Marietta Minnegerode Andrews papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Commonwealth University, Cabell Library
James Branch Cabell Library
Virginia Commonwealth University
P.O. Box 842003
901 Park Avenue
Richmond, VA 23284-2003
Contact for questions and access:
POC: SCA Staff
Phone: (804) 828-1108
Fax: (804) 828-0151
Restrictions:

Collection is open to research.

Terms of access:

There are no restrictions.

Preferred citation:

Marietta Minnegerode Andrews Papers (1914-1931) Marietta Minnegerode Andrews Papers, Collection Number M 189, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.

Summary

Extent:
1 Linear Feet
Creator:
Andrews, Marietta Minnigerode, 1869-1931
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Marietta Minnegerode Andrews Papers (1914-1931) Marietta Minnegerode Andrews Papers, Collection Number M 189, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of approximately 100 items. The bulk of the material concerns Black Brother, a long, unfinished manuscript that Mrs. Andrews was working on when she died. Some of her notes and research materials are included, as well as seven of her short stories. There are two pages that have been identified as belonging to George Washington's Country.

Biographical / historical:

Marietta Minnigerode Andrews was born 11 December 1869 to Charles and Virginia Cuthbert Minnigerode. She studied art in Washington, D.C., New York, Paris and Munich. In 1895, she married her former instructor, Eliphalet Fraser Andrews, director of the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, D.C. She began to write and publish poetry and prose after the death of her husband in 1915. Her works include Songs of a Mother (1917), Out of the Dust (1920), George Washington's Country (1930), and Many Waters (1931).

Arrangement:

The manuscript for Black Brother has been reconstructed from internal evidence and Mrs. Andrews' notes. Associated materials, probably intended for inclusion in the final book, have been arranged following the manuscript. Photographs have been removed to the University photograph collection.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard