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Correspondence with Virginia Moore, Accession #7524-h , Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.
This collection was purchased by the Library from Franklin Gilliam Rare Books on June 17, 1996.
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.
This collection is arranged chronologically.
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.
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.
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.