Culture comes to the land of swamp water [manuscript] 1966 August 23.

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Culture comes to the land of swamp water [manuscript] 1966 August 23.

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Dabney's article in the "Detroit News" describes the Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American literature at the University of Virginia and repeats the famous remark overheard after the dedication of the library: "We need a good football team at this university and what do we get? A damned library?"

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