Varina Anne Davis Letter

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
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560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Varina Anne Davis Letter, Ms2021-005, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Creator:
Davis, Varina Anne, 1864-1898
Abstract:
This collection contains a letter that was written in 1891 or later by Varina Anne Davis and sent to Mrs. M. A. Williams. In the letter Davis informs Williams that she believes it will impossible for her to tell her story in New York. Davis states that unlike in the South the subject of the American Civil Was has less importance in New York where people do not have constant reminders of the war. Varina Anne Davis (1864-1898) was a novelist and the youngest child of Jefferson Davis.
Language:
The materials in the collection are in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Varina Anne Davis Letter, Ms2021-005, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

The Varina Anne Davis Letter is from Davis to Mrs M.A. Williams at an unkown date in or after 1891. In the letter Davis informs Williams that she believes it will be impossible for her to tell her story in New York. Davis states that unlike in the South the subject of the American Civil War has less importance in New York where people do not have constant reminders of the war.

Biographical / historical:

Varina Anne "Winnie" Davis was the youngest child of Jefferson and Varina Howell Davis, born in Richmond, Virignia, on June 27, 1864. Her father was the president of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War and at the time of her birth. Following the death of her father in 1889, she moved to New York where she worked as a novelist under the name Varina Anne Jefferson-Davis. She died of an illness on September 18, 1898.

External Source:

Ferrell, Chiles Clifton (1899). "The Daughter of the Confederacy – Her Life, Character, and Writings." Mississippi Historical Society. https://archive.org/details/thedaughterofcon00ferr/page/n1/mode/2up?view=theater

Acquisition information:
The Varina Anne Davis letter was purchased by Special Collections and University Archives in 2019.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Varina Anne Davis letter commenced and completed in July 2021.