Priscilla S. Fairbank 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:

Collection is open to research.

Terms of access:

There are no restrictions.

Preferred citation:

Priscilla S. Fairbank papers, Collection # M 191, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.

Summary

Extent:
3.9 Linear Feet
Creator:
Fairbank , Eula Mae Priscilla Sturdivant (1900-)
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Priscilla S. Fairbank papers, Collection # M 191, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection is comprised of copies of the author's books, scrapbooks, and personal correspondence.

Biographical / historical:

Mrs. Fairbank was born in Burke County, Georgia in 1900. Eula Mae was her real name, but her friends began calling her Prissy or Priscilla and it remained for the rest of her life. She married Luke Harvey Fairbank in Savannah, Georgia in 1935. She graduated from the State Normal School of the University of Georgia and continued with graduate studies at the William and Mary School of Social Work in Richmond and at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. Mrs. Fairbank taught school for 25 years in the Richmond Public School System. In 1940 Mrs. Fairbank wrote A Child's Workbook and in 1950 she published A Book of Verse. Ten years later she published a genealogical study of her family. She is a member of The Woman's Club, The Confederate Memorial Literary Society, The Poetry Society of Virginia, and she was a member of the James Branch Cabell Associates.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged according to subject.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard