Edna St. Vincent Millay collection of papers

id
1694
origination
Millay, Edna St. Vincent, 1892-1950
date statement
1904-1974 [bulk 1909-1956]
key date
1904
identifier (local_mss)
19147
org unit
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
call number
Berg Coll MSS Millay, E
b-number
b15858180
total components
144
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
2026-08-15 02:11:55 UTC
status note
(missing)
Display Aeon link
true

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physdesc
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unitid
{"value"=>"Berg Coll MSS Millay, E", "type"=>"local_call"}
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unitdate
{"value"=>"1904-1974", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1904/1974"}
{"value"=>"1909-1956", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1909/1956"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Edna St. Vincent Millay 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, notebooks from 1909 to 1912 and 1935, correspondence, financial and legal documents, and portraits of the author."}
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"=>"Millay, Edna St. Vincent, 1892-1950", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Edna St. Vincent Millay was an American poet and essayist.</p>"}
custodhist
{"value"=>"<p>The bulk of the materials were formerly owned by Kathleen Millay, Norma Millay, Harper & Row, and the American Play Company.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and typescripts, notebooks from 1909 to 1912 and 1935, correspondence, financial and legal documents, and portraits of the author. The collection also includes manuscripts and typescripts, diaries for the years 1911 to 1917, and legal documents relating to the author from various individuals, including her sister Kathleen Millay many of whose papers are also in the Berg Collection. The correspondence, dating from 1909 to 1950, includes letters, postcards, and telegrams to Kathleen Millay, Frances Shapli, John Hall Wheelock, Harper & Brothers publishers, and others. Also present are letters relating to the author, dating from 1917 to 1974, between various correspondents, including her husband Eugen Jan Boissevain, Arthur Davison Ficke, Ralph Fitzwater, Autti James, W. Somerset Maugham, Kathleen Millay, Norma Millay, Vincent Sheean, Robert Penn Warren, Edmund Wilson, Harper & Brothers publishers, and others. There are letters to Millay from Frank Altschul, Kathleen Millay, Henry Tolman Millay, and others, dating from 1916 to 1952.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Edna St. Vincent Millay collection of papers are arranged in four series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19147#c220686'>Manuscripts and Typescripts</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19147#c220739'>Correspondence</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19147#c220816'>Financial and Legal Documents</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19147#c220824'>Portraits</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
1904
date_inclusive_end
1974
note
{"value"=>"<p>Card catalog available.</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"555"}
keydate
1904
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Staff; Machine-readable finding aid created by Lynn Lobash and Nina Schneider.</p>"}
extent_statement
1,971 items
date_start
1904
date_end
1974
date_bulk_start
1909
date_bulk_end
1956

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