Capteron, Helena Lefroy, papers A Guide to the Helena Lefroy Caperton papers, 1918-1961 M 3

A Guide to the Helena Lefroy Caperton papers, 1918-1961 M 3

VCU James Branch Cabell Library

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Richmond, Virginia 23284
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Rosamund McCanless

Repository

VCU James Branch Cabell Library

Identification

M 3

Title

The Helena Lefroy Caperton papers 1918-1961

Quantity

6 Linear Feet

Creator

Caperton, Helena Lefroy, 1878-1962

Language

English .

Administrative Information

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Mrs. Barry Bingham and Mrs. Donald Stevens in 1988.

Native of Richmond, Va., born in the house known as "Linden Row" (118 East Franklin Street). Author of many articles and short stories and winner of the O. Henry Award in 1930. Wrote book reviews regularly for the Richmond Times-Dispatch and the Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.).

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, manuscripts of short stories, articles, reviews, and other literary efforts, reviews of Caperton's works, bills and receipts, photographs and other papers relating to her career and family life. Includes correspondence with publishers and periodicals and material on Virginia and Irish legends and folktales, and social life in Virginia and England. Correspondents include William Rose Benet, Edward O'Brien, Dorothy Parker, Charles Scribner, Claude Swanson and Alexander Waddell.

Arrangement

Arranged in seven series: I. Unpublished fiction and articles (n.d, 1924-1951). II. Receipted bills and cancelled checks (1924-1961). III. Letters from magazines and publishers (n.d., 1920-1970). IV. Family letters, fan letters, published newspaper articles and reviews, photographs (n.d., 1918-1955). V. Irish fairy stories, Irish childhood, The Richmond German, Sketches of old Richmond, assorted short stories and articles (n.d., 1932-1970). VI. Printed articles and short stories in magazines and newspapers (1902-1939). VII. Artifacts. Topical and then chronological arrangement.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Authors, American -- Manuscripts -- Virginia
Caperton, Helena Lefroy, 1878-1962

