A Guide to the Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow Collection , 6151-j

A Guide to the Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow Collection 6151-j

A Collection in
the Clifton Waller Barrett Library
The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 6151-j

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Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow Collection, Accession # 6151-j, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This holding was purchased from David Holmes on October 24, 1996.

Scope and Content Information

In this collection, Ellen Glasgow, West Cornwall, Connecticut, writes to Charles Lee Lewis, Associate English Professor at the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis regarding Taylor family genealogy, the St. Memin portraits of Creed and Sarah Woodson Taylor and her mother's descent.

Contents List

Ellen Glasgow to [Charles Lee] Lewis August 2, 1936

TLS, 2 p. on 1 l.

Glasgow discusses the St. Memin portraits of Chancellor Creed Taylor and his wife, Sarah Woodson Taylor, that are in her drawing room; her mother, Anne Jane (Gholson) Glasgow, in relation to the Taylors; and, Taylor family genealogy.

Ellen Glasgow to [Charles Lee] Lewis August 3, 1936

TLS, 2 p. on 1 l.

Glasgow corrects an error in her previous letter concerning the history of her mother, Anne Jane (Gholson) Glasgow, in relation to Samuel Creed Taylor and Chancellor Creed Taylor. Discusses briefly Gholson and Taylor families genealogy; and, mentions William Cabell Bruce's Life of John Randolph of Roanoke as a delightful account of Chancellor Taylor.