Material regarding The enchanted years [manuscript] 1918-1922.

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Material regarding The enchanted years [manuscript] 1918-1922.

The collection containsa typescript of the foreward; typed copies of some poems that appeared in the volume including Virginia Taylor McCormick and Francis Brett Young; an annotated list of southern authors solicited for contributions; and reviews. The collection also contains correspondence regarding the publication of the volume, including carbons of letters sent by J. C. Metcalf to the various authors represented in the publication. as well as correspondence between James Southall Wilson and the publisher Harcourt Brace. Correspondents include Donald Clifford Brace, Alfred Harcourt, A. S.W. Rosenbach, Carl Sandburg, and Francis Brett Young. Miscellaneous papers of James Southall Wilson as an English professor arre scattered through the collection including an exam on Shakespeare, a letter from the Committee on Publicity [for the University] to President E. A. Alderman; and a draft of a letter from the General Faculty of the University of Virginia to the Board of Vistiors regarding the necessity of quickly electing a new president and a belief that the acting president of two years (John Loyd Newcomb) has demonstrated his capacity for the job.

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University of Virginia. Library

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Newcomb, John Lloyd, 1881-1954

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Professor of Engineering, University of President; 2nd President, University of Virginia. From the description of John Lloyd Newcomb papers [manuscript], 1875-1947 (bulk 1899-1947) (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 226293709 ...

University of Virginia

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University of Virginia student from Lexington, Ky.; afterwards a Presbyterian minister and missionary to Brazil. From the description of Diploma awarded to John Rockwell Smith [manuscript], 1866 June 29. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647905124 Lt., C.S.A.; teacher, Norwood School, Nelson County, Va.; principal Select School, New York, N.Y. From the description of Diplomas of Waller Holladay [manuscript], 1858-1872. (University of Virginia). WorldC...

Harcourt, Alfred, 1881-1954

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Epithet: Major Bengal Staff Corps British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000696.0x000251 Publisher. From the description of Letter, 1920 Sept. 8, New York, to "Dear Folks" [i.e. , T. Debs and associates?, Terre Haute, Ind.?]. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34364454 Correspondence to Lewis Mumford from Alfred Harcourt and his wife, Ellen Harcourt. From the description of ...

Alderman, Edwin Anderson, 1861-1931

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Educator and orator. From the description of Letter to a former student [manuscript], 1920 June 4. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647976354 From the description of Edwin Anderson Alderman papers [manuscript], 1881-1950. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647925708 University of Virginia president. From the description of Sketch of Edwin Anderson Alderman [manuscript], ca. 1925. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 64781...

McCormick, Virginia Taylor, 1873-1957

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Virginia Taylor McCormick (1873-1957), of Norfolk, Virginia was a poet, literary critic, essayist, lecturer, and the editor of The Lyric, 1921-1929. From the guide to the Virginia Taylor McCormick Papers, 1887-1953., (Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary) ...

Harcourt Brace & Company

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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 ...

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

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William Shakespeare was likely born April, 23, 1564; he was baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon on April 26, 1564. He grew up, had a family, and bought property in Stratford while working in London, the center of English theater. As an actor, a playwright, and a partner in a leading acting company, he became both prosperous and well-known. His parents were John and Mary Shakespeare. John was a leatherworker and involved in local politics, first becoming an alderman and eventually a town bailiff. ...

Young, Francis Brett, 1884-1954

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Frances Brett Young, novelist, short-story writer and poet, born in Halesowen. His father was a doctor and his mother also came from a medical family so it was natural that Francis trained at Birmingham University to become a physician. He started practice at Brixham, Devon, in 1907 and married the following year. His wife was a singer and he accompanied her as well as setting poems to music for her. During the First World War he saw service in Africa in the Medical Corps but was in...

Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967

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Carl Sandburg (1878-1967) was an American author, editor and poet. He won three Pulitzer prizes, two for his poetry and the third for his biography of Abraham Lincoln. From the guide to the Carl Sandburg Collection, 1924-1954, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) American poet, novelist and historian, Carl Sandburg (1878-1967) won two Pulitzer Prizes, one for Abraham Lincoln: the War Years and the other for The Complete Poems of Carl Sandburg ...

Brace, Donald Clifford, 1881-1955,

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Rosenbach, A.S.W. (Abraham Simon Wolf), 1876-1952

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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...