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James Branch Cabell Collection, 1930-1945

 

Summary

Extent:
3.00 items 1 folder
0.00 Linear Feet
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], James Branch Cabell Collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/MSS-1963-043

Background

Scope and content:

This collection is comprised of materials by and about the Virginia author, James Branch Cabell. The first item in the collection is a set of original typed (with one set of copies) letters by Cabell to Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (1940-1953). The copies were typed from original letters in the University of Florida Special Collections.

Biographical / historical:

James Branch Cabell (1879-1958) was born in Richmond, Virginia and spent the majority of his life in his home city. He is the author of over fifty works and numerous articles and short stories. Cabell is best known for Jurgen, the controversial work published in 1919, and called "obscene and pornographic".

Acquisition information:
Gift of Emmett Peter, Jr.
Processing information:

Processed January 31, 1964.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open to all researchers.

This collection is in an offsite storage location. Please contact lib-specialcollections@fsu.edu with requests for access or for more information.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Associate Dean for Special Collections & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Florida State University Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], James Branch Cabell Collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/MSS-1963-043

Location of this collection:
116 Honors Way
Tallahassee
FL
32306-2047
USA