Louis Untermeyer collection of papers

id
3966
origination
Untermeyer, Louis, 1885-1977
date statement
1913-1975
key date
1913
identifier (local_mss)
19275
org unit
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
call number
Berg Coll MSS Untermeyer
b-number
b15966042
total components
141
total series
2
max depth
3
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 15:04:54 UTC
updated
2018-06-04 19:08:12 UTC
status note
(missing)
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true

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unitdate
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date_inclusive_start
1913
date_inclusive_end
1975
keydate
1913
unittitle
{"value"=>"Louis Untermeyer collection of papers"}
repository
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abstract
{"value"=>"This is a synthetic collection consisting of typescripts, a manuscript, 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"=>"Untermeyer, Louis, 1885-1977", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Louis Untermeyer was an American editor, literary anthologist, essayist, novelist, literary critic, poet, and translator.</p>"}
custodhist
{"value"=>"<p>Previous owners include Louis Untermeyer and the publishing firm, Harper & Row.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>This is a synthetic collection consisting of typescripts, a manuscript, and correspondence. The typescripts consist of a poem and notes for work by the author, as well as poems by Muriel Rukeyser sent to Untermeyer. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence from the author, dating from 1914 to 1975, to Wystan Hugh Auden, Saul Bellow, Truman Capote, T. S. Eliot, Randall Jarrell, Charlotte Mary Mew, Harold Monro, Mary Norton, Muriel Rukeyser, Tennessee Williams, Humbert Wolfe, and others, as well as a letter, dated 1923, from Amy Lowell to Mrs. Becker, relating to the author. There are letters to Untermeyer from Conrad Aiken, Ray Bradbury, Erskine Caldwell, Mary Ellen Chase, Padraic Colum, Crowell-Collier Publishers, Christopher Davis, Babette Deutsch, Paul Engle, Langston Hughes, Mary Lavin, Archibald MacLeish, Bernard Malamud, Muriel Rukeyser, W. D. Snodgrass, John Steinbeck, William Styron, Gore Vidal, Eudora Welty, Herman Wouk, and others, dating from 1936 to 1971.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Louis Untermeyer collection of papers are arranged in two series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19275#c237495'>Typescripts and Manuscripts</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19275#c237504'>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
455 items
date_start
1913
date_end
1975

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