Collections : [Virginia Commonwealth University, Cabell Library]

Virginia Commonwealth University, Cabell Library

James Branch Cabell Library
Virginia Commonwealth University
P.O. Box 842003
901 Park Avenue
Richmond, VA 23284-2003
Primary Collecting Areas:
book art, comic arts, university archives, and 20th and 21st century Richmond and Central Virginia history, including African-American, gay and lesbian, and women's activist communities; the visual, literary, and performing arts; and architecture and urban planning
Description:
Special Collections and Archives at James Branch Cabell Library collects rare and unique research materials documenting 20th and 21st century Richmond and Central Virginia. Our holdings include manuscripts, personal papers, photograph collections, oral histories, and various institutional records. Books and other published materials include nationally significant special collections of book art and comic arts; rare books and periodicals; late 19th and early 20th-century architecture and decorative arts; and Richmond history, imprints, literature and serial publications from the late 20th century to the present. The historical records of VCU and its Monroe Park Campus predecessor, the Richmond Professional Institute, are found here as well.
POC: SCA Staff
Phone: (804) 828-1108
Fax: (804) 828-0151
Start Over Repository Virginia Commonwealth University, Cabell Library Date range 2019

Bryant Mangum collection 4 Linear Feet 4 record cartons

Mangum, Bryant
The Bryant Mangum collection includes 4 boxes of archival materials. The donation also included numerous published works including Fitzgerald first editions and Alice Adams first additions which are availble by title in Special Collections and Archives. The 4 boxes of archival materials include Bryant Mangum publications (books, chapters, articles, notes, reviews, etc.); draft samples of Bryant Mangum's Fitzgerald books; Alice Adams items that are unpublished, as well as published but uncollected stories and reviews of all works; and two versions of Irwin Shaw's "The Girls in Their Summer Dresses." This collection is partially processed. It is available to use in part or in whole. Please contact VCU Special Collections and Archives staff at libsca@vcu.edu for assistance with using this collection.
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Laurin L. Henry papers 7.13 Linear Feet 6 record storage boxes, 1 letter document box, 1 half-size letter document box

Henry, Laurin L. (Laurin Luther), 1921-2025

The Laurin L. Henry papers contains materials created between 1930 and 2022. The collection largely reflects Henry's professional career in the Public Administration Clearing House, The Brookings Institution, University of Virginia, Federal Executive Institute, and Virginia Commonwealth University. It includes memoirs written between 2000-2022, (mainly professional) correspondence, news clippings, journal articles, reports, materials related to professional organizations and programs Henry was involved with, lecture notes, syllabi, and some research and writing. Outside of some information shared in memoirs, the collection does not include materials related to his personal life.

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