Poe's Richmond

PUBLIC "-//University of Virginia::Library::Special Collections Dept.//TEXT (US::ViU::00182::James Branch Cabell Collection)//EN" "ViU00182.sgm" A Guide to the James Branch Cabell CollectionCabell, James Branch. 5618-aProcessed by Special Collections Dept. staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Elizabeth SlombaFunded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. University of Virginia Library © 1997 By the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia. All rights reserved.

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Machine-readable finding aid derived from WordPerfect. [Date of source: 1997. Description is in English. Feb 16, 2004 PUBLIC "-//University of Virginia::Library::Special Collections Dept.//TEXT (US::ViU::00182::James Branch Cabell Collection)//EN" "ViU00182.sgm" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Feb 27, 2004 converted to conform to eadVIVA.dtd by vivastrict.xsl A Guide to the James Branch Cabell Collection A Collection in the Special Collections Department 5618-a, -c, and -d

Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library 1997 Processed by: Special Collections Department Staff Date Completed: 1997 Encoded by: Elizabeth Slomba Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, #5618-a, -b, and -c Descriptive Summary University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.

Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 USA

James Branch Cabell Collection 1897-1955 5618-a, -c, and -d ca. 1000 items English Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

James Branch Cabell Collection, Accession 5618-a, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Acquisition Information

Gift, 1971 July

Funding Note

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

Container List Manuscripts "Above Paradise" n.d. Box 1 TMs, 11 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

"The Appeal to Posterity" 1922 Feb Box 1 TMs, 7 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

"Around Lichfield" n.d. Box 1 TMs, 23 p.

[Foreword to an anthology, w/autograph corrections.]

"Art, Beauty, and Balderdash" n.d. Box 1 TMs, 9 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

"Art, Beauty, and Balderdash" n.d. Box 1 TMsS, 6 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

"The Arts in Gaza" n.d. Box 1 TMs, 8 p.

[Review of Poe's Richmondby Agnes Bondurant, w/autograph corrections.]

First draft of As I Remember It [1955] Box 1 TMs, 300 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

Printer's copy of As I Remember It [1955] Box 1 TMs, ca. 220 p. Discarded pages from As I Remember It [1955] Box 1 TMs, ca. 100 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

"Between Worlds" n.d. Box 1 TMsS, 8 p. Bibliography of Cabell writings 1949 Jul 3 Box 1 TMs, 68 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

"Biography of the Life of Manuel" n.d. Box 1 TMs, ca. 200 p.

[20 author's notes, w/autograph corrections.]

"The Bright Bees of Toupan" n.d. Box 2 TMs, 10 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

Review of A Certain Measureby Ellen Glasgow n.d. Box 2 TMs, 4 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

"The Chivalry of Ellen Glasgow" n.d. Box 2 AMs, 4 p. "The Chivalry of Ellen Glasgow" n.d. Box 2 TMsS, 11 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

"The Comedian" n.d. Box 2 TMs, 5 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

"Concerning David Jogram" 1911 Jan Box 2 TMs, 12 p.

[w/autographcorrections]

Printer's copy of "Concerning David Jogram" n.d. Box 2 TMs, 13 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

"The Contentment of Saraide" n.d. Box 2 TMs, 12 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

"Coth at Portusa" n.d. Box 2 TMs, 13 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

Printer's copy of epilogue of The Cream of the Jest n.d. Box 2 TMs, 5 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

First draft of preface to The Devil's Own Dear Son 1948 Nov 27 Box 2 TMsS, 14 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

Second draft of The Devil's Own Dear Son [1949] Box 2 TMs, 161 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

"Dizain of the Doomed" n.d. Box 2 TMsS, 9 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

"Ellen Glasgow" n.d. Box 2 TMs, 4 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

"Exit" n.d. Box 2 TMs, 7 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

["Factual Fiction"] re: The First Gentleman of America [1942] Box 2 TMs, 3 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

First draft of Figures of Earth, in 2 parts [1920] Box 2 TMsS, AMs, TMs (carbon), ca. 150 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

First draft of The First Gentleman of America [1942] Box 2 TMs, ca . 220 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

Notes and discarded passages from The First Gentleman of America [1942] Box 2 TMs, AMs, 45 p.

