A Guide to the Notebooks and Correspondence of
James Branch Cabell,
1896-1928 Cabell, James Branch, Notebooks and
Correspondence of
5947-j
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Accession number 5947-j
Title Notebooks and Correspondence of James Branch
Cabell,
1896-1928
Physical Characteristics This collection
consists of 38 items.
Language
English
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Preferred Citation
Notebooks and Correspondence of James Branch Cabell,
Accession #5947-j, Special Collections Dept., University of
Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.
Acquisition Information
This collection was a gift on 1964 April 21.
One notebook, kept from 1896 to 1904, contains
miscellaneous notes by Cabell regarding his work, including a
partial bibliography of his stories and a "Genealogy in Harper
Stories, 1355-1559."
Another notebook (two copies) contains "jottings
preliminary to The Majors and Their Marriages" with notes
regarding the Aston, Ballard, Branch,Britton, Charles,
Christian, Dancey, Field, Harris, Hartwell, Hubard,
Jefferson,Macon, Marable, Mason, Patteson, Piersey, Seawell,
Soane, Stephens, Turpin, and Waddill families. Finally, the
collection contains correspondence, 1910-1926, between Cabell
and Hugh Walpole and a few letters from Emily Clark to
Cabell.
Notebook containing notes for
The Majors and Their
Marriages n.d.
AMsS. 128 p.
The letters between Hugh Walpole and James
Branch Cabell are Xerox copies, given by Mr.
Cabell.
James Branch Cabell to Hugh Walpole
1910 Aug 22[1920]
ALS. 4 p.
Walpole to J.B.C.
1915 Dec 3
ALS. 2 p.
Walpole to J.B.C.
1920 Mar 13
ALS. 3 p.
J.B.C. to Walpole
1920 Apr 18
ALS. 2 p.
Walpole to J.B.C.
1920 Apr 20
TLS. 1 p.
Walpole to J.B.C.
1920 Apr 25
ALS. 8 p.
Walpole to J.B.C.
1920 May 30
ALS. 4 p.
J.B.C. to Walpole
1920 Jun 5
TLS. 2 p.
Walpole to J.B.C.
1920 Jul 24
ALS. 2 p.
Walpole to J.B.C.
1920 Sep 21
ALS. 2 p.
J.B.C. to Walpole
1920 Nov 21
TLS. 2 p.
Walpole to J.B.C.
1920 Dec 17
ALS. 4 p.
Walpole to J.B.C.
1921 Mar 28
ALS. 6 p.
J.B.C. to Walpole
192l Apr 21
TLS. 1 p.
J.B.C. to Walpole
1921 Jun 17
TLS. 1 p.
J.B.C. to Walpole
1921 Sep 10
TLS. 1 p.
Walpole to J.B.C.
1922 Jul 24
ALS. 2 p.
Walpole to J.B.C.
1922 Sep 27
ALS. 1 p.
Walpole to J.B.C.
1922 Dec 25
Christmas card
Walpole to J.B.C.
1923 Mar 2
TLS. 1 p.
Walpole to J.B.C.
1923 [Apr 1]
ALS. 2 p.
Walpole to J.B.C.
1923 May 20
ALS. 2 p.
Walpole to J.B.C.
1923 Jun 13
ALS. 4 p.
Walpole to J.B.C.
1923 Jun 27
ALS. 4 p.
Walpole to J.B.C.
1924 Jun 28
ALS. 6 p.
J.B.C. to Walpole
1924 Aug 19
TLS. 1 p.
Walpole to J.B.C.
1924 Oct 26
ALS. 4 p.
J.B.C. to Walpole
1925 Nov 10
TLS. 1 p.
Walpole to J.B.C.
1925 Dec 11
ALS. 4 p.
Walpole to J.B.C.
1926 Dec 18
ALS. 4 p.
Emily Clark Balch to J.B.C.
[1927] Jun 2
ALS. 6 p.
Emily Clark Balch to J.B.C.
1927 Jul 4
ALS. 6 p.
Balch to J.B.C.
[1928] Nov 11
ALS. 3 p.
Balch to J.B.C.
1928 Nov 19
ALS. 3 p.
Balch to J.B.C.
Jun 7
ALS. 5 p.
Balch to Hunter Stagg
n.d.
ALS. 1 p.
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