the Living Alumni of the University of Virginia, 1931. LD5675.3 - Shannon Reference Room The most recent edition (1990) is shelved in Ready Reference, and earlier editions are in Reference stacks.

Directory of the Living Alumni of the University of Virginia, Centennial Edition - LD5675.3 1921

Includes known living alumni as of 1910. Called the Colonnade Club Catalogue.

Special Collections - RG-24/11/12.061

In several series, and under alternate titles (e.g. Alumni News). LH1.V6 A4. Shannon Reference Room & Special Collections. A slip index to this publication is located in the wooden file cabinet located near the beginning of the “C” classification in the Reference Room (see following entry). A good source for obscure University information which may have appeared in this alumni publication.

Located in Shannon Reference Room, near CS call numbers on West Wall.
A meticulous name and subject index to Alumni Bulletin/Alumni News from 1901 to 1966. A separate drawer indexes Alumni News by subject from 1966-1987. Volumes are shelved in Shannon Reference at LH 1 .V6A5. Alumni Bulletin, Old Series, (v.1-7 (1984-1900) is not covered by this index.
The title covered are:
Alumni Bulletin, New Series, v.1-7 (1901-1907)
Alumni Bulletin, Series III, v.1-17 (1980-1924)
Alumni News, v.1-54 (1913-1966) (NOTE: volume and page number references only)

Special Collections Card File - A subject index to Colonial Albemarle / by Charles Wilder Watts (1948); A history of private secondary schools in Charlottesville / Harold Mopsik (1936); Jefferson's Albemarle / William M. Dabney (1951); Charlottesville and Albemarle County, Virginia, 1819-1860 / Newton Bond Jones (1950); and, Charlottesville and Albemarle County, Virginia, 1865-1900 / William Edward Webb (1955).
Compiled by staff in the University of Virginia Library's Reference Dept (Frances Sharf Fink) ., ca. 1955.