Paul Metcalf papers, 1917-1999 (bulk 1970-1999)

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unitid

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origination

{"value"=>"Metcalf, Paul", "type"=>"persname"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Paul Metcalf papers, 1917-1999 (bulk 1970-1999)"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1917-1999", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1917/1999"}

physdesc

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note

{"value"=>"<p>Paul C. Metcalf (1917-1999), one of America's ablest post-modern literary experimenters, was born in East Milton, Massachusetts. He was the great-grandson of Herman Melville, whose work, and allusions to whom, he would incorporate into his work</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}

acqinfo

{"method"=>"Purchase", "source"=>"Paul Metcalf heirs via Granary Books", "date"=>"2013", "accession_number"=>"009377", "value"=>"<p>Purchase, Paul Metcalf heirs via Granary Books, 2013</p>"}

physloc

{"value"=>"Berg Coll MSS Metcalf", "type"=>"local_call"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>The archive is organized into 5 series: Series I: Works by Paul Metcalf; Series 2: Correspondence; Series 3: Works about Metcalf; Series 4: Personal Papers (incl. photographs); Series 5: Manuscripts Sent to Metcalf.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1917

date_inclusive_end

1999

keydate

1917

date_start

1917

date_end

1999

extent_statement

86 manuscript boxes

prefercite

{"value"=>"Paul Metcalf papers, 1917-1999 (bulk 1970-1999), Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>" The archive is organized into 5 series: Series I: Works by Paul Metcalf; Series 2: Correspondence; Series 3: Works about Metcalf; Series 4: Personal Papers (incl. photographs); Series 5: Manuscripts Sent to Metcalf.", "generated"=>true}

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