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Capteron, Helena Lefroy, papers A Guide to the Helena Lefroy Caperton papers, 1918-1961 M 3

A Guide to the Helena Lefroy Caperton papers, 1918-1961 M 3


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Rosamund McCanless

Repository
VCU James Branch Cabell Library
Identification
M 3
Title
The Helena Lefroy Caperton papers 1918-1961
Quantity
6 Linear Feet
Creator
Caperton, Helena Lefroy, 1878-1962
Language
English .

Administrative Information

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Mrs. Barry Bingham and Mrs. Donald Stevens in 1988.

Biographical / Historical

Native of Richmond, Va., born in the house known as "Linden Row" (118 East Franklin Street). Author of many articles and short stories and winner of the O. Henry Award in 1930. Wrote book reviews regularly for the Richmond Times-Dispatch and the Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.).

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, manuscripts of short stories, articles, reviews, and other literary efforts, reviews of Caperton's works, bills and receipts, photographs and other papers relating to her career and family life. Includes correspondence with publishers and periodicals and material on Virginia and Irish legends and folktales, and social life in Virginia and England. Correspondents include William Rose Benet, Edward O'Brien, Dorothy Parker, Charles Scribner, Claude Swanson and Alexander Waddell.

Arrangement

Arranged in seven series: I. Unpublished fiction and articles (n.d, 1924-1951). II. Receipted bills and cancelled checks (1924-1961). III. Letters from magazines and publishers (n.d., 1920-1970). IV. Family letters, fan letters, published newspaper articles and reviews, photographs (n.d., 1918-1955). V. Irish fairy stories, Irish childhood, The Richmond German, Sketches of old Richmond, assorted short stories and articles (n.d., 1932-1970). VI. Printed articles and short stories in magazines and newspapers (1902-1939). VII. Artifacts. Topical and then chronological arrangement.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Authors, American -- Manuscripts -- Virginia
  • Caperton, Helena Lefroy, 1878-1962

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Caperton, Helena Lefroy, 1878-1962
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Container List

