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Preferred Citation:

Kenney Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Biographical Information:

Born in Richmond in 1879. Graduated from William and Mary. Worked as newspaperman and as a mining company employee. Wrote over fifty volumes including the suppressed work, Jurgen. Died in 1958. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .

Scope and Contents

Collection consists of two letters both of which concern the use of true events in fictional writing. The first, 2 February 1951, is from James Branch Cabell to [?] Cope; and the second, 27 October 1951, is from Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews to Mrs. [Reginald ?] Kenney.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• American literature--20th century
• Correspondence
• History in literature