Papers of James Southall Wilson [manuscript], 1921-1976.

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Papers of James Southall Wilson [manuscript], 1921-1976.

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The papers consist chiefly of Wilson's correspondence as editor of the "Virginia quarterly review," 1925-1930, and organizer of the Southern Writers Conferences held at the University of Virginia, 1931, and Charleston, S.C., 1932. Among the correspondents are James Branch and Margaret Cabell, Willa Cather, Stringfellow Barr, Harry Clemons, Arthur Kyle Davis, Donald Davidson, Ellen Glasgow, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward, Walter de la Mare, John Calvin Metcalf, John C. Miller, and H. Blair Rouse. Topics include Wilson's own writing and that of his correspondents, the "Virginia quarterly review," the Poe-Ingram papers, the Southern Writers Conferences, reviews, a criticism of Miller's Poe dissertation, the University of Virginia Library's efforts to obtain the papers of James Branch Cabell, lecture and social invitations, the Bread Loaf Writers Conference, the Huntington Hartford Foundation, reprints, publication permission, and personal news. There are also newsclippings re Glasgow, Cabell, de la Mare and Dorothy Heyward, a Christmas card from Anne Virginia Bennett, magazine copies of an article by Cabell and poetry by Heyward, promotional material re Glasgow, and a photograph of Wilson.

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University of Virginia. Library. Manuscripts Dept.

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John Thomas Casteen III became president of the University of Virginia in 1990. Miss Freudenberg was Curator of the dept. late 1960s. From the description of Manuscripts division payroll [manuscript], 1965-1967. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647922770 ...

Miller, John Carl 1916-1979

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Miller was born in Escatawpa, Mississippi, in 1916. He recieved a B.A. degree in English from Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi, and later earned an M.A. (1947) and Ph.D. (1954) in English from the University of Virginia. Miller was a specialist in early American literature and an authority on Edgar Allan Poe. He taught at the University of Alabama, Louisiana State University, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, Virginia, and the Virginia Military Institute before joining the faculty at Old...

Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849

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Davison, Charles Marshall,

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Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940

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Author. From the description of Letter : to Henry Ravenel Dwight, 1931 Jan. 4. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 37521975 From the description of Letters to Robert N.S. Whitelaw, 1940. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 37522020 Author, of Charleston, S.C. From the description of Peter Ashley promotional poster [picture] ; [1932]. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 38943426 Po...

Clemons, Harry, 1879-1968

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U. Va. Librarian. From the description of Correspondence with Judge Henry Schoolcraft Hulbert [manuscript] 1936-59. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647941939 University of Virginia librarian. From the description of Letters to Roy Land [manuscript], 1940-1952. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647810692 University of Virginia Librarian. From the description of Letter to George Burwell Utley [manuscript], 1927 July 24...

Bread Loaf Writers' Conference of Middlebury College

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Cather, Willa, 1873-1947

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American novelist and short-story writer. From the description of Letters, 1926-1931. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122494991 Willa Cather was an American novelist and short story writer. From the guide to the Willa Cather literary manuscripts, 1926-1940, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) American novelist, journalist, and editor. From the description of Collection, 1908-1963. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research...

Davison, Alida Wilson,

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University of Virginia Librarian; faculty daughter and Wife. From the description of Oral history interview of Alida Wilson Davison by Robert C. Light [manuscript], April 11, 1973. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647920076 ...

Norton, Daniel Silas, 1908-1951

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Heyward, Dorothy, 1890-1961

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Playwright and novelist; b. Dorothy Hartzell Kuhns; married DuBose Heyward. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1850]-1976 (bulk 1918-1961). (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 70970892 Dorothy Hartzell Kuhns Heyward (1890-1961) was the wife of writer DuBose Heyward (1885-1940). From the description of Letter, [1931 Mar. 2], Dawn Hill, Hendersonville, N.C., to Mrs. E.C. Plimpton, Newton Center, Mass. (University of South Carolina). World...

Cabell, Mararet Waller Freeman, d. 1983.

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Huntington Hartford Foundation

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In December 1948 Huntington Hartford established the Huntington Hartford Foundation; its purpose was to foster community creativity in the arts through fellowships which provided subsistence, living quarters and partial supplies at the Foundation's location in Rustic Canyon, Pacific Palisades, CA; applicants for fellowships were screened by three admissions committees (literary, music and art), and in 1954 the Huntington Hartford Foundation Awards were created to honor annually persons with dist...

Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson, 1873-1945

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American novelist. From the description of Letter, 1940 Apr. 25, Richmond, Va., to John W. Garley, Bayonne, N.J. [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647808544 From the description of Letters to James J. Murray [manuscript], 1939-1943. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647812081 American author. From the description of Letter [manuscript]: Richmond, Va., to Dr. Kenneth Wood, 1942 December 14. (University of Virginia). W...

Davis, Arthur Kyle, 1897-1972

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University of Virginia professor. From the description of Papers, 1956-1963 pertaining to "More traditional ballads of Virginia" [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647825695 ...

Rouse, Blair, 1912-....

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Davidson, Donald, 1893-1968

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Author, poet, teacher, and editor. Member of the Fugitive and Agrarian Groups. From the description of Donald Davidson Papers, 1917-1968. (Vanderbilt University Library). WorldCat record id: 17789409 ...

De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956

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Walter De la Mare (1873-1956) was a British poet, novelist, short story writer, critic, essayist, anthologist, dramatist, and a prolific writer of children's poetry and fiction. From the description of Papers of Walter De la Mare, 1923-1956. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122584933 Mégroz was the early biographer of de la Mare. From the description of Letter, c. 1923, to R.L. Mégroz. (Unknown). WorldCat record...

Bennett, Anne Virginia.

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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...

Berkeley, Francis L. (Francis Lewis), 1911-2003

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University of Virginia Archivist. From the description of Papers of Francis L. Berkeley, 1939. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 50995592 President of the University of Virginia. Assistant Curator and Archivist. From the description of Oral history interview of Francis L. Berkeley by Charles E. Moran [manuscript], January 9, 1976. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647919807 ...

Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958

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On March 29, 1839 the General Aslsembly passed the final version of the act establishing a military school at the Lexington arsenal, where the students would protect the arms while pursuing educational courses. The School was named the Virginia Military Institute and is the nation's oldest state supported military college. The governor appointed nine members to the Board of Visitors to oversee the new school and they elected Claudius Crozet as president of the board and named Franci...

Metcalf, John Calvin, 1865-1949

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University of Virginia professor of English. From the description of Papers of John C. Metcalf [manuscript], 1904-1950. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647823087 ...

Southern Writers' Conference

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Historian, author, and former president of St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland. From the guide to the Stringfellow Barr letters to Broadus Mitchell, 1952, 1954, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) University of Virginia professor; co-founder of St. John's College's "New Program" based on the classics; president of the Foundation for World Government. From the description of Papers of Stringfellow Barr [manuscript], 1915-1958. (...