A Guide to the Research Material for "Nancy
Astor and Her Friends,"
1920-1975 Langhorne, Elizabeth, "Nancy Astor and
Her Friends," Research Material for
7942-h
Research Material for "Nancy Astor and Her Friends,"
Accession # 7942-h, Special Collections Dept., University
of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.
Acquisition Information
This material was given to the Library by Mrs. Elizabeth
C. Lanhorne of Charlottesville, Virginia, on February 16,
1994.
This collection of research materials, 1920-1966, and 1975,
consists of ca. 78 items, pertaining to Elizabeth C.
Lanhorne's book
Nancy Astor and Her
Friends. These preliminary research materials include
original letters, newspaper clippings and other printed
material, and handwritten research notes by the author. There
is also an oversize item, an early autograph manuscript draft
of the book, with heavy additions and revisions by the
author.
The original folders which were marked with topics have
been filed in permalife inserts with similar topic headings.
These were early headings and do not exactly follow the
book.
Newspaper clippings and research notes,
1954-1961.
Letters concerning Elizabeth Langhorne's
planned visit to Bogota, Columbia,
May-July 1975.
Her visit was during the "Twentieth Seminar on the
Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials" held
on June 15-20, 1975.
Folder 2
Letter, Langhorne to Carlos Garcia Barron,
Deputy Cultural Affairs Officer, Embassy of the
United States of America, Lima Peru,
May 6, 1975.
Folder 2
Letter, Langhorne to Gabriel Garcia
Marquez with bibliography of his work,
May 24, 1975.
Folder 2
Letter, Elizabeth C. Evans, Caracas,
Venezuela, to Langhorne,
July 1975
Folder 2
Letter, Dr. Vytautas A. Dambrava, Cultural
Affairs, Embassy of the United States of America,
Caracas, Venezuela, to Langhorne,
July 2 [sent September 9],
1975.
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