James Branch Cabell papers, 1919-1922

Collection context

Summary

Creator:
Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958 and Untermeyer, Louis, 1885-1977
Extent:
0.5 linear feet 1 box
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); James Branch Cabell papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Background

Scope and content:

Annotated proofs and a letter, including proof copies, extensively revised for publication, of Cabell's GALLANTRY (short stories) and THE JEWEL MERCHANTS (a play) and a letter to a Mr. Hagerup about his works. Also, a signed typescript of Louis Untermeyer's introduction to GALLANTRY; and two letters from Cabell to Henry Blake Fuller.

Biographical / historical:

Novelist, historian.

Acquisition information:
Source of acquisition--Farleigh Dickinson University Library. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1982. Accession number--M-82.
Custodial history:

Gift of Fairleigh Dickinson University Library, 1982.

Processing information:

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 04/14/89.

Arrangement:

Cataloged.

Accruals:

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is located on-site.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms of access:

Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); James Branch Cabell papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Location of this collection:
6th Floor East Butler Library
535 West 114th St.
New York, NY 10027, United States
Contact:
(212) 854-5590
rbml@library.columbia.edu