[w/autograph corrections]

"Assisting Data" for The First Gentleman of America 1941 Box 2 TMs

[Gathered by E.W. Lawson. ]

"The Fourth Mrs. Paterson," review of Never Ask the Endby Isabel Paterson n.d. Box 2 TMsS, 5 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

"The Fourth Mrs. Paterson" n.d. Box 2 TMs, 5 p.

[Clean copy.]

First draft of Hamlet Had an Uncle 1939 Jul Box 3 TMs, ca. 200 p.

[In a binder, w/autograph corrections]

Second version of Hamlet Had an Uncle 1939 Jul Box 3 TMs, ca. 150 p.

[w/autograph corrections and insertions.]

First draft of The High Place [1923] Box 3 AMs, 39 p.

[w/note by author: "The only first draft of any book by me in existence."]

The High Place [1923] Box 3 TMs, ca. 150 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

Early draft of part of "Homage of Col. Esmond" n.d. Box 3 TMs, 6 p.

[w/autograph corrections]

"Homage to Col. Esmond" n.d. Box 3 TMs, 7 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

First draft of I Go to My Father [The Devil's Own Dear Son] [1949] Box 3 TMs, ca. 160 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

Notes for I Go to My Father [1949] Box 3 AMs, 11 p. "In the Sylvan's House" n.d. Box 3 TMs, 14 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

"The Jewel Merchants" [1921] Box 3 TMsS, 28 p.

[carbon, w/autograph corrections.]

Jurgen, Chapters XXI-L, from first edition [1918] Box 3 TMs, 194 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

First draft of The King Was in His Counting House [1938] Box 4 TMs, AMs, ca. 170 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

Second version of The King Was in His Counting House [1938] Box 4 TMs, 215 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

Parts for first versions of Ladies and Gentleman [1934] Box 5 TMs, 49 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

Second version of Ladies and Gentleman [1934] Box 5 TMs, 103 p.

[w/autograph corrections, and TMs (carbon).]

"Last Cry of Romance," review of Barren Groundby Ellen Glasgow 1925 Apr Box 5 TMsS, 4 p.

[w/autograph corrections]

Data for Let Me Lie [1946] Box 5 TMs, 27 p.; 12clippings First drafts of Let Me Lie [1946] Box 5 TMs, AMs, 200 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

Let Me Lie [1946] Box 5 TMs, 300 p.

[w/ covering 4 pp. typed memo from Marjorie May, editor at Farrar's, to James Branch Cabell, w/autograph corrections.]

First draft of "The Lineage of Lichfield" 1921 Aug Box 6 TMs, AMs, 15 p.

[w/autograph corrections]

"The Lineage of Lichfield," "Epistle Dedicatory," later version [1921] Box 6 TMs, 13 p.

[w/3 printer's sheets, w/autograph corrections.]

"A Little More About Eve," preface to Something About Eve [1928] Box 6 TMs, 5 p.

[w/autograph corrections and additions.]

Later version of "A Little More About Eve" [1928] Box 6 TMs, 6 p.

[carbon]

Printer's copy of "A Little More About Eve" 1928 Oct Box 6 TMs, 9 p. "Maid of Honor" n.d. Box 6 TMs, 10 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

Later version of "Maid of Honor" n.d. Box 6 TMs, 17 p. "The Marriage of Bel-Imperia" n.d. Box 6 TMs, 12 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

"The Mathematics of Gonfal" n.d. Box 6 TMs, 16 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

"Minus One-Third" n.d. Box 6 TMs, 3 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

First draft of "The Music From Behind the Moon" [1926] Box 6 TMs, 21 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

First Version of The Nightmare Has Triplets n.d. Box 6 TMs, 62 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

"A Note as to Ettarre," preface to The Witch-Woman [1948] Box 6 TMs, 11 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

"A Note for the Intending Reader." preface to The House of Lost Identityby Donald Corley 1927 Feb 22 Box 6 TMsS, 2 p.

[carbons. w/autograph corrections.]

