Gotham Book Mart records

id
2416
origination
Gotham Book Mart
date statement
1938-1948
key date
1938
identifier (local_mss)
19237
org unit
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
call number
Berg Coll MSS Gotham
b-number
b15944295
total components
10
total series
4
max depth
2
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 15:04:28 UTC
updated
2026-08-15 02:13:10 UTC
status note
(missing)
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true

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physdesc
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"185 items"}], "supress_display"=>true}
unitid
{"value"=>"Berg Coll MSS Gotham", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"19237", "type"=>"local_mss"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1938-1948", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1938/1948"}
date_inclusive_start
1938
date_inclusive_end
1948
keydate
1938
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 typescripts, correspondence, a scrapbook, and a photograph of attendees at a reception for Sir Osbert and Edith Sitwell in 1948."}
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"=>"Gotham Book Mart", "type"=>"corpname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Gotham Book Mart is a New York City bookstore and gallery, founded in 1920 by Frances Steloff.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>This is a synthetic collection consisting of typescripts, correspondence, a scrapbook, and a photograph of attendees at a reception for Sir Osbert and Edith Sitwell in 1948. The typescripts include contributions submitted by various authors for publication in the Gotham Book Mart Catalog, no. 42, \"We Moderns,\" published in 1940, as well as a list of the authors to be included in the catalog. The correspondence includes letters from various individuals and institutions, dated 1940, to Frances Steloff, ordering copies of \"We Moderns.\" The scrapbook, compiled by Steloff, consists of invitations, correspondence, photographs, etc. relating to the May 4, 1938, publication party for \"Finnegans Wake,\" by James Joyce.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Gotham Book Mart records are arranged in four series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19237#c225500'>Typescripts</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19237#c225504'>Scrapbooks</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19237#c225506'>Correspondence</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19237#c225508'>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>"}
custodhist
{"value"=>"<p>This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources.</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
185 items
date_start
1938
date_end
1948

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