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silvetteherbert Inventory of the Herbert Silvette Papers, circa 1936-1988 Processed by: Rubenstein Library Staff; machine-readable finding aid created by: Willeke Sandler David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, N.C., USA

Aleph Number: 001694850

Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: April 2012Processed by Rubenstein Library staff; finding aid encoded by Willeke Sandler, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, April 2012 Description is in English Finding aid was prepared using DACS and local Style Guide Inventory of the Herbert Silvette Papers, circa 1936-1988 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185 USA

Descriptive Summary David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University Silvette, Herbert, 1906- Herbert Silvette Papers, circa 1936-1988 Material in English 2.5 Linear Feet Approx. 900 Items For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. Author, and physiologist and pharmacologist at the University of Virginia Medical School. Collection comprises material relating to and examples of Herbert Silvette's writings, which include short stories, novels, and his work on the English translator Philemon Holland (1552-1637). There is also a large body of correspondence from Archibald MacLeish, which Silvette compiled in The Stiletto Letters. Acquired as part of the History of Medicine Collections at Duke University. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Herbert Silvette Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

Provenance

The Herbert Silvette Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a transfer in 2011.

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Processed by Rubenstein Library staff.

Encoded by Willeke Sandler, April 2012.

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Collection Overview

Collection comprises material relating to and examples of Herbert Silvette's writings, which include short stories, novels, and his work on the English translator Philemon Holland (1552-1637). There is also a large body of correspondence from Archibald MacLeish, which Silvette compiled in The Stiletto Letters.

Acquired as part of the History of Medicine Collections at Duke University.

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Silvette, Herbert, 1906- Holland, Philemon, 1552-1637. MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-1982. Medicine in literature--United States. History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) Contents of Collection Archibald MacLeish Correspondence Series, 1950-1973 (2 boxes)

Contains correspondence between Silvette and Archibald MacLeish, who addressed Silvette as Stiletto in his letters. MacLeish (1892-1982) was an American poet, playwright, teacher and public official, and served as Librarian of Congress from 1939 to 1944 and as Assistant Secretary of State from 1944 to 1945. Silvette compiled these letters in a volume entitled The Stiletto Letters.

1Correspondence from MacLeish, 1950-1973(2 folders) 1The Stiletto Letters: Correspondence from Daniel Thomas Rolfe, 1950-1964 1The Stiletto Letters: loose leaf typescript(3 folders) 1The Stiletto Letters: related material 6Volume: The Stiletto Letters, typescript, 1950-1976 Philemon Holland Materials Series, 1936-1954 and undated (4 boxes)

Contains research materials and writings relating to Silvette's unpublished study of Philemon Holland. Holland (1552-1637) was an English translator best know for his translation of Pliny the Elder's Natural History.

2Bibliographical notes on a speech by Holland, undated 2Holland biography: correspondence, notes, reprints, photos, drafts, undated 2Holland related material: correspondence, notes, and miscellaneous printed material, undated 2Holland related material: notes on 5x8 index cards, undated 2Holland related material: photostats and mounted prints, undated 2Holland related material: prints and negatives, undated 2-3Interpres: the Life and Times of Philemon Holland of Coventry, Doctor of Physicke, undated(2 folders) 3Quotations used for Holland biography, undated(2 folders) 6Interpres: the Life and Times of Philemon Holland of Coventry, Doctor of Physicke, typescript, undated 5Notebooks, circa 1936-1954 and undated(5 volumes) 5A Short-title List of the Writings of Philemon Holland of Coventry, Doctor of Physicke, 1939

Privately printed for Silvette at the University of Virginia Press by John S. Peters. Contains extensive manuscript notes throughout.

Writings Series, 1960-1985 and undated (5 boxes)

Contains several short stories and novels written by Silvette as well as his semi-autobiographical novel A Chapter of Chances. Most of the short stories deal with medical or scientific themes. Silvette also wrote under the pseudonym Dogbolt Barnaby.

2An Affair of Honor, undated 3-4A Chapter of Chances, undated(6 folders) 4Luduvico, undated 4Lydwardine, undated 4Professor Bubble's Experiment, undated(2 copies) 7The Coachman is Dead, typescript, 1960-1985 7Day of Judgment, typescript, undated