A Guide to the Alice Maude Ewell Collection 1894-1931, n.d. Ewell, Alice Maude Collection 11325

A Guide to the Alice Maude Ewell Collection 1894-1931, n.d.

A Collection in
Clifton Waller Barrett Library
The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 11325


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Repository
Special Collections, University of Virginia Library
Accession number
11325
Title
Alice Maude Ewell Collection
Physical Characteristics
6 items.
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Alice Maude Ewell Collection, Accession #01437, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection purchased from Jerry N. Showalter, Ivy, VA, on August 21, 1997.

Scope and Content Information

The collection contains manuscripts of a World War I poem "The March"; two short stories, "The Old, Old Mistress" and "A Wartime Episode"; an essay on Reconstruction and the servant problem told from the viewpoint of the descendant of Virginia gentry, titled "A Price and a Problem"; and the last page of an unidentified short story.

There is also a pencil sketch by Ewell of an area of the Bull Runn battlefield near the Henry House, drawn for her book "A Virginia Scene."

Contents List

MANUSCRIPTS n.d., [1894]
  • The March , a poem by Alice Maude Ewell n.d.
    AMs, 6 pages
  • The Old, Old Mistress by Alice Maude Ewell n.d.
    AMsS, 67 pages
  • A Price and a Problem by Alice Maude Ewell n.d.
    AMs, 13 pages
  • Untitled Manuscript page, from an unknown work, by Alice Maude Ewell [1894 Jun 21]
    AMsS, 1 page, fragment
  • A Wartime Episode by Alice Maude Ewell n.d.
    TMsS, 12 pages, with autograph corrections in ink
DRAWING
  • Pencil sketch by Alice Maude Ewell, "Where the Battle was Fought" ca. 1931
    pencil drawing

    Sketch refers to the Battle of Bull Run and was used in A Virginia Scene