Mac., along with long time VCU English professors Maurice Duke and E. He also didn't like that they changed the name of the institution to the "Library of Virginia." He said many times they should have left the word "Archives" in the name.ĭr. Edgar never forgave the Commonwealth for moving the Virginia archives and library across Broad Street into a new "monstrous" building. He had spent much time in the old state library building (when it was called the Virginia State Library and Archives) doing genealogical research. He also wrote essays for, and edited, the newsletter of the Friends of the Virginia State Archives of the Library of Virginia. Much of what he wrote would be published in a variety of periodicals. He spent most of his time in the library writing on various aspects of Virginia literature, genealogy, and Richmond history. After his research on Cabell was completed and the book published in 1993, he stayed on, working in the mornings in the department for a total of nearly 25 years. He began that relationship in the late 1980s when he was asked to write a biography of James Branch Cabell. was the longest serving staff member in Special Collections and Archives at the James Branch Cabell Library. In his role as Senior Cabell Scholar at VCU Libraries, Dr. Mac., as we called him in Special Collections and Archives, was a literary scholar and long time English professor at Randolph-Macon College, from 1953 to 1984.
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