- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"284 items"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- unitid
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{"value"=>"Berg Coll MSS Merrill", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"19209", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1965-1994", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1965/1994"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1965
- date_inclusive_end
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1994
- keydate
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1965
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"James Merrill collection of papers"}
- repository
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{"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
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{"value"=>"This is a synthetic collection consisting of typescripts and correspondence."}
- prefercite
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{"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
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{"value"=>"Merrill, James, 1926-1995", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>James Merrill was an American poet, playwright, novelist, and short-story writer.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>This is a synthetic collection consisting of typescripts and correspondence. The typescripts include poems with the author's manuscript corrections. The correspondence, dating from 1965 to 1994, includes letters from the author to Bernard de Zogheb, Judith Moffett, Howard Moss, William De Witt Snodgrass, and others. Also present is a letter from 1975, from Christopher Isherwood to Judith Moffett, relating to the author. There are letters to Merrill from Chester Kallman, Peter Salus, Lola Szladits, Judith Moffett, and Marianne Moore, dating from 1954 to 1994.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The James Merrill collection of papers are arranged in two series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19209#c231249'>Typescripts</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19209#c231253'>Correspondence</a></div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources.</p>"}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>For permission to publish, contact the Curator, The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.</p>"}
- relatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>Consult the Berg Collection staff for additional unprocessed materials of this author including manuscripts and a significant collection of photographs.</p>"}
- custodhist
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{"value"=>"<p>This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources.</p>"}
- note
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{"value"=>"<p>Consult the Berg Collection staff for additional unprocessed materials of this author including manuscripts and a significant collection of photographs</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
{"value"=>"<p>Card catalog available.</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"555"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Staff; Machine-readable finding aid created by Lynn Lobash and Nina Schneider.</p>"}
- extent_statement
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284 items
- date_start
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1965
- date_end
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1994