A Guide to the Katie Letcher Lyle Papers,
1908-1986 Lyle, Katie Letcher, Papers of
9866-d
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Accession number 9866-d
Title Katie Letcher Lyle Papers,
1908-1986
Physical Characteristics This collection
contains ca. 1,500 items.
Language
English
Access Restrictions
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Preferred Citation
Katie Letcher Lyle Papers, 1908-1986, Accession #9866-d
, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia
Library, Charlottesville, Va.
Acquisition Information
This collection was a gift from Katie Letcher Lyle,
Lexington, Virginia, on August 14, 1986.
Katie Letcher Lyle is an American author.
The collection contains drafts, research material,
correspondence, illustrations, and some copyright and
financial material for two of Lyle's books:
Scalded to Death by the Steam:
Authentic Stories of Railroad Disasters and the Ballads That
Were Written About Them and
The Man Who Wanted Seven Wives: Being
the Account of a Famous Murder Mystery of 1897 Supposedly
Solved by the Testimony of a Ghost, Together with an
Explanation of the Same .
Box 1
Scalded to Death by the
Steam
n.d.
TMs (ec), pp. 31-167
Box 1
Scalded to Death by the
Steam
n.d.
TMS (ec), pp. 234-270
Box 1
Scalded to Death by the
Steam
n.d.
TMs
Box 1
Scalded to Death by the
Steam
n.d.
TMS (ec), pp. 168-275
Box 1
Scalded to Death by the
Steam
n.d.
Physical Location: Folders 1 and 2
TMs
"Introduction" w/ source material
Box 1
Scalded to Death by the
Steam
1958-86
TMs, folder 1 of 2
"Old 97" w/ source material
Box 2
Scalded to Death by the
Steam
1958-86
TMs, folder 2 of 2
"Old 97" w/source material
Box 2
Scalded to Death by the
Steam
1964-79
TMs
"George Alley" or "The Wreck of the C & O" w/
source material
Box 2
Scalded to Death by the
Steam
n.d.
TMs
"The N & W Cannonball Wreck" w/source
material
Box 2
Scalded to Death by the
Steam
1904
TMs
"The New Market Wreck" w/source material
Box 2
Scalded to Death by the
Steam
1911-83
TMs
"Billy Richardson's Last Ride" w/source material
Box 2
Scalded to Death by the
Steam
1911
AMs
"The Hamlet Wreck" w/source material
Box 2
Scalded to Death by the
Steam
1985
AMs
"The Guyandotte Bridge Disaster" w/source
material
Box 2
Scalded to Death by the
Steam
1920-85
AMs
"The Wreck of C & O #5" w/source material
Box 2
Scalded to Death by the
Steam
1976
AMs
"The Wreck of the 1256" w/source material
Box 2
Scalded to Death by the
Steam
1982
TMs
"The Church Hill Tunnel Disaster" w/source
material
Box 2
Scalded to Death by the
Steam
1925, 1961
TMs
"The Freight Wreck at Altoona" w/source material
Box 2
Scalded to Death by the
Steam
1926-76
"The Wreck of the Royal Palm" w/source material
Box 2
Scalded to Death by the
Steam
1927-82
AMs
"The Wreck of the Virginian Train #3" w/source
material
Box 3
Scalded to Death by the
Steam
1918-82
TMs
"Three in Kentucky" w/source material
Box 3
Scalded to Death by the
Steam
1930-78
TMs
"The Wreck of the Sportsman" w/source material
Box 3
Scalded to Death by the
Steam
n.d.
TMs
"Spikes on the Rail" w/source material
Box 3
Scalded to Death by the
Steam
n.d.
TMs
Miscellaneous Subjects w/source material
Box 3
Scalded to Death by the
Steam
n.d.
AMs
"The Bridge Was Burned at Chatsworth" w/source
material
Box 3
Scalded to Death by the
Steam
1979
AMs
"Casey Jones" w/source material
Box 3
Scalded to Death by the
Steam
1903
AMs
"The Wreck of the Flyer Duquesne" w/source
material
Box 3
Scalded to Death by the
Steam
n.d.
AMs
"The Maud Wreck" w/source material
Box 3
Scalded to Death by the
Steam
1979-84
AMs
"The Wreck of No. 3" w/source material
Box 3
Scalded to Death by the
Steam
n.d.
AMs
"The Nashville Wreck" w/source materials
Box 3
Scalded to Death by the
Steam
n.d.
AMs
"The Ride to Hell" w/source material
Box 3
Scalded to Death by the
Steam
n.d.
"The Reckless Conductor" w/source material
Box 3
Scalded to Death by the
Steam
n.d.