"A Note on Frances Newman" 1929 Aug 11 Box 6 TMs, 7 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

"A Note on Lichfield," preface to illustrated edition of The Cream of the Jest 1927 Jan Box 6 TMs, 3 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

"A Note Upon Branch Cabell" n.d. Box 6 TMs, 3 p.

[w/autograph corrections and additions.]

Printer's copy of "A Note Upon Cabellian Harmonics" 1924 Jan Box 6 TMs, 8 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

"Of Horses" 1951 May 24 Box 6 TMs, 23 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

"Of Messer Marco Polo, Sixteen years Old" n.d. Box 6 TMs, 4 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

"On Second Thought," from Brussel's Bibliography of Cabell [1932] Box 6 AMs, 2 p. First typed version of "On Second Thought" [1932] Box 6 TMs, 3 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

Second typed version of "On [upon] Second Thought" [1932] Box 6 TMs, 4 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

"Once More, the Immortals," review of Fantasticaby Robert Nichols 1923 Sep Box 6 TMs, 4 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

"One Face and Another," review of The Face of the Worldby Johan Bojer 1919 Sep Box 6 TMsS, 5 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

First version of "Porcelain Cups" n.d. Box 6 TMsS, 19 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

"Portrait of the Artist: Full Lenth," review of works of George Moore 1923 Oct Box 6 TMs, 6 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

"Preface to the Past" [1936] Box 6 TMs, 10 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

First draft of Quiet, Please [1952] Box 6 TMs, 37 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

Quiet, Pleaseand associated data [1952] Box 6 TMs, TMs (carbon), 185 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

"Realism" [1935] Box 6 TMs, 2 p.

[w/ clipping of printed version and clipping of H. L. Mencken's reply; w/autograph corrections.]

"The Revival of a Classic," review of Mother Goose 1897 Box 6 TMsS, 4 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

First draft of Part I of The St. Johns [1943] Box 7 TMs, TMs (carbon), 260 p.

[w/autograph corrections & additions.]

First draft of Part II of The St. Johns [1943] Box 7 TMs, TMS (carbon), 240 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

Second draft of The St. Johns [1943] Box 7 TMs, TMs (carbon), 260 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

Printer's copy of The St. Johns [1943] Box 7 TMsS, 300 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

Miscellaneous data for The St. Johns [1943] Box 8 TMs, AMs, ca. 100 p. First draft by A.J. Hannafor The St. Johns [1943] Box 8 TMs, ca. 160 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

"The Scope of the Novel" n.d. Box 8 TMs, 5 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

First version of The Silver Stallion [1925] Box 8 TMs, TMs (carbon), ca. 200 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

Early drafts of Smire [1937] Box 8 TMs, AMs, ca. 200 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

First version of Smire [1937] Box 8 TMs, 215 p.

[w/autograph corrections and additions.]

First draft of Smirt [1934] Box 8 TMs, AMs, ca. 125 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

Second version of Smirt [1934] Box 9 TMs, 182 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

First draft of Smith [1935] Box 9 TMs, ca. 230 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

Second draft of Smith [1935] Box 9 TMs, ca. 110 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

"Some Objections to Branch Cabell" n.d. Box 9 TMsS, 3 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

First draft of Some of Us [1930] Box 9 TMs, 77 p.

[w/clippings tipped in; w/autograph corrections and additions.]

First draft of Something About Eve [1927] Box 9 TMs, ca. 75 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

Discarded pages from Something About Eve [1927] Box 9 TMs, AMs, ca. 200 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

Second draft of Something about Eve, 2 v. [1927] Box 9 TMs, ca. 170 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

"Sonnets from Antan" n.d. Box 10 AMsS, 10 p. First drafts of Special Delivery [1933] Box 10 TMs, AMs, ca. 130 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

First version of Straws and Prayer Books, 2 v. [1924] Box 10 TMs, ca. 230 p.

[w/autograph corrections & note.]

