A Guide to the Correspondence with Virginia Moore 1934 Moore, Virginia, Correspondence with 7524-h

A Guide to the Correspondence with Virginia Moore 1934

A Collection in the
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The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 7524-h

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

7524-h

Title

Correspondence with Virginia Moore, 1934

Physical Characteristics

This collection consists of 3 items.

Collector

William Rose Benét

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Correspondence with Virginia Moore, Accession #7524-h , Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was purchased by the Library from Franklin Gilliam Rare Books on June 17, 1996.

Scope and Content Information

This collection consists of two letters, July 25 and August 4, 1934, The Colony, Petersburg, N.H., William Rose Benét to Virginia Moore, and one letter, July 29, 1934, Virginia Moore to Benét, regarding the death of Elinor Wylie and a possible biography of her by Moore.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged chronologically.

Contents List

William Rose Benét, MacDowell Colony, Peterboro, New Hampshire, to Virginia Moore, Cliffside, Virginia 1934 July 25

TLS, 2 p. on 2 l., w/env.

Concerning the death of his friend Elinor [Morton Hoyt] Wylie. He writes of the details of a fall on a staircase and her bravery in handling the aftereffects. He also provides assistance on Moore's essay on Wylie and some Hoyt family information.

[Virginia Moore] to William Rose Benét 1934 July 29

TL (carbon), 2 p. on 2 l.

Concerning her essay on Elinor Wylie, the rumor she committed suicide, and the possibility of writing a biography on Wylie. She also reminisces about being introduced to Wylie and expresses regret that a book of poetry quotations handwritten by Benét and Wylie was stolen.

William Rose Benét, MacDowell Colony, Peterboro, New Hampshire, to Virginia Moore, Cliffside, Scottsville, Virginia 1934 Aug 4

TLS, 3 p. on 3 l., w/env.

Detailing the circumstances preceding and surrounding her sudden death and expressing his belief that the fall may have contributed to the stroke which claimed her life. He comments on the possibilities of biographies about Wylie being written by her sister Nancy Hoyt and by Virginia Moore.