Thomas Nelson Page papers

Collection

Identifier: Mss. 65 P14

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Scope and Contents

The collection contains correspondence . Correspondence includes letters primarily from 1908-1919, from Nelson Page and his wife Florence Lathrop Field Page to her daughters Minna Field Gibson Burnaby, Florence Field Lindsay, Bryan Lathrop and Helen Aldis Lathrop. The letters concern social life in Washington, D.C., life in Rome during World War I, diplomacy under Woodrow Wilson, and the role of a diplomat's wife. There are forty letters, 1915-1916, from Algernon Edwin Burnaby to his wife and son concerning the Gallipoli Campaign in Turkey. Individuals mentioned in the collection include Sir George Trevelyan and the Prince of Wales (who was later the Duke of Windsor). Subjects include earthquake in Avezzano, Italy, Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920), the influenza epidemic of 1918 and war relief efforts of the Red Cross.

Dates

Creation: 1893-1953

Creator

Page, Thomas Nelson, 1853-1922 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Conditions Governing Use:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Biographical Information:

Thomas Nelson Page was born in 1853. He attended Washington College and read law under his father. Page graduated from the University of Virginia and was a lawyer in Richmond, Virginia. He married Anne Seddon Bruce and secondly, to Florence Lathrop Field. He wrote novels, children's books, biography and poems. In 1913 he was appointed ambassador to Italy where he served until 1919. He died in Hanover County, Virginia in 1922 and was buried in Washington, D.C.

Extent

4.25 Linear Feet (8 Century boxes.)

Language

English

Additional Description

Acquisition Information:

Purchase and gifts

Related Materials

Page, Thomas Nelson. Italy and the World War. With Maps. New York: C. Scribners, 1920; Funigiello, Philip J., and University Press of Virginia, Publisher. Florence Lathrop Page : A Biography / Philip J. Funigiello. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1994.