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{"format"=>"simple", "value"=>"31 Manuscript Boxes"}
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{"value"=>"19099", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1920-1972", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1920/1972"}
{"value"=>"1920-1929", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1920/1929"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"James Sibley Watson/The Dial Papers"}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature</span>"}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations. Requests for reproduction and/or permission to quote must be made in writing to the Curator and be accompanied by permission from the appropriate estate.</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Watson, James Sibley", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>In 1919, Scofield Thayer (1890?-1982) and James Sibley Watson, Jr. (1894-1982) bought <span class=\"emph\">The Dial,</span> an incarnation of the magazine founded by Ralph Waldo Emerson and Margaret Fuller in 1840. An advocate of modernist writers, <span class=\"emph\">The Dial</span> proved to be one of the most influential journals of the 20th century. Between 1920 and 1929, it published work by writers such as Gertrude Stein, Paul Valéry, Thomas Mann and Marcel Proust. Its famous November 1922 issue featured T. S. Eliot's \"The Waste Land,\" William Butler Yeats' \"The Player Queen,\" drawings by Pablo Picasso, \"Many Marriages\" by Sherwood Anderson, and a \"Paris Letter\" by Ezra Pound.</p> <p>Scofield Thayer served as editor until 1925 when he left the magazine for health reasons. At that time, Marianne Moore (1887-1972), the 1924 recipient of The Dial Award, took over editorial control with J. S. Watson as publisher. Kenneth Burke (1897-1993) served as an editorial assistant at <span class=\"emph\">The Dial,</span> and then as Music Critic from 1927-29.</p> <p>The magazine discontinued publication in 1929 due to financial reasons.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>While the letters and documents in this collection range from 1920 to 1972, the bulk of the material was written between 1920 and 1929. It includes 6 manuscript boxes of incoming correspondence, predominantly <span class=\"emph\">Dial</span>-related or addressed to Hildegarde Watson. The most common form of the remaining 24 boxes is carbon typescript. About a quarter of the collection consists of letters and papers of Marianne Moore. The collection also includes considerable work by Kenneth Burke in the form of letters and typescripts. In addition, one box holds letters from artist Gaston Lachaise and photographs of him and his work. Another contains the correspondence of Norman Charles to Hildegarde Watson, many regarding his efforts to assist her in getting her memoir of poets and artists published.</p> <p><span class=\"emph\">Scofield Thayer's Dial-related papers are at Yale University</span>.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The James Sibley Watson/The Dial Papers are arranged in nine series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19099#c231380'>Series I, Incoming Correspondence</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19099#c231387'>Series II, Miscellaneous Manuscripts</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19099#c231395'>Series III, Papers related to Kenneth Burke</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19099#c231530'>Series IV, Papers Relating to Norman Charles</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19099#c231532'>Series V, Papers Related to Gaston LaChaise</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19099#c231534'>Series VI, Papers Related to Marianne Moore</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19099#c231543'>Series VII, Papers Related to James Sibley Watson</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19099#c231547'>Series VIII, Contributors Lists</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19099#c231549'>Series IX, Photographs</a></div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<ul> <li> Series I Incoming Correspondence <item>Boxes 1-6, arranged alphabetically</item></li> <li> Series II Miscellaneous manuscripts <item>Box 7</item></li> <li> Series III Papers related to Kenneth Burke <item>Boxes 8-16</item></li> <li> Series IV Papers related to Norman Charles <item>Box 17</item></li> <li> Series V Papers related to Gaston LaChaise <item>Box 18</item></li> <li> Series VI Papers related to Marianne Moore <item>Boxes 19-26</item></li> <li> Series VII Papers related to James Sibley Watson <item>Boxes 27-29</item></li> <li> Series VIII Contributors lists <item>Box 30</item></li> <li> Series IX Photographs <item>Box 31</item></li></ul>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature purchased the James Sibley Watson Papers from Mrs. Nancy Watson Dean in 1986.</p>"}
- accessrestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>Access to thequalified scholars and researchers through the Office of Special Collections, Room 316. Permission to microform or photocopy any writings by, or photographs of, Dr. James Sibley Watson, Jr. and Hildegarde Lasell Watson must be obtained in advance from the executor of their estate, Dale Davis, The Sigma Foundation Inc., 155 South Main Street, Fairport, NY 14450. A separate copyright must be taken out when publishing. For permission to microform or photocopy any writings by or photographs of Marianne Moore, permission should be requested from the poet's niece, Miss Marianne Craig Moore, 58 Walton Drive, West Hartford, CT 06107. Permission to reproduce materials written by other persons must be obtained from the authorized copyright holder for that individual.</p>"}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>Publication rights are held by the authors of the letters, or by their estates.</p>"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1920
- date_inclusive_end
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1972
- relatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>Yale University</p>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"While the letters and documents in this collection range from 1920 to 1972, the bulk of the material was written between 1920 and 1929. It includes 6 manuscript boxes of incoming correspondence, predominantly Dial-related or addressed to Hildegarde Watson. The most common form of the remaining 24 boxes is carbon typescript. About a quarter of the collection consists of letters and papers of Marianne Moore. The collection also includes considerable work by Kenneth Burke in the form of letters and typescripts. In addition, one box holds letters from artist Gaston Lachaise and photographs of him and his work. Another contains the correspondence of Norman Charles to Hildegarde Watson, many regarding his efforts to assist her in getting her memoir of poets and artists published."}
- keydate
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1920
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Lola Szladitis, Patrick Lawlor and Diana Burnham.</p>"}
- date_start
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1920
- date_end
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1972
- date_bulk_start
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1920
- date_bulk_end
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1929