A Guide to the Papers of Clifford Dowdey Dowdey, Clifford, Papers of 3809-b

A Guide to the Papers of Clifford Dowdey

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The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 3809-b

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Funding: Web version of the finding aid funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

3809-b

Title

Papers of Clifford Dowdey 1966-1968

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Papers of Clifford Dowdey, Accession #3809-b, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Scope and Content Information

This collection consists of drafts and materials for the books The Wartime Papers of R.E. Lee and The Virginia Dynasties.

Contents List

Drafts of the Introduction, the chapter "narratives," and the texts of the chapters I-VIII on The Wartime Papers of Robert E. Lee

Box 1

Galley proof of The Wartime Papers of Robert E. Lee with a few corrections

Box 2

Page proof of The Wartime Papers of Robert E. Lee

Box 3

Draft of Lee

Box 4

includes some sections apparantly not used, and some sections of an early draft (chiefly carbon typescript with corrections).

Drafts of The Virginia Dynasties

Box 5

including acknowledgements and notes (carbon typescript with extensive corrections); chapters 1-5, 8, 9 (carbon typescripts with extensive corrections); another draft of chapters 4-6 (typescript with extensive corrections); and a complete draft (typescript with some corrections).

Materials for The Virginia Dynasties

Box 6

including two folders of research notes, chiefly typescripts, but some xerox copies and printed materials; miscellaneous pages from various drafts (typescripts and carbons with extensive corrections); Correspondence, 1966-1968, concerning the obtaining of a grant for living expenses while writing The Virginia Dynasties , correspondents include Colgate W. Darden, Edgar F. Shannon, Jr., Francis L. Berkeley, Jr., David Satterfield, III, and various officials of the National Endowment for the Humanities; and a folder containing some biographical information.