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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.
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- Box 9
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- Folder 1: Mitchell, Broadus, undated
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- Item 1: Manuscript, "Alexander Hamilton", undated
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- Beginning to the page 105 of the manuscript of the book Alexander Hamilton, published 1962.
- Folder 2: Mitchell, Broadus, undated
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- Item 1: Manuscript, "Alexander Hamilton", undated
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- Pages 106 through 237 of the book manuscript.
- Folder 3: Mitchell, Broadus, undated
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- Item 1: Manuscript, "Alexander Hamilton", undated
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- Pages 237A through 335 of the book manuscript.
- Item 2: Maps, "Alexander Hamilton maps", undated
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- Hand drawn maps of the eastern United States in relation to battlefields and areas of interest during the Revolutionary War, to be put into the book Alexander Hamilton. Memo from publishers dated October 28, 1969.
- Folder 4: Moger, Allen W., 1968
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- Item 1: Manuscript, "Virginia: Bourbonism to Byrd, 1870 to 1925", 1968
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- Chapter 14 "An Independent Governor and the Emergence of Harry Byrd" from the book Virginia: Bourbonism to Byrd, 1870 to 1925.
- Folder 5: Monsell, Helen Albee, undated
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- Item 1: Manuscript, "Susan Anthony--Girl Who Dared", undated
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- Pages from manuscript of the book Susan Anthony-- Girl Who Dared, handwritten by the author in a combination of longhand and shorthand.
- Folder 6: Moseley, Virginia Palmatary, 1970
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- Item 1: Poem, "Lawnmower Soliloquy", 1970 October
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- Folder 7: Murray, Dorothy Garst, undated
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- Item 1: Manuscript, "Untitled", undated
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- Untitled manuscript; author writes, "This is Stevie's story."
- Folder 8: Nixon, Richard M., 1970
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- Item 1: Letter, Nixon to Norfolk Public Library, 1970 August 8
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- Signed letter from the President congratulating Norfolk Public Library and its employees on the 100th year anniversary of service.
- Folder 9: Old, Bruce S., 1946-1969, undated
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- Item 1: Article, "On the Mathematics of Committees, Boards, and Panels", 1946 August
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- Reprinted from The Scientific Monthly, Volume 63, pages 129 to 134.
- Item 2: Resume, "Publications of Bruce S. Old", undated
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- List of published work as well as a write-up describing his education and career experience.
- Folder 10: Price, Bruce, 1970
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- Item 1: Article, "An Inquiry into Modifier Noun Proliferation", 1970 April 12
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- Published in Book World. Includes a note from the author regarding why he chose this article as his submission to the collection.
- Folder 11: Raborg, Frederick Ashton, Jr., undated
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- Item 1: Manuscript, "There Are No Heroes", undated
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- Manuscript of the short story "There Are No Heroes."
- Folder 12: Register, Alvaretta Kenan, 1967
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- Item 1: Census Record, "Duplin County, North Carolina 1786", 1967
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- Transcribed and indexed by Register.
- Folder 13: Reid, H., 1960-1970
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- Item 1: Record, Professional Vitae of H. Reid, 1970 August 18
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- Handwritten list of published works and career experience accompanied by a letter from the author explaining his enclosures to the library.
- Item 2: Drawing, "Reid's World", 1970 September 29
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- A photocopy of a drawing done by Reid as a child, accompanied by an explanatory note from the author.
- Item 3: Publication, "Railroad Magazine", 1963 December
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- Magazine featuring an article written by Reid, with photographs by author as well, on pages 32 and 33. The magazine also includes a biography on Reid, pages 44 and 45.
- Item 4: Manuscript, "The Virginian Railway", 1960
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- Original manuscript of the book The Virginian Railway, published in 1961.
- Folder 14: Rollins, Patrick J., 1968, undated
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- Item 1: Article, "Imperial Russia's African Colony", 1968 October
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- Reprinted from The Russian Review, Volume 27, Number 4.
- Item 2: Manuscript, "Imperial Russia's African Colony", undated
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- Manuscript of the article printed in The Russian Review.
- Folder 15: Rutledge, William A., 1969
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- Item 1: Manuscript, "Introduction to the Foundations of Mathematics", 1969
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- Manuscript of the book Introduction to the Foundations of Mathematics.
- Folder 16: Schlegel, Marvin W., 1968
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- Item 1: Record, "Marvin W. Schlegel, Published Books and Articles: A Selected List", 1968 December 12
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- Published works and professional vitae of Schlegel.
- Folder 17: Ware, Elinor Patricia, 1969
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- Item 1: Article, "Ennis Rees: an Appreciation", 1969 December
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- Article published in the Alumni Gazette along with a photograph of Rees.
- Folder 18: Unknown, circa 1970
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- Item 1: Photograph, unknown, circa 1970
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- Pollack and Daly, Savannah, Georgia. Photograph of unknown man sitting by a window and looking toward the left. Scenery outside the window includes pine trees and ocean. This photograph was originally found between Virginia Authors Lumpkin and McNamara.
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