A Guide to the James Branch Cabell Collection
A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature
Accession number 5298-aa
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Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.
Preferred Citation
James Branch Cabell Collection, Accession 5298-aa, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library
Acquisition Information
Purchase, 1993 July 7
Funding Note
Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Benjamin De Casseres
- Benjamin DeCasseres
- James Branch Cabell
- Jules de Gaultier
- Priscilla Bradley Cabell
Item Listing
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James Branch Cabell , Dumbarton Grange, Dumbarton, Virginia, to American author and journalist Benjamin DeCasseres1919 Nov 22TLS, 1 p.
acknowledging DeCasseres' praise of his work and returning praise, and hoping that he will read Jurgen "which attempts to carry out the theories of "Beyond Life"
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James Branch Cabell to Benjamin De Casseres1919 Dec 6TLS, 1 p.
commenting that DeCasseres' The Shadow-Eater is one of his favorite books and that Jules de Gaultier is unknown to him
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James Branch Cabell to Benjamin De Casseres1920 Jan 12TLS, 1 p.
hoping he can "eventually win through Jurgen to the bitter end," praising DeCasseres' article on "The Immortality of the Soul," and encouraging "the debut of those ten or twelve unpublished books"
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James Branch Cabell to Benjamin De Casseres1920 Apr 2TLS, 1 p.
expressing enjoyment of DeCasseres' Smart Set "Movies" and thanking him for a compliment
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James Branch Cabell to Benjamin De Casseres1920 June 28TLS, 1 p.
commenting on his pleasure at reading his article in the "Literary Supplement" of The Evening Post, with AN at bottom
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James Branch Cabell to Benjamin De Casseres1922 Aug 26TLS, 1 p.
expressing his pleasure upon receiving the inscribed copy of Chameleon
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James Branch Cabell to Benjamin De Casseres1922 Dec 10TLS, 1 p.
declining an offer to do the introduction to The Shadow-Eater because of trying to finish his new book [ The High Place ] by the first of the year
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James Branch Cabell to Benjamin De Casseres1922 Dec 17TLS, 1 p.
regretfully declining the offer to do the introduction while working on The High Place
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James Branch Cabell to Benjamin De Casseres1924 Mar 5TLS, 1 p.
expressing his pleasure at having The Shadow-Eater "in its handsome new dress," and planning to compare the two versions
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James Branch Cabell to Benjamin De Casseres1925 Sep 9TLS, 1 p.
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James Branch Cabell , Richmond, Virginia, to Benjamin De Casseres1925 Oct 10TLS, 1 p.
expressing profound pleasure in reading Sex in Inhibitia
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James Branch Cabell to Benjamin De Casseres1926 Dec 1TLS, 1 p.
thankful for receipt of Portraits on Galvanized Iron and The Boy of Bethlehem
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James Branch Cabell to Benjamin De Casseres1928 Feb 16TLS, 1 p.
concerning the latter's proposed essay on Poictesmism
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James Branch Cabell to Benjamin De Casseres1928 Aug 29TLS, 1 p.
thanking him for the interesting paper on Poictesmism, and expressing regret in its not being published
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James Branch Cabell to Benjamin De Casseres1929 Nov 5TLS, 1 p.
thanking him for The Superman in America pamphlet
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James Branch Cabell to Benjamin De Casseres1930 Apr 10TLS, 1 p.
referring to an essay sent by DeCasseres
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James Branch Cabell to Benjamin De Casseres1930 Sep 16TLS, 1 p.
sending his thanks for the "June Thinker"
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James Branch Cabell to Benjamin De Casseres1932 Jan 16TLS. 1 p.
saying he will send a copy of These Restless Heads as soon as he has it, and wishing the best for DeCasseres' The Elect and the Damned
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James Branch Cabell to Benjamin De Casseres1932 Jan 19TLS, 1 p.
thanking him for "arranging the introduction" between Japan and himself
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James Branch Cabell to Benjamin De Casseres1932 Apr 2TLS, 1 p.
concerning his name in a Japanese magazine, and mentioning The Restless Heads
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James Branch Cabell to Benjamin De Casseres1932 Apr 8TLS, 1 p.
thanking him for the Japanese article, a criticism of his work
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James Branch Cabell to Benjamin De Casseres1934 Feb 27TLS, 1 p.
forwarding a copy of Smirt
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James Branch Cabell to Benjamin De Casseres1936 Apr 24TLS, 1 p.
expressing pleasure at receiving his book The Muse of Lies , and sending a belated copy of Preface to the Past
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James Branch Cabell , Poynton Lodge, Ophelia, Virginia, to Benjamin De Casseres1936 Aug 28TLS, 1 p.
acknowledging receipt of the copy of The Elect and the Damned , which he found on his way through Richmond
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James Branch Cabell , Richmond, Virginia, to Benjamin De Casseres1938 Nov 4TLS, 1 p.
expressing gratitude for the heart-warming letter concerning a comment on Cabell's book
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Christmas Cards from Priscilla Bradley Cabell and James Branch Cabelln.d.Cards, 2 items