Edison Marshall papers
Scope and Contents
Material consists of a personal letter with envelope, 2 newspaper clippings, correspondence from Mr. Roberts to Camilla Reid, Associate Director Reese Library Augusta State University which establishes the provenance of the materials and 5 of Marshall’s novels; 4 inscribed to Cecil Etheridge Jackson and one to Agnes Jackson
Dates
- Created: 1937 - 1937
- Other: Majority of material found in March 10, 1937
- Other: Date acquired: 12/03/2008
Creator
- Roberts, Eric G. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
no restrictions
Biographical or Historical Information
This material was transferred to Reese Library Special Collections in the spring of 2008, by Mr. Eric G. Roberts of Eastpoint Florida. Mr. Roberts is the grandson of Cecil Etheridge Jackson a friend and fellow hunting enthusiast of Edison Marshall. The letter written by Marshall in this collection was written to Mr. Roberts’ mother Betty Jackson.
Note written by
Extent
3.00 folders
3 folders and 5 books other_unmapped
Language
English
Arrangement Note
Folder1: Letter from Edison Marshall to Betty Jackson dated March 10 1937 Gives Betty a message; she is to pass it to her father. Describes the audience he has drawn while typing this letter to her and explains the complicated route the letter will take to be delivered to her. Gives details of the elephant that is his mount for the tiger hunt and relates the history of the man-eating tiger, “Kala Bahg,” he is stalking. Folder 2: Correspondence from Eric Roberts Gives the history of Cecil Etheridge Jackson’s friendship with Marshall and the provenance of the letter and books. Relates the fate of the man-eating tiger discussed in the letter. The tiger became a rug that Marshall gave to the Jackson family. Mrs. Roberts gave the rug away in the late 1960s Folder 3: Two Newspaper clippings These are an obituary and an editorial reporting on Marshall’s death List of books with inscriptions (stored in the Pfadenhauer bookcase) Sam Campbell, Gentleman. New York: H. C. Kinsey & Company Inc. 1935 second printing To my friend C. E. Jackson, Esq., after a delightful day of good comradeship in the open January 27, 1936 Cordially Edison Marshall The Stolen God. New York: H.C. Kinsey & Company Inc. 1936 To my dear friend’s Agnes from Edison Marshall Benjamin Blake: A Novel. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc. 1941 To my dear friend and old pal who goes his way or be damned, a gentleman from Virginia who survived in Taylor Co. – Cecil Etheridge Jackson from Edison Marshall Great Smith. New York: Farrar & Rinehart Inc. 1943 To my dear old friend and fellow-hunter Cecil Jackson with the best! Edison Marshall Miami March 22, 1943 Yankee Pasha: The Adventures of Jason Starbuck. New York: Farrar, Straus and Company 1947 third printingTo the greatest all-round hunter since Dan’l Boone from his old and [faithful?] friend Edison Marshall Xmas 1948
Source of Acquisition
Eric G. Roberts
Method of Acquisition
This material was donated to Reese Library Special Collections, Augusta University by Eric G. Roberts on 12/03/2008. Acc#2008.14
- Title
- Inventory of the Edison Marshall papers
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the Reese Library Archives Repository