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

Caperton, Helena Lefroy, 1878-1962

Container List

Series I-Unpublished fiction and Articles

Mixed Materials box: 1
Deep Waters
Mixed Materials box: 1
Dove of Peace
Mixed Materials box: 1
A Friendly Guide to Richmond
Mixed Materials box: 1
Foggies
Mixed Materials box: 1
Frost Tonight
Mixed Materials box: 1
Gods Fool
Mixed Materials box: 1
The Haunted House in Linden Row
Mixed Materials box: 1
"I Elizabeth, Take Thee Philip "
Mixed Materials box: 1
Liebestrom
Mixed Materials box: 1
The Little Blind God and Mr. Volstead
Mixed Materials box: 1
Locked Out in London
Mixed Materials box: 1
Monsieur
Mixed Materials box: 1
The Nigger in the Woodpile. Today's Aesop's Fables
Mixed Materials box: 1
The Old House
Mixed Materials box: 1
One Pound Seventeen Shillings and Sixpence
Mixed Materials box: 1
The Peggy Cranford Books-Peggy at Roundabout Castle
Mixed Materials box: 1
Return of the Soldier
Mixed Materials box: 1
A Royal Visit
1920
Mixed Materials box: 1
Reunion
Mixed Materials box: 1
The Reproof Valiant
Mixed Materials box: 1
Saturday Evening Post
Mixed Materials box: 1
Strange Acquaintance
Mixed Materials box: 1
The Falls thy Shadow
Mixed Materials box: 1
This Reward of Parenthood
Mixed Materials box: 1
Verses Sent with Christmas Gifts
1925
Mixed Materials box: 1
When the Wild West Came to Richmond
Mixed Materials box: 1
When the Lights Go On
Mixed Materials box: 1
The Winner
Mixed Materials box: 1
Wisdom is Justified of Her Children
Mixed Materials box: 1
With Angels and Arch-Angels
Mixed Materials box: 1
With Trailing Clouds of Glory
Mixed Materials box: 1
Foreword
Mixed Materials box: 1
Adventure in Explosives
Mixed Materials box: 1
Apron Strings...American Style
Mixed Materials box: 1
Buried Treasure
Mixed Materials box: 1
The Chalfonte Hotel
Mixed Materials box: 1
Just a Moment Mr. Conquest
Mixed Materials box: 1
Cordially Yours New York
Mixed Materials box: 2
To the Blue Gown
Mixed Materials box: 2
Miss Angel Gabriel
Mixed Materials box: 2
Like a Falcon Flying
Mixed Materials box: 2
Our Debutantes of Today and Yesterday
Mixed Materials box: 2
The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain
Mixed Materials box: 2
Virginia is a State of Mind
Mixed Materials box: 2
The Voice of the People
Mixed Materials box: 2
Sketch of a Lady Wallis Simpson
Mixed Materials box: 2
Tour of Historic Homes and Gardens in the Tidewater of Virginia for Restoration of Wakefield, April 29th to May 3rd
Mixed Materials box: 2
In Loco Parentis
Mixed Materials box: 2
New Grandmothers for Old
Mixed Materials box: 2
The Dolls House of Mayfair
Mixed Materials box: 2
The Doctors Story
Mixed Materials box: 2
Father of the Bride
Mixed Materials box: 2
Frankincense
Mixed Materials box: 2
The Home of Mr. Jacqueline Taylor at Richmond, Virginia
Mixed Materials box: 2
The Wedding
Mixed Materials box: 2
The Ballad of Webspinner
Mixed Materials box: 2
Welcome
Mixed Materials box: 2
Philanthropist
Mixed Materials box: 2
A Club Memoir
1930
Mixed Materials box: 2
The Christmas Star
Mixed Materials box: 2
"The Romantic New Orlianians "
Mixed Materials box: 2
Gallery of Ghosts
Mixed Materials box: 2
The Golden Stallion
Mixed Materials box: 2
Lecture Introduction
Mixed Materials box: 2
Our Latin Quarter
Mixed Materials box: 2
Our Plum Street
Mixed Materials box: 2
The Magnificent Deception
Mixed Materials box: 2
The Mid-Wife's Story
Mixed Materials box: 2
Oblivion
Mixed Materials box: 2
Negrofoot
Mixed Materials box: 2
The Old House
Mixed Materials box: 2
Pirate Sapphires
Mixed Materials box: 2
The Primrose Path of Dear Papa
Mixed Materials box: 2
Seaport in Virginia
Mixed Materials box: 2
The Seventh Window
Mixed Materials box: 2
How We Raised Our Six Daughters
Mixed Materials box: 2
Vagabond Parents
Mixed Materials box: 2
Who Giveth This Woman?
Mixed Materials box: 2
"Time Gambols Withal "

Series II-Receipt Bills and Canceled Checks

Mixed Materials box: 3
Annual Dues Association
Mixed Materials box: 3
Bank Transactions-English Funds
Mixed Materials box: 3
Bank Transactions-Local
Mixed Materials box: 3
Clothing
Mixed Materials box: 3
Funeral Home-Memorial Marker
Mixed Materials box: 3
Gifts
Mixed Materials box: 3
Groceries
Mixed Materials box: 3
Home Furnishings and Repair
Mixed Materials box: 3
Home Improvements and Repairs
Mixed Materials box: 3
Hospital and Veterinary Hospital
Mixed Materials box: 3
Insurance
Mixed Materials box: 3
Nursery
Mixed Materials box: 3
Pharmacy
Mixed Materials box: 3
Printing
Mixed Materials box: 3
Public Utilities
Mixed Materials box: 3
Royalty Statements
Mixed Materials box: 3
Taxes
Mixed Materials box: 3
Miscellaneous

