A Guide to the Martha R. Roberts papers, undated M 170
A Collection in Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Collection number M 170
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VCU James Branch Cabell Library
Special Collections and Archives 901 Park AvenueRichmond, Virginia 23284
Business Number: (804) 828-1108
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B. Pittman
Administrative Information
Use Restrictions
There are no restrictions.
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Preferred Citation
Martha R. Roberts papers, Collection # M 170, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.
Biographical / Historical
Ms. Roberts attended the Columbia School of Journalism and for a time she was on the New York stage. She lived in Charlottesville, Virginia, and had published her poems in numerous magazines.
Scope and Contents
Contains materials relating to her publications, correspondence, and drafts of her work.
Arrangement
Collection is arranged alphabetically. Series I--Personal materials (n.d.) ; Series II--Correspondence (n.d.) ; Series III--Poetry (n.d.) ; Series IV--Fiction (n.d.) ; Series V--Miscellaneous (n.d.)
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Dancers -- United States
- Poets, American -- Virginia
Container List
Series I--Personal Materials
- Mixed Materials [A11423645563] box: 1
Address Book
- Mixed Materials [A11423645563] box: 1
Biography
- Mixed Materials [A11423645563] box: 1
Charlottesville--Business Transactions
- Mixed Materials [A11423645563] box: 1
Charlottesville-Domestic
- Mixed Materials [A11423645563] box: 1
Charlottesville-Memberships
- Mixed Materials [A11423645563] box: 1
Charlottesville--Roberts vs. First and Merchants
- Mixed Materials [A11423645563] box: 1
Charlottesville-Social Contacts
- Mixed Materials [A11423645563] box: 1
Christian Science-DeLange
- Mixed Materials [A11423645563] box: 1
Christian Science--Hodges, Alice B.
- Mixed Materials [A11423645563] box: 1
Christian Science--Norwood, Dr. Robert
- Mixed Materials [A11423645563] box: 1
Christian Science-Notes
- Mixed Materials [A11423645563] box: 1
Correspondence--Early New York
- Mixed Materials [A11423645563] box: 1
Correspondence-Early Richmond
- Mixed Materials [A11423645563] box: 1
Correspondence--Roberts, Robert
- Mixed Materials [A11423645563] box: 1
Ephemeral
- Mixed Materials [A11423645563] box: 1
New York City Remembered
- Mixed Materials [A11423645563] box: 1
Photographs-Family
- Mixed Materials [A11423645563] box: 1
Photographs-Miscellaneous
- Mixed Materials [A11423645563] box: 1
Theater (New York)
- Mixed Materials [A11423645563] box: 1
Roshanara
Series II--Correspondence
- Mixed Materials [A11423646828] box: 2
Christian Science
- Mixed Materials [A11423646828] box: 2
Early Poetry
- Mixed Materials [A11423646828] box: 2
Charlottesville-General
- Mixed Materials [A11423646828] box: 2
Charlottesville-General
- Mixed Materials [A11423646828] box: 2
Lewisohn, Irene
- Mixed Materials [A11423646828] box: 2
Miscellaneous
- Mixed Materials [A11423646828] box: 2
Miscellaneous
- Mixed Materials [A11423646828] box: 2
Roshanara
- Mixed Materials [A11423646828] box: 2
These Go In Flight
- Mixed Materials [A11423646828] box: 2
Travels Abroad
Series III--Poetry
- Mixed Materials [A11423646836] box: 3
Affirmation
- Mixed Materials [A11423646836] box: 3
After Damascus
- Mixed Materials [A11423646836] box: 3
After Dark
- Mixed Materials [A11423646836] box: 3
And Now This Wind
- Mixed Materials [A11423646836] box: 3
Autumn Pain
- Mixed Materials [A11423646836] box: 3
Away
- Mixed Materials [A11423646836] box: 3
Bed-Time
- Mixed Materials [A11423646836] box: 3
Before Damascus
- Mixed Materials [A11423646836] box: 3
Beyond Flight
- Mixed Materials [A11423646836] box: 3
Bon Voyage
- Mixed Materials [A11423646836] box: 3
Caravans
- Mixed Materials [A11423646836] box: 3
