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Preferred Citation:

George Holbert Tucker Collection of Jane Austen Materials, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Gift

Biographical Information:

George Holbert Tucker was born in Norfolk on September 14, 1909. After graduating from Maury High School in 1928, he became the Norfolk supervisor for the Federal Archives Project under the Works Progress Administration. In 1949, Tucker began writing carefully researched articles on various phases of local and Virginia history for The Virginian-Pilot. From 1959 until two years after his retirement in 1975, he wrote a popular weekly column called "Tidewater Landfalls." He authored and co-authored books on Jane Austen.

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Scope and Contents

Collection contains source material regarding Jane Austen collected and compiled by George Holbert Tucker for his books on Jane Austen, particularly "Jane Austen the Woman:  Some Biographical Insights", "A History of Jane Austen's Family" and "A Goodly Heritage: A History of Jane Austen's Family." Tucker compiled material into binders documenting the times in which Austen lived as well as themes for his research and publication. His research also fact-checked biographies and cleared up discrepancies. Tucker's annotations are found throughout the accumulated material. Some of the volumes he created follow the chapter titles from his own books.

Collection also contains approximately 80 slides illustrating Jane Austen and her times; slides have identification.

Arrangement of Materials:

Arranged in the order received from the donor.

Related Material

The Jane Austen Collection at Goucher College.

Information about related materials is available at https://www.goucher.edu/the-library/special-collections-and-archives/special-collections/jane-austen-collection

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Austen, Jane, 1775-1817
• Correspondence
• Photocopies
• Photographs
• Reports
• Research notes
• Slides (photographs)