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University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
170 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Primary Collecting Areas:
American literature, antiquarian and contemporary, American history (Southeastern United States), Virginiana, British literature, Sporting books and manuscripts, World War I, Bibliography, the book arts, history of the book and typography
Fine press and artist’s books, Pop-up books, Victorian publishers bindings, Typography, Archives of the University of Virginia
Description:

The Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library administers over 13 million manuscripts, 3.6 million items in the University archives, and 325,000 rare books, as well as approximately 5,000 maps, over 4,000 broadsides; more than 250,000 photographs and small prints; over 8,000 reels of microfilm; and substantial holdings of audio recordings, motion picture films, and ephemera.

The major emphasis of the Department’s collections are American history and literature, with additional substantive collections in Virginiana, British literature, African-American history, book arts, the history of sporting and World War I, among others. In addition, the library serves as the University Archives, holding records of historic significance to UVA.

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Edgar Fawcett Collection [1892], n. d.

[Offers his new novel The Adopted Daughterwith all publication rights for one thousand dollars, about which he says,"It is, of course, in a totally different vein from either Douglas Duaneor Solarion. It has cost me much toil and thought, and I hope you will like what I fancy to be its humanity and its general strong morale."]

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Edgar Fawcett Collection [1892], n. d.

[Offers his new novel The Adopted Daughterwith all publication rights for one thousand dollars, about which he says,"It is, of course, in a totally different vein from either Douglas Duaneor Solarion. It has cost me much toil and thought, and I hope you will like what I fancy to be its humanity and its general strong morale."]

Edgar Fawcettto [Richard Henry ?] Stoddard, 1892 3 p.

[Offers his new novel The Adopted Daughterwith all publication rights for one thousand dollars, about which he says,"It is, of course, in a totally different vein from either Douglas Duaneor Solarion. It has cost me much toil and thought, and I hope you will like what I fancy to be its humanity and its general strong morale."]

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University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Edgar Fawcett Collection [1894] Aug 18

[Fawcett writes a long letter to the young Canadian poet, full of literary advice, at the beginning of Carmen's career when he was assisting Herbert S. Stoneand H. Ingalls Kimballin editing their magazine The Chap-Book, discussing his annoyance with Stone's rejection of his own verses and his impression of Carmen's poetry. Fawcett writes, "You have, I think, a most remarkable poetic future before you in this hatefully unpoetic age. But I somehow feel you will win more of the lovers whom your unique lyric poignancy and fascination are sure to win, if you avoid the vague, the ambiguous a little more determinedly than you are now sometimes doing. ... You are a kind of sea-gull of song, and like that strong white bird your genius floats fearlessly out into mists and vapors....Why not take that Atlanticpoem -a superb piece of original lyricism -and model your future work after its combined dreaminess and lucidity."]

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Edgar Fawcett Collection [1894] Aug 18

[Fawcett writes a long letter to the young Canadian poet, full of literary advice, at the beginning of Carmen's career when he was assisting Herbert S. Stoneand H. Ingalls Kimballin editing their magazine The Chap-Book, discussing his annoyance with Stone's rejection of his own verses and his impression of Carmen's poetry. Fawcett writes, "You have, I think, a most remarkable poetic future before you in this hatefully unpoetic age. But I somehow feel you will win more of the lovers whom your unique lyric poignancy and fascination are sure to win, if you avoid the vague, the ambiguous a little more determinedly than you are now sometimes doing. ... You are a kind of sea-gull of song, and like that strong white bird your genius floats fearlessly out into mists and vapors....Why not take that Atlanticpoem -a superb piece of original lyricism -and model your future work after its combined dreaminess and lucidity."]

Edgar Fawcett, on Union Clubstationery, New York, to Bliss Carmen, 1894 16 p.

[Fawcett writes a long letter to the young Canadian poet, full of literary advice, at the beginning of Carmen's career when he was assisting Herbert S. Stoneand H. Ingalls Kimballin editing their magazine The Chap-Book, discussing his annoyance with Stone's rejection of his own verses and his impression of Carmen's poetry. Fawcett writes, "You have, I think, a most remarkable poetic future before you in this hatefully unpoetic age. But I somehow feel you will win more of the lovers whom your unique lyric poignancy and fascination are sure to win, if you avoid the vague, the ambiguous a little more determinedly than you are now sometimes doing. ... You are a kind of sea-gull of song, and like that strong white bird your genius floats fearlessly out into mists and vapors....Why not take that Atlanticpoem -a superb piece of original lyricism -and model your future work after its combined dreaminess and lucidity."]

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University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Robert Green Ingersoll Collection 1877-1899

[States that religious sincerity is no guarantee against being deceitful, providing numerous examples of liars from the Bible, Jehovah not excluded. Includes two pages of typescript from the essay.]

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Robert Green Ingersoll Collection 1877-1899

[States that religious sincerity is no guarantee against being deceitful, providing numerous examples of liars from the Bible, Jehovah not excluded. Includes two pages of typescript from the essay.]

Robert Green Ingersollto Major James B. Pond, 1890 2 p.

[Asks Pond to advise Baron Harden-Hickey, an expert on Indian matters who was introduced to Ingersoll by Edgar Fawcetton the possibility of lecturing on Indian philosophy and religion.]

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