Henry Miller collection of papers

id
2691
origination
Miller, Henry, 1891-1980
date statement
1932-1978
key date
1932
identifier (local_mss)
19166
org unit
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
call number
Berg Coll MSS Miller
b-number
b15889885
total components
60
total series
4
max depth
3
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 15:04:33 UTC
updated
2018-06-04 18:54:04 UTC
status note
(missing)
Display Aeon link
true

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physdesc
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unitid
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unitdate
{"value"=>"1932]-1978", "type"=>"inclusive", "certainty"=>"inferred", "normal"=>"1932/1978"}
date_inclusive_start
1932
date_inclusive_end
1978
keydate
1932
unittitle
{"value"=>"Henry Miller 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 typescripts and a manuscript, correspondence, an undated notebook, financial documents, 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"=>"Miller, Henry, 1891-1980", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Henry Miller was an American novelist, short-story writer, essayist, and literary and social critic.</p>"}
custodhist
{"value"=>"<p>Some of the material accompanied the Gotham Book Mart archive, and some accompanied the Henry Miller-Frank Dobo correspondence.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>This is a synthetic collection consisting of typescripts and a manuscript, correspondence, an undated notebook, financial documents, and portraits. The typescripts include essays, stories, reviews, and drafts of novels, as well essays and other materials about the author. The correspondence includes letters from the author, dating from [1932] to 1978, to Kay Boyle, Frank Dobo, John H. Jenkins, Alfred Kazin, Frances Steloff, Carl Van Vechten, Ruth Witt-Diamant, and others. Also present are letters relating to the author, dating from 1935 to 1969, between various correspondents, including Bessie Breuer, Huntington Cairns, Archibald MacLeish, Frances Steloff, and others. There are letters to Miller from T. S. Eliot, Anaïs Nin, and others dating from 1939 to 1940.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Henry Miller collection of papers are arranged in four series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19166#c225949'>Manuscripts and Typescripts</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19166#c225972'>Correspondence</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19166#c226001'>Financial Documents</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19166#c226003'>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>"}
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
606 items
date_start
1932
date_end
1978

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