Ambrose Bierce Collection 1898

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
170 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Special Collections Public Services & Reference Staff
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Restrictions:

Collection is open to research.

Terms of access:

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred citation:

Ambrose Bierce Collection, Accession 5992-p, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Summary

Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Ambrose Bierce Collection, Accession 5992-p, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Background

Scope and content:

[Bierce declines a guided tour of Silver Lakedue to his poor health and continues by teasing Belle about her younger sister, "I'm thinking seriously of transferring my love from Hattie to you. You don't move away without notice, and -well, your mother's right in worrying about Hattie. That girl needs a convent worse than Selma -a convent with more austere 'sisters' and higher walls, topped with broken glass. A sentinel with a repeating rifle might be added."]

Acquisition information:
Purchased, June 8, 1994.
Processing information:

Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Physical location:
Physical description:
1 item