Series I-Unpublished fiction and Articles
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    Deep Waters
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    Dove of Peace
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639562] box: 1
    A Friendly Guide to Richmond
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639562] box: 1
    Foggies
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    Frost Tonight
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639562] box: 1
    Gods Fool
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    The Haunted House in Linden Row
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639562] box: 1
    "I Elizabeth, Take Thee Philip "
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639562] box: 1
    Liebestrom
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639562] box: 1
    The Little Blind God and Mr. Volstead
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639562] box: 1
    Locked Out in London
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639562] box: 1
    Monsieur
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    The Nigger in the Woodpile. Today's Aesop's Fables
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639562] box: 1
    The Old House
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639562] box: 1
    One Pound Seventeen Shillings and Sixpence
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639562] box: 1
    The Peggy Cranford Books-Peggy at Roundabout Castle
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639562] box: 1
    Return of the Soldier
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639562] box: 1
    A Royal Visit
    1920
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639562] box: 1
    Reunion
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639562] box: 1
    The Reproof Valiant
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639562] box: 1
    Saturday Evening Post
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    Strange Acquaintance
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    The Falls thy Shadow
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    This Reward of Parenthood
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    Verses Sent with Christmas Gifts
    1925
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    When the Wild West Came to Richmond
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    When the Lights Go On
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    The Winner
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    Wisdom is Justified of Her Children
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    With Angels and Arch-Angels
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    With Trailing Clouds of Glory
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    Foreword
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    Adventure in Explosives
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    Apron Strings...American Style
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    Buried Treasure
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    The Chalfonte Hotel
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    Just a Moment Mr. Conquest
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    Cordially Yours New York
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    To the Blue Gown
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    Miss Angel Gabriel
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    Like a Falcon Flying
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    Our Debutantes of Today and Yesterday
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    The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain
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    Virginia is a State of Mind
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    The Voice of the People
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    Sketch of a Lady Wallis Simpson
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    Tour of Historic Homes and Gardens in the Tidewater of Virginia for Restoration of Wakefield, April 29th to May 3rd
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    In Loco Parentis
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    New Grandmothers for Old
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    The Dolls House of Mayfair
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    The Doctors Story
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    Father of the Bride
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    Frankincense
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    The Home of Mr. Jacqueline Taylor at Richmond, Virginia
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    The Wedding
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    The Ballad of Webspinner
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639570] box: 2
    Welcome
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    Philanthropist
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    A Club Memoir
    1930
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    The Christmas Star
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    "The Romantic New Orlianians "
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    Gallery of Ghosts
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    The Golden Stallion
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    Lecture Introduction
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    Our Latin Quarter
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    Our Plum Street
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    The Magnificent Deception
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    The Mid-Wife's Story
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    Oblivion
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    Negrofoot
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    The Old House
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    Pirate Sapphires
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    The Primrose Path of Dear Papa
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    Seaport in Virginia
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    The Seventh Window
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    How We Raised Our Six Daughters
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    Vagabond Parents
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    Who Giveth This Woman?
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    "Time Gambols Withal "
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Series II-Receipt Bills and Canceled Checks
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    Annual Dues Association
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    Bank Transactions-English Funds
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    Bank Transactions-Local
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    Clothing
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    Funeral Home-Memorial Marker
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    Gifts
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    Groceries
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    Home Furnishings and Repair
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    Home Improvements and Repairs
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    Hospital and Veterinary Hospital
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    Insurance
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    Nursery
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    Pharmacy
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    Printing
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639588] box: 3
    Public Utilities
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    Royalty Statements
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    Taxes
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    Miscellaneous
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Series III-Letters from Magazines and Publishers
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    Ausburg Publishing House
    March 22, 1937
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    Ausburg Publishing House
    June 8, 1937
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    Ausburg Publishing House
    November 8, 1937
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    Ausburg Publishing House
    December 19, 1938
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    Ausburg Publishing House
    January 9, 1939
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    Ausburg Publishing House
    March 27, 1939
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    Ausburg Publishing House
    May 16, 1939
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    Ausburg Publishing House
    May 26, 1939
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    Ausburg Publishing House
    March 6, 1951
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    Brandt and Brandt
    October 5, 1936
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    Brandt and Brandt
    October 14, 1936
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    Brandt and Brandt
    October 20, 1936
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    Brandt and Brandt
    June 8, 1938
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    Stringfellow Barr
    October 3, 1932
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    The Binghams
    August 30, 1955
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    The Binghams
    October 13, 1931
  • Struther Maxwell Burt
    May 11, 1938
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    Alan Campbell
    September 17
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    Cecil and Presbrely, Inc.
    February 15, 1946
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    Cecil and Presbrely, Inc.
    February 26, 1946
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    B.J. Chute
    November 13, 1931
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    Cranz, Oscar
    September 14, 1940
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    Crowell-Collier Publishing Company
    January 14, 1941
