Scaisbrooke Langhorne Abbot papers 1920-1989 1940-1985

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Scaisbrooke Langhorne Abbot papers 1920-1989 1940-1985

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/76950491

Includes correspondence, miscellaneous notes, photographs, and sketches and paintings in various media.

8 boxes.

Lynchburg Public Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8181010

Lynchburg Public Library

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Abbot, Scaisbrooke Langhorne, 1908-1985

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Born Jan. 16, 1908, Lynchburg, Va.; artist, portraitist; grandson of Elizabeth Dabney Langhorne Lewis and cousin of Lady Nancy Astor and Nancy Perkins Lancaster; studied in Paris and at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia; served with 89th Field Artillery in World War II, wounded at Guadalcanal, sent to New Zealand for hospitalization, worked as medical illustrator for 39th General Hospital; involved with theatrical productions in Lynchburg as set designer and actor; noted for portra...

Lewis, Elizabeth Dabney Langhorne, 1851-1946,

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Murasso, Ralph P., 1922-1977.

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Lancaster, Nancy, -1994

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Astor, Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess, 1879-1964

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Born Nancy Witcher Langhorne, of Richmond, Va., and "Mirador," Albemarle co., Va. Married Robert Gould Shaw, 1897; divorced, 1903; one son, Robert Gould. Married Waldorf Astor (1879-1952) of Cliveden, Buckinghamshire, Eng., 1906; five children: William Waldorf (b. 1907), Nancy Phyllis Louise (b. 1909), Frances David Langhorne (b. 1912), Michael (b. 1916), and John Jacob (b. 1918). Elected first woman to Parliament, 1919, serving twenty-five years. From the description of Pa...