Thomas Holley Chivers Collection 1845-1886

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:

Thomas Holley Chivers Collection, Accession 6499-a, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Summary

Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Thomas Holley Chivers Collection, Accession 6499-a, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Background

Scope and content:

[Sends the poems, "The Poet's Hymn to the Night," "To Jessa-Mine," and "The Cottage Girl," to his magazine; inquires whether he published a poem about the death of a child.] (photostat)

[Quotes "Lirginalia: or Visions of my Summer Nights" (published under the title, "Phials of Amber for the Tears of the Beautiful") by Thomas Holley Chivers; praises the work of Chivers highly; contrasts him humorously to Horace, Ben Jonson, Longfellow, and Stanghurst.]

Acquisition information:
Deposit, 1964 May 22
Processing information:

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

Physical location:
Physical description:
2 items