Series III-Letters from Magazines and Publishers

Mixed Materials box: 4
Ausburg Publishing House
March 22, 1937
Mixed Materials box: 4
Ausburg Publishing House
June 8, 1937
Mixed Materials box: 4
Ausburg Publishing House
November 8, 1937
Mixed Materials box: 4
Ausburg Publishing House
December 19, 1938
Mixed Materials box: 4
Ausburg Publishing House
January 9, 1939
Mixed Materials box: 4
Ausburg Publishing House
March 27, 1939
Mixed Materials box: 4
Ausburg Publishing House
May 16, 1939
Mixed Materials box: 4
Ausburg Publishing House
May 26, 1939
Mixed Materials box: 4
Ausburg Publishing House
March 6, 1951
Mixed Materials box: 4
Brandt and Brandt
October 5, 1936
Mixed Materials box: 4
Brandt and Brandt
October 14, 1936
Mixed Materials box: 4
Brandt and Brandt
October 20, 1936
Mixed Materials box: 4
Brandt and Brandt
June 8, 1938
Mixed Materials box: 4
Stringfellow Barr
October 3, 1932
Mixed Materials box: 4
The Binghams
August 30, 1955
Mixed Materials box: 4
The Binghams
October 13, 1931
Struther Maxwell Burt
May 11, 1938
Mixed Materials box: 4
Alan Campbell
September 17
Mixed Materials box: 4
Cecil and Presbrely, Inc.
February 15, 1946
Mixed Materials box: 4
Cecil and Presbrely, Inc.
February 26, 1946
Mixed Materials box: 4
B.J. Chute
November 13, 1931
Mixed Materials box: 4
Cranz, Oscar
September 14, 1940
Mixed Materials box: 4
Crowell-Collier Publishing Company
January 14, 1941
Mixed Materials box: 4
Crowell-Collier Publishing Company
February 18, 1941
Mixed Materials box: 4
Crowell-Collier Publishing Company
February 25, 1946
Mixed Materials box: 4
Crowell-Collier Publishing Company
March 21, 1946
Mixed Materials box: 4
Philip Cudall
October 4, ?
Mixed Materials box: 4
Curtis Brown Ltd.
November 25, 1930
Mixed Materials box: 4
Curtis Brown Ltd.
December 30, 1930
Mixed Materials box: 4
Curtis Brown Ltd.
June 5, 1931
Mixed Materials box: 4
Curtis Brown Ltd.
July 3, 1931
Mixed Materials box: 4
Curtis Brown Ltd.
July 29, 1931
Mixed Materials box: 4
Curtis Brown Ltd.
August 25, 1931
Mixed Materials box: 4
Curtis Brown Ltd.
July 5, 1932
Mixed Materials box: 4
Curtis Brown Ltd.
November 13, 1940
Mixed Materials box: 4
Exposition Press
June 17, 1952
Mixed Materials box: 4
The Forum Quarterly
May 2, 1932
Mixed Materials box: 4
Douglas S. Freeman
August 9, 1937
Mixed Materials box: 4
Douglas S. Freeman
September 11, 1940
Mixed Materials box: 4
Bess Furman
December 5, 1951
Mixed Materials box: 4
Garrett and Massie, Inc.
July 19, 1943
Mixed Materials box: 4
The Greenbrier and Cottages
November 21, 1934
Mixed Materials box: 4
Benn Hall Associates
Mixed Materials box: 4
Fanny Hathworth
Mixed Materials box: 4
Holiday
December 13, 1950
Mixed Materials box: 4
Holiday
April 19, 1951
Mixed Materials box: 4
Holiday
May 19, 1951
Mixed Materials box: 4
Holiday
March 5, 1952
Mixed Materials box: 4
Holiday
July 2, 1952
Mixed Materials box: 4
Holiday
August 15, 1952
Mixed Materials box: 4
Holland's
October 28, 1932
Mixed Materials box: 4
Holland's
March 7, 1939
Mixed Materials box: 4
Holland's
April 3, 1940
Mixed Materials box: 4
Holland's
May 8, 1940
Mixed Materials box: 4
Houghton Mifflin Company
March 18, 1937
Mixed Materials box: 4
Household Magazines
September 4, 1931
Mixed Materials box: 4
Mrs. C. Huffman
October 19, 1949
Mixed Materials box: 4
B.S. Hume
September 30, 1932
Mixed Materials box: 4
Margot Johnson
July 10, 1950
Mixed Materials box: 4
Margot Johnson
July 18, 1950
Mixed Materials box: 4
Margot Johnson
August 25, 1950
Mixed Materials box: 4
Margot Johnson
September 7, 1950
Mixed Materials box: 4
Margot Johnson
October 24, 1950
Margot Johnson
Mixed Materials box: 4 November 6, 1950
Mixed Materials box: 4
Margot Johnson
December 4, 1950
Mixed Materials box: 4
Margot Johnson
February 5, 1951
Mixed Materials box: 4
Margot Johnson
February 16, 1951
Mixed Materials box: 4
Margot Johnson
April 12, 1951
Mixed Materials box: 4
Margot Johnson
June 6, 1951
Mixed Materials box: 4
Margot Johnson
September 6, 1951
Mixed Materials box: 4
Alfred A. Knopf
March 27, 1940
Mixed Materials box: 4
The Ladies Home Journal
January 9, 1920
Mixed Materials box: 4
The Ladies Home Journal
January 14, 1920
