Herbert Mitgang collection of papers

id
2725
origination
Mitgang, Herbert
date statement
1950-1986
key date
1950
identifier (local_mss)
19210
org unit
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
call number
Berg Coll MSS Mitgang
b-number
b15929025
total components
115
total series
1
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 18:54:37 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"=>"1950-1986", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1950/1986"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Herbert Mitgang 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 correspondence written by the author between 1967 and 1975, as well as letters written to the author from 1950 to 1986."}
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"=>"Mitgang, Herbert", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Herbert Mitgang was an American literary critic, novelist, screenwriter, and playwright.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>This is a synthetic collection consisting of correspondence written by the author between 1967 and 1975. The collection is comprised of letters, with replies, to Nelson Algren, Hannah Arendt, Saul Bellow, John Cheever, John Dos Passos, Leon Edel, Herbert Gold, Nadine Gordimer, Robert Graves, Graham Greene, Christopher Isherwood, Alfred Kazin, Doris Lessing, Archibald MacLeish, Norman Mailer, Iris Murdoch, Vladimir Nabokov, Philip Roth, William Saroyan, Stephen Spender, John Updike, Kurt Vonnegut, Robert Penn Warren, Thornton Wilder, and others, as well as articles contributed to the New York Times. There are letters written to Mitgang from Kay Boyle, Archibald Colquhoun, Walter Lord, Herbert L. Matthews, Sir Osbert Sitwell, and others, dating from 1950 to 1986.</p>"}
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>"}
date_inclusive_start
1950
date_inclusive_end
1986
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"}
keydate
1950
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Staff; Machine-readable finding aid created by Lynn Lobash and Nina Schneider.</p>"}
extent_statement
141 items
date_start
1950
date_end
1986

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