A Guide to the James Branch Cabell Collection
A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature
Accession number 5298-aa
University of Virginia Library
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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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1919 Dec 6
TLS, 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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1920 Jan 12
TLS, 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end," praising DeCasseres' article on "The Immortality of the Soul," and encouraging "the debut of those ten or twelve unpublished books"
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1920 Apr 2
TLS, 1 p.
expressing enjoyment of DeCasseres' Smart Set "Movies" and thanking him for a compliment
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1920 June 28
TLS, 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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1922 Aug 26
TLS, 1 p.
expressing his pleasure upon receiving the inscribed copy of Chameleon
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1922 Dec 10
TLS, 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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1922 Dec 17
TLS, 1 p.
regretfully declining the offer to do the introduction while working on The High Place
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1924 Mar 5
TLS, 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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1925 Sep 9
TLS, 1 p.
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1925 Oct 10
TLS, 1 p.
expressing profound pleasure in reading Sex in Inhibitia
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1926 Dec 1
TLS, 1 p.
thankful for receipt of Portraits on Galvanized Iron and The Boy of Bethlehem
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1928 Feb 16
TLS, 1 p.
concerning the latter's proposed essay on Poictesmism
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1928 Aug 29
TLS, 1 p.
thanking him for the interesting paper on Poictesmism, and expressing regret in its not being published
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1929 Nov 5
TLS, 1 p.
thanking him for The Superman in America pamphlet
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1930 Apr 10
TLS, 1 p.
referring to an essay sent by DeCasseres
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1930 Sep 16
TLS, 1 p.
sending his thanks for the "June Thinker"
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1932 Jan 16
TLS. 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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1932 Jan 19
TLS, 1 p.
thanking him for "arranging the introduction" between Japan and himself
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1932 Apr 2
TLS, 1 p.
concerning his name in a Japanese magazine, and mentioning The Restless Heads
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1932 Apr 8
TLS, 1 p.
thanking him for the Japanese article, a criticism of his work
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1934 Feb 27
TLS, 1 p.
forwarding a copy of Smirt
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1936 Apr 24
TLS, 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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1936 Aug 28
TLS, 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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1938 Nov 4
TLS, 1 p.
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n.d.
Cards, 2 items