A Guide to the Erskine Caldwell Collection, 1984-1985 #7971-n

A Guide to the Erskine Caldwell Collection, 1984-1985

A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library
The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 7971-n

Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
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Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Erskine Caldwell Collection, Accession #7971-n, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was a gift on 1986 August 13.

Scope and Content Information

In this collection, Erskine and Virginia Caldwell send Cornelia and Clifton Waller Barrett greetings, describe their month of travel, ask about the Barrett's new home, and enclose a photograph of a painting titled "Santa Fe Blues" recently delivered to the Jamison Gallery in Santa Fe. With these is a birthday card to Cornelia and a postcard, 1985 April 24, from "Kate" to the Barretts describing a trip to Poe's house in Philadelphia and Whitman's in Camden.

Contents List

Letter: Virginia M. Caldwell to Cornelia and Clifton Waller Barrett, 1984 August 30

ALS, 2 p. on 1 l.

Writing while travelling " On US Highway 95 " in Nevada, describing time spent in Santa Fe and Ashland, Oregon, enclosed in a birthday card.

Letter: Kate Barrett Rennie, Elizabeth, New Jersey, to Cornelia and Clifton Waller Barrett, Charlottesville, 1985 April 24

APCS

Writing about the Kean College English Club's trip to the homes of Edgar Allan Poe and Walt Whitman, on a postcard illustrating the Edgar Allan Poe Historic Site in Philadelphia.