A Guide to Letters and Miscellaneous Art Work by Warren Chappell, 1940-1987 Chappell, Warren, Art Work, 1940-1987 10204-au

A Guide to Letters and Miscellaneous Art Work by Warren Chappell, 1940-1987

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Accession Number 10204-au

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

10204-au

Title

Letters and Miscellaneous Art Work by Warren Chappell, 1940-1987

Physical Characteristics

25 items

Language

English

Abstract

The collections consists of miscellaneous letters, cards, and illustrations, 1940-1987, of Warren Chappell.

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

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Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Letters and miscellaneous art work by Warren Chappell, 1940-1987, Accession #10204-au, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

These items were given to the University of Virginia Library on May 20, 1996, by Elizabeth Easton, of Sherman, Connecticut.

Scope and Content Information

This collection consists of about twenty-five items of additional Warren Chappell Papers, 1940-1987, including Christmas cards, miscellaneous letters, postcards, and illustrations designed and drawn by Chappell and addressed to Elizabeth Easton or her mother, Lillian Bragdon. Also present are samples of writing paper for the Eastons designed by Chappell, a framed illustration by Chappell for Lillian Bragdon's 85th birthday, and a bound copy of the humorous W. Chappell's Little Handbook On How A Children's Book Comes Into Being (1940 December), made for Lillian Bragdon.

Most of the correspondence and cards celebrate or discuss social events but three letters mention other topics. One letter, December 13, 1978, discusses the Book-of-the-Month Club and its chairman, Harry Scherman; another, Chappell's work on the illustrations for a printing of John Cheever's first story, Expelled , and the Cheever-Malcolm Cowley connection (December 8, 1985); and a third discusses the Book-of-the-Month Club and Henry Regnery's review of The Book of the Month Club: Sixty Years of Books in American Life edited by Al Silverman (March 29, 1987).