Julia Seldon Grandy Papers, 1914/1962

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Terms of access:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Julia Seldon Grandy Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
0.01 Linear Feet
Creator:
Grandy, Julia Selden, 1903-1962
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Julia Seldon Grandy Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Includes manuscripts of poetry written by Julia Selden Grandy who lived in Norfolk, Va. and Baltimore, Md. as well as short stories by Grandy; translations by Grandy of French poetry written by Stephen Mallarme (1842-1898); diaries kept while in school in New York and on trips to Paris and London; published books by Grandy; and scrapbooks. Includes a biography, poem and her obituary.

Biographical / historical:

Julia Selden Grandy, a poet, published some of her works in "Poetry: A Magazine of Verse" and was the author of two volumes of poetry. She was also an accomplished painter. She was born in 1903 in Norfolk,Virginia and lived in Norfolk and Baltimore, Maryland. She died in 1962. Her parents were Dr. Charles R. Grandy and Mabel Elkin Dickman.

Acquisition information:
Purchased with funding from the Dulin Fund.
Processing information:

Processed by Amanda Perkins in 1992.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard