.
By Abigail Morris
Collection Overview
Title: Virginia Authors Collection, circa 1950s-1970s![Add to your cart. Add to your cart.](themes/smcarchives/images/addtocart.gif)
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
Browse by Box:
[
Box 1],
[
Box 2],
[
Box 3],
[
Box 4],
[Box 5],
[
Box 6],
[
Box 7],
[
Box 8],
[
Box 9],
[
All]
- Box 5
![Add to your cart. Add to your cart.](themes/smcarchives/images/addtocart.gif)
- Folder 1: Hume, Ivor Noel, 1966
![Add to your cart. Add to your cart.](themes/smcarchives/images/addtocart.gif)
- Item 1: Manuscript, "1775: Another Part of the Field", 1966 October
![Add to your cart. Add to your cart.](themes/smcarchives/images/addtocart.gif)
- Page 238 to the completion of the manuscript.
- Folder 2: Inge, M. Thomas, 1967-1970, undated
![Add to your cart. Add to your cart.](themes/smcarchives/images/addtocart.gif)
- Item 1: Speech, "John Donald Wade and the Art of Biography", undated
![Add to your cart. Add to your cart.](themes/smcarchives/images/addtocart.gif)
- Script for a lecture given at Michigan State University, on March 29, 1969. The date does not appear on the document, but is listed on Inge's professional vitae.
- Item 2: Article, "The Legacy of John Donald Wade", undated
![Add to your cart. Add to your cart.](themes/smcarchives/images/addtocart.gif)
- Article from The Georgia Review. This document is undated, but the manuscript for the article includes a note mentioning January 11, 1967 as the date of submission to the publication.
- Item 3: Manuscript, "The Legacy of John Donald Wade", 1967 January 11
![Add to your cart. Add to your cart.](themes/smcarchives/images/addtocart.gif)
- Manuscript for the article which appeared in The Georgia Review.
- Item 4: Record, "Professional Vita: M. Thomas Inge", 1970 August 31
![Add to your cart. Add to your cart.](themes/smcarchives/images/addtocart.gif)
- The resume or curriculum vitae of Inge, listing his education, career and other experience including courses taught and publications.
- Folder 3: Jones, Virgil Carrington, undated
![Add to your cart. Add to your cart.](themes/smcarchives/images/addtocart.gif)
- Item 1: Manuscript, "The Civil War at Sea", undated
![Add to your cart. Add to your cart.](themes/smcarchives/images/addtocart.gif)
- Beginning to page 129 of the manuscript for the book The Civil War at Sea. Manuscript is undated but a letter from the author to the library, dated November 25, 1970, is enclosed with the document.
- Folder 4: Jones, Virgil Carrington, undated
![Add to your cart. Add to your cart.](themes/smcarchives/images/addtocart.gif)
- Item 1: Manuscript, "The Civil War at Sea", undated
![Add to your cart. Add to your cart.](themes/smcarchives/images/addtocart.gif)
- Pages 130 to 263 of the manuscript for the book The Civil War at Sea.
- Folder 5: Jones, Virgil Carrington, undated
![Add to your cart. Add to your cart.](themes/smcarchives/images/addtocart.gif)
- Item 1: Manuscript, "The Civil War at Sea", undated
![Add to your cart. Add to your cart.](themes/smcarchives/images/addtocart.gif)
- Page 263 to 406 of the manuscript for the book The Civil War at Sea.
- Folder 6: Jones, Virgil Carrington, undated
![Add to your cart. Add to your cart.](themes/smcarchives/images/addtocart.gif)
- Item 1: Manuscript, "The Civil War At Sea", undated
![Add to your cart. Add to your cart.](themes/smcarchives/images/addtocart.gif)
- Page 407 to the completion of the manuscript of the book The Civil War at Sea.
- Folder 7: King, Irene Lawrence, 1957
![Add to your cart. Add to your cart.](themes/smcarchives/images/addtocart.gif)
- Item 1: Manuscript, "The Strong One", 1957
![Add to your cart. Add to your cart.](themes/smcarchives/images/addtocart.gif)
- Manuscript for the short story, "The Strong One" which was awarded first place in the short story category in the Virginia Division American Association of University Women and the Virginia Highlands Festival held in Abingdon in 1957.
- Item 2: Certificate, "Creative Writing Project", 1957
![Add to your cart. Add to your cart.](themes/smcarchives/images/addtocart.gif)
- Certificate for the first place award in the short story category at The Virginia Division American Association of University Women and The Virginia Highlands Festival. Award given for the short story "The Strong One."
- Item 3: Note, "Irene Lawrence King", undated
![Add to your cart. Add to your cart.](themes/smcarchives/images/addtocart.gif)
- Note of address and phone number for Irene Lawrence King.
- Folder 8: Knight, Karl F., undated
![Add to your cart. Add to your cart.](themes/smcarchives/images/addtocart.gif)
- Item 1: Manuscript, "The Poetry of John Crowe Ransom: A Study of Diction, Metaphor, and Symbol", undated
![Add to your cart. Add to your cart.](themes/smcarchives/images/addtocart.gif)
Browse by Box:
[
Box 1],
[
Box 2],
[
Box 3],
[
Box 4],
[Box 5],
[
Box 6],
[
Box 7],
[
Box 8],
[
Box 9],
[
All]