A Guide to the Letter to Henry Seidel Canby, 1926 Canby, Henry Seidel, Letter to 7470-d

A Guide to the Letter to Henry Seidel Canby, 1926

A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library
The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 7470-d

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

7470-d

Title

Letter to Henry Seidel Canby,

Physical Characteristics

This collection consists of one item, ALS, 3 pages on 3 l.

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Letter to Henry Seidel Canby, Accession # 7470, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Processing Information

This item was transferred from the Rare Books Division on 7 July 1993.

Scope and Content Information

This collection contains a letter from Hervey Allen, Poughkeepsie, New York, on letterhead "HERVEY ALLEN/The receipt of fernseed for persons from Porlock" to Henry Seidel Canby (1878-1861), editor of Saturday Review Literature, agreeing to review Amy Lowell's latest book of poetry [ East Wind ?] and accepting the offer of joining the staff of Saturday Review. He mentions two articles in progress, one on DuBose Heyward [for his novel Angel ?] and one "on a book of negro folk- lore" [ Tall Tales of the Kentucky Mountains by Percy MacKaye?] and having a talk with Ellen Glasgow about 'Southern Literature.'

This letter was removed from Hervey Allen's Anthony Adverse in the Rare Book Division Barrett PS3501 .L5A5 1933a.