Scrapbook on Dr. Thomas Holley Chivers kept by John Dewitt Miller and John Wilson Townsend, bound in marbled boards with black morocco backstrip and corners with marbled endpapers; materials loose in the volume are in an accompanying folder, 1 volume, 1907/1929
- Containers:
- Box 14, Ledger 1
- Extent:
- 1 Volumes
- Scope and content:
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Items include articles about Chivers and Poe; correspondence of John Wilson Townsend about Chivers, including one from Dewitt Miller, November [8], 1909, where he expresses the belief that Chivers published ten works (page 36); notes kept on Chivers works (pages 37-47); clippings about Chivers life and work (pages 49-59); letters from E.P. Chivers, grandson of Dr. Chivers, and from Emma Chivers Potter, the daughter of Dr. Thomas Holley Chivers, about biographical information (pages 61-73); photographs of Thomas Holley Chivers (page 77) and his daughter, Emma Chivers Potter (page 79); Charles W. Kent letter to Townsend, assuring him that the Raven Society would welcome the Chivers Scrapbook, October 10, 1911 (page 89); correspondence of John Wilson Townsend with institutions concerning whether they own any Chivers materials; (83-99); and "In Praise of Dewitt Miller," 1911, by Townsend (pages 107-115).
Access and use
- Location of collection:
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Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections LibraryUniversity of VirginiaP.O. Box 400110170 McCormick RdCharlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
- Contact for questions and access:
- POC: Special Collections Public Services & Reference StaffEmail: scpubserv@virginia.eduPhone: (434) 243-1776Fax: (434) 924-4968
- Parent restrictions:
- There are no access restrictions.
- Parent terms of access:
- Boxes 1-7 contain material from originals in another institution. No copies, transcriptions, or digital photographs can be made without the written permission of the institution holding the original. The location of all known original documents is indicated on the individual folders.