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U. Virginia professor donates Irving manuscripts to library

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From: University Wire
Date: 20020620
Author:Chris Wilson

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(Cavalier Daily) (U-WIRE) CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- A collection of original notes taken by early American writer Washington Irving has found a new home in the University of Virginia's Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library.

U. Virginia Professor Emeritus Vera Granlund and her husband, Dr. John Granlund, donated the manuscript notebook, which Irving compiled in preparation for his book "The Life and Voyage of Christopher Columbus, " after rediscovering the volume in their collection of Irving papers.

The Granlunds inherited the manuscript from John ...

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