Kay Boyle collection of papers

id
3550
origination
Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992
date statement
1925-1988 [bulk 1952-1986]
key date
1925
identifier (local_mss)
19201
org unit
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
call number
Berg Coll MSS Boyle
b-number
b15922528
total components
398
total series
4
max depth
3
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 15:04:47 UTC
updated
2018-06-04 19:02:38 UTC
status note
(missing)
Display Aeon link
true

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physdesc
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unitid
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unitdate
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{"value"=>"1952-1986", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1952/1986"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Kay Boyle 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 manuscripts, correspondence, legal documents, and portrait photographs."}
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"=>"Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Kay Boyle was an American essayist, novelist, short-story writer, translator, essayist, and translator.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>This is a synthetic collection consisting of typescripts and manuscripts, correspondence, legal documents, and portrait photographs. The manuscripts and typescripts include poems and drafts of poems, essays, and criticism, as well as the carbon typescript of her first novel, \"Process.\" The correspondence includes letters from the author, dating from 1925 to 1985, to Babette Deutsch, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Ian Franckenstein, Herbert Mitgang, Frances Steloff, Louise Morgan Theis, Lafayette Young, and others. Also present are letters, dating from 1944 through 1987, between various individuals, including Ian Franckenstein, Joseph Franckenstein, William Lawrence Shirer, and others relating to the author. There are letters from Joan Baez, Djuna Barnes, Herb Caen, Marchette Gaylord Chute, Ruby Cohn, Babette Deutsch, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Hugh Ford, Norman Macleod, Howard Nemerov, Shawn Hsu Wong, and others, to the author, dating from [1938] to 1986.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Kay Boyle collection of papers are arranged in four series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19201#c233687'>Manuscripts and Typescripts</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19201#c233727'>Correspondence</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19201#c234080'>Legal Documents</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19201#c234082'>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>"}
date_inclusive_start
1925
date_inclusive_end
1988
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
1925
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Staff; Machine-readable finding aid created by Lynn Lobash and Nina Schneider.</p>"}
extent_statement
1,137 items
date_start
1925
date_end
1988
date_bulk_start
1952
date_bulk_end
1986

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