A Guide to the Douglas Southall Freeman Letters
A Collection in the
Special Collections Department
Accession number 5220-c
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Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.
Preferred Citation
Douglas Southall Freeman Letters, Accession 5220-c, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library
Acquisition Information
These letters were purchased by the Library on April 13, 1993.
Funding Note
Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
Scope and Content
This collection consists of two letters, February 24 and March 27, 1947, from Douglas Southall Freeman , American historian and editor, on his personal stationery, Richmond, Virginia, to Mrs. Robert G. Sproul , wife of the president of the University of California, Berkeley, thanking her for her hospitality and dinner on the evening of the 21st during his recent visit to the University to celebrate Charter Day. He had declined her request to be her houseguest choosing to stay with Anne Hawkes , the Dean of Students at Mills College, Oakland, and her niece.
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Anne Hawkes
- Douglas Southall Freeman
- Robert G. Sproul