0.8 Linear Feet, Summary: 10 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each)
Creator
Andrews, Matthew Page, 1879-1947
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown,
WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English
Abstract
The correspondence of a Baltimore editor and author of prominence as a Southern historian during the inter-war years. Matthew
Page Andrews (1879-1947) was born in Shepherdstown, being the nephew of the famous southern writer, Thomas Nelson Page. He
was the author of Women in the South in War Time, The Tercentenary History of Maryland, Virginia, The Old Dominion, A History
of the United States and The American's Creed and Its Meaning. He was editorial advisor to the Yale University Press film
series, Chronicles of America. These Letters reflect Andrews as a correspondent and confidant with members of the Gibson-Packette-Todd
family, in particular Frances Packette Todd. Andrews portrays his attitudes in these letters on history and current events
in a more open and candid manner than he would have professionally. He was staunch defender of aristocratic Southern white
opinion being opposed, for example, to Republicans, prohibitionists, abolitionists and fellow Baltimorean, H.L. Menchen. He
played a principal role in the 1931 Heyward Shepard Memorial controversy at Harpers Ferry.
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Matthew Page Andrews, Editor and Author, Letters, A&M 0409, West Virginia
and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
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