A Guide to the Papers of Clifford Dowdey 1941-1967
A Collection in
The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 3809-c
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Preferred Citation
Papers of Clifford Dowdey, Accession #3809-c, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.
Acquisition Information
This collection was gifted to the University on 28 February 1969.
Biographical/Historical Information
Clifford Dowdey was a Virginia historian.
Scope and Content Information
Papers of Dowdey include business correspondence and contracts with several publishing companies for Dowdey's articles and books. Of interest is a series of letters, 1966, from Gerald E. Smith, Prentice-Hall, Inc. to Claire Smith re: Dowdey's appointment as editor of a book on Robert E. Lee for the "Great lives observed" series. In a letter, n.d., John C. Davis, Richmond, Va., writes to Dowdey arranging to hire Dowdey for the Civil War Centennial Tours in the spring of 1962.