Letters received from Ellen Glasgow and James Branch Cabell [manuscript], 1939-1953.

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Letters received from Ellen Glasgow and James Branch Cabell [manuscript], 1939-1953.

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The collection consists of letters, 1939-1945, to Rawlings from Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow, which are chiefly personal but also discuss James Branch Cabell and Rawlings's novel Cross Creek. The collection also contains letters, 1940-1953, to Rawlings from James Branch Cabell about John Chipman Farrar and about their respective writing. Works discussed include Cabell's the St. Johns, a Parade of Diversities, Rawlings's Cross Creek, The Golden Apples, the Sojourner, and the motion picture of Rawlings's The Yearling. Cabell also encloses notes of Margaret Freeman Cabell.

1 reel : positive ; 35 mm.42 items.

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