A Guide to Warren Chappell Illustrated Letters, 1975-1983 Chappell, Warren, Letters, 1975-1983 10204-ar

A Guide to Warren Chappell Illustrated Letters, 1975-1983

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Accession Number 10204-ar

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Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

10204-ar

Title

Warren Chappell Illustrated Letters, 1975-1983

Physical Characteristics

3 items

Language

English

Abstract

This addition to the papers of Warren Chappell consists of two illustrated letters to Mrs. George Gilmer, and one illustrated letter to Mr. and Mrs. Myron Tremain, 1975-1983.

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Preferred Citation

Warren Chappell Illustrated Letters, 1975-1983, Accession #10204-ar, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

These items were given to the University of Virginia Library by Mr. and Mrs. Myron Tremain, Charlottesville, Virginia, on August 10, 1994.

Scope and Content Information

This addition to the papers of Warren Chappell consists of two illustrated letters to Mrs. George Gilmer (Ruth), and one illustrated letter to Mr. and Mrs. Myron Tremain, 1975-1983, all of Charlottesville, Virginia. In his two letters to Ruth Gilmer, Chappell writes concerning Thomas Jefferson and his little known sister Anna Scott Jefferson Marks, "Uncle Tom Jefferson so overshadowed his little sister, Ann Scott, and brother-in-law Hastings Marks, that they might just as well have been born in another state. How delightful, then, to find that among the pleasures of a Lawn Society meeting is the promise of a future lifting of the curtain" (1975 Oct 23).

The letter to the Tremains features an illustration of a mounted cavalier, "The introductory horseman came about because I'm wondering why all the "Cavalier" advertising in Charlottesville shows the cavalier unmounted ! This seems particularly odd in the Charlottesville - Warrenton Route 29 ambience where a horse is certainly worth a pair of two legged creatures any day..." (1983 Mar 27).