AMs, TMs
"The Wreck of the 444" w/source material
Box 3
Scalded to Death by the
Steam
n.d.
AMs
"The Fate of Talmadge Osborne" w/source material
Box 3
Scalded to Death by the
Steam
n.d.
"The Wreck of Happy Valley" w/source material
Box 3
Scalded to Death by the
Steam
n.d.
AMs, TMs
"The Wreck of Old 85" w/source material
Box 3
Scalded to Death by the
Steam
1982
"Ben Dewberry" w/source material
Box 3
Scalded to Death by the
Steam
n.d.
"John Henry" w/source material
Box 3
Scalded to Death by the
Steam
n.d.
AMs
Box 3
Scalded to Death by the
Steam
n.d.
TMs
Miscellaneous w/source material
Box 3
Scalded to Death by the
Steam
n.d.
Non-Wrecks w/source material
Box 3
Scalded to Death by the
Steam
n.d.
Bibliography w/source material
Box 3
Scalded to Death by the
Steam
n.d.
ec
Box 3
Scalded to Death by the
Steam
n.d.
Box 4
Scalded to Death by the
Steam
1908-85
Folders 1 and 2
Box 4
Scalded to Death by the
Steam
1982
Chronological List and Map w/source material
Box 4
Scalded to Death by the
Steam
1983
Box 4
Scalded to Death by the
Steam
1982-86
Folders 1 and 2
Correspondence w/source material
Box 4
Scalded to Death by the
Steam
1978-85
Folder 1 of 2
Box 5
Scalded to Death by the
Steam
1978-85
Folder 2 of 2
Box 5
Scalded to Death by the
Steam
1978-85
Correspondence, Copyrights
Box 5
Scalded to Death by the
Steam
1971-85
Folders 1, 2, and 3
Box 5
Scalded to Death by the
Steam
1981, 1983
Telephone Books w/source material
Box 5
Traveling Heritage
Road
1969
Box 6
The Man Who Wanted Seven
Wives
n.d.
TMs
Box 6
The Man Who Wanted Seven
Wives
1984
TMs
Box 6
The Man Who Wanted Seven
Wives
n.d.
TMs
Box 6
The Man Who Wanted Seven
Wives
1984
TMs, pp. 10-102
Box 6
The Man Who Wanted Seven
Wives
1984
TMs (ec)
Box 6
The Man Who Wanted Seven
Wives
1985
TMs (ec)
Box 6
The Man Who Wanted Seven
Wives
1985
TMs (ec)
Box 7
The Man Who Wanted Seven
Wives
1985
TMs (ec)
Box 7
The Man Who Wanted Seven
Wives
1985
TMs (ec)
Box 7
The Man Who Wanted Seven
Wives
1985
TMs (ec), folders 1 and 2
Box 7
The Man Who Wanted Seven
Wives
1985
TMs (ec), folders 1 and 2
Box 8
The Man Who Wanted Seven
Wives
1985
Area Map w/source material
Box 8
The Man Who Wanted Seven
Wives
1983-84
TMs
"Erasmus Stribling Trout Shue" w/ source material
Box 8
The Man Who Wanted Seven
Wives
n.d.
TMs
"Exhumation" w/corrections
Box 8
The Man Who Wanted Seven
Wives
n.d.
TMs
"Trial" w/ source material
Box 8
The Man Who Wanted Seven
Wives
n.d.
TMs
"Lynching" w/autograph corrections
Box 8
The Man Who Wanted Seven
Wives
n.d.
TMs
"The Artist" w/source material
Box 8
The Man Who Wanted Seven
Wives
1985
TMs (ec)
Box 8
The Man Who Wanted Seven
Wives
n.d.
TMs (ec)
"Introduction" w/corrections
Box 8
The Man Who Wanted Seven
Wives
n.d.
TMs
And the Supporting Cast -- A. Jones, Rucker, Gardner,
Preston, Knapp w/ source material
Box 8
The Man Who Wanted Seven
Wives
n.d.
"Zona Heaster" w/source material
Box 8
The Man Who Wanted Seven
Wives
1903-83
Folders 1 and 2
"Versions" w/source material
Box 8
The Man Who Wanted Seven
Wives
1983-85
"Genealogy- Heaster/Shue" w/source material
Box 8
The Man Who Wanted Seven
Wives
1978-85
Box 8
The Man Who Wanted Seven
Wives
1983-84
"Graphics" w/source material
Box 8
The Man Who Wanted Seven
Wives
n.d.
Box 8
The Man Who Wanted Seven
Wives
1983-85
Correspondence w/source material
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