Chain of St. Francis
- Mixed Materials [A11423646836] box: 3
Chapel Prayer
- Mixed Materials [A11423646836] box: 3
Charity
- Mixed Materials [A11423646836] box: 3
Child's Prayer
- Mixed Materials [A11423646836] box: 3
City --Adagio
- Mixed Materials [A11423646836] box: 3
City -Adagio, Entr'acte
- Mixed Materials [A11423646836] box: 3
City-Arcady in the Gutter
- Mixed Materials [A11423646836] box: 3
City -Broadway at Noon
- Mixed Materials [A11423646836] box: 3
City -Broadway at Noon, Entr'acte, Adagio, Adante
- Mixed Materials [A11423646836] box: 3
City -Entr'acte
- Mixed Materials [A11423646836] box: 3
City -Entr'acte, In the Park
- Mixed Materials [A11423646836] box: 3
City -In the Church
- Mixed Materials [A11423646836] box: 3
City -In the Park
- Mixed Materials [A11423646836] box: 3
City -Overture
- Mixed Materials [A11423646836] box: 3
City -Pavas, Harlem Boy
- Mixed Materials [A11423646836] box: 3
City -Towers, Entr'acte, Afternoon Gavotte
- Mixed Materials [A11423646836] box: 3
City -Towers, Entr'acte, Crescendo
- Mixed Materials [A11423646836] box: 3
Dark Jehane
- Mixed Materials [A11423646836] box: 3
Devil's Lady
- Mixed Materials [A11423646836] box: 3
Dream-Thrall
- Mixed Materials [A11423646836] box: 3
Early Poetry1915-1920
- Mixed Materials [A11423646836] box: 3
Envoi
- Mixed Materials [A11423646836] box: 3
Envoi
- Mixed Materials [A11423646836] box: 3
Envoie
- Mixed Materials [A11423646836] box: 3
Experiment
- Mixed Materials [A11423646836] box: 3
Faith
- Mixed Materials [A11423646836] box: 3
For Alice Meynell
- Mixed Materials [A11423646836] box: 3
For A Letter to E.
- Mixed Materials [A11423646836] box: 3
For Mareyne
- Mixed Materials [A11423646836] box: 3
Friends and Special Occasions
- Mixed Materials [A11423646836] box: 3
Friendship
- Mixed Materials [A11423646836] box: 3
Hear Now the City/Crazy City
- Mixed Materials [A11423646836] box: 3
Katherine Mansfield
- Mixed Materials [A11423646844] box: 4
Kathleen O' Houlihan
- Mixed Materials [A11423646844] box: 4
Keepsake
- Mixed Materials [A11423646844] box: 4
Making of Mareyne
- Mixed Materials [A11423646844] box: 4
Master
- Mixed Materials [A11423646844] box: 4
Maturity
- Mixed Materials [A11423646844] box: 4
Nativity
- Mixed Materials [A11423646844] box: 4
Nostalgia
- Mixed Materials [A11423646844] box: 4
Notes for Poetry Talk
- Mixed Materials [A11423646844] box: 4
Old Path
- Mixed Materials [A11423646844] box: 4
On Meeting a Certain Person
- Mixed Materials [A11423646844] box: 4
Open Letter
- Mixed Materials [A11423646844] box: 4
Oracle
- Mixed Materials [A11423646844] box: 4
Patmos
- Mixed Materials [A11423646844] box: 4
Perhaps
- Mixed Materials [A11423646844] box: 4
Poet Replied
- Mixed Materials [A11423646844] box: 4
Point of No Return
- Mixed Materials [A11423646844] box: 4
Reply to an Ideologist
- Mixed Materials [A11423646844] box: 4
Running for the Rain
- Mixed Materials [A11423646844] box: 4
Sic Transit Gloria Cordis
- Mixed Materials [A11423646844] box: 4
Song for Remembrance
- Mixed Materials [A11423646844] box: 4
Song for Sighing
- Mixed Materials [A11423646844] box: 4
Song for Trieste
- Mixed Materials [A11423646844] box: 4
Spring Song
- Mixed Materials [A11423646844] box: 4
Song of Amicus
- Mixed Materials [A11423646844] box: 4
Sisters
- Mixed Materials [A11423646844] box: 4
These Go Into Flight
- Mixed Materials [A11423646844] box: 4
These Go Into Flight-Manuscript
- Mixed Materials [A11423646844] box: 4
These Go Into Flight-Related materials
- Mixed Materials [A11423646844] box: 4
Thirtieth Piece
- Mixed Materials [A11423646844] box: 4
To a Pretty Lady
- Mixed Materials [A11423646844] box: 4
Waiting
- Mixed Materials [A11423646844] box: 4
Wanderers
- Mixed Materials [A11423646844] box: 4
Wed-Lock
- Mixed Materials [A11423646844] box: 4
Winter-Born
- Mixed Materials [A11423646844] box: 4
Within Our Dates
Series IV--Fiction
