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The daughter of a former UVA student found an Anthony Trollope book in her attic. It had been checked out of Alderman Library in 1954, and its journey back to the library helped bring back memories of her father.
Tracing a transatlantic story from the English Fens to the Indigenous homelands of the Virginia Chesapeake, this exhibition unravels how the logic of improvement, codified in law and made visible through environmental interventions, redefined belonging and access to land. On view until June 4, 2027.