Mixed Materials box: 4
The Ladies Home Journal
January 19, 1920
Mixed Materials box: 4
The Ladies Home Journal
March 5, 1920
Mixed Materials box: 4
April 1, 1920
April 1, 1920
Mixed Materials box: 4
The Ladies Home Journal
April 21, 1920
Mixed Materials box: 4
The Ladies Home Journal
May 5, 1920
Mixed Materials box: 4
The Ladies Home Journal
May 7, 1920
Mixed Materials box: 4
The Ladies Home Journal
July 6, 1933
Mixed Materials box: 4
The Ladies Home Journal
January 18, 1934
Mixed Materials box: 4
Life
October 29, 1951
Mixed Materials box: 4
Life
November 12, 1951
Life
Mixed Materials box: 4 November 19, 1951
Mixed Materials box: 4
Life
September 27, 1955
Mixed Materials box: 4
McIntosh and Otis, Inc.
March 5, 1931
Mixed Materials box: 4
McIntosh and Otis, Inc.
July 2, 1931
Mixed Materials box: 4
McIntosh and Otis, Inc.
July 3, 1931
Mixed Materials box: 4
McIntosh and Otis, Inc.
September 24, 1931
Mixed Materials box: 4
McIntosh and Otis, Inc.
February 5, 1932
Mixed Materials box: 4
McIntosh and Otis, Inc.
February 10, 1932
Mixed Materials box: 4
McIntosh and Otis, Inc.
March 1, 1932
Mixed Materials box: 4
McIntosh and Otis, Inc.
February 13, 1932
Mixed Materials box: 4
McIntosh and Otis, Inc.
March 2, 1932
Mixed Materials box: 4
McIntosh and Otis, Inc.
June 7, 1933
Mixed Materials box: 4
McIntosh and Otis, Inc.
June 14, 1933
Mixed Materials box: 4
McIntosh and Otis, Inc.
July 7, 1933
Mixed Materials box: 4
McIntosh and Otis, Inc.
February 13, 1934
Mixed Materials box: 4
McIntosh and Otis, Inc.
February 24, 1934
Mixed Materials box: 4
McIntosh and Otis, Inc.
February 26, 1934
Mixed Materials box: 4
McIntosh and Otis, Inc.
March 14, 1934
Mixed Materials box: 4
McIntosh and Otis, Inc.
April 6, 1934
McIntosh and Otis, Inc.
Mixed Materials box: 4 April 24, 1934
Mixed Materials box: 4
McIntosh and Otis, Inc.
August
Mixed Materials box: 4
William Maner
March 8, 1951
Mixed Materials box: 4
William Morrow and Company, Inc.
November 30, 1940
Mixed Materials box: 4
National League of American Pen Women
Mixed Materials box: 4
Edward J. O'Brien
February 27, 1932
Mixed Materials box: 4
Edward J. O'Brien
January 20, 1934
Mixed Materials box: 4
Dorothy Parker
The People's Home Journal
Mixed Materials box: 4 October 19, 1923
Mixed Materials box: 4
The People's Home Journal
November 16, 1923
Mixed Materials box: 4
The People's Home Journal
December 1, 1923
Mixed Materials box: 4
The People's Home Journal
April 22, 1924
Mixed Materials box: 4
The People's Home Journal
June 26, 1924
Mixed Materials box: 4
Mary Pritchett
September 26, 1941
Mixed Materials box: 4
G.P. Putnam's Sons
May 8, 1935
Mixed Materials box: 4
Richmond Chamber of Commerce
November 12, 1929
Mixed Materials box: 4
Dr. M. Pierce Rucker
March 2, 1932
Mixed Materials box: 4
St. Catherine's School
April 12, 1933
Mixed Materials box: 4
St. John's Church
October 7, ?
Mixed Materials box: 4
Charles Scribners Sons
August 25, 1932
Mixed Materials box: 4
Sons of the American Revolution
March 29, 1947
Mixed Materials box: 4
The Southern Planter
March 11, 1931
Mixed Materials box: 4
The Spur
March 6, 1924
Mixed Materials box: 4
The Spur
March 24, 1924
Mixed Materials box: 4
The Spur
June 12, 1924
Mixed Materials box: 4
The Spur
July 1, 1924
Mixed Materials box: 4
The Spur
October 14, 1925
Mixed Materials box: 4
E. Strudwick, Jr.
February 24, 1941
Mixed Materials box: 4
The Times-Picayune
February 22, 1941
Mixed Materials box: 4
Tupper and Love, Inc.
July 15, 1952
Mixed Materials box: 4
Tupper and Love, Inc.
July 31, 1952
Mixed Materials box: 4
The Valentine Museum
November 12, 1950
Mixed Materials box: 4
Frank W. Vincent Agency
September 4, 1945
Mixed Materials box: 4
Cecelia Washington
October 25, 1949
Mixed Materials box: 4
Woman's Home Companion
June 10, 1925
Mixed Materials box: 4
Woman's Home Companion
March 5, 1926
Mixed Materials box: 4
Gilbert F. Wright
March 7, 1935
Mixed Materials box: 4
Gilbert F. Wright
August 28, 1936
Mixed Materials box: 4
Gilbert F. Wright
April 24, 1937
Mixed Materials box: 4
Gilbert F. Wright
October 20, 1937
Mixed Materials box: 4
Gilbert F. Wright
September 10, 1943
Mixed Materials box: 4
Miscellaneous

