Papers of Virginius Dabney 1923-1977

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

Summary

Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

The papers of Virginius Dabney contain extensive correspondence carried on by Dabney as editor of the Richmond Times-Dispatch, in his personal life, and as a Pulitzer Prize- winning author. Other materials deal with his books such as Below the Potomac, The Dry Messiah, and Liberalism in the South, and much useful material collected as research material for these books is present. There is extensive material on the American Society of Newspaper Editors which Dabney served in various capacities including president. A great deal of useful material on race relations, African Americans, the N.A.A.C.P., etc., is present. Recent political history of Virginia is strongly represented in Dabney's correspondence as editor of Virginia's leading newspaper, and in his personal correspondence with figures such as Senator A. Willis Robinson, Francis Pickens Miller, and Senator Carter Glass.

Topics of interest covered in this accession include the movement to update Virginia's school history textbooks and discussion of the possibility of using Dabney's, Virginia: The New Dominion as a textbook. Also included is correspondence between Dabney and James Kilpatrick concerning the massive resistance movement in Virginia. Dabney's correspondence with Alice Fox Pitts and Edwin "Pete" Cox is restricted until 2004.

Acquisition information:
This collection was deposited on 25 May 1979.
Physical description:
This collection consists of 6 items.