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By Sarah Osorio
Collection Overview
Title: Louisa Venable Kyle Collection, 1905-1990
ID: 001/01/MSS 0000-223
Primary Creator: Kyle, Louisa Venable (1903-1999)
Extent: 3.0 Boxes
Arrangement: Arranged by record type in chronological order.
Date Acquired: 00/00/0000
Subjects: Authors, American Virginia, Genealogy--Research, Norfolk (Va.), Princess Anne County (Va.), Virginia Beach (Va.), Virginia Beach (Va.)--History, Women authors, American--20th century
Forms of Material: Biographies (documents), Book jackets, Clippings (information artifacts), Correspondence, Genealogical tables, Memoirs, Poems, Scrapbooks
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Two 1950s clipping scrapbooks of articles written by Louisa Venable Kyle of Virginia Beach, Virginia. The collection also includes a Kyle-Venable Family book of origins featuring genealogical research and photographs of ancestral homes and plantation houses, compiled by Louisa Venable Kyle in Summer 1968. There are also writings of and about Louisa Venable Kyle dating from 1950-1990 in the collection.
Biographical Note
Louisa Carrington Venable Kyle was born on August 11, 1903 in Norfolk, Virginia. She married William Emmett Kyle on June 28, 1924 in Norfolk, Virginia. Kyle wrote local history articles in The Virginian-Pilot and The Portsmouth Star during the 1950s. She authored several non-fiction and fiction books from 1960-1993, including Little Neck Section of Princess Anne County, The Witch of Pungo, Ram Lam, My Virginia Childhood: The Years 1903-1914, A Country Woman's Scrapbook, and A Country Woman's Christmas. She was a founding member of the Princess Anne County Historical Society. Kyle was a member of All Saints Episcopal Church in Virginia Beach and she was also a member of National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, Monday Club, and Princess Anne Garden Club. Kyle died on October 24, 1999 in Virginia Beach, Virginia and was buried at Eastern Shore Chapel Cemetery in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Sargeant Memorial Collection
Access Restrictions:
This collection is open to all researchers.
Use Restrictions:
The status of copyright for these materials is governed by Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U. S. C.). Copyright restrictions may apply.
Acquisition Source:
Unknown
Acquisition Method:
It appears the green and black scrapbooks (Boxes 1 and 2) were compiled by NPL staff.
Preferred Citation:
Louisa Venable Kyle Collection, MSS 0000-223, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Processing Information:
August 14, 2020.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Box:
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Box 1],
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Box 2],
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Box 3],
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- Box 1
- Item 1: Green Scrapbook, Clippings, circa 1950-1955
- 127 pages. Includes typed table of contents and index.
- Box 2
- Item 1: Black Scrapbook, Clippings, circa 1950-1958
- Box 3
- Folder 1: Book of Origins, The Record of My Ancestry, The Kyle-Venable Family, 1968 Summer
- Folder 2: Loose Items from Kyle-Venable Family Book of Origins, circa 1930s-1980s
- Includes photographs, negatives, clippings, and genealogical notes. Photographs and genealogical notes of the Cabell family are grouped together.
- Folder 3: Book, Mr. R. M. Venable, 1905 March 11
- Dinner to Secretary of War William H. Taft and Dr. William Osler, Baltimore. Includes menu and guest list.
- Folder 4: Article, "The Eastern Shore of Lynnhaven River prior to 1750", 1950 October 8
- Includes manuscript, typescript, and handwritten note from Louisa Venable Kyle.
- Folder 5: Poems, Louisa Venable Kyle, circa 1950s
- Folder 6: Correspondence to Louisa Venable Kyle, circa 1964-1967
- Folder 7: Book Jacket, The History of Eastern Shore Chapel and Lynnhaven Parish, 1642-1969, 1969
- Folder 8: Clippings, Southern Living, 1974 December
- Includes articles "Cakes and Cookies In the Spirit of the Season" and "A Colony of Christmas."
- Folder 9: Memoir, "I am always happy when I turn into my drive and see Edgewood...", circa 1975
- Folder 10: English Paper, The Living Legend: Louisa Venable Kyle, 1989 May 3
- Folder 11: Clipping, Port Folio Magazine, 1990 May 8
