Kenneth Burke collection of papers

id
3560
origination
Burke, Kenneth, 1897-1993
date statement
1922-1983 [bulk 1922-1973]
key date
1922
identifier (local_mss)
19200
org unit
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
call number
Berg Coll MSS Burke
b-number
b15922527
total components
75
total series
2
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
2022-08-18 15:24:41 UTC
status note
(missing)
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true

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physdesc
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unitid
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{"value"=>"19200", "type"=>"local_mss"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1922-1983", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1922/1983"}
{"value"=>"1922-1973", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1922/1973"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Kenneth Burke 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 manuscripts, typescripts, and correspondence."}
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"=>"Burke, Kenneth, 1897-1993", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Kenneth Burke was an American writer of short stories, historical dramas, and criticism, as well as a poet, and translator.</p>"}
custodhist
{"value"=>"<p>The letters to Hildegarde and James Watson came with J. S. Watson's papers.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, typescripts, and correspondence. The manuscripts and typescripts include short-stories, essays, poems, and reviews. The correspondence, dating from 1922 to 1983, includes letters from the author to Djuna Barnes, Muriel Rukeyser, Frances Steloff, Hildegarde and James Watson, Jr., and others. There are also letters to the author, dating from 1940 to 1966, from Djuna Barnes, Wallace Fowlie, Francis Golffing, Randall Jarrell, Robert Lowell, Marianne Moore, Stephen Spender, James Sibley Watson, and others.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Kenneth Burke collection of papers are arranged in two series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19200#c234085'>Manuscripts and Typescripts</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19200#c234116'>Correspondence</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
1922
date_inclusive_end
1983
note
{"value"=>"<p>Card catalog available.</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"555"}
keydate
1922
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Staff; Machine-readable finding aid created by Lynn Lobash and Nina Schneider.</p>"}
extent_statement
1,054 items
date_start
1922
date_end
1983
date_bulk_start
1922
date_bulk_end
1973

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