A Guide to the Papers of Cary Jacob, 1919-1975 #5629-b

A Guide to the Papers of Cary Jacob, 1919-1975

A Collection in
The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 5629-b

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Processed by: Jane McCavitt, 1978

Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

5629-b

Title

Cary Jacob Papers, 1919-1975

Physical Characteristics

900 items

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Cary Jacobs Papers, Accession #5629-b, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Miss Camilla L. Wills, September 13, 1977.

Biographical/Historical Information

Cary Franklin Jacob, 1885-1975, studied at Richmond University and the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore before attending the University of Virginia where he received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. He taught English at the College of William and Mary and speech at Smith College. He left Smith in 1943 and returned to Charlottesville, Virginia, sometime before 1952, where he lived the remainder of his life.

Jacob's writings include articles, speeches, poetry, plays, novels, and short stories as well as preparatory material and the published pamphlet "Freshman English, Manual of Instructions and Exercises." A few articles and a small book of poetry were also published

Scope and Content Information

The collection contains personal papers including biographical data, correspondence, miscellany, and genealogical data regarding John Hough Craven and the Craven, Sneed and Moore families; and manuscripts of Jacob's writings.

Arrangement

The collection is organized in two series. Series I contains manuscripts and related material. Series II contains personal papers

Manuscripts and Related Material 1914-1956

The Fundamentals of Punctuation and Freshman English, Manual of Instruction and Exercises 1925-1939
- box 1
  Syllabi and exams for speech courses 1925-1939, n.d.
- Box 1
  Electrostatic copies of sentences used for grammatical examples. n.d.
- Box 1
  Grammatical Exercises n.d.
- Box 1
  Notes regarding Grammatical Exercises n.d.
- Box 1
  Printed Punctuation Exercises n.d.
- Box 1
  Written Draft of sections from The Fundamentals of Punctuation n.d.
- Box 1
  Typed Draft of sections from The Fundamentals of Punctuation n.d.
- Box 1
  Pamphlet, Freshman English, Manual of Instruction and Exercises 1924
Speeches
- Box 1
  Speech regarding America First Committee 1941
  
  6 TMss
- Box 1
  Speeches regarding Motion Pictures and Temperance n.d.
  
  2TMss
Articles
- Box 1
  The Psychology of Poetic Talent . 1942
  
  Pamphlet
- Box 1
  Dean Byron Cummings ; The Legend of Guadalupe ; and What Every Poet Knows . 1925-1927
  
  3 TMss
- Box 1
  Untitled and The American Short Story of Today 1945, 1951
  
  3 TMss
- Box 1
  The Fetish of Success - What One Performance of Romeo and Juliet Did Not Lack n.d.
  
  8 TMss
- Box 1
  Miscellaneous poems n.d.
- Box 2
  Driftwood and Foam 1914
- Box 2
  Small collection of poetry ca. 1914
  
  10 TMss
- Box 2
  Foreboding In August , To John Marshall , I Wish I Were Ten Men , Insects , and Nocturnal Visitant 1927, 1949, 1951, 1956
  
  9 TMss
- Box 2
  To-Day As Yesterday , (also titled Through The Years ) ca. 1955
- Box 2
  Songs From Street and Field n.d.
  
  TMs in hand-bound volume, with miscellaneous copies
- Box 2
  Autumn Days - Love's Autumn n.d.
  
  22 TMs
- Box 2
  The Miller of Islington - The While I Think On Thee n.d.
  
  31 TMss
Plays
- Box 2
  Lou 1917
  
  2 TMss
- Box 2
  Editor of The Democrat 1918
  
  TMs
- Box 3
  The Open Shop 1919
  
  3 TMS (3 folders)
- Box 2
  Facing The Dawn ca. 1928
  
  TMs
- Box 2
  Heir To The Czar 1930
  
  TMs
- Box 3
  Ancestors 1932
  
  2 TMs (2 folders)
- Box 3
  The Countess Celeste 1945
  
  TMss
  
  (Different versions of Act Three)
- Box 3
  The Countess Celeste 1952
  
  TMs
- Box 3
  The Countess Celeste ca. 1952
  
  TMss
  
  (Acts One and Two)
- Box 3
  The Countess Celeste 1952
  
  TMss
  
  (Different versions of Act Three)
- Box 3
  White Collar 1952
  
  TMs
- Box 3
  One Family (White Collar) ca. 1952
  
  TMss
- Box 3
  The Tiger's Claws ca. 1956
  
  TMss
- Box 3
  At The Bend Of The Road , Miss Beauty O'Connor Sees Her Mistake , The Promotion Of Jim , The Swell Guy , and Why Billy Goes To Bed At Eight n.d.
  
  5 TMss
- Box 3
  A Man's Work n.d.
  
  AMs
- Box 4
  An Empire For Freedom n.d.
  
  TMss
  
  (Character sketches)
- Box 4
  An Empire For Freedom n.d.
  
  3 TMss
  
  (Different versions of Acts One, Two, and Three, 3 folders)
- Box 4
  In The Path of The Storm n.d.
  
  2 TMss
  
  (2 folders)
- Box 4
  In The Path of The Storm n.d.
  
