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Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library 2002 Special Collections Department Web version of the finding aid funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Special Collections, University of Virginia Library Descriptive Summary Special Collections, University of Virginia Library Virginius Dabney Collection, 1941-1947 7690-a This collection consists of 14 boxes of materials. English Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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 Preferred Citation

Virginius Dabney Collection, Accession # 7690-a, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

 Acquisition Information

This collection was acquired as a gift.

 Scope and Content Information

The collection contains extensive correspondence, ca. 1930 to 1968, carried on by Dabney as editor of the Richmond Times-Dispatch, in his personal, life, and as a Pulitzer Prize- winning author. Other materials deal with his books such as Below the Potomac, The Dry Messiah,and Liberalism in the South,and much useful material collected as research material for these books is present. There is extensive material on the American Society of Newspaper Editors which Dabney served in various capacities including president. A great deal of useful material on race relations, the African American, the N.A.A.C.P., etc., is present. Recent political history of Virginia is strongly represented in Dabney's correspondence as editor of Virginia's leading newspaper, and in his personal correspondence with figures such as Senator A. Willis Robinson, Francis Pickens Miller, and Senator Carter Glass.

 Contents List Materials Relating to his "New South" Lectures and his book Below the Potomac. "I New South Reviews & Letters--'Below the Potomac'"(pt. 1) 1941-1942 1 ca. 100 items "I New South Reviews & Letters--'Below the Potomac' (pt. 2) 1941-1942 1 ca. 100 items "New South I" (pt. 1) 1941 1 ca. 150 items "New South I" (pt. 2) 1941 1 ca. 125 items "II New South" (pt. 1) 1941-1942 1 ca. 75 items "II New South" (pt. 2) 1941-1942 1 ca. 125 "II New South" (pt. 3) 1941-1942 1 ca. 100 items "II New South" (pt. 4) 1941-1942 1 ca. 150 items "III New South" (pt. 1) 1942-1944 1 ca. 35 items "The New South" (pt. 2) 1942-1943 1 ca. 35 items

Correspondence with Joseph W. Allen of D. Appleton-Century Company

 "III The New South" (pt. 3) 1942-1943 2 ca. 100 items

Correspondence with John L. B. Williams of D. Appleton-Century Company

 "The New South" (pt. 4) 1945-1952 2 ca. 25 items Materials relating to Colonial Williamsburg Inst. Early American History and Culture, Dr. Bridenbaugh, Dir. 1946-1947 2 ca. 85 items 2 Colonial Williamsburg, Inc. 1941-1946 2 ca. 20 items Speaking Engagements, 1944-1946 Speaking Engagements 1946 2 ca. 150 items Speaking Engagements (pt. 1) December 1944-1945 2 ca. 150 items Speaking Engagements (pt. 2) 1947 2 ca. 150 items Materials relating to the Saturday Review Article-- Saturday Review of Literature(pt. 1) 2/24/45 2 ca. 100 items Article-- Saturday Review of Literature(pt. 2) 2/24/45 2 ca. 50 items Materials relating to African Americans and Segregation Commission on Interracial Cooperation, Rev. Thomas C. Allen, Dir. 1943-1947 3 ca. 65 items Pittsburgh Courier Colored Newspaper 1944-1945 3 ca. 20 items Race Relations, Magazines-Newspapers-Etc. 1944 3 1 item Race Relations (pt. 1) 1944-1945 3 ca. 50 items Race Relations (pt. 2) 1945-1946 3 ca. 50 items Segregation 1944-1945 3 ca. 20 items Southern Conference for Human Welfare 1944-1946 3 ca. 15 items "Flat Hat"--(Race Issue) 1945 3 ca. 12 items

