Eleanor Gould Packard papers

id
10507
origination
Packard, Eleanor Gould, 1917-2005
date statement
1939-2005
key date
1939
identifier (local_mss)
23233
org unit
Manuscripts and Archives Division
call number
MssCol 23233
b-number
b20915167
total components
15
total series
0
max depth
2
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2016-03-22 19:28:51 UTC
updated
2026-06-26 18:06:57 UTC
status note
(missing)
Display Aeon link
true

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unitid
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{"value"=>"b20915167", "type"=>"local_b"}
{"value"=>"MssCol 23233", "type"=>"local_call"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1939-2005", "type"=>"inclusive"}
date_inclusive_start
1939
date_inclusive_end
2005
keydate
1939
date_start
1939
date_end
2005
unittitle
{"value"=>"Eleanor Gould Packard papers"}
physdesc
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"3.32 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"9 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
repository
{"id"=>"MSS", "value"=>"Manuscripts and Archives Division"}
abstract
{"value"=>"Eleanor Gould Packard was an editor who worked at the <span class=\"title\">New Yorker</span> from 1945 to 1999, first as a copy editor and later as the magazine's Grammarian, a title created for her. Packard's papers contain correspondence, hand-edited galley proofs, articles, photographs, and other material related to her career. Correspondence is with authors, journalists, and editors, including <span class=\"title\">New Yorker</span> writers and staff; the collection also contains many letters from fans. The best-represented correspondents include Janet Flanner, Andrew Porter, and Priscilla Taylor. Drafts of some of Packard's outgoing letters are present. Packard's handwritten line edits and copyedits appear on documents throughout the collection, on proofs as well as published pieces. The collection includes a photocopy of <span class=\"title\">The Elements of Style</span> with Packard's edits, and word lists and style-related memoranda from the <span class=\"title\">New Yorker</span>."}
prefercite
{"value"=>"<p>Eleanor Gould Packard papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library.</p>"}
origination
{"value"=>"Packard, Eleanor Gould, 1917-2005", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Donated by Susan H. Packard, 2015.</p>"}
processinfo
{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Kit Fluker</span>, <span class=\"date\">2016</span></p>"}
accessrestrict
{"value"=>"<p>Video recording unavailable pending digitization.</p>"}
dsc_type
combined
extent_statement
3.32 linear feet (9 boxes)

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