A Guide to the Papers of Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt Ritchie, December 30, 1858 and n.d.
A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library
The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 8010-f
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Preferred Citation
Papers of Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt Ritchie, Accession #8010-f , Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.
Acquisition Information
This collection was purchased from the Central Virginia Coin & Antique Exchange on March 23, 1988.
Scope and Content Information
A letter from Anna Cora (Ogden) Mowatt Ritchie, Richmond, Virgina, to Grace discusses in detail: Grace's desire to be a platform reader; the importance of memorizing poetry to be "read." Dicusses briefly: Grace's illness; Southern prejudice against female platform readers; Anna's niece Eugenia Smyth left in her care two years before when Anna's sister Julia Gabriella Ogden Smyth moved to Paris. Mentions: Literary Association; Washington, D.C.; Edward Everett; Richmond; Grace's family.
Also contains two engravings of Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt Ritchie.
Variant Forms of Name
- Anna Cora Mowatt
- Anna Cora Ogden
- Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt
- Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt Ritchie
- Anna Cora Ogden Ritchie
- Anna Cora Ritchie
- Anna Mowatt
- Anna Ogden
- Anna Ritchie
- Helen Berkeley
- Helen Berkley
Contents List
Discusses in detail: Grace's desire to be a platform reader; the importance of memorizing poetry to be "read." Dicusses briefly: Grace's illness; Southern prejudice against female platform readers; Anna's niece Eugenia Smyth left in her care two years before when Anna's sister Julia Gabriella Ogden Smyth moved to Paris. Mentions: Literary Association; Washington, D.C.; Edward Everett; Richmond; Grace's family.