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A Guide to the Katie Letcher Lyle Papers, 1908-1986 Lyle, Katie Letcher, Papers of 9866-d

A Guide to the Katie Letcher Lyle Papers, 1908-1986

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Accession Number 9866-d


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Repository
Special Collections, University of Virginia Library
Accession number
9866-d
Title
Katie Letcher Lyle Papers, 1908-1986
Physical Characteristics
This collection contains ca. 1,500 items.
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Katie Letcher Lyle Papers, 1908-1986, Accession #9866-d , Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was a gift from Katie Letcher Lyle, Lexington, Virginia, on August 14, 1986.

Biographical/Historical Information

Katie Letcher Lyle is an American author.

Scope and Content Information

The collection contains drafts, research material, correspondence, illustrations, and some copyright and financial material for two of Lyle's books: Scalded to Death by the Steam: Authentic Stories of Railroad Disasters and the Ballads That Were Written About Them and The Man Who Wanted Seven Wives: Being the Account of a Famous Murder Mystery of 1897 Supposedly Solved by the Testimony of a Ghost, Together with an Explanation of the Same .

Contents List

Box 1
Scalded to Death by the Steam n.d.
TMs (ec), pp. 31-167

W/ corrections

Box 1
Scalded to Death by the Steam n.d.
TMS (ec), pp. 234-270

W/ corrections

Box 1
Scalded to Death by the Steam n.d.
TMs

Captions w/ corrections

Box 1
Scalded to Death by the Steam n.d.
TMS (ec), pp. 168-275
Box 1
Scalded to Death by the Steam n.d.
Physical Location: Folders 1 and 2
TMs

"Introduction" w/ source material

Box 1
Scalded to Death by the Steam 1958-86
TMs, folder 1 of 2

"Old 97" w/ source material

Box 2
Scalded to Death by the Steam 1958-86
TMs, folder 2 of 2

"Old 97" w/source material

Box 2
Scalded to Death by the Steam 1964-79
TMs

"George Alley" or "The Wreck of the C & O" w/ source material

Box 2
Scalded to Death by the Steam n.d.
TMs

"The N & W Cannonball Wreck" w/source material

Box 2
Scalded to Death by the Steam 1904
TMs

"The New Market Wreck" w/source material

Box 2
Scalded to Death by the Steam 1911-83
TMs

"Billy Richardson's Last Ride" w/source material

Box 2
Scalded to Death by the Steam 1911
AMs

"The Hamlet Wreck" w/source material

Box 2
Scalded to Death by the Steam 1985
AMs

"The Guyandotte Bridge Disaster" w/source material

Box 2
Scalded to Death by the Steam 1920-85
AMs

"The Wreck of C & O #5" w/source material

Box 2
Scalded to Death by the Steam 1976
AMs

"The Wreck of the 1256" w/source material

Box 2
Scalded to Death by the Steam 1982
TMs

"The Church Hill Tunnel Disaster" w/source material

Box 2
Scalded to Death by the Steam 1925, 1961
TMs

"The Freight Wreck at Altoona" w/source material

Box 2
Scalded to Death by the Steam 1926-76

"The Wreck of the Royal Palm" w/source material

Box 2
Scalded to Death by the Steam 1927-82
AMs

"The Wreck of the Virginian Train #3" w/source material

Box 3
Scalded to Death by the Steam 1918-82
TMs

"Three in Kentucky" w/source material

Box 3
Scalded to Death by the Steam 1930-78
TMs

"The Wreck of the Sportsman" w/source material

Box 3
Scalded to Death by the Steam n.d.
TMs

"Spikes on the Rail" w/source material

Box 3
Scalded to Death by the Steam n.d.
TMs

Miscellaneous Subjects w/source material

Box 3
Scalded to Death by the Steam n.d.
AMs

"The Bridge Was Burned at Chatsworth" w/source material

Box 3
Scalded to Death by the Steam 1979
AMs

"Casey Jones" w/source material

Box 3
Scalded to Death by the Steam 1903
AMs

"The Wreck of the Flyer Duquesne" w/source material

Box 3
Scalded to Death by the Steam n.d.
AMs

"The Maud Wreck" w/source material

Box 3
Scalded to Death by the Steam 1979-84
AMs

"The Wreck of No. 3" w/source material

Box 3
Scalded to Death by the Steam n.d.
AMs

"The Nashville Wreck" w/source materials

Box 3
Scalded to Death by the Steam n.d.
AMs

"The Ride to Hell" w/source material

Box 3
Scalded to Death by the Steam n.d.