Seriev IV-Family Letters, Fan Letters, Published Newspaper Articles and Reviews, Photographs

Mixed Materials box: 5
Viscountess Astor
July 5, 1923
Mixed Materials box: 5
The Baltimore Sun
March 23, 1943
Mixed Materials box: 5
London
February 1, 1938
Mixed Materials box: 5
William Rose Benet
February 25, 1943
Mixed Materials box: 5
Lucinda Trabree Brent
Mixed Materials box: 5
Lt. Richard C. Brown
February 26, 1943
Mixed Materials box: 5
Lt. Alan Campbell
March 4, 1943
Mixed Materials box: 5
Margaret Dashiell
March 3, 1943
Mixed Materials box: 5
Walter H. Gray
March 5, 1943
Mixed Materials box: 5
George Wilmer Hodgson
February 24, 1950
Mixed Materials box: 5
"Hully "
March 2, 1943
Mixed Materials box: 5
Annette Lefroy
October 27, 1938
Mixed Materials box: 5
Edward H. Lefroy
January 26, 1937
Mixed Materials box: 5
George Lefroy
February 19, 1918
Mixed Materials box: 5
Minna Lefroy
April 25; May 2; June 1, 1943
Mixed Materials box: 5
Mrs. John David Leitch
February 13, 1943
Mixed Materials box: 5
Mrs. Mary Loftie
May 27, 1934
Mixed Materials box: 5
Mildred
March 12, ?
Mixed Materials box: 5
Newark Evening News
February 11, 1943
Mixed Materials box: 5
Virginia Reynolds
March 3, 1943
Mixed Materials box: 5
Sal
March 6, 1943
Mixed Materials box: 5
The Southern Literary Messenger
March 13, 1943
Mixed Materials box: 5
Claude Swanson
April 24, 1923
Mixed Materials box: 5
Alexander Wilbourne Waddell
February 24, 1943
Mixed Materials box: 5
Florence Weiss
August 11, 1939
Mixed Materials box: 5
Reviews
Mixed Materials box: 5
Articles and Letter to the paper by Caperton
Mixed Materials box: 5
Book Reviews by Caperton: The Loved and Envied
Mixed Materials box: 5
Book Reviews by Caperton: The Loved and Envied
Mixed Materials box: 5
Book Reviews by Caperton: The Feast of July
Mixed Materials box: 5
Book Reviews by Caperton: A World of Love
Mixed Materials box: 5
Book Reviews by Caperton: Money to Burn
Mixed Materials box: 5
Book Reviews by Caperton: Beyond the PawPaw Trees
Mixed Materials box: 5
Book Reviews by Caperton: Tales My Grandmother Told Me
Mixed Materials box: 5
Book Reviews by Caperton: A House and Its Head
Mixed Materials box: 5
Book Reviews by Caperton: Elizabeth the Queen
Mixed Materials box: 5
Book Reviews by Caperton: A King's Story
Mixed Materials box: 5
Book Reviews by Caperton: Royal Mother, the Story of Queen Mother Elizabeth and Her Family
Mixed Materials box: 5
Book Reviews by Caperton: Life in a Nutshell
Mixed Materials box: 5
Book Reviews by Caperton: White House Profile
Mixed Materials box: 5
Book Reviews by Caperton: A Degree of Prudery
Mixed Materials box: 5
Book Reviews by Caperton: Light as the Morning
Mixed Materials box: 5
Book Reviews by Caperton: The View from the Parsonage
Mixed Materials box: 5
Book Reviews by Caperton: Steamboat Gothic
Mixed Materials box: 5
Book Reviews by Caperton: Shadows in Silver
Mixed Materials box: 5
Book Reviews by Caperton: Houses Virginians Have Loved
Mixed Materials box: 5
Book Reviews by Caperton: Charles Dickens
Mixed Materials box: 5
Book Reviews by Caperton: Children of the Rainbow
Mixed Materials box: 5
Book Reviews by Caperton: English Life and Leisure
Mixed Materials box: 5
Book Reviews by Caperton: What Did It Mean?
Mixed Materials box: 5
Book Reviews by Caperton: Don't Look Round
Mixed Materials box: 5
Miscellaneous: "John Rolfe's Letter of 1616 "
November 3, 1951
Mixed Materials box: 5
Miscellaneous: "Thalhimers Honors Richmond Authors "
Mixed Materials box: 5
Photographs: Christmas Card of Clifford and Helena Caperton
Mixed Materials box: 5
Photograph: Christmas Card of a Small Nude Child Sitting by a Pool

