Correspondence with Burton Rascoe [manuscript], 1917-1957.

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Correspondence with Burton Rascoe [manuscript], 1917-1957.

In this correspondence between Cabell and Rascoe, the men discuss reviews, essays, American writers, and their work. Included in the collection are a page proof of "Smire"; a court ruling in favor of "Jurgen" and a court indictment against Robert McBride and Co.; and a chapter fragment, "Confusions of the Golden Travel," from "Something About Eve." Among the correspondents are Mabel McElliott, Jesse Quitman, Rupert O. Hughes, Lewis Galantier, Mitchell S. Buck, Ellen Glasgow, Emily Tapscott Clark Balch, and John Craig.

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Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958

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Cabell, Margaret Freeman, 1893-1983

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Margaret Waller Freeman Cabell (1893-1983) was an interior decorator, founding editor of The Reviewer, and supporter of the arts. Born in Richmond, Virginia on August 29, 1893, Cabell graduated from Miss Jennie Ellett’s School (now St. Catherine’s School) and in the 1920s became one of the founding editors and the business manager of the Richmond-based literary magazine The Reviewer. During the 20s, Cabell also briefly studied interior design in Paris which would later lead to he...

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Rascoe, Burton, 1892-1957

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