By Sarah Osorio
Collection Overview
Title: Margery Eldredge Howell Papers, 1899-1946
ID: 001/01/MSS 0000-219
Creator: Howell, Margery Eldredge (1893-1946)
Extent: 3.0 Boxes
Arrangement: Arranged in original order. Poems found loose were alphabetized by poem title.
Date Acquired: 00/00/0000
Languages: English [eng]
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Poems by Mary Eldredge Howell from approximately 1907 to 1946. The collection contains both handwritten and typescript copies of her poems, with typescript materials frequently cross-referenced to the four handwritten composition books. Also, one September 1936 - May 1941 minute book from the Writers' Club of Norfolk and one 1899-1907 photograph album. The album contains photographs of Margery Eldredge Howell, family and friends, and various scenes in Norfolk, Virginia; Virginia Beach, Virginia; Hampton, Virginia; Battery Park, New York; Coney Island, New York; Madison, New Jersey; Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; Derby, Connecticut; Sugar Hill, New Hampshire; and Williamstown, Massachusetts.
Biographical Note
Margery Eldredge Howell was born on May 18, 1893 in Brooklyn, New York. She married Asher Atkinson Howell on October 7, 1918 in Norfolk, Virginia. Howell was a member of the Writers' Club of Norfolk, Poetry Society of Virginia, and Norfolk Society of Arts. She died on April 18, 1946 in Norfolk, Virginia and was buried at West End Cemetery in Wytheville, Virginia. Her book of poems From Dark to Dawn was published posthumously in 1947.
Administrative Information
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
Preferred Citation:
Mary Eldredge Howell Papers, MSS 0000-219, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Processing Information:
Processed May 25, 2018.
Box and Folder Listing
- Box 1: Poetry Composition Books 1-2, Binders, and Loose Typescripts, 1926-1946
- Folder 1: Poetry Composition Book 1, 1926-1935
- 516 Colonial Avenue, Norfolk, Virginia.
- Folder 2: Poetry Composition Book 2, 1937-1942
- Folder 3: Loose Materials from Poetry Composition Book 2, 1929, undated
- Poem "Bitter Waters" from April 1929 and alphabetical index of poems from book From Dark To Dawn.
- Folder 4: Poems from Binder 1, circa 1946
- Typescript poems.
- Folder 5: Poems from Binder 2, circa 1946
- Typescript poems. Includes typescript and handwritten poems found loose in Binder 2.
- Folder 6: Poems, A-L, circa 1946
- Typescript poems, found loose.
- Folder 7: Poems, M-Z, circa 1946
- Typescript poems, found loose.
- Folder 8: Poems and Miscellaneous Materials, circa 1946
- Typescripts. Includes one July 9, 1946 letter from Asher A. Howell to Mary, a one-page index cross-referencing the first line of poems to their tiles, untitled poems, and poems that were originally paperclipped together.
- Folder 9: Minute Book, Writers' Club of Norfolk, 1936 September - 1941 May
- Folder 10: Loose Materials from Minute Book, 1939-1940
- Includes correspondence, a check, and a poem by Betty Dabney.
- Box 2: Poetry Composition Books 3-4, 1907-1934
- Item 1: Poetry Composition Book 3, 1907-1926
- October 7, 1918.
- Item 2: Poetry Composition Book 4, 1926-1934
- May 6, 1926. Title page is labeled, "Volume II."
- Box 3: Photograph Album, 1899-1907
- Item 1: Photograph Album, 1899-1907
- Popular subjects in the album include houses, automobiles, horse-drawn carriages, farm animals, pets, outdoors scenery, and individuals. The album identifies address 314 Colonial Avenue, Norfolk, Virginia.