Papers of the Virginia Quarterly Review [manuscript] 1925-1955.

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Papers of the Virginia Quarterly Review [manuscript] 1925-1955.

The collection contains editorial correspondence with contributors during the tenure of the following editors: Stringfellow Barr (1931-1937); Lambert Davis (1937-1938); Lawrence Lee (1938-1942); Archibald Bolling Shepperson (1942); and, Charlotte Kohler (1942-1974). Included are almost all of the literary figures of this period, and many from other fields. The collection also contains original manuscripts together with proofs of almost every article and book review published in the Virginia Quarterly Review from 1925-1955. With the collection is a flier, n.d., advertising the Review as "A record with a promise" and "A focus for intelligent thinking."

60 linear feet.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7933712

University of Virginia. Library

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Kohler, Charlotte E., 1908-

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Professor of English at the University of Virginia and Editor of the Virginia Quaterly Review. From the description of Oral history interview of Charlotte Kohler by Charles E. Moran [manuscript], June 14, 1977. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647920362 ...

Lee, Lawrence, 1903-1978

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Poet, essayist, English professor. From the description of Papers of Lawrence Lee, 1970-1978. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32959352 From the description of Papers of Lawrence Lee [manuscript], 1933, 1970-1978. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647807869 Born in Gadsden, Alabama. Attended University of Virginia and Harvard. Taught English at University of Pittsburgh. Columnist for Pittsburgh Press. Poet and short story writer. ...

Shepperson, Archibald Bolling, 1897-1962

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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...

Davis, Lambert, 1905-

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Barr, Stringfellow, 1897-1982

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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. (...