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Preferred Citation

Emma Speed Sampson letter, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Kelvin Ramsey, class of 1979.

Biographical / Historical

Emma Speed Sampson was a children's author and columnist for the Richmond Times Dispatch. Sampson was born in Kentucky in 1868 and originally planned to be an artist. She studied in Paris and New York for two years before moving to Richmond, Virginia with her husband, Henry Aylett Sampson. In Richmond, Sampson began her writing career as a newspaper columnist and author of the Miss Minerva juvenile fiction series.

Content Description

One letter and one envelope from Emma Speed Sampson to the recipient Mr. Berkley. The letter describes Sampson's flattery over Berkley's interest in her writing. Typewriting on paper.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Letters (correspondence)
• Newspaper columns
• Women authors, American--20th century