Virginia Authors Collection, circa 1950s-1970s | Sargeant Memorial Collection

By Abigail Morris

Collection Overview

Title: Virginia Authors Collection, circa 1950s-1970s

ID: 001/01/MSS 0000-158

Extent: 9.0 Boxes

Arrangement: Arranged in alphabetical order by last name of author.

Date Acquired: 00/00/1970

Languages: English

Original manuscripts for previously published materials, copies of newspaper clippings, and letters.

Repository: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Access Restrictions: This collection is open to all researchers.

Acquisition Source: Various

Preferred Citation: Virginia Authors Collection, MSS 0000-158, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.

Processing Information: Processed May to October 2015.

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[Box 1],
[Box 2],
[Box 3],
[Box 4],
[Box 5],
[Box 6],
[Box 7],
[Box 8],
[Box 9],
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Box 6

Folder 1: Knorr, Lester, undated

Item 1: Manuscript, "Before I Go", undated: Manuscript for the novel Before I Go.

Folder 2: Kyle, Louisa Venable, 1950, undated

Item 1: Manuscript, "The History of Eastern Shore Chapel and Lynnhaven Parish (1642-1969)", undated: Incomplete manuscript including one chapter from the book The History of Eastern Shore Chapel and Lynnhaven Parish (1642-1969). This chapter is titled "Adam Thoroughgood...Founder of the Anglican Church in Lynnhaven Parish Virginia."
Item 2: Manuscript, "The Eastern Shore of Lynnhaven River prior to 1750", 1950: Manuscript of a newspaper article which won the first prize in a literary contest sponsored by Princess Anne County Woman's Club in the fall of 1950 and was later published in the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot on Sunday October 8, 1950.

Folder 3: Lewis, Anne Spiller, undated

Item 1: Short story, "My Childhood Street", undated
Item 2: Poem, "100 Years", undated: Poem written in honor of Norfolk Public Library's centennial celebration.

Folder 4: Link, Arthur S., 1968-1970

Item 1: Article, "Woodrow Wilson: The American as Southerner", 1970 February: Article reprinted from The Journal of Southern History, Volume XXXVI, Number 1.
Item 2: Manuscript, "Woodrow Wilson: The American as Southerner", 1969 May: Second draft of the article "Woodrow Wilson: The American as Southerner."
Item 3: Manuscript, "Woodrow Wilson: The American as Southerner", 1969 June-July: Third draft of the article "Woodrow Wilson: The American as Southerner."
Item 4: Manuscript, "Woodrow Wilson: The American as Southerner", 1968 October: First draft of the article "Woodrow Wilson: The American as Southerner."

Folder 5: Loomis, Edward, undated

Item 1: Manuscript, "Turgenev's Rye", undated: Manuscript of the poem titled "Turgenev's Rye."

Folder 6: Lumpkin, William Latane, 1963, 1968

Item 1: Manuscript, "Doctor Sparks", 1963: Manuscript of the book Doctor Sparks, a biography of Sparks White Melton.
Item 2: Manuscript, "Meditations for Communion Occasions", 1968: Manuscript of the book Meditations for Communion Occasions.

Folder 7: Madgett, Naomi Long, 1967

Item 1: Poem, "Sunny", 1967: Poem copyrighted in 1965 by Madgett, with this copy published in 1967 and signed by Madgett August 7, 1970.

Folder 8: Martin, Fran, 1951

Item 1: Manuscript, "Nine Tales of Raven", 1951: Manuscript of the book of Native American folklore stories titled Nine Tales of Raven.

Folder 9: Masengill, Harold, undated

Item 1: Poem, "The Peace of Ghent", undated: Poem in three parts: first part titled "The Hague;" second "Ghent Bridge: Summer of 1965;" third "The Human Condition."

Folder 10: Mason, Mildred A., 1959

Item 1: Manuscript, "Basic Medical-Surgical Nursing", 1959: Up to page 98 of the manuscript of the book Basic Medical-Surgical Nursing. Includes a frontispiece photograph.

Folder 11: Mason, Mildred A., 1959

Item 1: Manuscript, "Basic Medical-Surgical Nursing", 1959: Pages 99 through 254 of the book manuscript.

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