Virginia Commonwealth University, Cabell Library
James Branch Cabell Library
Virginia Commonwealth University
P.O. Box 842003
901 Park Avenue
Richmond, VA 23284-2003
Primary Collecting Areas:
book art, comic arts, university archives, and 20th and 21st century
Richmond and Central Virginia history, including African-American, gay and
lesbian, and women's activist communities; the visual, literary, and
performing arts; and architecture and urban planning
Description:
Special Collections and Archives at James Branch Cabell Library collects
rare and unique research materials documenting 20th and 21st century
Richmond and Central Virginia.
Our holdings include manuscripts, personal papers, photograph collections,
oral histories, and various institutional records.
Books and other published materials include nationally significant special
collections of book art and comic arts; rare books and periodicals; late
19th and early 20th-century architecture and decorative arts; and Richmond
history, imprints, literature and serial publications from the late 20th
century to the present.
The historical records of VCU and its Monroe Park Campus predecessor, the
Richmond Professional Institute, are found here as well.