Dame Edith Sitwell collection of papers

id
1389
origination
Sitwell, Edith, Dame, 1887-1964
date statement
1926-1965
key date
1926
identifier (local_mss)
19264
org unit
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
call number
Berg Coll MSS Sitwell
b-number
b15965697
total components
61
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 18:44:22 UTC
status note
(missing)
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true

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physdesc
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unitid
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unitdate
{"value"=>"1926-1965", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1926/1965"}
date_inclusive_start
1926
date_inclusive_end
1965
keydate
1926
unittitle
{"value"=>"Dame Edith Sitwell collection of papers"}
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 manuscripts, a typescript, and correspondence."}
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"=>"Sitwell, Edith, Dame, 1887-1964", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Dame Edith Sitwell was an English poet.</p>"}
custodhist
{"value"=>"<p>Previous owners include Leonard Clark.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, a typescript, and correspondence. The manuscripts consist of poems, notes for work, essays, articles by the author, as well as a review of Sitwell's work by Cyril Connolly, and a poem relating to Sitwell by Siegfried Sassoon. The correspondence consists of letters, dating from [1926?] to 1961, from the author to Terence Ian Fytton Armstrong, Leonard Clark, Sir Edward Howard Marsh, Beverly Nichols, Stephen Spender, Frances Steloff, Humbert Wolfe, Virginia Woolf, and others. There are also letters relating to the author, dating from 1936 to 1965, between various correspondents including Roy Campbell, Leonard Clark, Richard Church, Geoffrey Grigson, Randall Jarrell, Wyndham Lewis, Humphrey Searle, and others. There are letters to Sitwell from Gordon Bottomley, Stella Bowen, Roy Campbell, Augustus John, Carson McCullers, Ben Nicholson, George William Russell, Siegfried Sassoon, Stephen Spender, Lytton Strachey, Dylan Thomas, Feliks Topolski, Arthur Waley, Virginia Woolf, and others, dating from 1926 to 1963.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Dame Edith Sitwell collection of papers are arranged in two series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19264#c220191'>Manuscripts and Typescripts</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19264#c220211'>Correspondence</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
248 items
date_start
1926
date_end
1965

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