Carrol T. Mitchell handmade magazines
Scope and Contents
Carrol T. Mitchell handmade magazines, 1916-1921, 0.06 cubic feet, produced by her private "publishing company," which advertises itself in one issue as "publishers of the very highest grade of novels, pennydreadfuls, textbooks, poems, sketches, historical and scientific works, and songs. The magazines are heavily focused on contemporary female starlets, appearing in movies by Cecil B. Demille and other early Hollywood directors. Aside from comments... on the actresses, Mitchell also includes her own prose fiction, with charming illustrations in ink and colored pencil throughout, including a short story set in WWI France. Assembled with great care by a woman clearly steeped in the editorial styles of contemporary fashion and film periodicals.
See moreDates
- Creation: 1916-1921
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Extent
0.06 Cubic Feet (Two folders in a document box BW 14.)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was purchased from Brian Cassidy, Bookseller, by the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia on March 15, 2017.
- Title
- Carrol T. Mitchell handmade magazines
- Author
- Ellen Welch
- Date
- 7/31/17
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Repository
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22904-4110 United States