First version of Taboo 1920 Dec Box 10 TMs, 19 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

There Were Two Pirates [1946] Box 10 TMs, 72 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

First drafts of These Restless Heads [1932] Box 10 TMsS, TMs (carbon)and AMs, ca. 300 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

Printer's copy of These Restless Heads 1931 Jul Box 11 TMs, 150 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

"The Thin Queen of Elfhame" n.d. Box 11 TMs, 7 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

"Townsend of Lichfield" [1929] Box 11 TMsS, AMs, 12 p.

[w/autograph corrections on TMsS.]

Unrevised carbon of "Townsend of Lichfield" [1929] Box 11 TMs (carbon), 10 p. Printer's copy of "Townsend of Lichfield" 1929 Apr 14 Box 11 TMs, 24 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

"Turtle-Meat and Broomsticks," review of From a Southern Porchby Dorothy Scarborough 1919 Nov Box 11 TMs, 14 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

Clean copy of "Turtle-Meat and Broomsticks" 1919 Nov Box 11 TMs, 4 p. First version of "The Water of Airdra" [1935] Box 11 TMs, 10 p.

[became "Book of Elair" in Smith; w/autograph corrections.]

Second version of "The Water of Airdra" [1935] Box 11 TMs, 13 p. Draft of "The Way of Ecben" [1929] Box 11 AMs, 3 p. First draft of Part I of "The Way of Ecben" [1929] Box 11 TMs, 22 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

Later version of "The Way of Ecben" [1929] Box 11 TMs, 69 p.

[w/autograph corrections and additions.]

First version of "The Ways of Women" n.d. Box 11 Photostat of TMs, 7 p. First version of first part of "The White Robe" [1928] Box 11 TMs, 8 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

First draft of "The White Robe" [1928] Box 11 TMs, 32 p.

[Inscribed to Frances Newman; w/autograph corrections.]

Printer's copy of "The White Robe" [1928] Box 11 TMs, 32 p. "The Witch-Woman" [1948] Box 11 TMs, 8 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

"A Word to My Followers" n.d. Box 11 TMs, 4 p.

[w/autograph corrections.]

Photographs and prints Cabell Room, Valentine Museum, Richmond, Virginia n.d. Box 11 Picture postcard Exhibit of Cabell material at [ University of Florida] n.d. Box 11 Photo 43 illustrations by Frank C. Papé; for books by James Branch Cabell n.d. Box 11 Engravings Miscellaneous Notes and parts of essays, 13 unidentified pages n.d. Box 11 AMs, TMs Pamphlets "Bibliographic Check List of the Works of James Branch Cabell" by Merle Johnson 1921 Box 11 Pamphlet, 28 p.

[signed by author.]

Two copies of "James Branch Cabell" by H. L. Mencken 1928 Box 11 Pamphlet, 33 p. "Joseph Hergesheimer, an Essay in Interpretation" by James Branch Cabell 1921 Box 11 Pamphlet, 27 p. 2 copies of "The Nightmare Has Triplets, An Author's Notes on Smire" by James Branch Cabell 1937 Box 11 Pamphlet, 14 p. "Of Ellen Glasgow, an Inscribed Portrait" by James Branch Cabelland Ellen Glasgow 1938 Box 11 Pamphlet, 16 p. Proofs The First Gentleman of America [1942] Box 11 Corrected gallery proofs, 71 strips Hamlet Had an Uncle [1940] Box 11 Corrected galley proofs, 70 strips "The Jewel Merchants" [1921] Box 11 Corrected page proofs, 63 pp. Jurgen, Penguin Edition n.d. Box 12 Page proofs, 71 strips "A Little More About Eve" [1928] Box 12 Corrected galley proofs, 4 strips "A Note for the Intending Reader" [1927] Box 12 Corrected page proofs, 3 p. Quiet, Please [1952] Box 12 Corrected page proofs, 105 p. 2 groups of The St. Johns [1943] Box 12 Corrected galley proofs, 78 strips The St. Johns [1943] Box 12 Corrected page proofs, 317 p. The St. Johnsp. 1-318 [1943] Box 12 Corrected page proofs

[Large paged proof sheets]

Illustrations of opening sections of The Silver Stallion [1925] Box 12 Galley proofs, 5 strips