William and Mary College publication

 "Is the South that Bad?"--Article appearing in Saturday ReviewApril 13, 1946 ca. 40 items Meyer Award-African American Newspapers 1947 3 ca. 35 items Booker T. Washington Memorial Birthplace, S.J. Phillips, President 1947 3 ca, 60 items Southern Regional Council (pt. 1) 1947 4 ca. 100 items Southern Regional Council (pt. 2) 1944-1947 4 ca. 100 items Material relating to Various Anti-Discrimination Organizations Edward L. Bernays Award--George E. Harris, Executive Secretary 1944-1945 4 34 items Council for Democracy 1941-1946 4 ca. 100 items Freedom House 1942-1946 4 13 items FEPC Letters and Editorials 1945-1946 4 31 items Virginia Committee on Constitutional Rights 1946 4 6 items Southern Regional Council (pt. 1) 1947 4 ca. 100 items Southern Regional Council (pt. 2) 1944-1947 4 ca. 125 items National Conference of Christians and Jews, Inc.; Mrs. Blanche M. Hobbs 1945-1947 4 ca. 100 items Material relating to Various International Affairs and World Government Groups Citizens Council for the United Nations 1943 4 2 items Council on International Organization, Dr. F.W. Burnham, Chairman 1943-1945 4 15 items League of Nations Association, Inc., Clark M. Eichelberger, Director 1944-1945 4 5 items International Editorial Board of World Gov't. News, Inc. 1946 4 7 items Committee to Study the Organization of the Peace 1946 4 13 items Americans United for World Organization 1944-1947 5 ca. 100 items Southern Council on International Relations, Keener C. Frazer, Director 1946-1947 5 19 items Materials relating to Public Information Agencies during and after World War II Office of War Information, Basic News Division, Theodore Kaghan, Chief 1943-1944 5 8 items Correspondence Panels Section--Office of War Information 1944-1945 5 35 items Correspondence Panels, E.G. Herzog 1945-1946 5 20 items Writer's War Board 1944, 1946 5 14 items Richmond Public Forum, Aubrey H. Straus 1942-1947 5 54 items Material relating to the American Society of Newspaper Editors American Society of Newspaper Editors 1946-1947 5 ca. 125 items American Society of Newspaper Editors(pt. 2) 1947 5 4 items ASNE--Committee editorial page discussion convention, 1947 5 ca. 75 items Materials relating to Russian Relief during and after World War II Russian War Relief Committee 1943-1944 5 7 items American Society for Russian Relief 1945-1946 5 7 items Materials relating to World War II and its Aftermath Richmond Citizens Navy Committee, Norman L. Flippen, Chr. 1942-1944 5 16 items Williamsburg War Board 1944 5 16 items Disabled American Veterans, Percy C. Magnus, Chr. 1944 5 10 items Compulsory Military Training 1945 5 10 items Victory Fund Campaign 1942-1946 5 ca. 25 items Westbrook Pegler 1944-1946 5 ca. 50 items War Memorial, letters and editorials 1946 5 9 items War Finance Committee of Virginia Bonds 1945-1946 5 35 items Materials relating to Richmond and Virginia Public Projects Westwood Park Project 1946 6 8 items Library Board 1944, 1946, 1947 6 ca. 25 items Barter Theatre 1944-1947 6 ca. 35 items Gloucester-Yorktown Bridge 1947 6 8 items Materials relating to Public Charities Virginia Tuberculosis Association, Miss Ellen Smith, Pres. 1946 6 11 items Virginia Cancer Foundation 1941-1947 6 53 items Materials relating to the Episcopal High School Campaign II Episcopal High School Campaign (pt. 2), Branch Spalding, Dir. 1944-1946 6 ca. 100 items II Episcopal High School Campaign (pt. 2), Branch Spalding, Dir. 1946 6 ca. 125 items III Episcopal High School Campaign, Branch Spalding, Dir. 1946-1947 6 ca. 100 items Correspondence with Individuals Applications 1944-1946 6 18 items Jacob Billikopf 1945 6 ca. 35 items Bilden, Rudiger-InterAmerican Regional Institute, University of Virginia 1944-1946 6 7 items Darden, Colgate W. Jr. June 27, 1946 6 ca. 25 items Graves, John Temple II 1941-1946 7 ca. 30 items Hall, Joseph F., Lawyer n.d. 7 4 items Herrmann, A.H. 1946 7 ca. 10 items Dr. J. Shelton Horsley 1945-1946 7 ca. 20 items Requests for Editorial Contributions 1946 7 11 items Hutchinson, M.A. 1946 7 6 items Kilpatrick, Carroll 1942-1947 7 ca. 20 items Lestor Markel, Sunday Editor NY Times--Watchtoner 1943-1947 7 ca. 50 items Miller, Helen Hill 1942-1947 7 ca. 40 items Dr. Sidney S. Negus 1944-1947 7 ca. 30 items Haydn S. Pearson 1944-1946 7 ca. 30 items Plunkett, Moss A. 1943-1946 7 ca. 60 items Joseph Reed Routten 1944-1946 7 ca. 35 items Edward R. Stettinus 1947 7 ca. 75 items Tucker, Bishop H., St. George Comm. Just and Durable Peace 1942 7 2 items Dr. Robert H. Tucker 1944-1947 7 ca. 60 items Wood, Kenneth C. 1943-1946 7 ca. 20 items Correspondence

*Note: Correspondence Files A-C were not included by Mr. Dabney in this collection.

 D (pt. 1) 1946-1947 8 ca. 125 items D (pt. 2) 1945-1946 8 ca. 150 items E 1945-1947 8 ca. 110 items F 1945-1947 8 ca. 150 items G (pt. 1) 1944, 1946-1947 8 ca. 100 items G (pt. 2) 1946-1947 9 ca. 100 items G (pt. 3) 1945-1946 9 ca. 75 items G (pt. 4) 1944-1946 9 ca. 100 items H (pt. 1) 1945-1947 9 ca. 100 items H (pt. 2) 1946-1947 9 ca. 125 items H (pt. 3) 1945-1946 9 ca. 75 items H (pt. 4) 1945 9 ca. 75 items I-J (pt. 1) 1946-1947 10 ca. 75 items I-J (pt. 2) 1945-1946 10 ca. 75 items K (pt. 1) 1946-1947 10 ca. 100 items K (pt. 2) 1945 10 ca. 125 items L (pt. 1) 1946-1947 10 ca. 100 items L (pt. 2) 1945-1946 10 ca. 100 items M (pt. 1) 1947 11 ca. 100 items M (pt. 2) 1946-1947 11 ca. 150 items M (pt. 3) 1945-1946 11 ca. 100 items M (pt. 4) 1945 11 ca. 75 items N-O (pt. 1) 1943-1947 11 ca. 75 items N-O (pt. 2) 1945-1946 11 ca. 125 items P (pt. 1) 1946-1947 12 ca. 75 items P (pt. 2) 1945-1946 12 ca. 75 items P (pt. 3) 1944-1945 12 ca. 60 items R (pt. 1) 1946-1947 12 ca. 75 items R (pt. 2) 1945-1946 12 ca. 75 items S (pt. 1) 1946 12 ca. 115 items S (pt. 1) 1944-1947 13 ca. 115 items S (pt. 2) 1944-1946 13 ca. 115 items S (pt. 3) 1944-1946 13 ca. 65 items S (pt. 4) 1945 13 ca. 50 items T 1945-1947 13 ca. 135 items U-V 1944-1947 13 80 items W (pt. 1) 1947 14 ca. 80 items W (pt. 2) 1945-1946, primarily 1946 14 ca. 100 items W (pt. 3) 1945-1946 14 ca. 75 items W (pt. 4) 1944-1945 14 ca. 100 items X, Y, Z 1945-1947 14 ca. 80 items