Papers of James Southall Wilson, [manuscript], 1931-1942.

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Papers of James Southall Wilson, [manuscript], 1931-1942.

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Collection contains letters from Roberta Wellford and Amelie and Pierre Troubetzkoy. Topics include family history, ill health, and publications by Amelie Rives Troubetzkoy in the Virginia Quarterly Review. With them is a postcard of Castle Hill and a program from an exhibition of Pierre Troubetzkoy's paintings.

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University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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Rives, Amélie 1863-1945

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Amélie Rives was born into an aristocratic Virginia family, and exhibited precocious writing talent. As a young writer, she published The Quick or the Dead?, which became a controversial bestseller; modernists derided the naive plot and theme, while traditional romanticists were scandalized by the sensual content. After a short marriage to Virginia lawyer John Armstrong Chanler ended, she met and married exiled Russian painter Prince Pierre Troubetzkoy and led a privileged life in America and E...

Rives, William Cabell, 1850-1938

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Troubetzkoy, Pierre, 1864-1936

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Wellford, Roberta, 1873-1956

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Roberta Wellford was a charter member, secretary, and director of the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia and worked to push the organization of the Virginia League of Women Voters (VLWV) in the 1920s. She participated in the World War I war effort. She did work with the YMCA for troops in Paris and in Germany. As a member of the VLWV, she actively promoted public education in Virginia and supported the League of Nations and the World Court. Wellford was a member of the Daughters of the Confederac...

Wilson, James Southall, 1880-1963

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Professor of English, University of Virginia. From the description of Papers of James Southall Wilson, [manuscript], 1931-1942. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647809599 American author and editor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Charlottesville, Va., to Stark Young, 1934 Sept. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872999 University of Virginia English professor. From the description of Papers of James Southall...