A Guide to the Papers of Virginius
Dabney, Dabney, Virginius, Papers of
7690-ag
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Accession number 7690-ag
Title Papers of Virginius Dabney
1902-1983
Physical Characteristics This collection
consists of 9 boxes.
Language
English
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Preferred Citation
Additional Virginius Dabney Papers, Accession #7690-ag,
Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library,
Charlottesville, Va.
Acquisition Information
This collection was acquired as a gift on 21 June
1983.
The papers of Virginius Dabney contain extensive
correspondence carried on by Dabney as editor of the
Richmond Times-Dispatch , in his
personal life, and as a Pulitzer Prize- winning author. Other
materials deal with his books such as
Below the Potomac ,
The Dry Messiah , and
Liberalism in the South , and
much useful material collected as research material for these
books is present. There is extensive material on the American
Society of Newspaper Editors which Dabney served in various
capacities including president. A great deal of useful
material on race relations, African Americans, the N.A.A.C.P.,
etc., is present. Recent political history of Virginia is
strongly represented in Dabney's correspondence as editor of
Virginia's leading newspaper, and in his personal
correspondence with figures such as Senator A. Willis
Robinson, Francis Pickens Miller, and Senator Carter
Glass.
Box 1
Correspondence, will, & clippings re
death of Lily Dabney
1946, 1967, 1973
Box 1
Correspondence, news releases, and
editorials re Dabney's receipt of Sigma Delta Chi
Distinguished Service Award
1948 Feb-1949 May
Box 1
Correspondence re Richard Heath Dabney
Scholarship at the University of Virginia
1964 Dec.-1970 Oct.
Box 1
Correspondence and notes re Guggenheim
Fellowship
1967-1971
Box 1
Correspondence re speaking
engagements
1969 April-1979 Apr., n.d.
Box 1
Correspondence and notes re nomination of
Dumas Malone for Pulitzer Prize
1972 Jan. -1974 Aug.
Box 1
Correspondence, speeches, and clippings re
Dabney's receipt of Thomas Jefferson Award for Public
Service
1972 May-1973 Feb.
Box 1
Letters re Save Capitol Square
Committee
1974 Jan. -Feb.
Box 1
Richard M. Nixon to Virginius
Dabney
1981 July 6, 16
w/envelope and TLS (carbon), Dabney to
Nixon. ALS.
Box 1
Correspondence, brochures, and clippings
re U.S. Bicentennial Society
1974-1979, n.d.
Box 1
Letters and newspaper clippings re
The Patriots , U.S.
Bicentennial Society publication
1975 Oct. -1976 Apr., n.d.
The Face of Virginia: A Pictorial
Study
Box 2
Correspondence and notes re
The Face of
Virginia
1949 Jan., 1962 Jul.-1964 Mar.,
n.d.
Box 2
The Face of
Virginia
n.d.
TMss (original and electrostatic copy)
w/autograph corrections
Box 2
The Face of
Virginia
n.d.
Galley proofs
Box 2
Reviews of
The Face of
Virginia
1963 Nov.
Box 2
Correspondence re
The Jefferson
Scandals
1979 Dec. -1980 Jan., n.d.
Box 2
Letters to Dabney re
The Jefferson
Scandals
1981 Jun. -1983 Feb., n.d.
Box 2
Correspondence, clippings, and notes re
Sally Hemings , by
Barbara Chase-Riboud
1979 Jan. -1980 Jun., n.d.
Box 2
Notes and documents re Thomas Jefferson
and Sally Hemings
1954, 1975-1981, n.d.
Box 3
Notes re Jefferson:
An Intimate Biography ,
by Fawn Brodie
1980, n.d.
Box 3
Early drafts of
The Jefferson
Scandals , incomplete
n.d.
TMss (original and electrostatic copies)
w/autograph corrections (3 folders)
Box 3
Reviews of
The Jefferson
Scandals
1981 May-1982 Apr., n.d.
Mr. Jefferson's University
Box 3
Correspondence w/Frank Hereford, Jr.,
Walker Cowen, and Alexander Gilliam re
Mr. Jefferson's
University
1976 Oct. -1981 Oct.
Box 3
Correspondence w/Charles E. Moran, Jr., re
Mr. Jefferson's
University
1977 Jun. -1980 May, n.d.
Box 3
Correspondence and notes re foreword and
appendix of
Mr. Jefferson's
University
1980 Jan., n.d.
Box 3
Correspondence w/University Press of
Virginia re
Mr. Jefferson's
University
1980 Dec. -1983 Mar., n.d.
Box 4
Correspondence re
Mr. Jefferson's
University
1981 Sept. -1983 May, n.d.
Box 4
Notes for
Mr. Jefferson's
University: 1920-1930
n.d.
