E. E. Cummings collection of papers

id
1642
origination
Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962
date statement
1916-1962 [bulk 1939-1959]
key date
1916
identifier (local_mss)
19155
org unit
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
call number
Berg Coll MSS Cummings
b-number
b15858191
total components
50
total series
4
max depth
3
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 15:04:15 UTC
updated
2018-06-04 18:44:42 UTC
status note
(missing)
Display Aeon link
true

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physdesc
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unitid
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unitdate
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{"value"=>"1939-1959", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1939/1959"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"E. E. Cummings 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 and typescripts, correspondence, financial documents, portraits, pictorial works and a sketchbook."}
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"=>"Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Edward Estlin Cummings was an American poet, novelist, playwright and essayist.</p>"}
custodhist
{"value"=>"<p>The bulk of the materials are from the estate of Marion Morehouse Cummings.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and typescripts, correspondence, financial documents, portraits, pictorial works and a sketchbook. The manuscripts and typescripts include the author's poems, essays, and notes toward works, as well as essays, notes, and articles by various individuals, including John Dos Passos, Randall Jarrell, and Louis Zukofsky, about the author and his works. The correspondence, dating from 1916 to 1962, includes letters from the author to James Light, Muriel Rukeyser, May Sarton, Frances Steloff, and Hildegarde and James Watson, Jr., and others. The collection also includes a letter from Richard P. Blackmur to Frances Steloff relating to the author, as well as a 1947 letter from Cyril Connolly and another from William Brown Doherty, dated 1961, both addressed to Cummings.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The E. E. Cummings collection of papers are arranged in four series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19155#c220390'>Manuscripts and Typescripts</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19155#c220406'>Correspondence</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19155#c220423'>Financial Documents</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19155#c220425'>Portraits and Pictorial Works</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>"}
date_inclusive_start
1916
date_inclusive_end
1962
note
{"value"=>"<p>Card catalog available.</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"555"}
keydate
1916
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Staff; Machine-readable finding aid created by Lynn Lobash and Nina Schneider.</p>"}
extent_statement
430 items
date_start
1916
date_end
1962
date_bulk_start
1939
date_bulk_end
1959

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