  TMs
  
  (Pages missing)
- Box 4
  Matrimonial Staircase n.d.
  
  TMs
- Box 4
  Matrimonial Staircase n.d.
  
  TMs
  
  (Pages missing)
- Box 4
  Red Morning n.d.
  
  TMs
- Box 4
  Red Morning n.d.
  
  TMs
  
  (Section from Act Three)
- Box 4
  Musical scores, some from play Born Climbin' ca. 1944, n.d.
- Box 4
  Miscellany n.d.
  
  TMss
Novels
- Box 5
  Bitsy Betsy ca. 1953
  
  3 TMss
  
  (3 folders)
- Box 5
  Bitsy Betsy ca. 1953
  
  2 TMss
  
  (pages missing, 2 folders)
- Box 5
  Ancestors n.d.
  
  TMss
- Box 5
  The Bridge n.d.
  
  TMss
  
  (Part One)
- Box 6
  The Bridge n.d.
  
  2 TMss
  
  (Parts Two and Three, 2 folders)
- Box 6
  Facing the Dawn n.d.
  
  3 TMss
  
  (pp. 1-414, 3 folders)
- Box 6
  The Mistress of Redbrook n.d.
  
  2 TMss
  
  (Parts One and Two, pp. 1-219, 2 folders)
- Box 7
  The Mistress of Redbrook n.d.
  
  4 TMss
  
  (Part Two, pp. 220-263, Part Three, pp. 364-560, 4 folders)
- Box 7
  The Order of Brotherly Love n.d.
  
  3 TMss
  
  (pp. 1-348)
- Box 8
  Red Hills , also titled Powder a Raven n.d.
  
  2 TMss
  
  (Books One, Two, Three, and Four, 2 folders)
- Box 8
  untitled n.d.
  
  2 TMss
  
  (pp. 1-348, 2 folders)
- Box 8
  untitled n.d.
  
  2 TMss
  
  (pp. 1-348, 2 folders)
Short Stories
- Box 8
  DAB 1923
  
  2 TMss
- Box 8
  The Rueing of Randolph Archer ca. 1923
  
  3 TMss
- Box 8
  Three Flights Toward the Moon ca. 1925
  
  3 TMs
- Box 8
  I Would Have My Own Way 1926
  
  TMs
- Box 8
  His Lady of Light ca. 1927
  
  2 TMs
- Box 9
  Alabama Law to A Blessed Misfortune n.d.
  
  12 TMss
- Box 9
  A Certain Emanuel to Faces From the Dark n.d.
  
  6 TMss
- Box 9
  Getting Somewhere to His Good Name and How It Happened n.d.
  
  4 TMss
- Box 9
  Incorrigible - In the Line of Duty and In the Wake of O. Henry n.d.
  
  4 TMss
- Box 9
  I Wanted To Be a Lion Tamer n.d.
  
  3 TMss
- Box 9
  The Janitor's Wife and The Swell Guy to Lord Groton of Groton n.d.
  
  10 TMss
- Box 9
  Mademoiselle Julie to Peaceable Linkum n.d.
  
  13 TMss
- Box 9
  Peter, Peter Pumpkin eater to Quick or Dead n.d.
  
  6 TMss
- Box 10
  Say It With Roses to The Sting of the Rod n.d.
  
  12 TMss
- Box 10
  A Thwarted Engagement , The Trials of Gemma , and Trustee n.d.
  
  9 TMss
- Box 10
  We Go to a Bull-Fight to Yaller n.d.
  
  6 TMss
- Box 10
  Untitled n.d.
  
  5 TMss
- Box 10
  Odd Moments , Collection of stories n.d.
  
  TMss
- Box 10
  Collection of stories n.d.
  
  TMss
  
  (2 folders)

Personal Papers 1917-1974

Box 11
Biographical Data 1942, 1943, 1967
Box 11
Correspondence 1917-1974, n.d.

(4 folders)
Box 11
Names and addresses n.d.
Box 11
Genealogical Data for John Hough Craven and relatives n.d.
Box 11
Genealogical Data for Sneed and Moore Family n.d.
Box 11
Legal Documents 1924, ca. 1958

(Memorandum of Agreement, and Legal Memorandum regarding Darby vs. Daniel)
Box 11
Famous German Lyrics translated by Alfred Vance Churchill n.d.
Box 11
Typed quotations from various authors n.d.

Printed Material 1924-1975

Box 11
Magazine Articles 1924, 1928, n.d.
Box 11
Pamphlet, The Rhythm of English Verse by Morris W. Croll 1924
Box 11
Material regarding D.A.R. Conservation Committee 1972-1974, n.d.
Box 11
Material regarding The Authors League of America 1923, 1962, 1971, n.d.
Box 11
Printed Medical Data and Reading Lists for Tufts Medical School ca. 1935-1939
Box 11
Propaganda ca. 1934, 1955, 1963, 1968
Box 11
Clippings 1924, 1962-1974, n.d.
Box 11
Miscellaneous 1937-1944, 1953, 1959-1964, 1971, n.d.
Box 11
Miscellany - General 1929, 1935, 1943-1950, 1966-1975, n.d.
Box 11
Personal Photographs n.d.