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Preferred Citation:

Rixey Smith Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

gift

Processing Information:

Processed by Anne Johnson.

Biographical Information:

Rixey Smith was assistant to Carter Glass, a U. S. Congressman and later, a Senator, from Virginia.

Rixey Smith and Norman Beasley were the co-authors of Carter Glass: A Biography . New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1939.

Scope and Contents

An original typed autobiography of Rixey Smith, entitled "Blue Blood and Red Clay, Memories of a Virginia Childhood."  Includes stories about his childhood in Rixeyville, Virginia (Culpeper County).  Mentions Rosedale, the Rixey family home, family members and many local families. Divided into chapters.

Includes a few stories about Carter Glass, a U.S. Congressman and Senator from Virginia. Rixey Smith was his assistant for many years.

Includes poems and other writings.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Autobiographies
• Culpeper County (Va.)--History--20th century
• Glass, Carter, 1858-1946
• Rixeyville (Va.)--History--20th century
• Rixie family
• Smith family
• Virginia--Social life and customs--20th century