A Guide to Great War Exhibit Papers 1917-1919, 1974-1994 World War I, Great War Exhibit Papers, 1917-1919, 1974-1994 10875-ae

A Guide to Great War Exhibit Papers 1917-1919, 1974-1994

A Collection in
The Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Collection
The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 10875-ae

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

10875-ae

Title

Great War Exhibit Papers 1917-1919, 1974-1994

Physical Characteristics

50 items

Language

English

Abstract

The collection contains material pertinent to the publication of a keepsake for the exhibit including correspondence regarding the use of a Robert Graves poem, a brief essay by James Dickey, photographs, diagrams and paste-ups.

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Great War Exhibit Papers, 1917-1919, 1974-1994, Accession #10875-ae, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This material was given to the University of Virginia Library by Matthew J. Bruccoli, Bruccoli Clark Layman, Inc., Columbia, South Carolina, on January 10, 1995.

Scope and Content Information

This addition to the Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Collection consists of ca. fifty items, ca. 1917-1919, and 1974-1994, including the page proofs for the never published Order My Firing Squad for the Afternoon , by the fictitious W.W. Windstaff, edited and illustrated by Stephen Longstreet (1975); and material, including correspondence; photographs; diagrams; paste-ups; and several electrostatic copies, with changes and corrections, of a brief essay by James Dickey, pertaining to the preparation of a keepsake for the Great War Exhibit of the Joseph M. Bruccoli Collection, Alderman Library, University of Virginia, from November 11, 1993-February 28, 1994.

Other material includes correspondence concerning permission to reproduce "Big Words" from Over the Brazier by Robert Graves for possible use in the Great War Exhibit; and two pieces of World War I souvenir embroidery, one reading "Souvenir de France," with the Allied flags above, and the second, "To my dear Mother" above the American, French and British flags, surrounded by pansies, ca. 1917-1919.