- physdesc
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- unitid
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{"value"=>"Berg Coll MSS Steinbeck", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"19266", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1937-[1962", "type"=>"inclusive", "certainty"=>"inferred", "normal"=>"1937/1962"}
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1937
- date_inclusive_end
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1962
- keydate
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1937
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"John Steinbeck 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 a manuscript, a typescript, correspondence, and legal documents."}
- 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"=>"Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>John Steinbeck was an American novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and short-story writer.</p>"}
- custodhist
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{"value"=>"<p>Previous owners include Arthur Altschul and the American Play Company.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>This is a synthetic collection consisting of a manuscript, a typescript, correspondence, and legal documents. The manuscript, in Steinbeck's hand, is the foreword to his novel, \"Tortilla Flat,\" and the typescript is an article about the author by Joseph Henry Jackson. The correspondence consists of letters from the author, dating from [1937] to [1962], to Paul P. Appel, George Pashe, Louis Untermeyer, and others, as well as letters relating to the author, dating from 1940 to 1943, between various correspondents including Arthur Altschul, Archibald MacLeish, and Harry Thornston Moore. There is a letter to Steinbeck from Louis Untermeyer written in October 1962.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The John Steinbeck collection of papers are arranged in three series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19266#c232518'>Manuscripts and Typescripts</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19266#c232523'>Correspondence</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19266#c232537'>Legal Documents</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>"}
- note
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{"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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31 items
- date_start
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1937
- date_end
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1962