Restrictions to Access

No restrictions. Open for research.

Restrictions to Use

Restriction: Publishing or extensive quoting or copying or reproducing must be preceded by written permission from Marion Dudley and/or her sister Mrs. Alex R. (Elizabeth Dudley) Urquhart.

Copyright Notice

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in John Stuart Dudley's Nancy Astor in Virginia and England, #3937-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received from Marion Dudley of Wilmington, N.C., March 1972.

Additional Descriptive Resources

A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1.

Sensitive Materials Statement

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• Astor, Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, 1879-1964.
• Nobility--Great Britain--Biography.
• Women--Great Britain--Biography.

• Marion Dudley Papers (#3935-z), Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor (1879-1964), a native of Virginia, became Viscountess through her marriage to Waldorf Astor (1879-1952), 2nd Viscount Astor.

John Stuart Dudley (1893-1966), author of "Nancy Astor in Virginia and England" was born in Florida, raised in South Carolina, and educated at the University of South Carolina and Harvard Law School. He practiced law in New York, N.Y., beginning in 1920.

The collection includes a typescript of "Nancy Astor in Virginia and England," biography of Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, by John Stuart Dudley. This version is noted as a revision made in 1963.