Lafcadio Hearn collection of papers

id
3628
origination
Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904
date statement
1883-1904
key date
1883
identifier (local_mss)
19300
org unit
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
call number
Berg Coll MSS Hearn
b-number
b15970376
total components
56
total series
3
max depth
3
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 15:04:49 UTC
updated
2018-06-04 19:07:23 UTC
status note
(missing)
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true

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physdesc
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unitid
{"value"=>"Berg Coll MSS Hearn", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"19300", "type"=>"local_mss"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1883-1904", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1883/1904"}
date_inclusive_start
1883
date_inclusive_end
1904
keydate
1883
unittitle
{"value"=>"Lafcadio Hearn 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, correspondence, and notebooks dating from 1896 to 1897."}
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"=>"Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Lafcadio Hearn, born in Greece and raised in Ireland, France, and England, was an American short-story and travel writer, journalist, literary critic, translator, poet, and author of culinary literature.</p>"}
custodhist
{"value"=>"<p>Previous owners include Frank Fletcher, Bliss Perry, W. T. H. Howe, and Thomas and Jania Erwin.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, correspondence by and about the author, and notebooks dating from 1896 to 1897. The manuscripts include stories, translations, a reading list, and fragments of stories. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence by the author, dating from 1883 to 1904, to Ellwood Hendrick, William D. O'Connor, Elizabeth Bisland Wetmore, and the literary agency T. Fisher Unwin, as well as letters relating to the author, dated 1890, between various correspondents, including H. M. Alden, G. M. Gould, Albert Mordell, and others.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Lafcadio Hearn collection of papers are arranged in three series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19300#c237063'>Notebooks</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19300#c237065'>Manuscripts</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19300#c237070'>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>"}
note
{"value"=>"<p>Card catalog available.</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"555"}
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Staff; Machine-readable finding aid created by Lynn Lobash and Nina Schneider.</p>"}
extent_statement
105 items
date_start
1883
date_end
1904

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