Henry James collection of papers

id
2682
origination
James, Henry, 1843-1916
date statement
1867]-1917 [bulk 1882-1917]
key date
1867
identifier (local_mss)
19151
org unit
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
call number
Berg Coll MSS James [Text]
b-number
b15858187
total components
221
total series
3
max depth
3
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 15:04:32 UTC
updated
2018-06-04 18:53:58 UTC
status note
(missing)
Display Aeon link
true

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unitdate
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unittitle
{"value"=>"Henry James 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, diaries kept from 1907 to 1913, an undated notebook, and portraits."}
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"=>"James, Henry, 1843-1916", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Henry James was an American novelist, essayist, and literary critic.</p>"}
custodhist
{"value"=>"<p>The bulk of the materials is from W. T. H. Howe, Sir Edward Howard Marsh, and the literary agency J. B. Pinker and Son. Much of the correspondence is from the Adeline Tintner Collection. One of the portraits is inscribed from William James to Wystan Hugh Auden.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and typescripts, correspondence, diaries kept from 1907 to 1913, an undated notebook, and portraits. The manuscripts include drafts of stories and reviews, as well as pieces about the author by Max Beerbohm, Randall Jarrell, and Logan Pearsall Smith. The correspondence includes letters from the author, dating from 1882-1915, to Sir Sidney Colvin, Edmund Gosse, Lady Gregory, William Heinemann, Sir Edward Howard Marsh, Emma Wilkinson Pertz, Julia Prinsep Jackson Stephen, Sir Leslie Stephen, A. P. Watt and Son, and others, as well as letters relating to the author, dating from 1890 to 1917, between various individuals including Max Beerbohm, Edmund Gosse, Theodora Bosanquet, Sir Edward Howard Marsh, Virginia Woolf, and others. There are letters to the author from Arthur Christopher Benson, Gelett Burgess, Edward Howard Marsh, Robert Louis Stevenson, and A. P. Watt and son, dating from [1879] to 1915, as well as letters from his father and from his nephew to various correspondents.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Henry James collection of papers are arranged in three series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19151#c225728'>Correspondence</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19151#c225921'>Manuscripts and Typescript</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19151#c225945'>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>"}
physloc
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date_inclusive_start
1867
date_inclusive_end
1917
note
{"value"=>"<p>Card catalog available.</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"555"}
keydate
1867
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Staff; Machine-readable finding aid created by Lynn Lobash and Nina Schneider.</p>"}
extent_statement
292 items
date_start
1867
date_end
1917
date_bulk_start
1882
date_bulk_end
1917

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