If you are interested in donating materials, please consult the Gift Policy. Current students, staff, and faculty members who wish to suggest materials for the collection may use the Purchase Request Form.
The Nancy Larrick Crosby Children’s Literature Center is located on the first floor of Smith Library. It contains a large and varied collection of children’s and young adult books assembled to support the university’s education program.
Browse the items in the Children’s Literature Center by viewing the following links:
The music score and sheet music collection supports undergraduate, graduate, and faculty in their studies, research, and performance endeavors.
Smith Library holds nearly 18,000 scores representing music from every time period and genre, including but not limited to classical, religious, jazz, musical theater, and contemporary. The collection comprises solo and ensemble performance editions, vocal and instrumental works, and both full and miniature scores.
We also have an impressive set of historical editions:
These authoritative sources include comprehensive notes and are indispensable to the music scholar. Many of the volumes are indexed in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, some with their own indexes and accompanying thematic catalogs.
Our digital score collections supplement our extensive print collection.
The Special Collections department contains a collection of more than 300 hymnals, Sunday School songbooks, and other sacred music spanning two centuries. We also have hundreds of examples of sheet music from the early 20th century, though these are only partially organized at the present time.
The Norman Heim Collection consists of more than 4,000 scores for woodwinds in general and clarinet in particular. The collection is a gift from noted clarinetist and teacher Dr. Norman Heim, professor emeritus at the University of Maryland, and includes copies of his own compositions. The collection is organized and cataloged in a Google Sheets database. The Heim collection does not circulate. For more information, contact Reference & Archives Librarian Kathy Evans.
Special Collections include archival materials relating to the university; theses, dissertations and yearbooks; rare or unusual books; an extensive early-20th century sheet music collection; materials relating to the Evangelical United Brethren; and a collection of almost 300 hymnals from several denominations. As a rule, the Special Collections department does not collect or retain any genealogical materials.
Special Collections materials must be used only in Smith Library. Many items are old and in very fragile condition. For access, please contact the Reference Department at (540) 665-5421 or help@su.libanswers.com.
The Huffer-McAdams Memorial Archives on the second floor of Smith Library houses the Shenandoah Collection of archival materials relating to the history of the university. Annual reports and financial statements, accreditation self-studies, and the Zynodoa yearbook are examples of publications found in this area. Additionally, the collection includes publications by current and former faculty and alumni, as well as books and materials concerning the history and development of the university.
Shenandoah University is the repository for all historical records of ministers and churches of the Virginia Conference of the United Brethren and Evangelical United Brethren churches prior to 1968, the date of the merger with the Methodist Church. The materials are housed in the Gruver-Souders UB/EUB Archives which are located in Smith Library, on Shenandoah’s Winchester campus. Read more (PDF).
Over 500 Shenandoah University master’s theses and doctoral dissertations are available in hard-copy format on the main floor of Smith Library. Digitized theses and dissertations from 1999 to the present are available in the Dissertations & Theses @ Shenandoah University database. All theses and dissertations may be searched by author, title, or subject in WorldCat Discovery.
At this time, access to this collection of materials is limited to current SU students and faculty. All SU masters theses and doctoral dissertations are copyrighted by their respective authors. Doctoral students in the Division of Education & Leadership or the Conservatory who wish to submit their work for inclusion in the Dissertations & Theses database should contact their respective schools for guidelines.
The Virtual Library of Virginia (VIVA) is a consortium of nonprofit academic libraries within the Commonwealth of Virginia. Members include all of Virginia’s state-assisted colleges and universities, as well as 34 private, nonprofit institutions and the Library of Virginia. Many of Shenandoah’s online resources are provided through our participation in VIVA.