Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Purchase Records of Tracy W. McGregor and the Tracy W. McGregor Library, Accession #11263-f, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

These records were transferred from Rare Books to Manuscripts on July 6, 2004.

Scope and Content

This collection consists of the purchase records of Tracy W. McGregor for materials that formed the basis of the Tracy W. McGregor Library of American History at the University of Virginia Library, Special Collections. Many of the invoices are from noted bookseller Henry Stevens Son & Stiles. There are 675 items (5 Hollinger boxes, ca. 2 linear feet), ca. 1929-1970. Also present are two book inventories for books McGregor had stored at the Security Storage Company and at his residence, 1901 Wyoming Avenue, Washington, D.C.; a series of McGregor purchases made by the University of Virginia Library using the McGregor Fund, 1948-1969; a few years of the Tracy W. McGregor Library News Note concerning the McGregor Advisory Committee; and two folders containing proposed additions and revisions to Joseph Sabin's Biblioteca Americana, with annotations by Rare Books staff.

Arrangement

These papers are organized by type of material and chronologically within folders when appropriate.