A&M 0409Matthew Page Andrews, Editor and Author, Letters, 1921-1944 A&M 0409Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia and Regional History Center

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-08-30 07:36:15 -0400.EnglishDescribing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center Matthew Page Andrews, Editor and Author, Letters Andrews, Matthew Page, 1879-1947 A&M 0409 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/2740 0.8 Linear Feet Summary: 10 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each) 1921-1944 The correspondence of a Baltimore editor and author of prominence as a Southern historian during the inter-war years. Matthew Page Andrews (1879-1947) was born in Shepherdstown, being the nephew of the famous southern writer, Thomas Nelson Page. He was the author of Women in the South in War Time, The Tercentenary History of Maryland, Virginia, The Old Dominion, A History of the United States and The American's Creed and Its Meaning. He was editorial advisor to the Yale University Press film series, Chronicles of America. These Letters reflect Andrews as a correspondent and confidant with members of the Gibson-Packette-Todd family, in particular Frances Packette Todd. Andrews portrays his attitudes in these letters on history and current events in a more open and candid manner than he would have professionally. He was staunch defender of aristocratic Southern white opinion being opposed, for example, to Republicans, prohibitionists, abolitionists and fellow Baltimorean, H.L. Menchen. He played a principal role in the 1931 Heyward Shepard Memorial controversy at Harpers Ferry. West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/ English Conditions Governing Access

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Jefferson County (W. Va.) Andrews, Matthew Page, 1879-1947