Edwin Markham collection of papers

id
1752
origination
Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940
date statement
1852-1940
key date
1852
identifier (local_mss)
19107
org unit
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
call number
Berg Coll MSS Markham
b-number
b15799301
total components
139
total series
2
max depth
3
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 15:04:16 UTC
updated
2018-06-04 18:47:47 UTC
status note
(missing)
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true

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unitdate
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date_inclusive_start
1852
date_inclusive_end
1940
keydate
1852
unittitle
{"value"=>"Edwin Markham 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, a notebook, 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"=>"Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Edwin Markham was an American poet, lecturer, and editor.</p>"}
custodhist
{"value"=>"<p>The bulk of the materials is from Leonora Mackay, W. T. H. Howe, and Henry W. and Albert A. Berg. Other materials are from Mrs. Marie Collins Rooney, the files of the American Play Co., and from George Sterling's letters to Edward F. O'Day.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and typescripts, a notebook, and correspondence. The manuscripts include holographs and holograph drafts of poems. There is also an incomplete review of Anne Shannon Monroe's novel \"Behind the Ranges,\" written partly in the hand of the author and partly in the hand of Anna Catherine Markham; a holograph poem by George Sterling, \"To Edwin Markham on his 70th birthday, April 23, 1922\"; drafts for Markham's anthology of biographical sketches of eleven English poets; and agreements, forms, and statements from the American Play Co.; as well as other manuscript material and a notebook. The typescripts include early and later drafts of poems; an incomplete, emended typescript of the autor's introduction to \"Edgar Allan Poe\"; drafts of \"Lincoln, the man and the martyr\"; and proofs of three sketches of Markham for \"Who's who in America,\" vol. 17, 1932-33. The correspondence includes letters from the author to Ambrose Bierce, Eugene Brewster, Babette Deutsch, Professor L. Dupont Doyle that includes materials on Ambrose Bierce; to Leonore Mackay; to Robert Mackay; to Percival Pollard, and others. There are also letters from J. T. Graves to Anna C. Markham; from Anna C. Markham to Ambrose Bierce; from S. S. McClure to Leonore Mackay; and from Bernard Shaw to Sir John Collings Squire relating to the author. There is a letter to Markham from the Madison Square Garden Gymnasium in New York City, dated 1923.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Edwin Markham collection of papers are arranged in two series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19107#c222006'>Manuscripts and Typescripts</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19107#c222125'>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
465 items
date_start
1852
date_end
1940

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