A Guide to the Papers of Clifford Dowdey , 1941-1967 #3809-c

A Guide to the Papers of Clifford Dowdey 1941-1967 Dowdey, Clifford, Papers of 3809-c

A Guide to the Papers of Clifford Dowdey 1941-1967

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Accession Number 3809-c

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

3809-c

Title

Papers of Clifford Dowdey 1941-1967

Physical Characteristics

This collection consists of 60 items.

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Papers of Clifford Dowdey, Accession #3809-c, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was gifted to the University on 28 February 1969.

Biographical/Historical Information

Clifford Dowdey was a Virginia historian.

Scope and Content Information

Papers of Dowdey include business correspondence and contracts with several publishing companies for Dowdey's articles and books. Of interest is a series of letters, 1966, from Gerald E. Smith, Prentice-Hall, Inc. to Claire Smith re: Dowdey's appointment as editor of a book on Robert E. Lee for the "Great lives observed" series. In a letter, n.d., John C. Davis, Richmond, Va., writes to Dowdey arranging to hire Dowdey for the Civil War Centennial Tours in the spring of 1962.

Contents List

Assignment of copyright from the Curtis Publishing Co. to Dowdey for "Sing For A Penny" 1941 Mar 25

Assignment of copyright from McCall Corp. to Dowdey for "Ask No More" 1947 Oct 29

Assignment of literary rights by Curtis Publishing Co. to Dowdey for "Affair With A Ghost" 1953 Nov 4

Contract with Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. for "Lee At Gettysburg" 1957 Aug 1

Agreement with Va. Civil War Comission to edit Lee's Wartime Dispatches 1959 Jun 12

Contract with Little, Brown & Co. for "Lee's Last Campaign" 1958 Mar 10

Contract with Little, Brown & Co. re: "The Seven Days" 1960 Jul 11

Revised agreement with Doubleday & Co. re: Where the Last Rose Lingers 1961 Dec 26

General Correspondence 1961-1962

9 items

Contract with Little, Brown & Co. for "Biography of R.E. Lee" 1962 Jan 10

Contract with Little, Brown & Co. for The Golden Age 1963 Dec 2

Correpondence and Contracts re: a reprint of Bugles Blow No More 1965

5 items

General Correspondence, chiefly re: The Golden Age 1963 Dec 2

18 items

Items re: Dowdey's possible editorship of a vol. on R.E. Lee 1966 Apr

6 items

General Correspondence 1966

5 items

Reprint of an article on "Derwent" from The Ironworker 1966

Contract with Little, Brown & Co. for The Golden Age 1967 Nov 16