Archives, 1967-1973.

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Archives, 1967-1973.

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Chiefly correspondence of Julius Rothman, professor of English, Nassau Community College, Garden City, N.Y., relating to his activities in organizing the Cabell Society and in editing The Cabellian; together with documents relating to the Cabell Society and The Cabellian; and other papers. Principal correspondents include Joe Lee Davis and Dorothy B. Schlegel (1st and 2d presidents); honorary chairman Margaret Freeman Cabell, wife of James Branch Cabell; board members Betty Adler, L. W. Fox, W. Godshalk, L. D. Rubin, Jr., and N. Smith, III; and the following Cabell Society members and/or contributors to The Cabellian: J. Blish, Nelson Bond, J. M. Duke, J. M. Flora, H. Hartman, Mrs. Vardis Fisher (i.e. Opal Laurel Holmes), G. T. Keating, E. E. MacDonald, J. Ringo, D. Tarrant, and E. C. Wagenknecht.

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Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958

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Richmond author James Branch Cabell (1879-1958) is best known for his controversial book, Jurgen (1919), a fantasy set in Cabell's mythical medieval world of Poictesme (pronounced Pwa-tem). The New York Society for the Suppression of Vice contended the book was obscene. A trial over its content brought the reclusive writer national fame. Throughout the 1920s, Cabell's literary peers, including H.L. Mencken and Sinclair Lewis, praised his works. Cabell was born April 14, 1879, at 101 E. Frank...

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