(3 folders)
Box 4
Notes for
Mr. Jefferson's
University: 1930-1940
n.d.
Box 4
Notes for
Mr. Jefferson's
University: 1931-1940
n.d.
Box 4
Notes for
Mr. Jefferson's
University: 1941-1947
n.d.
(2 folders)
Box 4
Notes for
Mr. Jefferson's
University: 1947-1959
n.d.
Box 5
Notes for
Mr. Jefferson's
University: 1947-1959 (cont'd.)
n.d.
Box 5
Notes for
Mr. Jefferson's
University: 1949-1959
n.d.
Box 5
Notes re
Mr. Jefferson's
University: 1959-1974
n.d.
Box 5
Notes for
Mr. Jefferson's
University: 1959-1974
1973-1980, n.d.
Box 6
Notes for
Mr. Jefferson's
University: 1968-1972
n.d.
Box 6
Miscellaneous notes re
Mr. Jefferson's
University:
n.d.
Box 6
Mr. Jefferson's
University:
n.d.
TMs (electrostatic copy), w/autograph
corrections. (4 folders)
Box 6
Reviews of
Mr. Jefferson's
University:
1981 Sept. -1983 Mar.
Box 6
Financial statements re
Mr. Jefferson's
University:
1978 Mar. -1980 May
Box 6
Editorials by Dabney re state hours law
for working women
1937 Aug. -1938 June
Box 6
Editorials by Dabney re Hitler's seizure
of Austria and the Czechoslovak crisis
1938 Mar. -Oct.
Box 6
Editorials by Dabney re the European war
and the role of America
1939 Aug. -Sept.
Box 7
Editorials by Dabney re state electoral
frauds
1945 Aug. -Oct.
Box 7
Editorials by Dabney
1930-1959, 1960-1981, n.d.
(2 folders)
Box 7
Editorials by Dabney re Europe, Mexico and
Canada
1954-1967
Box 7
"America's Bicentennial '76 College: The
Story of Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia." by
Dabney
1973
Box 7
Correspondence, clippings, and notes re
"Did It All Begin In Massachusetts?" and the 350th
Jamestown Festival
1955 May-1957 Jul., n.d.
Box 7
Correspondence, notes, manuscripts, and
clippings re "The GOP's Upsurge in Dixie," by
Dabney
1962-1963, n.d.
Box 7
Correspondence, notes, and clippings re
"The Pace Is Important," by Dabney
1963-1965
Box 7
"Richard Heath Dabney --A Memoir," by
Dabney
n.d.
Box 8
Speeches and articles by
Dabney
1952-1964, 1965, 1967-1973, 1976,
n.d.
(7 folders)
Box 8
Citations presented to Dabney
1945-1971
Box 8
Obituaries for Richard Heath
Dabney
1947 May 17
Box 8
Programs of events at which Dabney was a
speaker
1972-1983
Box 9
The Monthly
Chronicle
1922 Feb-May
Box 9
The Myth of the Ride of
Paul Revere
1927
Box 9
"Medicine in a Changing World," by Dabney,
Bulletin , Medical
College of Virginia
1939 Feb. 1
Box 9
Newspaper and magazine articles re
Dabney
1958-1983
Box 9
Photograph of Episcopal High School
Baseball Team
Physical Location: Oversize 1917
Box 9
Photograph of Delta Kappa Epsilon
(University of Virginia)
Physical Location: Oversize 1917-1918
Box 9
Photograph of T.I.L.K.A.
Physical Location: Oversize 1918-1919
Box 9
Photograph of Delta Kappa Epsilon
(University of Virginia)
Physical Location: Oversize 1918-1919
Box 9
Photograph of Delta Kappa Epsilon
(University of Virginia)
Physical Location: Oversize 1920-1921
Box 9
2 photographs of Dabney receiving honorary
degree at University of Richmond
Physical Location: Oversize 1940 Apr. 19
Box 9
Certificate appointing Dabney Civilian
Aide to the Secretary of the Army for the State of
Virginia
Physical Location: Oversize 1947 Dec. 3
Box 9
Correspondence re University of Virginia
history
Physical Location: Oversize 1976 Nov. -1980 Jan., 1980 Feb.-1982 Nov.,
n.d.
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