Curtis Brown Ltd records

id
1367
origination
Curtis Brown Ltd
date statement
1906-1960
key date
1904
identifier (local_mss)
19299
org unit
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
call number
Berg Coll MSS Curtis Brown
b-number
b15970375
total components
44
total series
2
max depth
3
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 15:04:10 UTC
updated
2018-06-04 18:43:51 UTC
status note
(missing)
Display Aeon link
true

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physdesc
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unitid
{"value"=>"Berg Coll MSS Curtis Brown", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"19299", "type"=>"local_mss"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1906-1960", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1906/1960"}
date_inclusive_start
1906
date_inclusive_end
1960
keydate
1906
unittitle
{"value"=>"Records"}
repository
{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library.</span> <span class=\"subarea\">The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.</span> <div class=\"address\"><span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}
abstract
{"value"=>"This is a synthetic collection consisting of correspondence, and legal and financial documents."}
prefercite
{"value"=>"<p>[Identification of the item]. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library.</p>"}
origination
{"value"=>"Curtis Brown Ltd", "type"=>"corpname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Curtis Brown Ltd. is a literary agency based in London. It was founded in 1899 by Albert Curtis Brown.</p>"}
custodhist
{"value"=>"<p>The letters to W. B. Yeats came with Lady Gregory's papers. The letters to J. B. Pinker and Son were acquired from John D. Gordan's bequest.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>This is a synthetic collection consisting of correspondence, and legal and financial documents. The bulk of the collection is letters, dating from 1906 to 1949, to Sir Hall Caine, Marie Corelli, Susan Glaspell, Lady Isabella Augusta Persse Gregory, Clayton Meeker Hamilton, Sir Edward Howard Marsh, Sean O'Casey, Michael Roberts, Muriel Rukeyser, William Butler Yeats, and the literary agency James B. Pinker and Son, as well as letters to Curtis Brown Ltd. from Max Beerbohm, Lady Gregoy, Sean O'Casey, Mary Webb, and others, dating from 1904 to 1930.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Curtis Brown Ltd records are arranged in two series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19299#c219933'>Correspondence</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19299#c219971'>Financial and Legal Documents</a></div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources.</p>"}
userestrict
{"value"=>"<p>For permission to publish, contact the Curator, The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.</p>"}
note
{"value"=>"<p>Card catalog available.</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"555"}
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Staff; Machine-readable finding aid created by Lynn Lobash and Nina Schneider.</p>"}
extent_statement
133 items
date_start
1906
date_end
1960

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