A Guide to the Virginius Dabney Papers September 11, 1967 Dabney, Virginius, Papers of 7690-f

A Guide to the Virginius Dabney Papers September 11, 1967

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Accession Number 7690-f

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

7690-f

Title

Virginius Dabney Papers, 1946-1951

Physical Characteristics

This holding consists of two boxes of materials.

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

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Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Virginius Dabney Papers, Accession # 7690-f, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This holding was acquired as a gift on September 11, 1967.

Scope and Content Information

The papers of Virginius Dabney contain extensive correspondence carried on by Dabney as editor of the Richmond Times-Dispatch , in his personal life, and as a Pulitzer Prize- winning author. Other materials deal with his books such as Below the Potomac , The Dry Messiah , and Liberalism in the South , and much useful material collected as research material for these books is present. There is extensive material on the American Society of Newspaper Editors which Dabney served in various capacities including president . A great deal of useful material on race relations, African Americans, the N.A.A.C.P., etc., is present. Recent political history of Virginia is strongly represented in Dabney's correspondence as editor of Virginia's leading newspaper, and in his personal correspondence with figures such as Senator A. Willis Robinson, Francis Pickens Miller, and Senator Carter Glass.

Contents List

Personal correspondence, 1946-1951, in 6 folders, a total of 815 items on speaking engagements, Dabney's article on the Byrd machine in the Saturday Evening Post , and a file of correspondence with Knopf on the publication of Dry Messiah (1949). 1946-1951

Box 1

Personal correspondence, 1948-1951, in 6 folders, a total of 782 items concerning speaking engagements, writing assignments, Pulitzer Prize activities, and files with Bishop Tucker, F.P. Keyes, Julian Boyd, and others. 1948-1951

Box 2