John Cook Wyllie miscellaneous papers [manuscript], 1951, 1957-1961.

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John Cook Wyllie miscellaneous papers [manuscript], 1951, 1957-1961.

The collection contains a 1940 submission to the Raven Society by Phil [Rothar?]; Wyllie's desk diary for 1964; a record of copyrights, 1831-1856, for the Eastern District of Virginia with Wyllie's annotations; some correspondence of University Librarian Jack Dalton, chiefly re a Xerox Multilith machine; a brief note of thanks from Nancy, Lady Astor, 1959; correspondence, 1959-1967, pertaining to the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia; negative photostats of Alderman Library floorplans including Taylor and Fisher's "Study showing scheme for future extension to North" and assorted scholarly and administrative correspondence. Correspondents (writers of one or two letters only, frequently about the Barrett Library) include Thomas R. Adams, Clifton Waller Barrett, Edwin M. Betts, Yvon Bizardel, Fredson Bowers, Julian Boyd, Matthew Bruccoli, Curt Bühler, Herbert Cahoon, Harry Carter, Philip K. Crowe, W. H. Fries, W. Edwin Hemphill, Rudolf Hirsch, Ma Meng, Nicholas A. Meyer, Charles Kerby-Miller, Bernard M. Meeks, John C. Miller, Howard S. Mott, Richard Mummendey, J.N.L. Myres, M.I. Rudomino, R. W. Stallman, Thomas Streeter, and Louis B. Wright.

circa 200 items.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7098612

University of Virginia. Library

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