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    Crowell-Collier Publishing Company
    February 18, 1941
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    Crowell-Collier Publishing Company
    February 25, 1946
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    Crowell-Collier Publishing Company
    March 21, 1946
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    Philip Cudall
    October 4, ?
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    Curtis Brown Ltd.
    November 25, 1930
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    Curtis Brown Ltd.
    December 30, 1930
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    Curtis Brown Ltd.
    June 5, 1931
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    Curtis Brown Ltd.
    July 3, 1931
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    Curtis Brown Ltd.
    July 29, 1931
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    Curtis Brown Ltd.
    August 25, 1931
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    Curtis Brown Ltd.
    July 5, 1932
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    Curtis Brown Ltd.
    November 13, 1940
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    Exposition Press
    June 17, 1952
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    The Forum Quarterly
    May 2, 1932
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    Douglas S. Freeman
    August 9, 1937
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    Douglas S. Freeman
    September 11, 1940
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    Bess Furman
    December 5, 1951
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    Garrett and Massie, Inc.
    July 19, 1943
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    The Greenbrier and Cottages
    November 21, 1934
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    Benn Hall Associates
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    Fanny Hathworth
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    Holiday
    December 13, 1950
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    Holiday
    April 19, 1951
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    Holiday
    May 19, 1951
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    Holiday
    March 5, 1952
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    Holiday
    July 2, 1952
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    Holiday
    August 15, 1952
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    Holland's
    October 28, 1932
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    Holland's
    March 7, 1939
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    Holland's
    April 3, 1940
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    Holland's
    May 8, 1940
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    Houghton Mifflin Company
    March 18, 1937
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    Household Magazines
    September 4, 1931
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    Mrs. C. Huffman
    October 19, 1949
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    B.S. Hume
    September 30, 1932
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    Margot Johnson
    July 10, 1950
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    Margot Johnson
    July 18, 1950
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    Margot Johnson
    August 25, 1950
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    Margot Johnson
    September 7, 1950
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    Margot Johnson
    October 24, 1950
  • Margot Johnson
    Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4 November 6, 1950
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    Margot Johnson
    December 4, 1950
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    Margot Johnson
    February 5, 1951
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    Margot Johnson
    February 16, 1951
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    Margot Johnson
    April 12, 1951
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    Margot Johnson
    June 6, 1951
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    Margot Johnson
    September 6, 1951
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    Alfred A. Knopf
    March 27, 1940
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    The Ladies Home Journal
    January 9, 1920
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    The Ladies Home Journal
    January 14, 1920
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    The Ladies Home Journal
    January 19, 1920
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    The Ladies Home Journal
    March 5, 1920
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    April 1, 1920
    April 1, 1920
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    The Ladies Home Journal
    April 21, 1920
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    The Ladies Home Journal
    May 5, 1920
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    The Ladies Home Journal
    May 7, 1920
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    The Ladies Home Journal
    July 6, 1933
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    The Ladies Home Journal
    January 18, 1934
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    Life
    October 29, 1951
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    Life
    November 12, 1951
  • Life
    Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4 November 19, 1951
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    Life
    September 27, 1955
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    McIntosh and Otis, Inc.
    March 5, 1931
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    McIntosh and Otis, Inc.
    July 2, 1931
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    McIntosh and Otis, Inc.
    July 3, 1931
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    McIntosh and Otis, Inc.
    September 24, 1931
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    McIntosh and Otis, Inc.
    February 5, 1932
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    McIntosh and Otis, Inc.
    February 10, 1932
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    McIntosh and Otis, Inc.
    March 1, 1932
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    McIntosh and Otis, Inc.
    February 13, 1932
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    McIntosh and Otis, Inc.
    March 2, 1932
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    McIntosh and Otis, Inc.
    June 7, 1933
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    McIntosh and Otis, Inc.
    June 14, 1933
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    McIntosh and Otis, Inc.
    July 7, 1933
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    McIntosh and Otis, Inc.
    February 13, 1934
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    McIntosh and Otis, Inc.
    February 24, 1934
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    McIntosh and Otis, Inc.
    February 26, 1934
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    McIntosh and Otis, Inc.
    March 14, 1934
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    McIntosh and Otis, Inc.
    April 6, 1934
  • McIntosh and Otis, Inc.
    Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4 April 24, 1934
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    McIntosh and Otis, Inc.
    August
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    William Maner
    March 8, 1951
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    William Morrow and Company, Inc.
    November 30, 1940
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    National League of American Pen Women
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    Edward J. O'Brien
    February 27, 1932
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    Edward J. O'Brien
    January 20, 1934
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    Dorothy Parker
  • The People's Home Journal
    Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4 October 19, 1923
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    The People's Home Journal
    November 16, 1923
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    The People's Home Journal
    December 1, 1923
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    The People's Home Journal
    April 22, 1924
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    The People's Home Journal
    June 26, 1924
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    Mary Pritchett
    September 26, 1941
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    G.P. Putnam's Sons
    May 8, 1935
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    Richmond Chamber of Commerce
    November 12, 1929
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    Dr. M. Pierce Rucker
    March 2, 1932
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    St. Catherine's School
    April 12, 1933
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    St. John's Church
    October 7, ?
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    Charles Scribners Sons
    August 25, 1932
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    Sons of the American Revolution
    March 29, 1947
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    The Southern Planter
    March 11, 1931
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    The Spur
    March 6, 1924
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    The Spur
    March 24, 1924
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    The Spur
    June 12, 1924
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    The Spur
    July 1, 1924
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    The Spur
    October 14, 1925
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    E. Strudwick, Jr.
    February 24, 1941
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    The Times-Picayune
    February 22, 1941
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    Tupper and Love, Inc.
    July 15, 1952
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    Tupper and Love, Inc.
    July 31, 1952
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639708] box: 4
    The Valentine Museum
