Edgar E. MacDonald papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Commonwealth University, Cabell Library
James Branch Cabell Library
Virginia Commonwealth University
P.O. Box 842003
901 Park Avenue
Richmond, VA 23284-2003
Contact for questions and access:
POC: SCA Staff
Phone: (804) 828-1108
Fax: (804) 828-0151
Restrictions:

Access to the Roger Hunt Carroll correspondence is restricted. For additional information contact the Special Collections and Archives staff.

Terms of access:

There are no restrictions on use.

Preferred citation:

Box/folder, Edgar E. MacDonald Papers, M 142, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University

Summary

Extent:
10 Linear Feet
Creator:
Virginia Writers Club, MacDonald, Edgar E., and Ellen Glasgow Society
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Box/folder, Edgar E. MacDonald Papers, M 142, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University

Background

Scope and content:

The materials in this collection range from 1654 to 1990 and include correspondence, articles, reviews, drafts of published work, photographs and clippings. The bulk of the material can be found in the 1970- 1980 date range. There is extensive information on James Branch Cabell, Ellen Glasgow and the Edgeworth/Mordecai relationship. Activities of the Ellen Glasgow Society and the Virginia Writer's Club, to a lesser extent, are also documented. Clipping for "Rain" RTD 10/31/24 fragile note taken and clipping discarded. Photographs removed to University Photograph Collection. The video "Richmond: Historic Sights & Haunts" has been transferred to RG 70.

Biographical / historical:

Edgar Edgeworth MacDonald was born in Richmond on 5 March 1919, the son of John Edgar and Marie Edgeworth MacDonald. He attended the University of Virginia (1936-1938), Sorbonne, University of Paris (1947-1948), Richmond Professional Institute [VCU] (B.S.), University of Richmond (M.A.) and the University of Paris, D. de l'Universite. A professor of English at Randolph-Macon College from 1953 until his retirement in 1984, Dr. MacDonald served as Senior Cabell Scholar at Virginia Commonwealth University until his death in 2011. He is the author of numerous articles and books, including a biography of James Branch Cabell published by the University of Mississippi Press in 1993.

Acquisition information:
The collection was donated to the department by Dr. Edgar E. MacDonald in March 1990 and continuing.
Arrangement:

Series I--General personal papers (n.d., 1933-1976), Series II--Professional papers (n.d., 1933-1984), Series III--James Branch Cabell (n.d., 1977-1984), Series IV--Education of the Heart (n.d., 1654-1982), Series V--Ellen Glasgow (n.d., 1874-1981), Series VI--Articles, lectures, speeches and reviews (n.d.), Series VII--correspondence (n.d., 1816-1986): Subseries A: chronological; Subseries B: Alphabetical; Subseries C: Research correspondence, Series VIII--Ellen Glasgow Society (n.d., 1880-1983), Series IX--Published materials (n.d., 1961-1985), Series X--Virginia State Library and Archives Board, Series XI--James Branch Cabell and Richmond-in-Virginia ( - 1993), Series XII--Oversize in oversize drawer 25 and box 20

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard