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| Genre/Form: | Diaries Genealogy Biography |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Spring Byington; William Byrd; Thomas West De la Warr, Baron; Douglas Southall Freeman; Francis Pendleton Gaines; Meta Glass; Kathryn Grayson; Virgil Carrington Jones; Margaret Mitchell; William Munford Tuck; Rebecca Yancey Williams; Rebecca Yancey Williams; Robert Davis Yancey; West family |
| Document Type: | Archival Material |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Rebecca Yancey Williams |
| OCLC Number: | 33953252 |
| Notes: | In the collections of the Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Va. (Mss1/W6767/d). |
| Description: | 804 items. |
Abstract:
Predominently correspondence, 1940-1942, written to Rebecca (Yancey) Williams concerning her book, The Vanishing Virginian (1940), a semi-biographical story about her father, Lynchburg, Va., lawyer Robert Davis Yancey (1855-1931). Correspondents include Spring Byington, Douglas Southall Freeman, Francis Pendleton Gaines, Meta Glass, Kathryn Grayson, and Margaret (Mitchell) Marsh. Also included are writings, including an unfinished work, "The Great Adventure: Jamestown, Virginia"; essays concerning William Byrd II, African Americans, and a train trip from Alexandria to Charlottesville, Va., and reviews of the works of other authors, chiefly of books on southern subjects; a speech on Thomas West, Lord De la Warr, governor of Virginia; and notes on the West family.
Also included is the dairy, 1946 January 1 - June 20 (copy), of Virgil Carrington Jones, executive secretary to Virginia governor William Munford Tuck, a speech, 1948, by Tuck, and notes by Jones and Williams concerning Tuck.
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- Byington, Spring, -- 1886-1971.
- Byrd, William, -- 1674-1744.
- De la Warr, Thomas West, -- Baron, -- 1577-1618.
- Freeman, Douglas Southall, -- 1886-1953.
- Gaines, Francis Pendleton, -- 1892-1963.
- Glass, Meta, -- 1880-1967.
- Grayson, Kathryn, -- 1922-2010.
- Jones, Virgil Carrington, -- 1906-1999.
- Mitchell, Margaret, -- 1900-1949.
- Tuck, William Munford, -- 1896-1983.
- Williams, Rebecca Yancey, -- 1899-1976.
- Williams, Rebecca Yancey, -- 1899-1976. -- Vanishing Virginian.
- Yancey, Robert Davis, -- 1855-1931.
- African Americans -- Virginia -- History.
- Governors -- Virginia -- Biography.
- Governors -- Virginia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600- 1775.
- Governors -- Virginia -- History -- 20th century.
- Jamestown (Va.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
- Railroads -- Virginia -- History -- 20th century.
- Virginia -- Description and travel.
- West family -- Genealogy.
- Women authors, American -- Virginia.
