Beatrice Witte Ravenel papers, 1892-1948 [manuscript].

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Beatrice Witte Ravenel papers, 1892-1948 [manuscript].

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The bulk of this material comprises writings by Ravenel, and consists of manuscripts and typed drafts, published stories and poems, clippings, reviews, and magazine copies. Her correspondence with fellow authors, poets, and publishers is especially full for the 1920s, and includes letters (chiefly in typescript) of Amy Lowell, Hervey Allen, Josephine Pinckney, Norman Hapgood, Edwin Markham, and Dubose Heyward. Volumes include two scrapbooks of letters and clippings, 1919-1927; a book of poems, 1890-1917; a sketchbook of her charcoals and water colors; and one unpublished chapter from a biography of Eliza Lucas Pinckney (1723-1793) by Harriott Horry Ravenel, Beatrice Witte Ravenel's mother-in-law.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Lowell, Amy, 1874-1925

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Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940

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Pinckney, Josephine, 1895-1957

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Ravenel, Beatrice Witte, 1870-1956

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Beatrice Witte Ravenel, writer and poet of Charleston, S.C. From the description of Beatrice Witte Ravenel papers, 1892-1948 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 25290688 Beatrice Witte Ravenel (24 August 1870-15 March 1956), daughter of Charles Otto and Charlotte Sophia Reeves Witte, was born in Charleston, S.C. Her father was a German-born businessman and civic leader in Charleston. Beatrice was educated at the Charleston Female Seminary, and, in 1889, enrolled i...

Ravenel, Harriott Horry, 1832-1912

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Charleston, S.C. resident. From the description of Letters, [1805?]-1862. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36321579 Charleston, S.C. author. The daughter of Edward Cotesworth Rutledge (1798-1860) and Rebecca Motte Lowndes (1810-1893), in 1851 she married Dr. St. Julien Ravenel (1819-1882). Her great grandmother Harriott Pinckney Horry (1749-1830) was the daughter of Eliza Lucas Pinckney (1722-1793) and Charles Pinckney (ca. 1699-1758). From the desc...

Hapgood, Norman, 1868-1937

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Norman Hapgood: editor, diplomat, and author. Elizabeth Reynolds Hapgood (1894-1974): editor and translator. From the description of Papers of Norman Hapgood and Elizabeth Reynolds Hapgood, 1823-1977. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71132030 Norman Hapgood was an editor and critic, best remembered for his influential editorials for Collier's Weekly. Born in Chicago, he had a distinguished tenure as a student at Harvard University, culminating in a law degree. He practiced law...

Allen, Hervey, 1889-1949

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Heywood, Dubose, 1885-1940.

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Pinckney, Eliza Lucas, 1723-1793

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Eliza Lucas Pinckney, daughter of Col. George Lucas of Antigua, was the second wife of South Carolina chief justice Charles Pinckney (ca. 1699-1758). Her daughter Harriott married Daniel Horry. From the description of Letter to Harriott Horry, ca. 1780. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32140198 Wife of Charles Pinckney (d. 1758); resident of Charleston and Belmont (York Co.), S.C. From the description of Papers, 1741-1763. (Duke Univer...