A Guide to the Notebooks and Correspondence of James Branch Cabell, 1896-1928 Cabell, James Branch, Notebooks and Correspondence of 5947-j

A Guide to the Notebooks and Correspondence of James Branch Cabell, 1896-1928

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The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 5947-j

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

5947-j

Title

Notebooks and Correspondence of James Branch Cabell, 1896-1928

Physical Characteristics

This collection consists of 38 items.

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Notebooks and Correspondence of James Branch Cabell, Accession #5947-j, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was a gift on 1964 April 21.

Scope and Content Information

One notebook, kept from 1896 to 1904, contains miscellaneous notes by Cabell regarding his work, including a partial bibliography of his stories and a "Genealogy in Harper Stories, 1355-1559."

Another notebook (two copies) contains "jottings preliminary to The Majors and Their Marriages" with notes regarding the Aston, Ballard, Branch,Britton, Charles, Christian, Dancey, Field, Harris, Hartwell, Hubard, Jefferson,Macon, Marable, Mason, Patteson, Piersey, Seawell, Soane, Stephens, Turpin, and Waddill families. Finally, the collection contains correspondence, 1910-1926, between Cabell and Hugh Walpole and a few letters from Emily Clark to Cabell.

Contents List

Notebook containing notes for The Majors and Their Marriages n.d.

AMsS. 128 p.

Letters

The letters between Hugh Walpole and James Branch Cabell are Xerox copies, given by Mr. Cabell.

James Branch Cabell to Hugh Walpole 1910 Aug 22[1920]

ALS. 4 p.
Walpole to J.B.C. 1915 Dec 3

ALS. 2 p.
Walpole to J.B.C. 1920 Mar 13

ALS. 3 p.
J.B.C. to Walpole 1920 Apr 18

ALS. 2 p.
Walpole to J.B.C. 1920 Apr 20

TLS. 1 p.
Walpole to J.B.C. 1920 Apr 25

ALS. 8 p.
Walpole to J.B.C. 1920 May 30

ALS. 4 p.
J.B.C. to Walpole 1920 Jun 5

TLS. 2 p.
Walpole to J.B.C. 1920 Jul 24

ALS. 2 p.
Walpole to J.B.C. 1920 Sep 21

ALS. 2 p.
J.B.C. to Walpole 1920 Nov 21

TLS. 2 p.
Walpole to J.B.C. 1920 Dec 17

ALS. 4 p.
Walpole to J.B.C. 1921 Mar 28

ALS. 6 p.
J.B.C. to Walpole 192l Apr 21

TLS. 1 p.
J.B.C. to Walpole 1921 Jun 17

TLS. 1 p.
J.B.C. to Walpole 1921 Sep 10

TLS. 1 p.
Walpole to J.B.C. 1922 Jul 24

ALS. 2 p.
Walpole to J.B.C. 1922 Sep 27

ALS. 1 p.
Walpole to J.B.C. 1922 Dec 25

Christmas card
Walpole to J.B.C. 1923 Mar 2

TLS. 1 p.
Walpole to J.B.C. 1923 [Apr 1]

ALS. 2 p.
Walpole to J.B.C. 1923 May 20

ALS. 2 p.
Walpole to J.B.C. 1923 Jun 13

ALS. 4 p.
Walpole to J.B.C. 1923 Jun 27

ALS. 4 p.
Walpole to J.B.C. 1924 Jun 28

ALS. 6 p.
J.B.C. to Walpole 1924 Aug 19

TLS. 1 p.
Walpole to J.B.C. 1924 Oct 26

ALS. 4 p.
J.B.C. to Walpole 1925 Nov 10

TLS. 1 p.
Walpole to J.B.C. 1925 Dec 11

ALS. 4 p.
Walpole to J.B.C. 1926 Dec 18

ALS. 4 p.
Emily Clark Balch to J.B.C. [1927] Jun 2

ALS. 6 p.
Emily Clark Balch to J.B.C. 1927 Jul 4

ALS. 6 p.
Balch to J.B.C. [1928] Nov 11

ALS. 3 p.
Balch to J.B.C. 1928 Nov 19

ALS. 3 p.
Balch to J.B.C. Jun 7

ALS. 5 p.
Balch to Hunter Stagg n.d.

ALS. 1 p.