"The Reckless Conductor" w/source material

Box 3
Scalded to Death by the Steam n.d.
AMs, TMs

"The Wreck of the 444" w/source material

Box 3
Scalded to Death by the Steam n.d.
AMs

"The Fate of Talmadge Osborne" w/source material

Box 3
Scalded to Death by the Steam n.d.

"The Wreck of Happy Valley" w/source material

Box 3
Scalded to Death by the Steam n.d.
AMs, TMs

"The Wreck of Old 85" w/source material

Box 3
Scalded to Death by the Steam 1982

"Ben Dewberry" w/source material

Box 3
Scalded to Death by the Steam n.d.

"John Henry" w/source material

Box 3
Scalded to Death by the Steam n.d.
AMs

"Powellton"

Box 3
Scalded to Death by the Steam n.d.
TMs

Miscellaneous w/source material

Box 3
Scalded to Death by the Steam n.d.

Non-Wrecks w/source material

Box 3
Scalded to Death by the Steam n.d.

Bibliography w/source material

Box 3
Scalded to Death by the Steam n.d.
ec

Index w/ corrections

Box 3
Scalded to Death by the Steam n.d.

Music w/source material

Box 4
Scalded to Death by the Steam 1908-85
Folders 1 and 2

Graphics

Box 4
Scalded to Death by the Steam 1982

Chronological List and Map w/source material

Box 4
Financial 1982
Box 4
Scalded to Death by the Steam 1983

Mailing List

Box 4
Scalded to Death by the Steam 1982-86
Folders 1 and 2

Correspondence w/source material

Box 4
Scalded to Death by the Steam 1978-85
Folder 1 of 2

Correspondence

Box 5
Scalded to Death by the Steam 1978-85
Folder 2 of 2

Correspondence

Box 5
Scalded to Death by the Steam 1978-85

Correspondence, Copyrights

Box 5
Scalded to Death by the Steam 1971-85
Folders 1, 2, and 3

Miscellaneous Material

Box 5
Scalded to Death by the Steam 1981, 1983

Telephone Books w/source material

Box 5
Traveling Heritage Road 1969

Louise Rawl

Box 6
The Man Who Wanted Seven Wives n.d.
TMs

"Lucy" w/corrections

Box 6
The Man Who Wanted Seven Wives 1984
TMs
Box 6
The Man Who Wanted Seven Wives n.d.
TMs

W/corrections

Box 6
The Man Who Wanted Seven Wives 1984
TMs, pp. 10-102

W/corrections

Box 6
The Man Who Wanted Seven Wives 1984
TMs (ec)
Box 6
The Man Who Wanted Seven Wives 1985
TMs (ec)
Box 6
The Man Who Wanted Seven Wives 1985
TMs (ec)

W/ corrections

Box 7
The Man Who Wanted Seven Wives 1985
TMs (ec)

W/corrections

Box 7
The Man Who Wanted Seven Wives 1985
TMs (ec)

W/corrections

Box 7
The Man Who Wanted Seven Wives 1985
TMs (ec), folders 1 and 2

W/corrections

Box 7
The Man Who Wanted Seven Wives 1985
TMs (ec), folders 1 and 2

W/corrections

Box 8
The Man Who Wanted Seven Wives 1985

Area Map w/source material

Box 8
The Man Who Wanted Seven Wives 1983-84
TMs

"Erasmus Stribling Trout Shue" w/ source material

Box 8
The Man Who Wanted Seven Wives n.d.
TMs

"Exhumation" w/corrections

Box 8
The Man Who Wanted Seven Wives n.d.
TMs

"Trial" w/ source material

Box 8
The Man Who Wanted Seven Wives n.d.
TMs

"Lynching" w/autograph corrections

Box 8
The Man Who Wanted Seven Wives n.d.
TMs

"The Artist" w/source material

Box 8
The Man Who Wanted Seven Wives 1985
TMs (ec)
Box 8
The Man Who Wanted Seven Wives n.d.
TMs (ec)

"Introduction" w/corrections

Box 8
The Man Who Wanted Seven Wives n.d.
TMs

And the Supporting Cast -- A. Jones, Rucker, Gardner, Preston, Knapp w/ source material

Box 8
The Man Who Wanted Seven Wives n.d.

"Zona Heaster" w/source material

Box 8
The Man Who Wanted Seven Wives 1903-83
Folders 1 and 2

"Versions" w/source material

Box 8
The Man Who Wanted Seven Wives 1983-85

"Genealogy- Heaster/Shue" w/source material

Box 8
The Man Who Wanted Seven Wives 1978-85

W/source material

Box 8
The Man Who Wanted Seven Wives 1983-84

"Graphics" w/source material

Box 8
The Man Who Wanted Seven Wives n.d.

"Ads" w/source material

Box 8
The Man Who Wanted Seven Wives 1983-85

Correspondence w/source material