Ambrose Bierce Collection 1911 and n.d.

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-q, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Summary

Language:
English
Preferred citation:

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

Background

Scope and content:

[returns the proofs of volume seven of The Devil's Dictionary, approves of Neale's announcement of books undertaken in 1910, "A pretty ambitious project. They go a long way toward making my dream come true, namely, that you are to be `the foremost publisher in America,'" and rejoices that he has only three and a half volumes of page proofs yet to read, with a newsclipping about the growth of thin paper used in bookmaking glued on the third page below Bierce's signature], formerly tipped in along with a typed transcript in the front of a copy of In the Midst of Lifeby Ambrose Bierce(1898)

[Typed transcript of the letter described above], 1 p., formerly typed in along with the original letter in the front of a copy of In the Midst of Lifeby Ambrose Bierce(1898)

Acquisition information:
This collection was purchased on December 20, 1994.
Processing information:

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

Physical location:
Physical description:
3 items