Dictionary of Virginia Biography: Source list

Sources consulted for the biography of:

Edna Meade Colson

Primary Sources
  • Self-reported birth date and birthplace in passport application, May 9, 1928, General Records of the Department of State, Record Group 59, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
  • Marriage reported in New York Times, July 18, 1912
  • Information provided by George Moffett Cochran (2002)

Secondary Sources
  • Don Gunter, "Wedded to His Easel: A Life in Illustration, Walter Biggs, 1886โ€“1968," Virginia Cavalcade 49 (Summer 2000): 103, 107
  • Lyon Gardiner Tyler, ed., Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography (1915), 5:1117โ€“1118
  • Who Was Who in American Art 1564โ€“1975 (1999), 729

Newspapers and Periodicals
  • American Art News, March 26, 1910, p. 3
  • "Something about F. Graham Cootes," Southern Woman's Magazine (November 1916), p. 12
  • Staunton News-Leader, May 26, 1935; May 29, 1935; January 10, 1995; January 17, 1995; February 21, 1995

Obituaries
  • New York Times, December 1, 1960
  • Richmond Times-Dispatch, December 2, 1960
  • Staunton Leader and the Staunton News Leader, December 1, 1960; December 4, 1960 (editorial)