Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Papers of Charles Anthony Papers, 1895-1929, n.d., Accession #11355, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was purchased by the Library from Bookworm and Silverfish of Wytheville, Virginia, on October 17, 1997.

Biographical/Historical Information

Charles Anthony (1883- ) was a Campbell County, Va., teacher and poet, holding positions at Concord State Normal School, Athens, W. Va., and State Teachers College, Harrisonburg, Va. She was the author of Amethyst Mist.

Scope and Content Information

There are ca. 134 items, 1895-1929, and n.d., pertaining to Charles Anthony (1883- ), of "Walnut Hill," Evington, Virginia. The correspondence is chiefly of a personal nature. In 1906, a friend offers sympathy for her blues and comments on Roughing It by Mark Twain and Lucile [by Owen Meredith]. A 1909 letter concerns the romantic relationship of the writer and his girlfriend, and comments that football may be doomed as there have been too many fatalities this year. A 1925 typescript letter concerns a train ride through Roanoke and Lynchburg and the resulting visit in Evington. There is a letter, January 13, 1929, from Anthony to [John Calvin] Metcalf, a former professor, concerning her little volume of verse. Among the educational papers are letters and other papers concerning her work at Concord State Normal School and a salary dispute and three tributes to Anthony from students. There are one postcard photograph of a young lady and two negatives of a woman [Charles Anthony?]. The majority of the collection consists of poetry and prose by Anthony, both titled and untitled, and in autograph and typed versions. There is a 25-page typed manuscript entitled "White Birds, Flying. "