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Preferred Citation

Virginius Dabney Collection, Accession #7690-y, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was a gift in October 1977.

Scope and Content Information

The papers of Virginius Dabney contain extensive correspondence carried on by Dabney as editor of the Richmond Times-Dispatch , in his personal life, and as a Pulitzer Prize- winning author. Other materials deal with his books such as Below the Potomac , The Dry Messiah , and Liberalism in the South , and much useful material collected as research material for these books is present. There is extensive material on the American Society of Newspaper Editors which Dabney served in various capacities including president. A great deal of useful material on race relations, African Americans, the N.A.A.C.P., etc., is present. Recent political history of Virginia is strongly represented in Dabney's correspondence as editor of Virginia's leading newspaper, and in his personal correspondence with figures such as Senator A. Willis Robinson, Francis Pickens Miller, and Senator Carter Glass.

The material in #7690-y of the Virginius Dabney Collection consists of six folders regarding tow subjects: his book, Virginia, The New Dominion , and his address, "Facts And The Founding Fathers," delivered at Charter Day ceremonies at the College of William and Mary on 1975 February 8. The address, critical of two historical works, Thomas Jefferson by Fawn Brodie and Burr by Gore Vidal, generated much response, including correspondence from William F. Buckley (dated 1975 Feb 26), John Warner (dated 1975 Mar 12), and prominent historians. Clippings and reviews of Virginia, The New Dominion and "Facts And The Founding Fathers" comprise the bulk of this material which was the gift of Virginius Dabney in 1977 October, without restriction.