Frank M. Blackburn Collection

The The Frank M. Blackburn Collection and Reading Room was named to honor Frank M. Blackburn, University Librarian from 1958-1982 and collector of rare books. The collection mainly consists of books by and about Thomas Wolfe.

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The Frank M. Blackburn Reading Room also includes:

• books by and about the Powys brothers, John Cowper Powys, T.F. Powys, and Llewelyn Powys;
• the Smith-Sheffy Memorial Library;
• the Loula Grace Erdman Collection;
• several rare children's books; and
• Thomas Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia published in London in 1787 which has been called "one of American's first permanent literary and intellectual landmarks.