Harriet Beecher Stowe collection of papers

id
2568
origination
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896
date statement
1847-1895
key date
1847
identifier (local_mss)
19177
org unit
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
call number
Berg Coll MSS Stowe
b-number
b15902202
total components
70
total series
2
max depth
3
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 15:04:31 UTC
updated
2018-06-04 18:53:38 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"=>"1847-1895", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1847/1895"}
date_inclusive_start
1847
date_inclusive_end
1895
keydate
1847
unittitle
{"value"=>"Harriet Beecher Stowe 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 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"=>"Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Harriet Beecher Stowe was an American novelist and short-story writer.</p>"}
custodhist
{"value"=>"<p>Previous owners include W. T. H. Howe, Bliss Perry, and Owen D. Young.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and correspondence by and about the author. The manuscript materials include autograph drafts of stories, novels, and essays, and autograph transcriptions of poems. The correspondence includes letters from the author, dating from 1847 to 1880, to Cassius Clay, George Eliot, James R. Osgood, Rebecca Wetherill, and others. There are also letters relating to the author, dating from 1853 to [1869], between various correspondents including Elizabeth Leveson-Gower, Charles Beecher, Elihu Burritt, Calvin Ellis Stowe, Lady Georgiana Cavendish Howard Carlisle, W. M. Rossetti, and others. There are letters to Stowe from Henry Ward Beecher, Lyman Beecher, Lady Anna Isabella Milbanke Byron, George William Carlisle, Joseph Durham, Amos Lawrence, James Russell Lowell, Wendell Phillips, John Ruskin, and others, dating from [1851?] to 1860.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Harriet Beecher Stowe collection of papers are arranged in two series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19177#c225658'>Manuscripts</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19177#c225670'>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
65 items
date_start
1847
date_end
1895

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