Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation

MSS 16302, Carrol T. Mitchell handmade magazines, Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was purchased from Brian Cassidy, Bookseller, by the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia on March 15, 2017.

Scope and Contents

Carrol T. Mitchell handmade magazines, 1916-1921, 0.06 cubic feet, produced by her private "publishing company," which advertises itself in one issue as "publishers of the very highest grade of novels, pennydreadfuls, textbooks, poems, sketches, historical and scientific works, and songs. The magazines are heavily focused on contemporary female starlets, appearing in movies by Cecil B. Demille and other early Hollywood directors. Aside from comments on the actresses, Mitchell also includes her own prose fiction, with charming illustrations in ink and colored pencil throughout, including a short story set in WWI France. Assembled with great care by a woman clearly steeped in the editorial styles of contemporary fashion and film periodicals.