Papers Pertaining to the Estate of John Powell, 1963

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

Email: bg9ba@virginia.edu

Phone: (434) 924-1037

Phone: (434) 243-1776

Fax: (434) 924-4968

Web: library.virginia.edu/special-collections

Web: library.virginia.edu/special-collections/services/reference-request

Summary

Language:

English

Background

Scope and content:

There are nine items, chiefly letters, 1963, concerning copyrights and the estate of John Powell. Included is correspondence of Richard Florance of Florance, Gordon, and Brown, Attorneys at Law, Richmond, Virginia (co-executor of Powell's estate), and Mason, Fenwick & Lawrence, of Washington, D. C. (patent and trade-mark lawyers). There is a letter, December 23, 1963, from Florance to Ernest C. Mead of the University of Virginia and Hilton Ruffy of Richmond, Virginia, concerning the Powell manuscripts at the University of Virginia and the Library of Philadelphia.

Acquisition information:

This material was given to the Library by Bonlyn Hall, Music Librarian, Modlin Fine Arts Center, University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia, on September 6, 1994.

Physical description:

There are nine items, chiefly letters.