- Mixed Materials [A11423646844] box: 4
Annabel and the Moon-Man
- Mixed Materials [A11423646844] box: 4
Annabel and the Moon-Man (draft)
- Mixed Materials [A11423646844] box: 4
Art Works-Miscellaneous
- Mixed Materials [A11423646844] box: 4
Beauty and the Beast-Script
- Mixed Materials [A11423646844] box: 4
Begums in New York
- Mixed Materials [A11423644096] box: 5
Best Role of Emily Gage
- Mixed Materials [A11423644096] box: 5
Bread of Angels
- Mixed Materials [A11423644096] box: 5
Bread of Angels (draft)
- Mixed Materials [A11423644096] box: 5
Child Memories of India, Begums Pay a Visit, Tale of Tea
- Mixed Materials [A11423644096] box: 5
Christmas Plays-Charlottesville
- Mixed Materials [A11423644096] box: 5
Cinderella
- Mixed Materials [A11423644096] box: 5
Clippings
- Mixed Materials [A11423644096] box: 5
Clippings
- Mixed Materials [A11423644096] box: 5
Correspondence-Children's Literature
- Mixed Materials [A11423644096] box: 5
Correspondence-Publisher's replies
- Mixed Materials [A11423644096] box: 5
Critical Reviews-Miscellaneous
- Mixed Materials [A11423644096] box: 5
Critical Reviews-WINA
- Mixed Materials [A11423644096] box: 5
Date in the Desk
- Mixed Materials [A11423644096] box: 5
Deep Garden-Draft
- Mixed Materials [A11423644096] box: 5
Deep Garden-Unfinished Draft
- Mixed Materials [A11423644101] box: 6
Deep Garden-Unfinished Draft
- Mixed Materials [A11423644101] box: 6
Deep Garden-Unfinished Draft
- Mixed Materials [A11423644101] box: 6
Excerpts and Drafts
- Mixed Materials [A11423644101] box: 6
Experiments, Drafts, and Random meditations
- Mixed Materials [A11423644101] box: 6
Florentine Idyl
- Mixed Materials [A11423644101] box: 6
From the Sea
- Mixed Materials [A11423644101] box: 6
Goat in the Jewel
- Mixed Materials [A11423644101] box: 6
Goat in the Jewel
- Mixed Materials [A11423644101] box: 6
Hands on Bidha
- Mixed Materials [A11423644101] box: 6
Hands of Bidha-excerpts from a dramatic version
- Mixed Materials [A11423644101] box: 6
How Great Grandmother helped Ann
- Mixed Materials [A11423644101] box: 6
In an Afternoon
- Mixed Materials [A11423644101] box: 6
Informer (WINA)
- Mixed Materials [A11423644119] box: 7
Island Christmas (Radio Play)1953
- Mixed Materials [A11423644119] box: 7
Kindergarten Book
- Mixed Materials [A11423644119] box: 7
Little Adventure in Memory
- Mixed Materials [A11423644119] box: 7
Memories of a Little Street
- Mixed Materials [A11423644119] box: 7
Nocturne in Minor (unfinished)
- Mixed Materials [A11423644119] box: 7
Nocturne in Mistral (unfinished)
- Mixed Materials [A11423644119] box: 7
Noise
- Mixed Materials [A11423644119] box: 7
Notes-Personal (Miscellaneous)
- Mixed Materials [A11423644119] box: 7
Path of Adventure
- Mixed Materials [A11423644119] box: 7
Payment Deferred
- Mixed Materials [A11423644119] box: 7
Piece of Silk
- Mixed Materials [A11423644127] box: 8
Published Works
- Mixed Materials [A11423644127] box: 8
Published Works
- Mixed Materials [A11423644127] box: 8
Silken Soul of Shirmene
- Mixed Materials [A11423644127] box: 8
Silver Nocturne
- Mixed Materials [A11423644127] box: 8
Social Commentary-Ecology
- Mixed Materials [A11423644127] box: 8
Social Commentary-International Guild of Workers
- Mixed Materials [A11423644127] box: 8
Social Commentary-Miscellaneous
- Mixed Materials [A11423644127] box: 8
Sweet, Sweet Daughter
- Mixed Materials [A11423644127] box: 8
They Eat Crystal Bread (alternate version of Bread of Angels)
- Mixed Materials [A11423644127] box: 8
Unfinished Stories-Children's Literature
- Mixed Materials [A11423644127] box: 8
WINA-Miscellaneous
- Mixed Materials [A11423644127] box: 8
Writings-Miscellaneous
- Mixed Materials [A11423644127] box: 8
Writings-Miscellaneous Drama
- Mixed Materials [A11423644127] box: 8
Writings-Miscellaneous Fiction
- Mixed Materials [A11423644127] box: 8
Writings-Miscellaneous Joan of Arc