    November 12, 1950
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    Frank W. Vincent Agency
    September 4, 1945
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    Cecelia Washington
    October 25, 1949
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    Woman's Home Companion
    June 10, 1925
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    Woman's Home Companion
    March 5, 1926
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    Gilbert F. Wright
    March 7, 1935
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    Gilbert F. Wright
    August 28, 1936
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    Gilbert F. Wright
    April 24, 1937
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    Gilbert F. Wright
    October 20, 1937
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    Gilbert F. Wright
    September 10, 1943
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    Miscellaneous
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Seriev IV-Family Letters, Fan Letters, Published Newspaper Articles and Reviews, Photographs
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    Viscountess Astor
    July 5, 1923
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    The Baltimore Sun
    March 23, 1943
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    London
    February 1, 1938
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    William Rose Benet
    February 25, 1943
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639716] box: 5
    Lucinda Trabree Brent
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639716] box: 5
    Lt. Richard C. Brown
    February 26, 1943
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639716] box: 5
    Lt. Alan Campbell
    March 4, 1943
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    Margaret Dashiell
    March 3, 1943
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639716] box: 5
    Walter H. Gray
    March 5, 1943
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639716] box: 5
    George Wilmer Hodgson
    February 24, 1950
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639716] box: 5
    "Hully "
    March 2, 1943
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639716] box: 5
    Annette Lefroy
    October 27, 1938
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639716] box: 5
    Edward H. Lefroy
    January 26, 1937
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    George Lefroy
    February 19, 1918
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    Minna Lefroy
    April 25; May 2; June 1, 1943
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639716] box: 5
    Mrs. John David Leitch
    February 13, 1943
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639716] box: 5
    Mrs. Mary Loftie
    May 27, 1934
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639716] box: 5
    Mildred
    March 12, ?
  • Mixed Materials [A11423639716] box: 5
    Newark Evening News
    February 11, 1943
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    Virginia Reynolds
    March 3, 1943
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    Sal
    March 6, 1943
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    The Southern Literary Messenger
    March 13, 1943
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    Claude Swanson
    April 24, 1923
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    Alexander Wilbourne Waddell
    February 24, 1943
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    Florence Weiss
    August 11, 1939
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    Reviews
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    Articles and Letter to the paper by Caperton
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    Book Reviews by Caperton: The Loved and Envied
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    Book Reviews by Caperton: The Loved and Envied
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    Book Reviews by Caperton: The Feast of July
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    Book Reviews by Caperton: A World of Love
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    Book Reviews by Caperton: Money to Burn
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    Book Reviews by Caperton: Beyond the PawPaw Trees
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    Book Reviews by Caperton: Tales My Grandmother Told Me
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    Book Reviews by Caperton: A House and Its Head
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    Book Reviews by Caperton: Elizabeth the Queen
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    Book Reviews by Caperton: A King's Story
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    Book Reviews by Caperton: Royal Mother, the Story of Queen Mother Elizabeth and Her Family
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    Book Reviews by Caperton: Life in a Nutshell
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    Book Reviews by Caperton: White House Profile
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    Book Reviews by Caperton: A Degree of Prudery
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    Book Reviews by Caperton: Light as the Morning
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    Book Reviews by Caperton: The View from the Parsonage
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    Book Reviews by Caperton: Steamboat Gothic
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    Book Reviews by Caperton: Shadows in Silver
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    Book Reviews by Caperton: Houses Virginians Have Loved
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    Book Reviews by Caperton: Charles Dickens
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    Book Reviews by Caperton: Children of the Rainbow
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    Book Reviews by Caperton: English Life and Leisure
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    Book Reviews by Caperton: What Did It Mean?
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    Book Reviews by Caperton: Don't Look Round
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    Miscellaneous: "John Rolfe's Letter of 1616 "
    November 3, 1951
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    Miscellaneous: "Thalhimers Honors Richmond Authors "
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    Photographs: Christmas Card of Clifford and Helena Caperton
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    Photograph: Christmas Card of a Small Nude Child Sitting by a Pool
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Series V-Irish Fairy Stories; Irish Childhood; The Richmond German; Sketches of Old Richmond; Assorted Short Stories and Articles
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    Revised Irish Fairy Stories and Ballades: My Lord Lion
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    Revised Irish Fairy Stories and Ballades: The Princess Discontent
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    Revised Irish Fairy Stories and Ballades: The Toad's Journal
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    Revised Irish Fairy Stories and Ballades: Tom and the Ogre
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    Revised Irish Fairy Stories and Ballades: The Ballad of Four Brothers
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    Revised Irish Fairy Stories and Ballades: The Ballad of Webspinner
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    Irish Childhood
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    Record and History of the Richmond German from 1866 to 1939-1940
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    Sketches of an Older Richmond
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    Unkept Vineyards
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    Then Falls Thy Shadow
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    Wedding March
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Series VI-Printed Articles and Short Stories in Magazines and Newspapers
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    "Captain Mary Green "
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    "How We Brought Up Our Six Daughters "
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    "In Loco Parentis "
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    "I've Been to London to Visit the Queen "
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    "Mellow Days; a Sketch of Mid-Victorian Richmond "
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    "Our Debutantes "
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    "Our Latin Quarter "
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    "Richmond Debutantes "
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    "Second Street "
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    "Time Gambols Withal "
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    "Autumn Garner "
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    "Brides' Lottery "
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    "For Richer For Poorer "
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    "Great Will be Your Reward "
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    "The Honest Wine Merchant "
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    "Just Plain Husband "
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    "The Magnificent Deception "
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    "Negro Foot "
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    "The Old House "
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    "The Rake "
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    "The Seventh Window "
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    "Taxi "
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    "Routine Flight "
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Series VII-Artifacts
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    Museum Pieces
    Scope and Contents

    The silver dagger and a Buddha and the sailor's plaid scarf-all relate to a story called the Chinese Lady from the Book Legends of a Virginian.

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