When the Library of Leonard and Virginia Woolf first arrived in 1971 at the Washington State University Library, it was housed together in the Humanities and Special Collections Division on the fourth floor of the Holland Library. The image below taken in 1971 shows Professor John Elwood with the Woolf Library. However in 1978, when the Humanities and Special Collections Division combined with the Manuscripts-Archives Department, the Woolf Library was interspersed with WSU's other rare book collections and shelved by Library of Congress Subject Headings. Though this arrangement made retrieving MASC's rare books somewhat simpler, it also diminished the research value of the collection and deprived Woolf scholars of a rich opportunity to see and browse Leonard and Virginia's books. This summer we will reunite the Woolf Library at WSU. Check the MASC home page for periodic updates.
Trevor James Bond, Interim Head, MASC
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