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By Abigail Morris
Collection Overview
Title: Virginia Authors Collection, circa 1950s-1970s
ID: 001/01/MSS 0000-158
Primary Creator: Norfolk Public Library (Va.) (1894-)
Extent: 9.0 Boxes
Arrangement: Arranged in alphabetical order by last name of author.
Date Acquired: 00/00/1970
Subjects: American literature--Virginia, Authors, American Virginia
Forms of Material: Book jackets, Clippings (information artifacts), Correspondence, Fliers (printed matter), Manuscripts, Pamphlets, Plays (performed works), Poems, Résumés (personnel records), Short stories, Speeches (documents)
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Original manuscripts for previously published materials, copies of newspaper clippings, and letters.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
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.
Box and Folder Listing
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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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