A Guide to the Manuscripts of James Branch Cabell, 1919-1948, n.d. Cabell, James Branch, Manuscripts of 5618-d

A Guide to the Manuscripts of James Branch Cabell, 1919-1948, n.d.

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The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 5618-d

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

5618-d

Title

Manuscripts of James Branch Cabell, 1919-1952

Physical Characteristics

This collection consists of 53 items.

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Manuscripts of James Branch Cabell, Accession #5618-d, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was a gift to the library on 1959 February 26.

Scope and Content Information

The collection contains manuscripts, photographs and prints and miscellaneous papers such as pamphlets and proofs of James Branch Cabell.

Contents List

Manuscripts

Box 8
First draft of Smirt [1934]

TMs,AMs. [w/auto. corrections.] ca. 125 p.
Box 9
Second version of Smirt [1934]

TMs. [w/auto. corrections.] 182 p.
Box 9
First draft of Smith [1935]

TMs. [w/auto. corrections.] ca. 230 p.
Box 9
Second draft of Smith [1935]

TMs. [w/auto. corrections.] ca. 110 p.
Box 9
"Some Objections to Branch Cabell" n.d.

TMsS. [w/auto. corrections.] 3 p.
Box 9
First draft of Some of Us [1930]

TMs. [w/clippings tipped in; w/auto. corrections and additions.] 77 p.
Box 9
First draft of Something About Eve [1927]

TMs. [w/auto. corrections.] ca. 75 p.
Box 9
Discarded pages from Something About Eve [1927]

TMs, AMs. [w/auto. corrections.] ca. 200 p.
Box 9
Second draft of Something about Eve , 2 v. [1927]

TMs. [w/auto. corrections.] ca. 170 p.
Box 10
"Sonnets from Antan" n.d.

AMsS. 10 p.
Box 10
First drafts of Special Delivery [1933]

TMs, AMs. [w/auto. corrections.] ca. 130 p.
Box 10
First version of Straws and Prayer Books , 2 v. [1924]

TMs

[w/auto. corrections & note.] ca. 230 p.
Box 10
First version of Taboo 1920 Dec.

TMs. [w/auto. corrections.] 19 p.
Box 10
There Were Two Pirates [1946]

TMs. [w/auto. corrections.] 72 p.
Box 10
First drafts of These Restless Heads [1932]

TMsS, TMs. [w/ auto. corrections.] (carbon) and AMs. ca. 300 p.
Box 11
Printer's copy of These Restless Heads 1931 Jul

TMs. [w/auto. corrections.] 150 p.
Box 11
"The Thin Queen of Elfhame" n.d.

TMs. [w/auto. corrections.] 7 p.
Box 11
"Townsend of Lichfield" [1929]

TMsS, AMs.[w/auto. corrections on TMsS.]12 p.
Box 11
Unrevised carbon of "Townsend of Lichfield" [1929]

TMs(carbon). 10 p.
Box 11
Printer's copy of "Townsend of Lichfield" 1929 Apr 14

TMs. [w/auto. corrections.] 24 p.
Box 11
"Turtle-Meat and Broomsticks," review of From a Southern Porch by Dorothy Scarborough 1919 Nov.

TMs. [w/auto. corrections.] 4 p.
Box 11
Clean copy of "Turtle-Meat and Broomsticks" 1919 Nov.

TMs. 4 p.
Box 11
First version of "The Water of Airdra" [1935]

TMs. 10 p.

[became "Book of Elair" in ; w/auto. corrections.]
Box 11
Second version of "The Water of Airdra" [1935]

TMs. 13 p.
Box 11
Draft of "The Way of Ecben" [1929]

AMs. 3 p.
Box 11
First draft of Part I of "The Way of Ecben" [1929]

TMs. [w/auto. corrections.] 22 p.
Box 11
Later version of "The Way of Ecben" [1929]

TMs. [w/auto. corrections and additions.] 69 p.
Box 11
First version of "The Ways of Women" n.d.

Photostat of TMs. 7 p.
Box 11
First version of first part of "The White Robe" [1928]

TMs. [w/auto. corrections.] 8 p.
Box 11
First draft of "The White Robe" [1928]

TMs. [Inscribed to Frances Newman; w/auto. corrections.] 32 p.
Box 11
Printer's copy of "The White Robe" [1928]

TMs. 32 p.
Box 11
"The Witch-Woman" [1948]

TMs. [w/auto. corrections.] 8 p.
Box 11
"A Word to My Followers" n.d.

TMs. [w/auto. corrections.] 4 p.

Photographs and Prints

Box 11
Cabell Room, Valentine Museum, Richmond, Virginia n.d.

Picture postcard
Box 11
Exhibit of Cabell material atu [University of Florida] n.d.

Photo
Box 11
43 illustrations by Frank C. Pap頦or books by James Branch Cabell n.d.

Engravings

Miscellaneous

Box 11
Notes and parts of essays, 13 unidentified pages n.d.

AMs,TMs
Box 11
"Bibliographic Check List of the Works of James Branch Cabell" by Merle Johnson 1921

Pamphlet. [signed by author.] 28 p.
Box 11
Two copies of "James Branch Cabell" by H.L. Mencken 1928

Pamphlet. 33 p.
Box 11
"Joseph Hergesheimer, an Essay in Interpretation" by James Branch Cabell 1921

Pamphlet. 27 p.
Box 11
2 copies of "The Nightmare Has Triplets, An Author's Notes on Smire " by J.B.C. 1937

Pamphlet. 14 p.
Box 11
"Of Ellen Glasgow, an Inscribed Portrait" by J.B.C. and Ellen Glasgow 1938

Pamphlet. 16 p.
Box 11
The First Gentleman of America [1942]

Corrected galley proofs. 71 strips.
Box 11
Hamlet Had an Uncle [1940]

70 strips. Corrected galley proofs.
Box 11
"The Jewel Merchants" [1921]

Corrected page proofs. 63 pp.
Box 12
Jurgen . Penguin Edition n.d.

Page proofs. 71 strips.
Box 12
"A Little More About Eve" [1928]

Corrected galley proofs. 4 strips.
Box 12
"A Note for the Intending Reader" [1927]

Corrected page proofs. 3 p.
Box 12
Quiet, Please [1952]

Corrected page proofs. 105 p.
Box 12
2 groups of The St. Johns [1943]

Corrected galley proofs. 78 strips each
Box 12
The St. Johns [1943]

Corrected page proofs. 317 p.
Box 12
The St. Johns [1943]

Corrected page proofs. [Large paged proof sheets.] p. 1-318
Box 12
Illustrations of opening sections of The Silver Stallion [1925]

Galley proofs. 5 strips.