Richmond Croom Beatty papers
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with publishers and friends, manuscripts of articles, poems, books, reviews, and other writing, notes, teaching notebooks, term papers, clippings, printed materials, and photographs. Includes translation from the German version of William Byrd's Natural history of Virginia, which Beatty edited and published. Correspondents include Stringfellow Barr, Louise Cowan, Wilbur Cross, Harold M. Jones, Merrill Moore, Jesse Stuart and R.M Weaver.
Dates
- 1927-1967
Creator
- Beatty, Richmond Croom, 1905-1961 (Person)
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
There are no restrictions.
Biographical / Historical
Professor and writer, usually associated with Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee. Author of biographies of Bayard Taylor (1936), Lord Macaulay (1938), and James Russell Lowell (1942). Edited the American tradition in literature (1957). Also wrote poetry, articles, and reviews.
Extent
1.5 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Arranged in seven series: I. College term papers (1927-1930). II. Poetry (no date). III. William Byrd material (1940). IV. Correspondence (1930-1960). V. Manuscripts (no date). VI. Photographs (no date). VII. Miscellaneous (no date). Topical arrangement.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Mrs. Floyd Beatty in 1972.
- Authors, American -- Manuscripts. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Beatty, Richmond Croom, 1905-1961
- College teachers -- Manuscripts -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- A Guide to the Richmond Croom Beatty papers, 1927-1967
- Subtitle
- A Collection in Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Collection number M 2
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Special Collections and Archives staff
- Date
- 2002 By Virginia Commonwealth University. All rights reserved.
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the VCU James Branch Cabell Library Repository
Special Collections and Archives 901 Park Avenue
Richmond Virginia 23284 USA US
(804) 828-1108
libjbcsca@vcu.edu
