Papers of Ellen Glasgow 1880-1963

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
160 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Brenda Gunn
Phone: (434) 924-1037
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968

Summary

Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

Papers of Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow include drafts of and notes on several novels including Phases of an inferior planet,Vein of iron,A certain measure,In this our life, and The woman within, as well as copies of speeches and articles, and notes relating to her personal and literary affairs.

Letters and telegrams, 1916 -1944, from Henry W. Anderson form about half of the correspondence; the more than 50 letters from James Lane Allen make up the second largest group.

The collection also includes notebooks containing addresses, comments, bibliography, recipes and miscellaneous notes; and photographs and drawings of Miss Glasgow, her homes, pets, and other literary figures including a commercial strike of a woodcut of Glasgow's home by J.J. Lankes, 1926, commissioned as a design for her Christmas card.

Acquisition information:

The Ellen Glasgow Papers (MSS 5060) was a gift of the estate of Miss Glasgow and was presented to the library on May 7, 1955 by Mrs. Irita Van Doren and Dr. Frank V. Morley of the New York Herald Tribune, 230 West 41st Street, New York, N.Y.

Accession 5083 was a gift of Ms. Anne V. Bennett, 416 West Franklin Street, Richmond, Virginia, on June 7, 1955.

Accession 6206 was an archival transfer from the files of the Librarian of the University of Virginia Library on January 14, 1960.

Accession 6206-a was a gift of Oliver L. Steele, Jr., 207 Thornton Hall, University of Virginia, on Jan 30, 1962.

Accession 6206-b was an archival transfer from the files of the Rare Book Department, University of Virginia Library, on August 2, 1967.

Accession 6473 was a gift of Ms. Catherine Bent, Editorial Department, Charles Scribner's Sons, 597 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. on Dec 5, 1960.

Accession 7225 was a gift of Mrs. Carrington C. Tutwiler, Brushwood, Lexington, Virginia on July 4, 1963.

Accession 7225-a was a gift of Carrington C. Tutweiler, Jr., P.O. Box 1159, Lexington, Virginia, on September 14, 1966.

Accession 7225-b was a gift of Carrington C. Tutweiler, Jr., through the Rare Book Department, University of Virginia Library, on April 6, 1976 and on October 31, 1977.

Physical description:
This collection consists of 3385 items