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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::00438::James Branch Cabell Collection)//EN" "ViU00438.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 Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature 5298-aa

Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library 1997 Special Collections Department Staff 1997 Elizabeth Slomba Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, #5298-aa Descriptive Summary University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 USA
James Branch Cabell Collection 1919-1938 5298-aa 27 items English Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

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See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

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James Branch Cabell Collection, Accession 5298-aa, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

 Acquisition Information

Purchase, 1993 July 7

 Funding Note

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

 Item Listing Letters James Branch Cabell, Dumbarton Grange, Dumbarton, Virginia, to American author and journalist Benjamin DeCasseres 1919 Nov 22 TLS, 1 p.

acknowledging DeCasseres' praise of his work and returning praise, and hoping that he will read Jurgen"which attempts to carry out the theories of "Beyond Life"

 James Branch Cabellto Benjamin De Casseres 1919 Dec 6 TLS, 1 p.

commenting that DeCasseres' The Shadow-Eateris one of his favorite books and that Jules de Gaultieris unknown to him

 James Branch Cabellto Benjamin De Casseres 1920 Jan 12 TLS, 1 p.

hoping he can "eventually win through Jurgento the bitter end," praising DeCasseres' article on "The Immortality of the Soul," and encouraging "the debut of those ten or twelve unpublished books"

 James Branch Cabellto Benjamin De Casseres 1920 Apr 2 TLS, 1 p.

expressing enjoyment of DeCasseres' Smart Set"Movies" and thanking him for a compliment

 James Branch Cabellto Benjamin De Casseres 1920 June 28 TLS, 1 p.

commenting on his pleasure at reading his article in the "Literary Supplement" of The Evening Post, with AN at bottom

 James Branch Cabellto Benjamin De Casseres 1922 Aug 26 TLS, 1 p.

expressing his pleasure upon receiving the inscribed copy of Chameleon

 James Branch Cabellto Benjamin De Casseres 1922 Dec 10 TLS, 1 p.

declining an offer to do the introduction to The Shadow-Eaterbecause of trying to finish his new book [ The High Place] by the first of the year

 James Branch Cabellto Benjamin De Casseres 1922 Dec 17 TLS, 1 p.

regretfully declining the offer to do the introduction while working on The High Place

 James Branch Cabellto Benjamin De Casseres 1924 Mar 5 TLS, 1 p.

expressing his pleasure at having The Shadow-Eater"in its handsome new dress," and planning to compare the two versions

 James Branch Cabellto Benjamin De Casseres 1925 Sep 9 TLS, 1 p. James Branch Cabell, Richmond, Virginia, to Benjamin De Casseres 1925 Oct 10 TLS, 1 p.

expressing profound pleasure in reading Sex in Inhibitia

 James Branch Cabellto Benjamin De Casseres 1926 Dec 1 TLS, 1 p.

thankful for receipt of Portraits on Galvanized Ironand The Boy of Bethlehem

 James Branch Cabellto Benjamin De Casseres 1928 Feb 16 TLS, 1 p.

concerning the latter's proposed essay on Poictesmism

 James Branch Cabellto Benjamin De Casseres 1928 Aug 29 TLS, 1 p.

thanking him for the interesting paper on Poictesmism, and expressing regret in its not being published

 James Branch Cabellto Benjamin De Casseres 1929 Nov 5 TLS, 1 p.

thanking him for The Superman in Americapamphlet

 James Branch Cabellto Benjamin De Casseres 1930 Apr 10 TLS, 1 p.

referring to an essay sent by DeCasseres

 James Branch Cabellto Benjamin De Casseres 1930 Sep 16 TLS, 1 p.

sending his thanks for the "June Thinker"

 James Branch Cabellto Benjamin De Casseres 1932 Jan 16 TLS. 1 p.

saying he will send a copy of These Restless Headsas soon as he has it, and wishing the best for DeCasseres' The Elect and the Damned

 James Branch Cabellto Benjamin De Casseres 1932 Jan 19 TLS, 1 p.

thanking him for "arranging the introduction" between Japanand himself

 James Branch Cabellto Benjamin De Casseres 1932 Apr 2 TLS, 1 p.

concerning his name in a Japanese magazine, and mentioning The Restless Heads

 James Branch Cabellto Benjamin De Casseres 1932 Apr 8 TLS, 1 p.

thanking him for the Japanese article, a criticism of his work

 James Branch Cabellto Benjamin De Casseres 1934 Feb 27 TLS, 1 p.

forwarding a copy of Smirt

 James Branch Cabellto Benjamin De Casseres 1936 Apr 24 TLS, 1 p.

expressing pleasure at receiving his book The Muse of Lies, and sending a belated copy of Preface to the Past

 James Branch Cabell, Poynton Lodge, Ophelia, Virginia, to Benjamin De Casseres 1936 Aug 28 TLS, 1 p.

acknowledging receipt of the copy of The Elect and the Damned, which he found on his way through Richmond

 James Branch Cabell, Richmond, Virginia, to Benjamin De Casseres 1938 Nov 4 TLS, 1 p.

expressing gratitude for the heart-warming letter concerning a comment on Cabell's book

 Christmas Cards from Priscilla Bradley Cabelland James Branch Cabell n.d. Cards, 2 items