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Monroe Park, Richmond, Va. During the war this site was used a recruiting and drill-ground, and afterwards as the State Fair grounds. Is now situated in the heart of the fashionable residence section of the City. Its shady walks and velvet lawn…
Monroe_Park_Richmond_Va.jpg

This work is located in the anteroom to the Cabell Room.
Margaret Freeman Cabell c1920 rsz.jpg

Photographic portrait of Mrs. Louisa Nelson. Cabinet card owned by James Branch Cabell. Date given on reverse, c.1893
G.W. Davis is often noted for hiring African-American photographers James Conway Farley (in 1875) and George O. Brown (in 1879).
RG 60 Ser XI Box 3 Louisa Nelson_ca 1893_front_crop rsz.jpg

Letter from Beatrice Houdini, wife of Harry Houdini, to James Branch Cabell requesting his autograph on a copy of The Music From Behind the Moon (which she misnamesThe Music From Beyond the Moon.) The letter is typed on mourning stationery…
M214 Box 2 Letter from Beatrice Houdini to JBCabell rsz.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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