Illustrations of Anne Spencer in various phases of her life: a young mother with an infant (left), a middle-aged woman holding a piece of paper and pen, and an elderly woman gazing to the left (center). The figures are in front a robin egg's blue lattice intertwined with flowers and vines.

Anne Spencer: I Am Here!

Celebrating the life and legacy of Anne Spencer—Harlem Renaissance poet; civil rights activist; librarian and educator; avid reader and prolific writer. Her devotion to her craft, family, community, garden, and home of over seven decades situated on Pierce Street in Lynchburg, Virginia, shines through her archive housed here at the University of Virginia Library.

In partnership with the Anne Spencer House and Garden Museum, a Virginia Historic Landmark.

October 22, 2024 — June 14, 2025

Main Gallery, Harrison Institute and Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia

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A colored illustrated plan of the garden at the Anne Spencer House and Garden Museum.
Title
Didier plan
Bibliographic Citation

A plan of the restored garden illustrated by Emmanuel Didier in Half My World: The Garden of Anne Spencer, A History and Guide by Rebecca T. Frischkorn and Reuben M. Rainey (Lynchburg, VA: Warwick House, 2003).

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