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Finding-Aid for the Miriam Adair Dabbs Collection (MUM00097)

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Descriptive Summary

Scope and Contents Note

Restrictions

Container List

Descriptive Summary

PURL:

http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00097/

Creator:

Dabbs, Miriam Adair

Title:

Miriam Adair Dabbs Collection.

Inclusive Dates:

1948-1955

Materials in:

English

Abstract:

Collection consists of correspondence related to Miriam Adair Dabbs written from 1948-1955.

Quantity:

1 box.

Number:

MUM00097

Location:

B-10.

Repository :

The University of Mississippi
J.D. Williams Library
Department of Archives and Special Collections
P.O. Box 1848, University, MS 38677-1848, USA
Phone: 662.915.7408
Fax: 662.915.5734
E-Mail: archive@olemiss.edu
URL: https://www.olemiss.edu/depts/general_library/archives/

Cite as:

Miriam Adair Dabbs Collection (MUM00097). The Department of Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi.

Scope and Contents Note

Collection consists of correspondence related to Miriam Adair Dabbs written from 1948-1955.

Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Open.

Use Restriction

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Container List

Folder 1:

TLS. 30 November 1948. Hodding Carter in Greenville, MS to [Miriam] Dabbs in Clarksdale, MS. Envelope. Re: “Sonnet Sequences,” Levee Press.

Folder 2:

TMS. Katherine Bellamann, “To Miriam.” 1 page. Envelope addressed to Mrs. C.N. Dabbs of Clarksdale, MS and postmarked 2 March 1949.

Folder 3:

ALS. 6 November 1950. K[atherine Bellamann] in Jackson, MS to Miriam Adair Dabbs in Clarksdale, MS. Envelope. Re: Bellamann’s refusal to work on a book about Alcorn, book on Earl Van Dorn, WLS_ poetry programs

Folder 4:

ALS. 4 August 1955. Katherine [Bellamann] to Miriam Adair Dabbs in Clarksdale, MS. Envelope. Re: upcoming Mississippi anthology, Dabb’s resigned membership.

Folder 5:

ALS. No date. Katherine [Bellamann] to Miriam [Dabbs]. Re: Dabb’s writing, Norwegian editions, Parris Mitchell.

Folder 6:

ALS. No date. Katherine [Bellamann] to [Miriam Dabbs]. Re: Dabb’s sonnets, Bellamann’s writing, grief over loss of Henry Bellamann, Norwegian editions, astham.

Folder 7:

TM. “Fulfillment (Sonnets and Other Poems)” by Miriam Adair Dabbs. 93 pages.

Removed for cataloguing:

The Marshalls, eds., Sonnet Sequences (May 1948) with “Idyls of the Delta: Coahoma” by Miriam Adair Dabbs.