Samuel Menashe letters to Meredith Hall

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unitid

{"value"=>"186234", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"Berg Coll MSS 186234", "type"=>"local_call"}

origination

{"value"=>"Menashe, Samuel, 1925-2011", "type"=>"persname"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Samuel Menashe letters to Meredith Hall"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"2007", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"2007"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".1 linear feet (1 folder)"}]}

acqinfo

{"method"=>"Gift", "source"=>"Meredith Hall", "date"=>"2022", "value"=>"<p>Gift, Meredith Hall, 2022</p>"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Samuel Menashe (1925-2011) was an American poet. The collection comprises two autograph letters signed by Samuel Menashe to American author Meredith Hall (1949-), a recent acquaintance, dated April 17 and May 14, 2007. The letter of April 17 (one page with envelope), with his poem \"April\" written at top, thanks Hall for a book. His letter of May 14 (three pages with envelope), commenting briefly on her memoir Without a Map, contains two poems, \"Consider the Buttercup\" and \"Nothing New.\" Both envelopes bear Menashe's home address in New York City and are addressed to Hall in Pownal, Maine"}

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2007

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2007

date_end

2007

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2007

date_inclusive_end

2007

extent_statement

.1 linear feet (1 folder)

prefercite

{"value"=>"Samuel Menashe letters to Meredith Hall, Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library"}

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