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Guy Holt was James Branch Cabell's friend and his editor at Robert M. McBride and Company.
Guy Holt.jpg

H. L. Mencken became both a friend, and one of James Branch Cabell's greatest literary champions.
H L Mencken.jpg

Halloween Party, Country Club, West Chester, PA, 1923

Cabell is in the center of the photo. Biographer Dr. Edgar MacDonald identifies most of the literary lions present in his book "James Branch Cabell and Richmond-in-Virginia."
Second from the…
RG60 SerXI B1 Halloween Party West Chester PA 1923 rsz.jpg

The descriptive label for this horse is missing. On the bottom of the figurine is an inscription:To Uncle James "Branch Cabell" fromJohn &Robert[partially obscurred]May he live long [writing obscurred]Xmas, 1936Given the identifying number "14"…
Horse 14 crop rsz.jpg

Inscribed: For Mrs. Archer Jones with the best wishes of James Branch Cabell 4 December 1923
RG 60 Series XI B1 James Branch Cabell 1923 inscribed by Cabell.jpg

Two photographs of James Branch Cabell taken by Carl Van Vechten. 1935.
RG 60 Series XI B1 James Branch Cabell by Carl Van Vechten 1935.jpg

A catalogue of the items, laid-in contents, and location of James Branch Cabell's personal library as it existed in 1967.
PS 3505_A153Z5582_1968 annotated Duke Catalogue p32.jpg

Cabell's collection label reads:Kelpie of the Black GlenA gift from Duke Propero of Milan.--"Duke Prospero at Milan," in These Restless Heads. 32These Restless Headswas the first book Cabell published under the name "Branch Cabell." He used this…
Kelpie of the Black Glen_No32.jpg
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