Series V-Irish Fairy Stories; Irish Childhood; The Richmond German; Sketches of Old Richmond; Assorted Short Stories and Articles

Mixed Materials box: 6
Revised Irish Fairy Stories and Ballades: My Lord Lion
Mixed Materials box: 6
Revised Irish Fairy Stories and Ballades: The Princess Discontent
Mixed Materials box: 6
Revised Irish Fairy Stories and Ballades: The Toad's Journal
Mixed Materials box: 6
Revised Irish Fairy Stories and Ballades: Tom and the Ogre
Mixed Materials box: 6
Revised Irish Fairy Stories and Ballades: The Ballad of Four Brothers
Mixed Materials box: 6
Revised Irish Fairy Stories and Ballades: The Ballad of Webspinner
Mixed Materials box: 6
Irish Childhood
Mixed Materials box: 6
Record and History of the Richmond German from 1866 to 1939-1940
Mixed Materials box: 6
Sketches of an Older Richmond
Mixed Materials box: 7
Unkept Vineyards
Mixed Materials box: 8
Then Falls Thy Shadow
Mixed Materials box: 9
Wedding March

Series VI-Printed Articles and Short Stories in Magazines and Newspapers

Mixed Materials box: 10
"Captain Mary Green "
Mixed Materials box: 10
"How We Brought Up Our Six Daughters "
Mixed Materials box: 10
"In Loco Parentis "
Mixed Materials box: 10
"I've Been to London to Visit the Queen "
Mixed Materials box: 10
"Mellow Days; a Sketch of Mid-Victorian Richmond "
Mixed Materials box: 10
"Our Debutantes "
Mixed Materials box: 10
"Our Latin Quarter "
Mixed Materials box: 10
"Richmond Debutantes "
Mixed Materials box: 10
"Second Street "
Mixed Materials box: 10
"Time Gambols Withal "
Mixed Materials box: 10
"Autumn Garner "
Mixed Materials box: 10
"Brides' Lottery "
Mixed Materials box: 10
"For Richer For Poorer "
Mixed Materials box: 11
"Great Will be Your Reward "
Mixed Materials box: 11
"The Honest Wine Merchant "
Mixed Materials box: 11
"Just Plain Husband "
Mixed Materials box: 11
"The Magnificent Deception "
Mixed Materials box: 11
"Negro Foot "
Mixed Materials box: 11
"The Old House "
Mixed Materials box: 11
"The Rake "
Mixed Materials box: 11
"The Seventh Window "
Mixed Materials box: 11
"Taxi "
Mixed Materials box: 11
"Routine Flight "

Series VII-Artifacts

Mixed Materials box: 10
Museum Pieces

Scope and Contents
The silver dagger and a Buddha and the sailor's plaid scarf-all relate to a story called the Chinese Lady from the Book Legends of a Virginian.