Conditions Governing Use

Independent student organizations published "Corks and Curls" and "The Barrister." They own the copyright to any content that is not yet in the public domain or was licensed from another party. Indiviudals who wish to re-publish copyright-protected content will need to seek permission from the party or parties that own it.

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions on access to volumes of "Corks and Curls" and "The Barrister."

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The yearbooks came to the Arthur J. Morris Law Library from different sources. The Library transferred many of them from its circulating collection to its archive. External donors gifted a few volumes to the Library. When a volume is a gift, a note about the donor is recorded in this finding aid.

Biographical / Historical

Between 1888 and 2009, law students at the University of Virginia partially documented their experiences at UVA in yearbooks. The books, edited by the students, contain photographs and short articles that identify members of the UVA law school community and provide glimpses into everyday student life.

From 1888 to 1955, "Corks and Curls", the University of Virginia's main yearbook, contained sections dedicated to the law school. Then, in 1956, law students began to annually produce their own yearbook called "The Barrister." For a brief time between 1982 and 1991, law students once again collaborated with the editors of "Corks and Curls" to publish special "Barrister Editions" of that yearbook. These editions contain both specific content documenting the Law School and other content documenting student life at the wider university.

In 1992, UVA law students revived "The Barrister" as an independent publication. Then, after a decade of declining student interest in the yearbooks, "The Barrister" ended its run in 2009. Between 1992 and 2009, there were some years when students did not produce an edition of "The Barrister."

Scope and Contents

This collection of yearbooks documents the experiences of law students who attended the University of Virginia between 1888 and 2009. It contains both "Corks and Curls", the main University of Virginia student yearbook, and "The Barrister", the UVA law student yearbook. Researchers will discover a wide range of content in these books, including student, staff, and faculty photographs, candid glimpses into student life, and student organization profiles.

Many volumes of "Corks and Curl"s are missing from this collection, but every volume of "The Barrister" and the law school edition of "Corks and Curls" are here.

Arrangement

The yearbooks are arranged into series by their title and date of publication. The separate runs of "The Barrister" (1956-1979 and 1992-2009) are placed into their own series.

Related Material

The Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia preserves a complete collection of "Corks and Curls." At the Arthur J. Morris Law Library, the archival collection RG-32-212 holds the administrative records of the student organization that produced "The Barrister."

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• School yearbooks
• University of Virginia. School of Law