Emma Dorothy Southworth Collection 1852-1894

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
160 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Brenda Gunn
Phone: (434) 924-1037
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Restrictions:

Collection is open to research.

Terms of access:

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred citation:

Emma Dorothy Southworth Collection, Accession 8315-a, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Summary

Creator:
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Emma Dorothy Southworth Collection, Accession 8315-a, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Background

Scope and content:

[Sends him two stories with "good and practical moral" to be included in a volume; includes a dedication; asks for 2 copies for herself; requests to see a proof sheet of the engravings.]

[Inquires about Grace Greenwoodto whom she has recently written but has not received a reply from; gives a description of Greenwood the way she was in 1850; wonders if she has offended Greenwood with her letter; asks correspondent to look for Greenwood in the city and to let her know; invites correspondent to visit her now, when the countryside is so beautiful.]

[Promises him a double amount of copy for the next day; mentions the bad notices her piece Markgot from the English critics.]

[Thanks him for his letter and an enclosed newspaper clipping, which was provided by one of his friends; appreciates that he rose to her defense when she was so outrageously libeled; promises him a copy once her final reply is finished.]

[Pleads with correspondent not to publish anything about her childhood without her endorsement when he publishes a piece about her in honor of her 73rd birthday.]

Acquisition information:
Purchase [ 1967 Dec 1 ] 1968 Jan 19
Processing information:

Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Physical location:
Physical description:
8 items